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 Part 26/47 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 13 "Lf-Lz" records
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† Linder, Gerald Edward, SN O-378126, US Navy, Montgomery Co.

b. rural Red Oak, Frankfort Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o John A. Linder (b. Sweden) & Maude E. Weilenman (b. Red Oak, Montgomery Co.).
entered service 19 Oct 1937 from Rt. 2, Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Linder, Rt. 2, Red Oak, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
destroyer USS Kalk (DD-611), Seventh Fleet; KIA 12 Jun 1944 off southern coast of Biak Is., W. of Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea; Kalk hit by Japanese bomb while escorting LSTs from Hollandia, New Guinea to Biak; 30 died, 40 wounded, Kalk survived.
WWII Japan > New Guinea > Western New Guinea

† Lindsey, William Larkin, SN 37-750-189, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 14 Feb 1921 Oakland, Pott. Co.; s/o Charles A. Lindsey (b. McLean Co., IL) & Sarah Katie Woolcott (b. Oakland, Pott. Co.); parents divorced; mother married John W. Thayer Aug 1924.
entered service 16 Aug 1944 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Fairview Pioneer Cem., Washington Twp., Pott. Co.
275th Inf. Regt., 70th Inf. Div., XXI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 16 Mar 1945 near Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.
WWII Germany > The ETO > To the Rhine > Operation Undertone

† Linn, Charles Leroy, SN 17-038-155, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

b. 14 Jan 1917 Gray, Audubon Co.; s/o Charlie C. Linn (b. Gray) & Edith P. Mitchell (b. Blockton, Taylor Co.); family moved to Walnut, Pott. Co. before 1920.
entered service 29 Dec 1941 from Walnut, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Layton Twp. Cem., Walnut.
476th Bomb. Sqdn., 335th Bomb. Gp.; based at Barksdale Army Air Field, Shreveport, LA; Martin B-26A Marauder #41-7404 crew member with pilot E. F. Murphy Jr.; d. 6 Nov 1942 at Lambert Field, St. Louis, MO; aircraft crashed & burned at take-off, all five died.

† Logan, Robert John, SN 20-743-488, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 26 Sep 1916 Omaha; s/o Merritt D. Logan (b. Logan, Harrison Co.) & Ella M. Richelieu (b. Omaha; d. 1941) of Co. Bluffs.
entered service with National Guard 13 Jan 1941 from Rt. 4, Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados Dept., Normandy, France.
Troop B, 113th Cavalry Recon. Sqdn., 113th Cavalry Recon. Gp.; DOW 2 Sep 1944, northern France near Tournai, Belgium.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Northern France & Belgium

Long, Fred O. - see McLoud, James Fredrick

† Longmeyer, Frank Herman Jr., SN 504,952, US Marine Corps, Harrison Co.

b. 4 May 1925 rural Missouri Valley, LaGrange Twp., Harrison Co.; s/o Frank H. Longmeyer (b. rural Missouri Valley) & Emma H. Balis (b. Austria).
entered service 24 May 1943 from Rt. 3, Logan, Harrison Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Longmeyer, Sr., 515 No. Third St., Missouri Valley, IA; buried Rose Hill Cem., Missouri Valley.
Weapons Co., 27th Marine Regt., 5th Marine Div.; KIA 12 Mar 1945 Iwo Jima, Japan.
WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Battle of Iwo Jima

† Loustanau, Charles Bernard, SN 321-52-57, US Navy, Carroll Co.

b. 29 May 1914 Dedham, Carroll Co.; s/o John E. Loustanau (b. Harris Co., TX) & Katherine M. Theulen (b. Dedham, Carroll Co.); parents divorced; mother married Ernst Johannsen 1923 and remained in Dedham; Johannsen family, including Charles moved nearby to rural Gray, Viola Twp., Audubon Co. in late 1930s.
entered service 26 Nov 1940 from Rt. 1, Gray, Audubon Co.; next of kin mother, Mrs. Katherine Johansen, Rt. 1, Gray, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
battleship USS Arizona (BB-39); KIA 7 Dec 1941 during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Territory; Arizona exploded & sank; 1,177 died.
Military Note: The sunken Arizona settled in shallow water and remains today as a memorial.
WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor

† Lovelady, Lyle Everett, childhood name Lyle E. Miller, SN 20-723-370, US Army, Mills Co. & Douglas Co., NE

b. 6 Oct 1907 Malvern, Mills Co.; enumerated in the Malvern househod of John T. Miller (b. Monroe Co., IA; d. 1932) & Loracy (McDonald) Hollins (b. Missouri; d. 1921) in 1910, 1920 and 1925, both as Lovelady and Miller; unknown whether Lovelady was a birth parent.
married Hattie L. Robinson of Co. Bluffs Dec 1927 in Co. Bluffs as Lyle Miller, divorced; living in Co. Bluffs with Hollins family members in 1930; living in Omaha in 1935 and 1940; married Dorothy E. Goldbeck of Denison, Crawford Co. Jul 1938 in Glenwood, Mills Co., two children, divorced; married widow Carol I. (Reasoner) Delashmutt of Mills Co. May 1943 at Camp Rucker, AL.
entered service with National Guard 23 Dec 1940 at Omaha, service credited to Douglas Co., NE; buried Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados Dept., Normandy, France.
Co. K (Omaha), 134th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div., V Corps, First Army; KIA 18 Jul 1944, north of St. Lo, Manche, Normandy, France.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy, July 1944

† Lowman, George Arthur, SN 37-480-834, US Army, Montgomery Co.

b. 14 Nov 1924 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Roy H. Lowman (b. Cass Co.) & Ruth Moore (b. Montgomery Co.).
entered service 5 Jun 1943 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
395th Inf. Regt., 99th Inf. Div., III Corps, First Army; WIA 23 Mar 1945 probably near Niederbreitbach, Rhineland Palatinate, SE of Remagen, Germany; returned to US 12 Apr 1945; DOW 31 May 1945 in McCloskey General Hosp., Temple, TX.
WWII Germany > The ETO > To The Rhine > Operation Lumberjack

† Luchsinger, Stanley Dean, SN 37-455-354, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 11 Mar 1921 Minden, Pott. Co.; s/o Jacob Luchsinger (d. 1940) & Lillian Trede (d. 1931), both b. Minden, Pott. Co.
employed by uncle, Chris J. Thies, in Minden area in 1942.
unknown service entry data; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Minden Twp. Cem., Pott. Co.
Co. C, 33rd Armored Inf. Regt., 3rd Armored Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 23 Dec 1944 Hotton, 30 miles NW of Bastogne, Belgium.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Grows

† Lueth, Walter August William, SN 310-93-52, US Navy, Pott. Co.

b. 28 Nov 1909 Avoca, Pott. Co.; s/o John C. Lueth (b. Holstein) & Amelia Tetlewsky (b. Germany).
entered service 1 Aug 1928 from Avoca, Pott. Co.; next of kin father, Mr. John Lueth, Box 354, Avoca, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
light cruiser USS Juneau (CL-52); KIA 13 Nov 1942 SE of Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; Juneau torpedoed & sunk by Japanese submarine I-26; 687 died including the five Sullivan brothers from Waterloo, IA, ten survived.
WWII Japan > Solomon Islands > Guadalcanal Naval War @ First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

† Lutz, Clarence Conrad Henry, served as Lutz, Clarence C H, SN 37-195-312, US Army, Crawford Co.

b. 30 Mar 1920 Goodrich Twp., Crawford Co.; s/o Paul Conrad Henry Lutz (b. Deloit, Crawford Co.) & Hulda Wilhelmina Hantelman (b. Sherill, Dubuque Co.).
entered service 18 May 1942 from Rt. 1, Denison, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Zion Lutheran Cem., Denison.
169th Inf. Regt., 43nd Inf. Div, XIV Corps; KIA 18 Jul 1943 New Georgia, Solomon Is. during Japanese counterattack.
WWII Japan > Solomon Islands > New Georgia @ Battle of Munda Point

† Lutz, Wilbur Leroy, SN 37-485-626, US Army, Harrison Co.

b. 25 Dec 1921 Geddes, Charles Mix Co., SD; s/o Edmund L. Lutz (b. Atchison Co., MO) & Leona Laporte (b. Iowa; d. 1941); family lived in Gregory Co., SD in 1920, Page Co. in 1930, and moved to Little Sioux, Harrison Co. in early 1930s.
married Bernadene J. McAdon of Little Sioux Aug 1941 in Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.
entered service 4 Oct 1943 from Little Sioux, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, east of Maastricht, Netherlands.
67th Armored Regt., 2nd Armored Div., XIX Corps, Ninth Army; KIA 3 Mar 1945 near Krefeld, west of Rhine River & NW of Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
WWII Germany > The ETO > To the Rhine, 1945 > Ops. Veritable/Grenade @ Operation Grenade

† Lynch, Archie Dale, SN 37-693-884, US Army, Cass Co.

b. 21 Dec 1915 Springview, Keya Paha Co., NE; s/o Hawley A. Lynch (b. Brayton, Audubon Co.) & Lillian M. Prall (b. Atlantic, Cass Co.; d. 1922); family moved to Cass Co. before 1917.
married Dorothy H. Anker of Atlantic, Cass Co. Oct 1937, three children.
entered service 31 Mar 1944 from Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Epinal American Cem., SE of Epinal, Vosges Dept., Lorraine, France.
315th Inf. Regt., 79th Inf. Div., XV Corps, Seventh Army; DOW 24 Oct 1944 near Embermenil, SE of Nancy, Meurthe et Moselle Dept., Lorraine, France, shrapnel wounds.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, Fall 1944 > Lorraine/Seventh Army

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