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                    bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster > Roster Mc, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 23 Nov 2025
​                    Part 28/47 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 21"Mc" records
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† McCauley, Donald Perry, SN 37-466-829, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 14 Nov 1922 Rockwell City, Calhoun Co.; s/o William G. McCauley (b. Champaign Co., IL) & Mae R. Dixon (b. Washington Co., MD); family lived in Co. Bluffs throughout 1930s.
  • married Martha S. Boege of Co. Bluffs Jul 1943 in Sarpy Co., NE.
  • entered service 9 Dec 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 573rd Bomb. Sqdn., 391st Bomb. Gp., based at Godman Army Air Field, Fort Knox, Hardin Co., KY; d. 3 Nov 1943, base hospital, Fort Knox; pneumonia.

​† McCauley, Leon Harrold, SN 0-890-103, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 31 May 1898 Neola, Pott. Co.; s/o John W. McCauley (b. Canada; d. 1933) & Olive S. Hough (b. Pott. Co.); raised in Neola; mother married William J. Clarke of Oregon 1936.
  • left home before 1920 & lived in various locations including Co. Bluffs, Missouri, and Oregon; evidently married and divorced three times.
  • unknown service entry data; service credited to Cook Co., IL, reason unknown; buried Neola Twp. Cem.
  • Quartermaster Corps, Philippines; assigned to 74th Inf. Div., Philippines Commonwealth Army; POW Philippines 1942; DOW 9 Jul 1942, POW Camp #4 O’Donnell, Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost

​† McClurg, Lynn Herrig Jr., SN 37-670-277, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Woodbury Cos.
  • b. 8 Dec 1922 Underwood, Pott. Co.; s/o Lynn H. McClurg Sr. (b. Lake View, Sac Co.) & Helma M. Moat (b. Beadle Co., SD); family moved from Underwood to Wall Lake, Sac Co. in late 1930s; lived in Wall Lake with his parents in 1940; parents moved to Pierson, Woodbury Co. in 1940s.
  • entered service 14 May 1944 from Pierson, Woodbury Co.; service credited to Woodbury Co.; buried Wall Lake Cem., Sac Co.
  • 326th Base Unit; d. 18 Nov 1944 MacDill Army Air Field, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL; ground crew member injured in turret of Boeing B-17G  Flying Fortress #43-37678, which presumably was an aircraft used in combat crew training.

​† McCord, George Melvin, SN 37-651-218, US Army Air Force, Harrison & Pott. Cos.
  • b. 8 Jun 1921 Denison, Crawford Co.; s/o Melvin F. McCord (b. Grove Twp., Shelby Co.) & Adah Z. Cover (b. Dunlap, Harrison Co.); family moved from Grove Twp. to Dunlap in early 1930s; parents moved to Co. Bluffs during WWII.
  • married Delores L. Hartwig of Dunlap Oct 1943 in Omaha, one child.
  • entered service 26 Dec 1942 from Dunlap, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Pleasant Hill Cem., Dunlap.
  • 785th Bomb. Sqdn., 466th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Attlebridge, Norfolk, England; Consolidated B-24H Liberator #41-29466 Dark Rhapsody right waist gunner with pilot Donald C. Griffin, KIA 23 Mar 1944 over St. Jansklooster, NE of Amsterdam, Netherlands; mid-air collision with B-24 #42-52587 Shoo Shoo Baby on mission to Achmer Airfield, NW of Onsabrück, Germany; all died except two or three members of the Shoo Shoo Baby crew.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force

​† McCormick, Dale Thomas, SN 20-706-807, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 12 Feb 1918 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Edward B. McCormick (b. Clarinda, Page Co.) & Laura J. Johnson (b. Stanton, Montgomery Co.).
  • entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • Co. M (Red Oak), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; KIA 7 May 1943 approaching Chouigui Pass, Tunisia.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia
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​† McCormick, Jack Albert, SN 20-743-489, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 10 Mar 1920 Co. Bluffs; s/o Albert B. McCormick (b. Saline Co., NE; d. 1941) & Eva K. Jensen (b. Co. Bluffs); family lived in Co. Bluffs, moving to nearby Garner Twp. in 1930s; married Lucille Gauntt Mar 1944 in Oklahoma City, OK.
  •  entered service with National Guard 12 Jan 1941 from Rt. 3, Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott.  Co.; buried Ardennes American Cem., Neupre, SW of Liege, Belgium.
  • Co. G, 330th Inf. Regt., 83rd Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army, attached to 3rd Armored Div., VIII Corps, First Army; POW 5 Jan 1945 during German counterattack on Hill 108 near Lansival, west of Vielsalm, Belgium; perhaps processed at POW camp Stalag 12A, Limberg, east of Koblenz, Germany and then transferred to Stalag 9B, Bad Orb, NE of Hanau, Germany; DNB 3 Mar 1945; pneumonia.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Eliminated

​† McCracken, James Newton, SN 533,228, US Marine Corps, Crawford & Shelby Cos.
  • b. 23 Feb 1924 Manilla, Crawford Co.; s/o Newton B. McCracken (b. Phillips Co., KS) & Milda E. Hoffeins (b. Manilla, Crawford Co.); family lived in Jefferson Twp., Shelby Co., south of Manilla.
  • entered service 10 Jul 1943 from Rt. 2, Manilla; next of kin father, Mr. Newton B. McCracken, Rt. 1, Manilla, IA; buried Nishnabotna Cem., Manilla, Crawford Co.
  • Co. E or F, 9th Marine Regt., 3rd Marine Div.; KIA 25 Feb 1945 Iwo Jima, Japan.
  • WWII Germany > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Battle of Iwo Jima

† McCracken, Murro Alvin, SN 0-403-907, US Army Air Force Crawford Co.
  • b. 6 Jan 1917 Manilla, Crawford Co.; s/o Harry Forrest McCracken (b. Omaha) & Bess Mae Saunders (b. Manilla).
  • married Joan Olive Kruse of Carroll Co.
  • entered service 25 Jun 1940 from Manilla, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Nishnabotna Cem., Manilla.
  • Air Force Basic Flight School, Gunter Air Base, Huntsville, AL; Vultee BT-13 Valiant #40-1016; crew bailed out and aircraft crashed; DNB 30 Jun 1941.

​† McCue, Dudley Van, SN 6-554-498, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 18 Aug 1912 Grant, Montgomery Co.; s/o William A. McCue (b. Montgomery Co.) & Rosa Mae Worley (b. McLean Co., IL); parents divorced about 1920.
  • married Virginia H. _____, who was born in Nebraska.
  • entered service 1934 from Elliott, Montgomery Co. or Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 78th Transport Sqdn., 22nd Transport Group, India-China Wing, Air Transport Command; based at Jorhat, Assam, India; Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express # 41-11908 crew chief with pilot Hartvig Larsen of Omaha; DNB 10 Sep 1943 on flight from Jorhat to Kumning, China; aircraft crashed in Hukawng Valley, Burma.
  • WWII Japan > China-Burma-Indian Theater > The Hump

​† McCuen, Walter Rea, SN 321-29-61, US Navy, Audubon & Woodbury Cos.
  • b. Mar 1918 Audubon Co.; s/o Walter B. McCuen (b. Audubon Co.) & Ellen M. Rea (b. Woodbury Co.); family lived in Audubon Co. 1920 and 1925; parents divorced late 1920s; Walter lived with mother in Audubon Co. 1930; mother married Harold O. Masterson Feb 1931, lived in Atlantic, Cass Co. in 1935, divorced before 1940, and moved to Sioux City before 1940.
  • Local History Note: Walter McCuen was a cousin of Tiny Lund, a race car driver from Harlan. 
  • may have lived in Harlan, Shelby Co. as a young man; entered service Mar 1939 from Iowa; next of kin mother, Mrs. Ella Masterson, 1561 Jackson St., Sioux City, Iowa; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9), Asiatic Fleet; Canopus scuttled in Mariveles Bay, Bataan, Philippines 10 Apr 1942; crew went ashore to Corregidor Is.; captured at Corregidor, Manila Bay, Philippines May 1942; KIA 24 Oct 1944 on Hell Ship Arisan Maru in Bashi Channel, south of Formosa; Arisan Maru sunk by submarine USS Shark (SS-314); around 1773 US POWs and around 100 international civilians died; nine POWs survived.
  • Note: Arisan Maru was the most American lives lost in any maritime disaster. 
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost

​† McDowell, Elmer Ross, SN 6-557-377, US Army, Fresno Co., CA & Pott. Co.
  • b. 6 Nov 1914 El Monte, Los Angeles, CA; s/o William R. McDowell (b. Orange Co., CA) & Sarah A. Rush (b. California).
  • married Mildred L. Harrington of Co. Bluffs Dec 1940 at Yuma, Yuma Co., AZ.
  • entered service about 1936 from Fresno Co., CA; service credited to Fresno Co.; buried Luxembourg American Cem., Hamm, three miles east of Luxembourg City center.
  • 3597 Quartermaster Truck Co.; KIA 2 Jan 1945, France (sic).
  • Note: possibly died in an accident in Chiligny, Lorraine, France, as Third Army moved supplies from Lorraine, France north into the Ardennes area of Belgium & Luxembourg.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Comm. Zone

† McGee, Russell Phillip, served as Mc Gee, Russel P, SN 37-438-682, US Army, Taylor Co.
  • b. 20 May 1915 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o Earl McGee (b. Shelby Co.; d. 1928) & Helen Hilbert (b. Minden, Pott. Co.); family moved to Taylor Co. in early 1920s.
  • married Nellie M. Heatherington Nov 1940, one child.
  • entered service 30 Oct 1942 from Bedford, Taylor Co.; service credited to Taylor Co.; buried Rose Hill Cem., Kirkman, Shelby Co.
  • Co. A, 117 Engineering Combat Bn., 37th Inf. Div., XIV Corps, Sixth Army; DNB 3 May 1945 near Baguio, northern Luzon, Philippines.
  • WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Luzon

​† McGee Victor Howard, SN 39-203-439, US Army, Shelby Co. & Lewis Co., WA
  • b. 22 Mar 1924 Kirkman, Shelby Co.; s/o William F. "Frank" McGee (b. Harlan, Shelby Co.) & Maude A. Tucker (b. Kirkman, Shelby Co.); family lived in Douglas Twp., rural Kirkman and moved to Lewis Co., WA in late 1930s.
  • entered service 8 Mar 1943 from Lewis Co., WA; service credited to Lewis Co.; buried Golden Gate Natl. Cem., San Bruno, San Mateo Co., CA.
  • 307th Inf. Regt., 77th Inf. Div., XXII Corps, Tenth Army; KIA 10 May 1945 on Shuri Line, southern Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan.
  • WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Land Battle of Okinawa @ Battle of the Shiri Line
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​† McGraw, Willis Edward, SN 37-643-332, US Army, Shelby & Des Moines Cos. 
  • b. 24 Apr 1913 Wapello, Louisa Co.; s/o William C. McGraw (b. Louisa Co.) & Eliza J. Lamb (b. Hardin Co.); remained in Wapello through 1930.
  • married Vella E. Wykert 1932, one child, divorced; married Helene S. Rold of Shelby Co. Sep 1941 at Kahoka, Clark Co., MO; moved to Irwin, Shelby Co. area, two children.
  • entered service 14 Jul 1944 from West Burlington, Des Moines Co.; service credited to Des Moines Co.; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • ​132nd Inf. Regt., Americal Div., Eighth Army; KIA 30 Apr 1945 Cebu Is., Philippines.
  • WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Southern Philippines

† McGrew, Orville Festus, SN 37-111-085 or 37-111-095, US Army, Chickasaw & Montgomery Cos.
  • b. 10 Apr 1918 Springfield, Brown Co., MN; s/o Orville F. McGrew (b. Gibson Co., IL) & Flossie K. M. Jenkins (b. Shannon Co., MO).
  • entered service 31 Dec 1941 from Fredericksburg, Chickasaw Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co., reason unknown; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 126th Inf. Regt., 32nd Inf. Div., I Corps, attached to 2nd Australian Corps; KIA 5 Dec 1942, probably at Higgins Road Block, Sanandanda Track, Papua, New Guinea.
  • WWII Japan > New Guinea > Papua, SE New Guinea @ Buna Campaign

† McIntosh, Alvia Marion, SN 37-693-543, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 10 Aug 1924 Clay Twp., Harrison Co.; s/o Henry M. McIntosh & Maggie M. Neill (d. 1938), both b. Monroe Co.
  • entered service 31 Mar 1944 from Mondamin, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Calhoun Cem., Harrison Co.
  • Army Transportation Corps, units mentioned are 62nd Transportation Bn. & 9th T. R. G.; DNB 14 Jun 1945 Dudweiler, near Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Comm. Zone

​† McKeeman, Bert Eugene, SN 316-66-65, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 23 Jul 1916 Co. Bluffs; s/o Roy F. McKeeman (b. Stennett, Montgomery Co.) & Mae R. Kirkle (b. Burt Co., NE).
  • entered service 27 Jul 1940 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin father, Mr. Roy Franklin McKeeman, 511 Stutsman St., Council Bluffs, IA; initially part of mass burial, body later identified and returned to Co. Bluffs for reinterment Nov 2018; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37); KIA 7 Dec 1941 during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Territory; Oklahoma capsized, 429 died; Oklahoma later righted but sank while being towed to California.
  • WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor

​† McKeown, Carroll L., SN 37-628-605, US Army, Pott. Co. & Randolph Co., MO
  • b. 13 May 1922 Dodsland, Saskatchewan, Canada; s/o William R. McKeown (b. Rock Co., NE) & Ethel N. Epperly (b. Randolph Co., MO); family lived in northern Missouri in Monroe Co. in 1930 and Randolph Co. in 1940.
  • Local History Note: Carroll McKeown was the great grandson of William McKeown, an early Boomer Township settler.
  • lived with sister Dorothy B. (McKeown) Cook in Co. Bluffs in 1940.
  • entered service 12 Nov 1943 from St. Louis City, MO at Jefferson Barracks, MO; service credited to Macon Co., IL for unknown reason; buried Oakland Cem., Moberly, Randolph Co., MO.
  • Co. F, 33rd Armored Regt., 3rd Armored Div., XVIII Airborne Corps, First Army; KIA 20 Dec 1944 with Task Force Lovelady, near Stavelot, SW of Malmedy, Belgium
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Begins

​† McLaren, William McAllister, SN 385-91-42, US Navy, Crawford Co. & Pierce Co., WA
  • b. 29 Jan 1922 rural Manilla, Nishnabotny Twp., Crawford Co.; s/o William M. McLaren (b. Iowa; d. 1930) & Althea M. McAllister (b. Morris Co., KS); lived in Nishnabotny Twp. until adulthood.
  • entered service from Pierce Co., WA; next of kin mother, Mrs. Althea McLaren, Box 56, Ashford, Wash.; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Nishnabotna Cem., Manila, Crawford Co.
  • heavy cruiser USS Astoria (CA-34), KIA 9 Aug 1942 in Ironbottom Sound off Savo Is., Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; Astoria sunk in night action, 219 died, around 680 survived.
  • WWII Japan > Solomon Islands > Guadalcanal Naval War @ Battle of Savo Island

​† McLaurin, William Harold, SN 317,408, US Merchant Marine, Crawford & Shelby Cos.
  • b. 4 Apr 1922 Omaha; s/o Roy L. McLaurin (b. Mississippi) & Luella M. Vennick (b. Crawford Co.); parents divorced; mother married Elmer D. Sutton in 1927; family lived in Craig, Burt Co., NE in 1930, in Harlan, Shelby Co. in 1935, and in Charles City, Floyd Co. in 1940.
  • body not recovered; memorialized Gallops Island Merchant Marine Memorial, Langone Park, Boston, MA; cenotaph Nishnabotna Cem., Manila, Crawford Co.
  • motor tanker Atlantic Sun radio officer, convoy ON-167, Reyklavik, Iceland to New York; d. 15 Feb 1943 in North Atlantic 150 miles off Cape Race, Newfoundland; Atlantic Sun torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-607; 68 died, one survived as prisoner.
  • WWII Germany > Battle of the Atlantic

​† McLoud, James Fredrick, served as Long Fred O, SN 37-442-043, US Army, Pott. Co. & Washington Co., OK
  • b. 8 Aug 1915 Waterloo, Black Hawk Co.; s/o Lorenzo D. McLoud (b. Iowa) & Vinnie A Burghduff (b. Wisconsin); parents divorced before 1920; lived with relatives in Walnut, Pott. Co. in 1925 and 1930.
  • married Culah M. B. Pierce 1936 in Co. Bluffs, two children; in Anamosa, Jones Co. with wife and children living in Walnut, Pott. Co in 1940.
  • entered service from Washington Co., OK; service credited to Washington Co., OK; buried Luxembourg American Cem., Hamm, three miles east of Luxembourg City center.
  • 328th Inf. Regt., 26th Inf. Div., III Corps, Third Army; KIA 27 Dec 1944 near Arsdorf, Luxembourg, south of Bastogne, Belgium.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Contained
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