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 Part 16/27 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 17 "Md-Mm" records
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† Mead, John Lincoln, SN 31-374-517, US Army, Pott. Co. & Hillsborough Co., NH 
  • b. 17 Jun 1920 San Francisco, CA; s/o Wallace A. Mead (b. Lancaster Co., NE) & Elizabeth L. Kentzel (b. San Francisco, CA); family lived in Co. Bluffs 1934-39. 
  • entered service 2 Sep 1943 at Manchester, NH from Hillsborough Co., NH; service credited to Hillsborough Co., NH; buried Golden Gate Natl. Cem., San Bruno, San Mateo Co., CA.
  • Field Artillery, unit unknown; KIA 26 Mar 1945 unknown location in Germany.
  • The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine.
  • Notes: John Lincoln Mead's father, Colonel Wallace A. Mead, survived as a WWII prisoner of the Japanese, having been captured in the Fall of the Philippines.

† Mefferd, Eugene, SN O-325598, US Naval Aviation, Harrison & Crawford Cos.
  • b. 30 Oct 1921 Woodbine, Harrison Co. s/o Arthur L. Mefferd (b. Woodbine, Harrison Co.) & Fay Templeton (b. Dane Co., WI); family moved to Denison, Crawford Co. in late 1930s.
  • married Betty Jo Underwood Nov 1943 in Kiron, Crawford Co., one child.
  • entered service 19 Jun 1942 from rural Denison, Crawford Co.; buried Woodbine Cem., Harrison Co.
  • Served at Navy Air Station, Olathe, KS; d. 13 Feb 1945 Alameda Co., CA; cause of death unknown.

† Meindl, Joseph James, SN 230,946, US Coast Guard, Marshall Co.
  • b. 17 May 1924 rural Neola, Boomer Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o Max F. Meindl & Anna M, Meiner, both b. Germany; family settled in Marshalltown, Marshall Co. around 1930.
  • entered service 8 Dec 1941 from Marshalltown, Marshall Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
  • Coast Guard Cutter USS Clover (WLB-292), stationed in Alaska Territory; DNB 18/19 May 1944, Dry Bay, Alaska Territory panhandle; member of a seven-man boat crew from Clover who all drowned in the breakers at the entrance to Dry Bay, the Alsek River mouth, while going to the aid of two stranded fishing vessels.
  • North Pacific > Alaska. 
  • Notes: Earlier the Clover had been involved in setting up LORAN radio stations, which were used for navigation, in remote Alaska locations.

† Melton, Derald William, SN 17-131-529, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 12 Dec 1923 Ault, Weld Co., CO; s/o William Melton Jr. (b. Hardin Twp., Pott. Co.) & Mabel Sperry (b. Pott. Co.); family moved to Hardin Twp., Pott. Co. in late 1920s and to Co. Bluffs in late 1930s.
  • entered service 2 Feb 1943 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 547th Bomb. Sqdn., 384th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Grafton-Underwood, Northamptonshire, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #42-10783 bombardier; KIA 27 Dec 1944 near Arenberg, east of Koblenz, Germany; aircraft lost rear section from flak & crashed, eight died, two survived.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.

† Mendenhall, Stanley Filtodus, SN 37-462-553, US Army, Custer Co., SD & Harrison Co.
  • b. 3 Dec 1918 Custer, Custer Co., SD; s/o James F. Mendenhall (b. Morgan Co., OH) & Eva V. Gould (b. Muskegon Co., MI).
  • married Charlene F. Crabb of Harrison Co. Oct 1939 in Newcastle, WY, one child; living with in-laws in rural Little Sioux, Sioux Twp., Monona Co. in early 1940 and working in Custer Co., SD in Oct 1940.
  • unknown service entry data; service credited to Custer Co., SD; buried Custer Cem.
  • 120th Inf. Regt., 30th Inf. Div., First & Ninth Armies; KIA 26 Oct 1944 near Herzogenrath, north of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > Aachen.

† Meredith, Glenn T., SN 322-15-52, US Navy, Mills Co.
  • b. 24 Mar 1927 Oak Twp., rural Glenwood, Mills Co.; s/o Jess H. Meredith & Kate L. Ross, both b. Kentucky; parents divorced.
  • entered service 7 Apr 1944 from Glenwood, Mills Co.; next of kin mother, Mrs. Katie Lucy Meredith, 811 West Coolidge St., Glenwood, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • US Navy Armed Guard, stationed on ammunition ship SS Lewis L. Dyche; KIA 4 Jan 1945 Mindoro Harbor, Mindoro Is., Philippines; Dyche hit by Japanese kamikaze, exploded, and sank without a trace; all 43 crew members and 28 armed guards died.
  • Philippines Liberated > Philippines Naval War.
  • Note: Glenn Meredith may be the only roster member who died at 17. 

† Messerschmidt, William George Jr., SN 316-95-00, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  • b. 22 Feb 1921 Shelby, Shelby Co.; s/o William G. Messerschmidt (b. Shelby, Shelby Co.) & Lena Bladt (b. Pleasant Twp., Pott. Co.), family lived in the Shelby area in Cass and Shelby Twps., Shelby Co. and Washington Twp., Harrison Co., and then lived on Rt. 3, Neola in early 1940s.
  • entered service 14 Nov 1942 from Rt. 3, Neola, Pott. Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. William George Messerschmidt, Rt. 3, Neola, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii; cenotaph near parents' graves in Shelby Cem., Shelby Co.
  • Submarine USS Pompano (SS-181); KIA ~ Sep 1943 Pacific Ocean; Pompano failed to return to Midway Is. from patrol off Japan; 78 died, none survived.
  • Naval War with Japan > US Submarine Force.

† Metheny, Hershel Alfred, SN 6-857-125, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 10 Feb 1912 rural Sidney, Fremont Co.; s/o Richard G. Metheny & Abbie G. Landreth, both b. Fremont Co.; family lived in various locations in Nebraska and in Sidney, Fremont Co. before moving to rural Co. Bluffs, Lewis Twp., Pott. Co. in the late 1930s.
  • married Josephine M. Dickey of Nebraska.
  • entered service about 1934 from Rt. 1, Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; stationed at Fort Crook, NE April 1940; reenlisted at Camp Roberts, CA 30 Aug 1941; buried Lewis Twp. Cem., Pott. Co.
  • Co. H, 331 Inf. Regt., 83rd Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 11 Dec 1944, near Gey, Hürtgen Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > Queen/Hürtgen.
  • Notes:  posthumous Silver Star award.

† Mickey, Paul Leo “Leo”, SN 37-118-215, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 12 Jul 1909 Macedonia, Pott. Co.; s/o Charles C. Mickey (b. Louisa Co.) & Jennie Filarski (b. Netherlands).
  • worked as a trucker, remained in parents' home in Macedonia.
  • entered service 17 Mar 1942 from Macedonia, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Brittany American Cem., St.-James, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
  • 714 Engineer Depot Co.; DNB 2 Dec 1944, 166th General Hospital, France (location unknown); accident.
  • The ETO > ETO Comm. Zone.

† Mickelsen, Howard Keith, SN 37-768-739, US Army, Shelby & Cass Cos.
  • b. 1 Jul 1924 Clay Twp., Shelby Co.; s/o Anton Peter Mickelsen (b. Denmark) & Jensine M. Sorensen (b. rural Co. Bluffs); family lived in Clay Twp. near Marne, Cass Co.
  • entered service 30 Apr 1945 from Rt. 1, Marne, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Elk Horn Cem., Elk Horn, Shelby Co.
  • Co. B, 78th Inf. Training Regt., Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Little Rock, Arkansas; d. 4 Jun 1945, meningitis.

Miller, Lyle E. - see Lovelady, Lyle Everett

† Miller, Max Miles, SN 321-51-16, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  • b. 28 Oct 1922 Wilmot, Roberts Co., SD; s/o Christian M. Miller (b. Denmark; d. 1934) & Helene C. Jessen (b. Germany); family moved to Shelby, Shelby Co. in mid 1920s; mother married William Thies Aug 1934 and later divorced.
  • entered service 12 Nov 1941 from Shelby, Shelby Co.; next of kin mother, Mrs. Helen Miller, Shelby, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Shelby Cem.
  • Destroyer USS Chevalier (DD-451); KIA 6 Oct 1943 off Vella Lavella Is., central Solomon Is.; Chevalier torpedoed & abandoned & scuttled early the following day, 54 died.
  • Sea Battle of Vella Lavella - South & SW Pacific > Solomons Naval War.

​† Miller, Melvin Max, SN 37-692-104, US Army, Crawford Co.
  • b. 1 Mar 1923 East Boyer Twp., rural Denison, Crawford Co.; s/o Otto J. C. F. Miller (b. Aspinwall, Crawford Co.) & Anna Steckelberg (b. Irwin, Shelby Co.); family were long-term East Boyer Twp. residents.
  • entered service 15 Mar 1944 from rural Denison, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Verviers, SE of Liege, Belgium.
  • Co. C, 16th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 27 Nov 1944 Hürtgen Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > Queen/Hürtgen.

† Miller, Oliver Oscar, SN 37-267-842, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 27 Jul 1920 Dumfries, Keg Creek Twp., Pott. Co.
  • entered service 28 Oct 1942 from Rt. 1, Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; group burial Zachary Taylor Natl. Cem., Louisville, KY.
  • 500th Bomb. Sqdn., 345th Bomb. Gp., Fifth Air Force, based at Nadzab Air Field complex near Lae, NE New Guinea; North American B-25D Mitchell #41-29992 tail gunner with pilot Thane C. Hecox Jr.; KIA 15 Feb 1944 over Kavieng, New Ireland, Bismarck  Archipelago; SW Pacific; aircraft lost during mission, all six died. 
  • Operation Cartwheel - Air Force War with Japan > Fifth Air Force.
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† Miller, Raymond Detlef Jr., SN 37-470-777, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 16 Oct 1923 Dumfries, Keg Creek Twp., Pott. Co.
  • entered service 28 Jan 1943 from Rt. 1, Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Verviers, SE of Liege, Belgium.
  • 395th Inf. Regt., 99th Inf. Div., III Corps, First Army; KIA 13 Mar 1945, east of Remagen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  • The ETO > Central Europe > Crossing the Rhine.
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about Oliver Oscar and Raymond Detlef Miller:
  • sons of Raymond D. Miller Sr. (b. Keg Creek Twp., Pott. Co.) & Ida L. Kirchhoff (b. Pott. Co).

† Miller, Wesley Robert, SN 20-705-513, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 4 Dec 1916 Villisca, Montgomery Co.; s/o Frank E. Miller (b. Villisca, Montgomery Co.) & Bertha N. Roberts (b. Spencer, Clay Co.).
  • married Wilma E. Strain May 1941 in Andrew Co., MO, one child.
  • entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 from Villisca, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Villisca Cem., Montgomery Co.
  • Co. F (Villisca), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; KIA 2 Feb 1943 Tunisia.
  • The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia

† Million, Franklin Alexander, SN 620-37-21, US Navy, Taylor Co.
  • b. 4 Jul 1920 Selma, Van Buren Co.; s/o Anderson D. Million (b. Warren Co., IL) & Addie I. Sharp (b. Nodaway Co., MO).
  • entered service 1 Feb 1942 from Bedford, Taylor Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Dean Million, Bedford, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • Submarine USS Trout (SS-202); 11th patrol; likely KIA 29 Feb 1944 in East China Sea by IJN destroyer Asashimo depth charges; all 81 died.
  • Naval War with Japan > US Submarine Force.

​† Mitchell, James Woodrow, SN 6-932-582, US Army, Burt Co., NE
  • b. 8 Nov 1921 Nebraska; s/o Charles Edward "Ed" Mitchell (b. Johnson Co., MO; d. 1942) & Isora V. Rogers (b. Anthon, Woodbury Co.); family lived in Decatur, Burt Co., NE; parents divorced early 1930s; sister and mother later lived in Co. Bluffs.
  • entered service about 1939; service credited to Burt Co., NE; buried Hillcrest Cem., Decatur, Burt Co.
  • Co. H., 147th Inf. Regt.; DNB 31 May 1944 Emirau Is. west of New Britain.
  • South & SW Pacific > Bismarck Archipelago.