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​                          Part 29/46 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 19 "Mn-Mz" records
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† Montgomery, Eugene, SN 37-599-300, US Army, Wayne Co.
  • b. 3 Feb 1923 Corydon, Wayne Co.; s/o James I. Montgomery & Lela McMurry, both b. Promise City, Wayne Co.
  • married Esther M. Johnson of Montgomery Co. Mar 1944 in Red Oak, Montgomery Co.
  • entered service 17 Jul 1944 from Corydon, Wayne Co.; service credited to Wayne Co.; buried Promise City Cem., Wayne Co.
  • Co. I, 328th Inf. Regt., 26th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; DOW 30 Mar 1945 near Hanau, Hesse, Germany.
  • The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine.

​† Moore, Devore Franklin, SN 37-472-882, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 24 Jun 1922 Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; s/o Joseph L. Moore & Edith D. Johnson, both b. Harrison Co.
  •  entered service 18 Feb 1943 from Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Rose Hill Cem., Missouri Valley.
  • Co. G, 35th Inf. Regt., 25th Inf. Div.; KIA 7 Feb 1945 SE of Lingayen Gulf near Lupao, Nueva Ecija, central Luzon, Philippines.
  • Battle of Lupao - Philippines Liberated > Luzon.

† Moore, Loyd Harry, SN 20-700-138, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 12 Mar 1919 Co. Bluffs; s/o Elmer L. Moore (b. Washington Co., NE) & Pearl E. Daugherty (b. Magnolia, Harrison Co.).
  • entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Hq. Co. (Jefferson), 34th Inf. Div.; DNB 14 Jun 1943 Mateur, Tunisia, North Africa, injuries in truck accident.
  • The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia.

† Moore, Ned Lea, SN 485,544, US Marine Corps, Pott. Co.
  • b. 2 May 1910 Co. Bluffs; s/o Harold L. Moore (b. Floyd Co.) & Mary D. Bascom (b. Jewell Co., KS).
  • entered service 24 Nov 1942 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Moore, 911 Second Ave., Council Bluffs, IA; buried Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
  • Co. L, 2nd Marine Regt., 2nd Marine Div.; KIA 20 Nov 1943 Betio Is., Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Is.
  • Battle of Tarawa - Central Pacific > Gilbert Islands.

† Moore, Walter Arthur, SN 37-467-084, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 10 Dec 1922 Co. Bluffs; s/o Walter C. Moore (b. Co. Bluffs) & Mary L. Westlake (b. Hennepin Co., MN).
  • entered service 19 Dec 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Cedar Lawn Cem. Co. Bluffs.
  • Co. A, 14th Armored Inf. Bn., 1st Armored Div., Fifth Army; WIA & DOW 25 Apr 1945 near Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, shrapnel.
  • The MTO > Italy > Po Valley Campaign.

† Moore, Walter Lee, SN 37-699-139, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 25 May 1921 Co. Bluffs; s/o Walter C. Moore (b. Douglas Co., NE) & Elsie L. Vincent (b. Crescent, Pott. Co.).
  • married Kerry A. Wilson of Co. Bluffs Jan 1940 in Sarpy Co., NE, four children.
  • entered service 26 Jun 1944 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Co. F, 33rd Armored Regt., 3rd Armored Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 30 Mar 1945 east of the Ruhr, near Schloss Hamborn, south of Paderborn, Germany.
  • The ETO > Central Europe > Beyond the Rhine.

​† Morgan, Dale Leroy, SN 6-939-700, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 9 Aug 1922 Central City, Merrick Co., NE; s/o William E. Morgan Sr. (b. Merrick Co., NE) & Bernice Hollenbeck (b. Nebraska); parents divorced; mother married Fred R. Porter of Co. Bluffs.
  • living with grandparents Morgan in Howard Co., NE in 1930 and with mother and stepfather Porter in Co. Bluffs in 1940; entered service 17 Feb 1940 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Co. H, 18th Inf. Regt., 1st Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 1 Dec 1944 near Hürtgen Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > Queen/Hürtgen.

​† Morris, Eddie Jack, SN 648-09-05, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 12 Apr 1919 Carson, Pott. Co.; s/o Fred E. Morris (b. Oakland, Pott. Co.; d. 1942) & Mary E. Hodges (b. Woodbine, Harrison Co.); during Eddie's childhood, family also lived in Waveland Twp., Pott. Co.; Griswold, Cass Co.; and Clarinda and Shenandoah, Page Co.
  • entered service 11 Aug 1941 from Carson, Pott. Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Morris, Box 453, Carson, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy; cenotaph Carson Cem., Pott. Co.
  • Cruiser USS Savannah (CL-42); KIA 11 Sep 1943 off Salerno, Italy; Savannah damaged by radio-controlled German guide-bomb,197 died.
  • Salerno-Naples-Foggia - The MTO > MTO Sea War.

​† ​​Morrow, Lynn Adolph, SN 37-042-647, US Army, Cherokee Co.
  • b. 30 Sep 1917 Willow Twp., Monona Co.; s/o Frank D. Morrow (b. Moorhead, Monona Co.) & Dorothy F. Wood (b. Phelps Co., MO); family moved to Cherokee Co. in late 1920s.
  • entered service 11 Apr 1941 from Cherokee, Cherokee Co.; service credited to Cherokee Co.; buried Oak Hill Cem., Cherokee.
  • Co. I, 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div.; KIA 30 May 1944 Italy.
  • The MTO > Italy > Cassino to Rome.
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​† Morrow, Marjorie Gertrude, SN N-733-475, US Army, Kossuth & Audubon Cos.
  • b. 17 May 1916 Algona, Kossuth Co.; d/o Merrill M. Morrow (b. Benton Co.) & Mary Bess White (b. Whiteside Co., IL; d. 1932); family moved from Algona to Des Moines 1932 and to Audubon, Audubon Co. 1933; father married Pauline (Norton) Worster 1935.
  • graduated Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines 1937.
  • entered service 23 Oct 1942 from Ames, Story Co., service credited to Audubon Co.; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • US Army Nursing Corps, 95th Evacuation Hospital, Anzio; KIA 7 Feb 1944 at Anzio Beachhead, Lazio, Italy, shrapnel ruptured femoral artery; German aircraft under attack jettisoned ordnance over the Anzio Beachhead hospital complex, 28 died.
  • The MTO > Italy > Battle of Anzio.
  • Note: Marjorie Morrow was one of sixteen US military nurses who died from enemy action in WWII. 

† Mortenson, John Stuart, SN 0-748-217, US Army Air Force, Kearney Co., NE & Maricopa Co., AZ
  • b. 22 Jun 1916 Co. Bluffs; s/o Alfred Mortenson (b. Co. Bluffs) & Kitty Belle Wills (b. Omaha); family moved to Minden, Kearney Co., NE in late 1910s and to Phoenix, AZ in late 1930s.
  • entered service 13 Jun 1942 from Oswego Co., NY; service credited to Maricopa Co., AZ; buried Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Lorraine, France.
  • 739th Bomb. Sqdn., 454th Bomb. Gp., Fifteenth Air Force; based at San Giovanni Airfield, Foggia, Lazio, Italy; Consolidated B-24H Liberator Winged Victory #42-52300; FOD/KIA 25 Feb 1944; aircraft shot down by Luftwaffe fighter; went into a spin & crashed NW of Bruck, north of Graz, Austria; five died, six POW.
  • The MTO > MTO Air War.

​† Moss, Herman Albert, SN 37-141-303, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 22 Feb 1917 rural Persia, Union Twp., Harrison Co.; s/o John A. Moss (b. Persia, Harrison Co.) & Emma E. Pullis (b. Neola, Pott. Co.); family lived in Persia area in Union and Washington Twps., Harrison Co.
  • farmhand living in household of uncle Herman A. Moss Jr. in Washington Twp., Harrison Co. in Apr 1940; married Alice L. Pieper of Minden, Pott. Co. Dec 1941 in Omaha.
  • entered service 21 Jan 1941 from rural Persia, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried ​Valley View Cem., Persia.
  • Co. L, 38th Inf. Regt., 2nd Inf. Div. V Corps, First Army; KIA 13 Aug 1944 SE of St. Lo, near Tinchebray, Orne, Normandy, France.
  • The ETO > Liberation > Normandy.
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​† Mowrey, Robert Edward, also served as Mowery Robert E, SN 308,610, US Marine Corps Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • b. 13 Jul 1924 Waterloo, Black Hawk Co.; s/o Ray F. Mowrey (b. Atchison Co., MO) & Minnie Ehlebracht (b. Grundy Co.; d. 1937); family moved to Co. Bluffs late 1920s; father married Lillian E. (Costine) Ruberg before 1940.
  • entered service May 1941 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin father, Mr. Ray Mowrey, 1229 6th Ave., S. Council Bluffs, IA; buried at sea; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
  • Marine Air Fighter Sqdn. VMF-221, Marine Air Group 22, 2nd Marine Air Wing; KIA 4 Jun 1942 Midway Is., Hawaii Territory; direct hit on aircraft rearming station during Japanese air attack.
  • Japan Overreaches > Battle of Midway.

​† Mueller, Eugene Clyde, SN 0-704-040, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 11 Feb 1916 Wisconsin; s/o Isador F. Mueller (b. Milwaukee Co., WI) & Martha Volland (b. Germany); family moved to Co. Bluffs in early 1920s.
  • working in Milwaukee, WI in 1940; married Maxine H. Miller of Co. Bluffs Dec 1943 in Omaha.
  • enlisted 27 Jan 1943 at Chicago, IL from Pott. Co.; service credited to unknown county; group burial Zachary Taylor Natl. Cem., Louisville, KY.
  • 490th Bomb. Sqdn., 341st Bomb. Gp., Tenth Air Force; based at Moran Airfield, Assam, India; North American B-25D Mitchell #43-3612 navigator-bombardier with pilot Frank M. Finney; KIA 24 Oct 1944 near Maymyo, Burma; engine likely struck by ground fire and aircraft crashed; all six died.
  • China-Burma-India Theater > Burma, 1941-45.

​† Muller, Harland Max, SN 37-478-022, US Army, Cass Co.
  • b. 27 Jun 1924 rural Lyman, Noble Twp., Cass Co.
  • entered service 7 Apr 1943 from Rt. 2, Griswold, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co., IA; buried St. Johns United Church of Christ Cem., Lyman, Cass Co.
  • 194th Glider Infantry Regt., 17th Airborne Div., VIII Corps, Third Army; KIA 4 Jan 1945 west of Bastogne, Belgium.
  • The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Eliminated.
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† Muller, Newton Bruce, SN 321-03-84, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • b. 21 Oct 1917 rural Lyman, Noble Twp., Cass Co.
  • married Mary Louise O'Dell.
  • entered service 7 Apr 1936; reenlisted 26 Jun 1940; next of kin wife, Mrs. Mary Louise Muller, 327 E. Washington, Santa Ana, CA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon,  Philippines; cenotaph St. Johns United Church of Christ, Lyman.
  • served on USS California (BB-44) during first enlistment & on USS Kanawha (AO-1) during second enlistment; KIA 7 Apr 1943 Tulagi anchorage, near Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; Kanawha attacked by Japanese dive bombers and sank the following day; 19 died.
  • Japanese Operation I-Go - South & SW Pacific > Solomons Naval War.
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about Harland & Newton Muller:
  • sons of Ellis Muller & Esther Schuler, both b. Noble Twp., Cass Co.; family lived in Noble Twp. in the Lyman area in southern Cass Co.
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† Mulvaney, John Joseph, SN 37-045-953, US Army, Henry Co.
  • b. 22 Feb 1918 Glenwood, Mills Co.; s/o John A. Mulvaney (b. Callaway Co., MO) & Anna B. Kendall (b. Missouri; d. 1921); father married Cora Murphy of Mills Co. 1921; family moved from Mills Co. to Hastings, NE in the late 1920s, to Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co. in the early 1930s, and to Independence, Buchanan Co. in the late 1930s.
  • entered service 23 Jun 1941 from Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co.; service credited to Henry Co.; buried ​Los Angeles Natl. Cem., Los Angeles Co., CA.
  • Hq. Co., 3rd Bn., 160th Inf. Regt., 40th Inf. Div.; no overseas service; d. 8 Sep 1945 Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, CA; pneumonia resulting from cancer.

† Munchrath, Francis F., SN 0-927-081, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 25 Sep 1919 Omaha; s/o George J. Munchrath (b. Audrian Co., MO) & Mary M. Hesse (b. Earling, Shelby Co.); family moved to rural Co. Bluffs, Garner Twp., Pott. Co. in mid-1920s.
  • entered service 2 Oct 1941 from Star Rt., Co. Bluffs; (service credited to Pott. Co.; buried St. Joseph Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 553rd Base Unit, Romulus Army Air Field (now Wayne County Airport), near Detroit, MI; Curtis C-46A Commando #42-3669 co-pilot with pilot James W. Hartzog; DNB 26 Jan 1945, near Belle Center, Logan Co., OH; aircraft caught fire & crashed en route from Buffalo, NY to Wright-Patterson Army Air Field, Dayton, OH; crew of three all died.​

​† Mustard, James Eldon, SN 37-426-156, US Army, Jasper Co.
  • b. 3 Oct 1920 Co. Bluffs; s/o Thomas S. Mustard & Mabel E. Biggins, both b. Fremont Co.; family lived in rural Hazel Dell and Crescent Twps. of Pott. Co. before returning to Co. Bluffs in the early 1930s and then moving to Newton, Jasper Co. in the late 1930s.
  • entered service 25 Aug 1942 from Newton, Jasper Co.; service credited to Jasper Co.; buried Newton Union Cem., Jasper Co.
  • Co. 6, 2nd Regt., First Special Service Force (aka Devil's Brigade), a joint US-Canadian special operations brigade, VI Corps, Fifth Army; DOW 18 Feb 1944 Anzio Beachhead, Lazio, Italy.
  • The MTO > Italy > Battle of Anzio.
  • Local History Notes: James Mustard was my mother's student at Pottawattamie County's Hazel Dell Township #4 rural school in the late 1920s.
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