website bigpigeon.us, webpage WW II Dead > Roster Outliers - © 2021 by Robert A. “Bob” Christiansen, updated 21 Aug 2021.
The following five sources were instrumental in developing my Pottawattamie Area WW II Dead Roster:
==> Part 0 - recent additions to my Area WW II Dead Roster:
remaining dead from Marne, Lewis, & Griswold in Cass Co., towns which are near Pott. Co. ("+"- already added; "SP" - family in St. Paul's database; "vet." - veteran, died after discharge)
The following Roster Outliers webpage content consists of differences between my WW iI Dead roster and the above five sources and lacks general interest.
==> Part 1 - Names from the above sources that are not in my roster because of lack of data.
==> Part 2 - Names from the above sources that are in my roster with connection to Pott. Co. area unknown.
==> Part 3 - Major differences between the boldfaced WW II Dead Roster names and italicized names as found in the above sources (minor differences are noted in the roster).
==> Part 4 - Roll of Honor names that are not in my roster.
==> Part 5 - Veteran's Plaza's WW II section names that are not in my roster.
5a - Belongs in the Veteran's Plaza's WW I section:
Sources for the WW II Dead - Outliers webpage:
The following five sources were instrumental in developing my Pottawattamie Area WW II Dead Roster:
- Iowa Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries - from ancestry.com - Applications for payment of up to $500 to beneficiary of most Iowa WW II veterans who died before 1950.
- Area Army & AAF Dead - Pottawattamie area, excerpted from the 1946 War Dept. report on Iowa WW II dead.
- Area Navy & Marine Corps Dead - Pottawattamie area, excerpted from the 1946 Navy Dept. report on WW II dead with Iowa next of kin.
- http://iagenweb.org/wwii/WWIIRollofHonor/PottawattamieRollofHonor.html - Pott. Co. only, denoted below by Roll of Honor, developed using WW II era articles from the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
- http://genealogytrails.com/iowa/pottawattamie/veterans_plaza.htm - Pott. Co. only, denoted below by Veteran's Plaza, names inscribed on the Veteran's Plaza wall at Bayliss Park in Council Bluffs.
==> Part 0 - recent additions to my Area WW II Dead Roster:
remaining dead from Marne, Lewis, & Griswold in Cass Co., towns which are near Pott. Co. ("+"- already added; "SP" - family in St. Paul's database; "vet." - veteran, died after discharge)
- +, SP, Baier, Arnold L. - Griswold
- +, SP, Brown, Cecil LeRoy. - Griswold
- +, SP, vet., Cary, Harry Keith - Griswold
- +, SP, Donahoe, Joseph Robert - Griswold
- + Gaddis, Howard W. - Griswold
- + SP, vet., - Jobe, John Arthur - Lewis
- + Kaiser, Bernard Richard - Lewis
- + Muller, Harland M. - Griswold
- + Muller, Newton B. - Griswold
- +, SP, O’Connell, John F. - Griswold
- +, SP, vet., Philson, James Harold - Marne
- +, SP, vet., Rasmussen, Clarence Frank - Marne
- +, SP, Reynolds, Wayne Calbert - Lewis
The following Roster Outliers webpage content consists of differences between my WW iI Dead roster and the above five sources and lacks general interest.
==> Part 1 - Names from the above sources that are not in my roster because of lack of data.
- Andersen, Andrew - Roll of Honor, Veteran's Plaza
- Blair, Clyde T. - Veteran's Plaza
- Hall, Peter - Area Navy Dead, beneficiary living in Glenwood, Mills Co.
- Petersen, Merle J. Roll of Honor, Veteran's Plaza
- Porter, Dale L. - Veteran's Plaza
- Saunders, William “Jim” - Veteran's Plaza
- Weide, Elaine G. - Veteran's Plaza
- Wilkinson, Robert L., d. 27 Mar ’45 - Roll of Honor
==> Part 2 - Names from the above sources that are in my roster with connection to Pott. Co. area unknown.
- Anderson, Virgil Wendell, SN T-003902, USAAF, Buena Vista & Pott. Cos. - Area Army Dead, Roll of Honor, Veteran's Plaza
- Gerdts, Luther Charles, SN 37-647 -768, US Army, Clinton & Shelby Cos. - Area Army Dead
- Hansen, Matthias Peter, SN 39-839-172, US Army, Humboldt Co., CA - Roll of Honor, Veteran's Plaza
- Jensen, Carl Christian, SN 6-863-492, US Army, Audubon & Pott. Cos. - Area Army Dead, Roll of Honor, Veteran's Plaza
- Rhoads, Guy Benjamin, SN 648-06-39, US Navy, Custer Co., NE - Roll of Honor, Veteran's Plaza
- Smith, Norman Franklin, SN 37-071-817, US Army, O'Brien & Shelby Cos. - Area Army Dead
- Sturd, Clarence Vincent, SNs 37-112-253 & 37-142-251, US Army, Harvey Co., KS, Area Army Dead, Roll of Honor, Veteran's Plaza
==> Part 3 - Major differences between the boldfaced WW II Dead Roster names and italicized names as found in the above sources (minor differences are noted in the roster).
- Alter, Earl Carlton, SN O-157398, US Naval Aviation, Harrison Co. - Roll of Honor: Carlton, Earl.
- Bach, Paul Leonard. SN O-311373, US Army, Pott. Co. - Area Army Dead, Roll of Honor: appears both as Bach Paul L & Beach Paul L.
- Duffy/Lein, Robert Eugene, SN 17-197-256, US Army, Pott. Co. - mother divorced from Lawrence D. Lein & married to Edward P. Duffy - Area Army Dead, Roll of Honor, Veteran's Plaza: appears both as Lein Robert E and Duffy Robert E. gravestone inscription: Robert Lein Duffy.
- McLoud, James Fredrick, SN 37-442-043, US Army, Pott. Co. & Washington Co., OK - sister lived in Walnut, Pott. Co.; served from Washington Co., Oklahoma using pseudonym Long, Fred O. - Roll of Honor: McLoud, James Fredrick; Veteran's Plaza: Long, Fred O; Luxembourg American Cem. cross inscription: Fred O Long.
==> Part 4 - Roll of Honor names that are not in my roster.
- Petersen, Jack Millard, SN 648-08-27, US Navy; b. 18 Oct 1921 Co. Bluffs; s/o Harley Petersen & Frances H. Millard of Co. Bluffs; entered service 4 Jan 1942 from Co. Bluffs; released 5 Nov 1945; d. 4 Mar 1973; probable confusion with Jack Peterson of Harlan, Shelby Co., s/o Harlan Peterson, who was lost at sea in the Atlantic Ocean during WW II and is included in my WW II Roster.
==> Part 5 - Veteran's Plaza's WW II section names that are not in my roster.
5a - Belongs in the Veteran's Plaza's WW I section:
- Smith, Ruby - b. 13 Jan 1888 Pott. Co.; d/o Willard E. Smith & Susan Knox of Grove Twp.; WW I Red Cross volunteer from Macedonia, Pott. Co.; d. 16 Oct 1918 in New York during the influenza pandemic on her way to France; bur. Macedonia Cem.; Macedonia's Ruby Smith Post 648 of the American Legion carries her name.
- Cain, Orville J. - Orville James Cain, SN 250572, Sgt., USMC; b. 9 Feb 1909 s/o James E. Cain & Catherine E. Schriver who lived in Nebraska and then settled in rural Carson, Pott. Co.; 1st Defense Bn., Wake Island; POW near Shanghai, China; m. Bernice Rose Viola Kunze; d. 8 Oct 1987; bur. Wheeler Grove Cem. near Carson.
- Wall, Charles E. - Charles Elmer Wall b. 18 Mar 1923 near Griswold, Pleasant Twp., Cass Co.; s/o Vernon E. Wall & Edith Moore; served in ETO in WW II; m. Betty J. Briles; d. 7 Feb 1995; bur. Mt. Olivet Cem., Cheyenne, WY.
- Winger, Ancil W. - Ancil Wayne Winger, SN 3164416, Electrician's Mate 3/c, US Navy; b. 29 Oct 1916 Plattsmouth, NE s/o Earl Winger & Gladys Edie; raised in Co. Bluffs; parents at 1607 4th Ave. during WW II; submarine USS Perch (SS-176), damaged by Japanese destroyer torpedoes and scuttled NW of Surabaya, Java 3 Mar 1942; POW (of the crew of 54, five died in captivity, 49 survived WW II); remained in service after WW II; married Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Wise 1954; d. 8 May 1986, bur. Ft. Logan Nat'l Cem., Denver, CO.
- Grate, Forest G., USAF - b. 20 Oct 1928; s/o Forest Glenn Grate & Perninah Jean “Jennie” Penman; enlisted Feb 1946; Sgt. 1100th Sta. Med, Gp.; d. 24 Aug 1948 in two-plane collision near Newton, NJ; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
- Hathaway, Joseph L., US Army - b. 7 Oct 1929; s/o Gaylord Roy Hathaway & Lessie Pearl German; enlisted 16 Jan 1946; d. 17 Jul 1949 in Germany; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
- Phipps, Louis C., SN 3180449, US Navy - b. 8 Dec 1930; s/o Carroll Wilfred Phipps & Sarah Arlene Colwell; enlisted 19 Feb 1948; d. 6 Aug 1951 at Moffett Field, Santa Clara Co., CA; bur. Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
- Pierson, Lawrence E., US Navy - b. 2 Jan 1930 Co. Bluffs; s/o Leo Dallas Pierson & Eva Umble; enlisted 1948; d. at home on leave 3 Jul 1950; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
- Leighton, Earl L., SN B608294, USN - b. 22 Oct 1937 Colorado; s/o Ellsworth Sherbeck Leighton & Erma Gertrude Kirby; enlisted ~ 1957 from Omaha; d. 17 Jan 1969 Bien Hoa, Dong Hai, Vietnam; bur. Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
- Schickner, Bernard E. - SSN 485-54-3089, US Army; b. 10 Feb '45; entered service 3 Jan '66, released 16 Dec '68; d. 4 Apr '72; bur. Hardin Twp. Cem. SE of McClelland, Pott. Co.
- Schmidt, Howard D. This is Dale Howard Schmidt, 1947-1968, who died in Vietnam, and who also appears in the Veteran's Plaza Vietnam section as Dale H. Schmidt. There is a memorial to Dale on the grounds of the Twisted Tail restaurant in Beebeetown, Shelby Co. erected by his friend, Eddie Spencer.
Sources for the WW II Dead - Outliers webpage:
- The webpage header photo, Ruby Smith Grave, Macedonia, Iowa, is courtesy of findagrave.com.