Roster Si-Ss

Siddens Valley, Alaska

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 Part 38/47 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 24 "Si-Ss" records
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† Siddens, Jack Kenneth, SN 0-329-806, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 3 Jun 1914 Co. Bluffs; s/o Charles C. Siddens (b. Seward Co., NE) & Grace M. Saunders (b. Sioux City, Woodbury Co.).
married Alice M. Arch of Co. Bluffs.
entered service Aug 1940 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Marion Co., AR, his temporary residence at entry into service; buried Fairview Cem., Co. Bluffs.
Commanding Officer, 3rd Bn., 17th Inf. Regt., 7th Inf. Div.; KIA 29 May 1943, Attu, Aleutian Is., Alaska Territory.
WWII Japan > North Pacific > Attu & Kiska @ Battle of Attu

† Simpson, Harold Elwood, SN 37-698-983, US Army, Montgomery Co.

b. 6 Nov 1919 Hastings, Mills Co.; s/o John F. Simpson Jr. (b. Victor, Poweshiek Co.) & Winnie G. Gustin (b. Benton Co., MO); family moved to Red Oak, Montgomery Co. in early 1920s.
married Nettie D. Bierbaum of Griswold, Cass Co. 1937, two children.
entered service 23 Jun 1944 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Hastings Cem., Mills Co.
Co. G, 329th Inf. Regt., 83rd Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 12 Jan 1945 near Petite-Langlire, SW of Vielsalm, Belgium.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Eliminated

† Sluyter, Harry Alfred, SN 428,233, US Marine Corps, Pott. Co.

b. 23 Nov 1922 Co. Bluffs; s/o James H. Sluyter (b. rural Co. Bluffs, Kane Twp) & Bessie F. Reninger (b. Co. Bluffs).
entered service 28 Jul 1942 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Sluyter, 1215 Fifth Ave., Council Bluffs, IA; buried Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
Co. B, 6th Marine Regt., 2nd Marine Div.; DOW 27 Jun 1944, Saipan, Mariana Islands.
WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Mariana Islands @ Battle of Saipan

† Smith, Boyd D., SN 663-18-59, US Navy, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE

b. 19 Dec 1921 Salt Lake City, UT; s/o LeRoy D. Smith & Eliza E. Teter, both b. Salt Lake City; family moved to Omaha in 1930s.
married Evelyn Louise Hunt of Co. Bluffs, one child.
enlisted 9 Jun 1942 at San Francisco, CA; next of kin wife, Mrs. Evelyn Louise Smith, 2017 Ave. A, Council Bluffs, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, East Coast Memorial, Battery Park, Manhattan, New York; cenotaph Mt. Olivet Cem., Salt Lake City, UT.
submarine USS Dorado (SS-248); KIA 12 Oct 1943 in Caribbean Sea off Panama; Dorado disappeared, crew of 78 died, possibly sunk by German naval mine, possibly by friendly fire.
WWII Germany > Battle of the Atlantic

† Smith, Edgar Clifton, SN 831,389, US Marine Corps, Cass Co.

b. 29 Dec 1924 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Theodore W. Smith (b. Lewis, Cass Co.) & Leona M. Reineke (b. Shelby, Shelby Co.).
entered service 25 May 1943 from Atlantic, Cass Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theo Smith, 809 Elm St., Atlantic, IA; family moved to Torrance, Los Angeles, CA in late 1940s; buried Roosevelt Cem., Gardena, Los Angeles Co., CA.
Co. L, 7th Marine Regt., 1st Marine Div.; KIA 20 Sep 1944 Peleliu Is., 400 miled east of Mindanao, Philippines.
WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Palau Islands @ Battle of Peleliu

† Smith, Eugene McDaniel, SN 37-699-145, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 2 Sep 1925 Carson, Pott. Co.; s/o George W. Smith (b. Laclede Co., MO; 1941) & Lola B. McDaniels (b. Oakland, Pott. Co.).
married Clara J. Morris of Carson 1944.
entered service 26 Jun 1944 from Carson, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Carson Cem.
Co. C, 306th Inf. Regt., 77th Inf. Div. XXIV Corps, Tenth Army; KIA 14 May 1945 Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., Japan.
WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Land Battle of Okinawa

† Smith, Garland Forsythe, SN 37-679-021, US Army, Cass Co.

b. 21 May 1925 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o William Floyd Smith (b. near Griswold, Pott. Co.) & Faye F. Forsythe (b. Lincoln Co., NE).
entered service 13 Oct 1943 from Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Atlantic Cem.
115th Inf. Regt., 29th Inf. Div; XIX Corps, First Army; KIA 11 Aug 1944 near Vire, SE of St. Lo, Calvados Dept., Normandy, France.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Normandy, Aug 1944

† Smith, Henry Clayton, SN 37-480-433, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.

b. 29 Feb 1924 Malvern, Mills Co.; s/o Ernest E. "Dick" Smith (b. Cass Co., NE) & Lula A. Ripley (b. Otoe Co., NE); family lived in Fremont and Mills Co. before moving to Glenwood, Mills Co. in late 1920s.
enlisted May 1943; service credited to Mills Co.; buried Glenwood, Cem., Mills Co.
494th Bomb. Sqdn., 344th Bomb. Gp., Ninth Air Force, based at Stansted, near Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England; Martin B-26G5 Marauder #43-34406 tail gunner; KIA 23 Sep 1944 near Venlo, SE Netherlands; aircraft shot down by flak; two crew may have survived, remaining four died.
WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Ninth Air Force

† Smith, Howard Myron, SN 17-038-532, US Army Air Force, Shelby & Cass Cos.

b. 12 Mar 1913 rural Atlantic, Clay Twp., Shelby Co.; s/o Earl M. Smith (b. Cass Co.) & Clara E. McCrory (b. Shelby Co.); family moved from Clay Twp. to Atlantic, Cass Co. in early 1940s.
entered service 5 Jan 1942 from Atlantic, Cass Co., service credited to Cass Co.; buried Zachary Taylor Natl. Cem., Louisville, KY.
713th Bomb. Sqdn., 448th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Seething, SSE of Norwich, East Anglia, England; Consolidated B-24H Liberator #42-52123 engineer with pilot James E. Urban; KIA 11 Jan 1944 near Exloo, SE of Groningen, Netherlands; aircraft attacked by German fighters, left formation and broke in several parts, crew of ten all died.
WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force

† Smith, Lyle Calvin, SN 37-038-662, US Army, Burt Co., NE

b. near Decatur, Burt Co., NE: s/o Clyde Calvin Smith (b. Omaha) & Bessie M. Sheets (b. Hamburg, Fremont Co.; d. 1936).
entered service 16 Jun 1941; service credited to Burt Co., NE; buried Tekamah Cem., Burt Co.
perhaps Battery B, 143rd Field Artillery Bn., 40th Inf. Div., although I have found no record of this battalion having fought at Kwajalein; WIA Kwajalein, Marshall Is. 2 Feb 1944, DOW 3 Feb 1944.
WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Marshall Islands @ Battle of Kwajalein, Southern Attack Force

† Smith, Norman Franklin, SN 37-071-817, US Army, O'Brien Co.

b. 7 Apr 1914 Wakonda, Clay Co., SD; s/o Oscar F. Smith (b. Correctionville, Woodbury Co.) & Caroline W. "Minnie" Meyer (b. Anthon, Woodbury Co.); family lived in NW Iowa, moving to Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai Co., ID in 1948.
entered service 6 Jun 1941 from Rt. 1, Hartley, O'Brien Co.; service credited to Shelby Co., reason unkown; buried Forest Cem., Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai Co., ID.
46th Armored Inf. Bn., 5th Armored Div., XV Corps, Third Army; KIA 10 Aug 1944 near Le Mans, Sarthe Dept., France.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Normandy, Aug 1944

† Snyder, Charles William, SN 20-706-428, US Army, Cass Co.

b. 18 Aug 1918 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Arthur H. Snyder (b. rural Lewis, Pott. Co.) & Estella I. Peron (b. Plymouth Co.).
entered service with National Guard 19 Feb 1941 at Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Atlantic Cem.
Co. K (Atlantic), 168th Inf. Regt., transferred to Co. K, 133rd Inf. Regt., both 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; KIA 8 Apr 1943 Fondouk, Tunisia.
WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia @ Battle of Fondouk Pass

† Snyder, Donald Earl, SN 316-77-14, US Navy, Harrison Co.

b. 27 Jul 1922 Modale, Harrison Co.; s/o George D. Snyder & Millie V. Lee, both b. Modale, Harrison Co.; family lived in rural Modale.
entered service 11 Mar 1941 from Modale, Harrison Co.; next of kin father, Mr. Dewey George Snyder, Modale, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, East Coast Memorial, Battery Park, Manhattan, New York.
destroyer USS Ingraham (DD-444), fast convoy AT-20 from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Greenock, Scotland; d. 22 Aug 1942 off Nova Scotia; Ingraham passed in front of oil tanker Chemung in dense fog; 11 survivors from crew of 208.
Note: Chemung survived, perhaps without loss of life.
WWII Germany > Battle of the Atlantic

† Snyder, Kenneth Harvey, SN 37-484-885, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 13 May 1922 Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE; s/o Levert P. Snyder (b. Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE) & Hildagard Tschauder (b. Grand Island, Hall Co., NE); family lived in Nebraska and St. Louis, moving to Co. Bluffs in late 1930s.
entered service 5 Sep 1943 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Grand Island Cem., Hall Co., NE.
315th Inf. Regt., 79th Inf. Div., XV Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 29 Sep 1944 Forêt de Parroy, near Lunéville, SE of Nancy, Meurthe et Moselle Dept., Lorraine, France.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, Fall 1944 > Lorraine/Seventh Army @ Forêt de Parroy

† Soar, Ernest Martin, SN 970,147, US Marine Corps, Pott. Co.

b. 21 Feb 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o Charles H. Soar (b. Weld Co., CO) & Maude Thordsen (b. Co. Bluffs); family moved to Garner Twp., Pott. Co. in early 1930s.
entered service 28 May 1944 from Rt. 3, Co. Bluffs; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Soar, RFD 3, Council Bluffs, IA; buried Fairview Cem., Co. Bluffs.
Co. F, 23rd Marine Regt., 4th Marine Div.; KIA 28 Feb 1945 Iwo Jima, Japan.
WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Battle of Iwo Jima

† Soe, Jens Folmer, SN 0-903-833, US Army, Audubon & Shelby Cos.

b. 30 Aug 1911 Elk Horn, Shelby Co.; s/o Dr. Peder N. Soe (b. Denmark) & Aurora M. "Etta" Hansen (b. Omaha); family moved to nearby Kimballton, Audubon Co. in 1912.
left Audubon in early 1930s.
entered service 4 May 1942 from Kimballton, Audubon Co.; on Shelby Co. honor list; service credited to Douglas Co., NE; buried Immanuel Lutheran Cem., Kimballton.
Co. F or D, 322nd Engr. Regt., Newport, England; DNB 22/23 Aug 1942, gunshot wound.
WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Comm. Zone

† Soppe, Raymond Ferdinand, SN 37-156-293, US Army, Tripp Co., SD & Pott. Co.

b. 5 Sep 1910 Jordan Jct., Tripp Co., SD; s/o Ferdinand Soppe (b. Lee Co., IA; d. 1933) & Angela Von Hebel (b. Germany; d. 1918); raised in Tripp Co., relatives lived near Neola and Minden, Pott. Co.
entered service Mar 1942 from Tripp Co., SD; service credited to Tripp Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, North Africa American Cem., Carthage, Tunisia.
Co. B, 31st Signal Const. Bn.; on HMT Rhona, part of convoy KMF-36 traversing the Mediterranean from Gibraltar to the Suez Canal, Co. B probably boarded the Rhona in Oran, Algeria and was bound for the China-Burma-India Theater via Bombay, India; KIA 26 Nov 1943 off Bougie, east of Algiers, Algeria; Rhona sunk by a German guided glide bomb; around 1,173 died, including 1,050 US personnel, around 819 survivors.
Military Note: The sinking of the Rhona was the largest shipboard loss of US Army personnel during WWII.
WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Naval War

† Sorenson, Robert H., SN 675-670, US Coast Guard, Shelby Co.

b. 15 Aug 1922 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o Harry F. Sorenson & Floy E. Allen, both b. Shelby Co.
married Olga J. Dohrman of Shelby Co.
entered service 14 Dec 1942 from Rt. 4, Harlan, Shelby Co.; commingled USS Serpens explosion remains are interred under a memorial at Arlington Natl. Cem., Arlington, Virginia.
Coast Guard cargo ship USS Serpens (AK-97); d. 29 Jan 1945 off Lunga Pt., Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; Serpens exploded while loading depth charges; 196 Coast Guard personnel, 57 army stevedores, and two others died.
Minitary Note: The Serpens explosion was the largest one-time loss of life in Coast Guard history.
WWII Japan > The Pacific Base Areas

† Spark, Albert Johann, SN 37-035-953, US Army, Harrison Co.

b. 21 Mar 1912 Lagrange Twp., Harrison Co.; s/o Carl Spark & Matilda A. Witt, both b. Germany; family lived in rural Beebeetown, Harrison Co..
entered service 12 Mar 1941 from Rt. 3, Logan, Harrison Co.; buried Grange Cem., Boomer Twp., Pott. Co.
Co. H, 7th Inf. Regt., 3rd Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; DOW 17 Aug 1944, near St. Tropez, southern France.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Southern France @ Operation Dragoon

† Spedding, Edward William, SN 0-767-677, US Army Air Force, Oswego Co., NY

b. 15 Apr 1922 Oswego Co., NY; s/o William Spedding (b. Lancashire Co., England) & Flora Smith (b. Madison Co., NY).
married Mary E. Hogan of Lewis Twp., Pott. Co.
entered service from Oswego Co., NY; service credited to Oswego Co.; buried South Richland Cem., Pulaski, Oswego Co., NY.
409th Bomb. Sqdn., 93rd Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Hartwick, Norfolk, England; Consolidated B-24J Liberator #42-109815 co-pilot with pilot Eldon C. Frobish; KIA 5 Nov 1944 near Voslapp, north of Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany; aircraft crashed while participating in a raid on Misburg, east of Hanover, Germany (probable target was oil refineries); one survived, three bodies found & buried by Germans, five died in the water.
WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force

† Spencer, George Raymond, SN 316-31-56, US Navy, Harrison Co.

b. 21 Jun 1913 Modale, Harrison Co.; s/o Charles C. Spencer (b. Larue Co., KY) & Vera F. Baldwin (b. Reno Co., KS); family lived in rural western Harrison Co.
entered service 6 Feb 1932 from Little Sioux, Harrison Co.; next of kin mother, Mrs. Charles C. Spencer, Rt. 1, Mondamin, IA (Died as POW); body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
gunboat USS Oahu (PR-6), repositioned from Shanghai, China to Manila Bay, Luzon, Philippines Nov 1941, sunk off Corregidor 5 May 1942; POW on Luzon; 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.
WWII Japan > apan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost

† Spicer, Francis Dean, SN 374,884, US Marine Corps, Page Co.

b. 28 Feb 1921 Leon, Decatur Co.; s/o Jesse J. Spicer (b. Springfield, IL) & Estella J. "Stella" Bennett (b. Decatur Co.); family moved to Shenandoah, Page Co. in early 1920s & to Clarinda, Page Co. in late 1920s.
entered service 16 Feb 1942 from Clarinda, Page Co.; next of kin mother, Mrs. Stella J. Spicer, 300 E. Logan St., Clarinda, IA; buried Clarinda Cem.
Hq. Co., 1st Bn., 6th Marine Regt., 2nd Marine Div., XIV Corps; KIA 26 Jan 1943 Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.
WWII Japan > Solomon Islands > Guadalcanal

† Spicer, Robert Francis, SN 0-693-421, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co.

b. 27 Feb 1921 Grant, Douglas Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o Vergil A. Spicer (b. Montgomery Co.) & Effie M. Carmichael (b. Omaha); family moved to Red Oak 1930s.
entered service 5 Dec 1942 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
570th Bomb. Sqdn., 390th Bomb Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Framlingham, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress #42-30783 The Stork Club co-pilot with pilot Vincent De Mayo; KIA 16 Mar 1944 six miles east of Schwabish Gmund, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; aircraft attacked by Luftwaffe fighters and exploded on mission to Augsburg; eight died, two survived.
WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force

† Springer, Lynn Irwin, SN 17-131-009, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

b. 29 Aug 1924 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o George Howard Springer (b. rural Shelby, Shelby Co.) & Daisy J. Mott (b. Neola, Pott. Co.); family moved to Co. Bluffs in early 1930s.
entered service 30 Oct 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
544 SE Fighter Training Sqdn., Luke Army Air Field, near Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ; Curtiss P-40L Warhawk #42-10718 aviation cadet pilot; aircraft crashed 1 Apr 1944 two miles south of Luke Field; d. 1 Apr 1944 Luke Field Hospital.
Miltary Note: This aircraft is recorded as having been in a previous fatal crash in 1943.

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The Siddens Valley, Alaska photo shows the site of Lt. Colonel Jack Siddens death during the Japanese banzai charge at the end of the Battle of Attu Island (c/o https://mapio.net/pic/p-79527391/#google_vignette)

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