bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Roster > Roster Sources, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 11 Feb 2023.
The following sources were of major use in developing this roster:
The WWII: US > WWII Web Sources submodule contains links to many sources that used in building the roster.
- Iowa Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries, from ancestry.com. This database contains applications and supporting material for payment of up to $500 to the beneficiary of Iowa WWII veterans who died before 1950.
- 1946 War Department list of WWII dead with service credited to Iowa, organized alphabetically within counties. Entries for Pottawattamie area counties are in my Pottawattamie Area Army & AAF Dead report.
- 1946 Navy Department list of WWII dead with Iowa next of kin, organized alphabetically statewide. Entries for Pottawattamie area counties, except for Audubon Co., are in Roster Sources > Navy Dept., Pott. Area.
The WWII: US > WWII Web Sources submodule contains links to many sources that used in building the roster.