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​                           Part 33/38 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 28 "St-Sz" records
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† Stacey, Louis Clarence Jr., SN 20-704-227, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 14 Nov 1922 Colby, Thomas Co., KS; s/o Louis C. Stacey Sr. (b. Jewell Co., KS) & Mary Alice Bonham (b. rural Honey Creek Pott. Co.); family moved from Kansas to Co. Bluffs mid-1920s.
  • entered service with National Guard 10 Nov 1941 at Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Oak Grove Cem., Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.
  • Service Co. (Co. Bluffs), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 29 Oct 1943 near Naples, Italy
  • The MTO > Italy > The Volturno Line.

† Starner, Russell Leroy, SN 37-734-909, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • b. 5 Jan 1925 Shelby, Shelby Co.; s/o Herbert F. Starner (b. Walnut, Pott. Co.) & Aura C. Gill (b. Shelby, Shelby Co.).
  • entered service 17 Jul 1944 from Shelby, Shelby Co.; service credited to Shelby Co.; buried Shelby Cem.
  • Co. K, 319th Inf. Regt., 80th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; KIA 13/15 Feb 1945, east of Sauer River, near Wallendorf, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate; Germany.
  • The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > XII Corps to Bitburg.

† Staub, Herman Edward, SN 37-074-568, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 5 Mar 1920 Newtown area, rural Avoca, Knox Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o Emil A. Staub (b. Avoca, Pott. Co.) & Addie M. Gilliam (b. Booneville, Dallas Co.); family moved to Shelby Co. NW of Avoca about 1940.
  • entered service 1 Oct 1941 from Rt. 2, Avoca, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Graceland Cem., Avoca.
  • Co. C, 163rd Inf. Regt., 41st Inf. Div.; KIA 15 Jan 1943 at Perimeter R, Soputa-Sanananda Track, west of Buna, New Guinea; died with Francis Tague.
  • Buna Campaign - South & SW Pacific > Southeast New Guinea, Papua.

† Stearns, Kirk Comstock, SN 316-67-15, US Navy, Mills Co.
  • b. 3 Jul 1922 Pocatello, Bannock Co., ID; s/o George C. Stearns & Mary E. Clark, both b. Lucas Co.; father was a railroad man who remained in the west; mother returned to Iowa; living with uncle & aunt John & Ethel Clark in Plattville Twp., rural Glenwood, Mills Co. in 1930s.
  • married Jacqueline J. Godsey of Co. Bluffs 1942.
  • entered service 16 Aug 1940 from Rt. 1, Glenwood, Mills Co.; next of kin wife, Mrs. Jacqueline Jeanne Stearns, c/o P. M. (sic, Post Master), Pacific Junction, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Chapel Hill Gardens, Des Moines.
  • Submarine USS Tullibee (SS-284); KIA 26 Mar 1944 off Palau Is., east of the Philippines; Tullibee sunk by circular run of its own torpedo, 80 died, one survived.
  • Naval War with Japan > US Submarine Force.

† Steele, Mack Denson, SN 20-706-090, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 9 Oct 1918 Neola, Pott. Co.; s/o Fred M. Steele (b. Pott. Co.) & Margaret A. Denson (b. Scott Co., Mississippi); family lived in Neola, moving to Jackson, MS after 1940.
  • entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 at Neola, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Lakewood Memorial Cem., Jackson, MS.
  • Hq. Detachment (Neola), 3rd Bn., 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., detached to British 6th Commando Bn. at time of death (served earlier with the 1st Ranger Bn.); DOW 23 Nov 1942 NE Algeria.
  • The MTO > North Africa > Race to Tunis.
  • Notes: Mack Steele is credited as one of the 50 US Rangers who participated in the ill-fated Allied raid on Dieppe, France on 19 Aug 1942, and as one of the fifteen who actually landed during the raid. Eleven of the fifteen were casualties, being the first US ground casualties in the War with Germany. 

† Steward, Gerald, SN 441,664, US Marine Corps, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE.
  • b. 4 Jan 1924 Omaha; s/o Arlie Steward (b. Nemaha Co., NE) & Bethel F. Brazzle (b. Pottawatomie Co., KS); parents divorced 1930; mother married John J. Kotroczo of Omaha Oct 1931 in Pott. Co.; lived with his father in Omaha in 1930 and in Co. Bluffs in 1935 and 1940.
  • entered service 4 Sep 1942 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin mother, Mrs. Ethel B. Kotroczo, 614 N. 22d St., Omaha, NE; buried Westlawn-Hillcrest Cem., Omaha.
  • Co. F, 9th Marine Regt., 3rd Marine Div.; KIA 25 Jul 1944 Guam, Mariana Islands.
  • Battle of Guam - Central Pacific > Mariana Islands.
  • Note: Gerald Steward's uncle, Delbert Sherman Brazzle, also appears in roster.

† Stinn, Richard Theodore, SN 37-037-441, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • b. 12 Aug 1916 Earling, Shelby Co.; s/o Anthony C. Stinn (b. St. Louis, MO) & Josephine Schneider (b. Detroit, MI).
  • entered service 24 Apr 1941 from Earling, Shelby Co.; service credited to Shelby Co.; buried North Africa American Cem., Carthage, Tunisia. 
  • HQ Co., 2nd Bn., 135th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div.; DNB 23 Aug 1943 Tunisia, North Africa; shell explosion while training.
  • The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia.

† Stith, George Noel, SN 0-697-177, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 10 Nov 1920 Laclede Co., MO; s/o Edward J. Stith & Mattie S. Haines, both b. Lebanon, Laclede Co.; family lived in Twin Falls Co., ID before moving to Pott. Co. in early 1930s.
  • entered service 20 Jun 1942 from Rt. 4, Oakland, Pott. Co.; service credited to Iowa at large; buried Luxembourg American Cem., Hamm, Luxembourg.
  • 557th Bomb. Sqdn., 387th Bomb. Gp., Ninth Air Force; based at Clastres, France, east of Amiens; Martin B-26F Marauder #42-96309 pilot; KIA 23 Dec 1944, near Bastogne, Belgium; aircraft returning from bombing mission over Hagen, Germany, crashed from flak; three died, four POW.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Ninth Air Force.

† Stockman, Kenneth Herman, SN 37-482-024, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 17 May 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o Edward F. Stockman (b. Omaha) & Mable A. Killin (b. Co. Bluffs).
  • entered service 16 Jun 1943 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 427 Bomb. Sqdn., 303 Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, England; Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress #43-38057 radio operator; KIA 9 Nov 1944 near Molesworth Air Base; mid-air collision while assembling for raid over Schweinfurt, one survivor.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.

† Stoelk, Leon Harley, SN 37-436-468, US Army, Shelby & Carroll Cos.
  • b. 6 Mar 1921 Jefferson Twp., Shelby Co.; s/o Albert F. Stoelk (b. Crawford Co.) & Elsie Klindt (b. Carroll Co.); family lived in Jefferson Twp. with a Manning address.
  • entered service 19 Oct 1942 from rural Manning, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Manning Cem.
  • Co. A, 753th Tank Bn., supporting 1st Inf. Div., KIA 22 July 1943 NE of Enna in central Sicily.
  • Operation Husky - The MTO > Italy > Sicily. 

† Stone, Warren Floyd, SN 20-706-222, US Army, Mills Co.
  • b. 8 Jan 1921 rural Henderson, Macedonia Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o Floyd J. Stone & Mary S. Andrews, both b. North Carolina; family moved to Glenwood, Mills Co. in 1920s.
  • ​entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 at Glenwood, Mills Co.; service credited to Mills Co.; buried Glenwood Cem.
  • Co. I (Glenwood), 168th Inf. Regt. & Co. I, 133rd Inf. Regt., both 34th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army KIA 5 Dec 1943 near Venafro, Molise, Italy.
  • Battle of Mt. Marrone - The MTO > Italy > The Bernardt Line.

† Storm, Clarence Lamont, SN 20-705-518, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 29 Apr 1917 Carson, Pott. Co.; s/o Clarence H. Storm & Mabel F. Tharp; family lived in eastern Pott. Co.
  • married Theresa F. Vierck of Treynor, Pott. Co. May 1941 in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA.
  • entered service with National Guard 2 Feb 1941 from Villisca, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Macedonia Cem., Pott. Co.
  • Co. F (Villisca), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; KIA 1 May 1943 near Hill 609, 20 miles SW of Mateur, northern Tunisia, North Africa.
  • Battle of Hill 609 - The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia.
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† Storm, Donald William, SN 0-722-387, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 21 Nov 1923 rural Carson, Silver Creek Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o William P. Storm (b. rural Carson) & Ella V. Clark (b. Macedonia); family moved to Macedonia in the 1930s.
  • entered service 16 Jan 1943 from Rt. 2, Carson, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
  • Consolidated B-24J Liberator #42-51295 navigator with pilot Darwin D. Gant; DNB 21 Jul 1944 en route to England between Bluie West 1, Greenland and Meeks Field, Iceland; probable ditching, no survivors.
  • The ETO > ETO Comm Zone.
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Storm Family Notes:
  • Clarence and Donald Storm were cousins, their fathers being brothers.

† Stout, Richard Clyde, SN 37-692-125, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 22 Jul 1910 Glenwood, Mills Co.; s/o Clyde E. Stout (b. Atchison Co., MO) & Eva Litchfield (b. Glenwood, Mills Co.); family moved to Red Oak, Montgomery Co. in late 1920s.
  • married Marceline Hazel (McKay) Logsdon of Lincoln, NE Feb 1935 in Atchison Co., MO, two step-children; lived in Omaha 1935-40; returned to Red Oak 1940.
  • entered service 16 Mar 1944 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • unit unknown; KIA 26 Dec 1944 in Luxembourg, bullet wound.
  • The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Contained.

† Stranathan, Dale Chester, SN 316-26-66, US Navy, Mills & Pott. Cos.
  • b. 13 Feb 1911 Silver City, Mills Co. as Chester Dale Stranathan; s/o Chester L. Stranathan (b. Smith Co., KS) & Myrtle E. Anderson (b. Bureau Co., IL; d. 1928).
  • entered service 10 Dec 1929 from Rt. 1, Silver City; next of kin cousin, Mr. Eurel Anderson, Silver City, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Silver City Cem., Mills Co. 
  • Destroyer USS Peary (DD-226); KIA 19 Feb 1942 Darwin, Australia; Peary sunk by Japanese air attack, 93 died, 49 survived.
  • Japan Lashes Out > The Dutch Indies Lost.
  • Notes: There is evidence that Dale Stranathan died during an earlier attack on the Peary.

† Sturd, Clarence Vincent, SN 37-112-253, US Army, Harvey Co., KS.
  • b. 18 May 1915 Newton, Harvey Co., KS; s/o Frederick Sturd & Elizabeth Save, both b. Germany; family remained in Harvey Co.
  • entered service Feb 1942; service credited to Pott. Co. for unknown reason; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Co. K, 19th Inf. Regt., 24th Inf. Div.; KIA 15 Feb 1945 Luzon, Philippines.
  • Philippines Liberated > Luzon.
  • Notes: American Battle Monument Commission uses a service number of 37-142-251.
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† Sturges, Edgar Allen, SN 620-17-09, US Navy, Woodbury Co.
  • b. 13 Apr 1918 Sioux City, Woodbury Co. s/o Alfred L. Sturges (b. Sioux City, Woodbury Co.) & Beatrice F. Howard (b. Fountain Co., IN); family moved  from Sioux City to Plymouth Co. in 1937 and to rural Mapleton, Monona Co. 1947.
  • married Margaret R. Kieffer of Chicago Jun 1942 in New London Co., CT.
  • entered service 24 Dec 1941 from Sioux City. Woodbury Co.; next of kin wife, Mrs. Margaret Rose Sturges, Rt. 1, Mapleton, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Submarine USS Scorpion (SS-278); KIA Feb 1944 east China Sea, probably near entrance to Yellow Sea from a Japanese naval mine; no survivors, no information in Japanese naval records.
  • Naval War with Japan > US Submarine Force.

† Summers, Vernon Myron, SN 39-278-439, US Army, Shelby Co. & Riverside Co., CA
  • b. 27 Jul 1913 Harlan, Pott. Co.; s/o Charles A. Summers (b. Red Oak, Montgomery Co.) & Nellie M. Pulver (b. Nebraska; d. 1923); family lived in Harlan area.
  • married Irene I. Van Tersch of Harlan, Shelby Co. Jun 1941 in Harlan, one child; moved to California about Aug 1941.
  • entered service Jan 1943 from Riverside Co., CA; service credited to Riverside Co.; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • 751th Tank Bn., attached to 3rd Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 4 Jun 1944 outskirts of Rome, Lazio, Italy.
  • The MTO > Italy > Cassino to Rome.

† Summerville, George Stanley, SN 0-1-039-593, US Army, Union & Cass Cos.
  • b. 4 Jan 1916 rural Bridgewater, Carl Twp., Adams Co.; s/o James R. Summerville (b. Shelby, Shelby Co.) & Willena May Standley (b. Bridgewater, Adair Co.); family settled in Creston, Union Co.
  • married Marjorie R. Gill of Atlantic, Cass Co. Nov 1941 in Nodaway Co., MO.
  • entered service 12 Nov 1941 from Creston, Union Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Graceland Cem., Creston, Union Co.
  • 894th Chemical Co.; DNB 26 Jul 1945 San Jose, Mindanao, Philippines; injuries from an aircraft accident.
  • Philippines Liberated > Southern Philippines.

† Sunberg, John Linder, SN 17-123-628, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 15 Nov 1921 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o John A Sunberg (b. Sweden) & Ruth A. Linder (b. Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; d. 1944); family lived in Grant Twp., south of Red Oak.
  • entered service 11 Oct 1942 from Rt. 3, Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, SE of Maastricht, Netherlands; cenotaph Mosina, south of Poznan, Poland.
  • 837th Bomb. Sqdn., 487th Bomb Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Lavenham, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #44-8276 radio operator with pilot Jack Leon; KIA 18 Mar 1945 near Massin, Germany (now Masina, Poland); aircraft damaged by flak approaching Berlin, then flew east to reach Russian-occupied territory before bailing out; John Sunberg & Leonard Marino were killed in their parachutes by Russian fighter aircraft, other seven landed safely; location where Russians buried Sunberg & Marino is unknown.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.
  • Notes: In 2017, Masina citizens erected a memorial to Sunberg & Marino. See Big Pigeon's Roster Photos > Memorials or https://www.army.mil/article/184674/polish_town_honors_fallen_wwii_airmen.

† Sundberg, Clark Gustaf, SN 0-701-016, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 16 Oct 1918 Essex, Fremont Twp., Page Co.; s/o Carl G. Sundberg (b. Sweden) & Ida O. Hultman (b. Stanton, Montgomery Co.); family moved to Red Oak, Montgomery Co. late 1930s.
  • entered service 20 Feb 1943 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • 19th Troop Carrier Sqdn., Seventh Air Force, based at John Rodgers Airport, Honolulu, Hawaii; C-47A #42-100988 with pilot Glenn P. Randol Jr.; DNB 23 Jul 1944 Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Is., Central Pacific; aircraft crashed in shallow water on takeoff; all nine died.
  • Air Force War with Japan > Seventh Air Force.

† Supernois, Donald Ward, SN 316-34-38, US Navy, Pott. Co. & Portsmouth, VA
  • b. 30 Nov 1914 Co. Bluffs; s/o Ezra Supernois (b. Lake Co., IN; d. 1931) & Mary Galloway (b. Union Co., Oregon); family moved from Oregon to Iowa in 1900s.
  • married Ida G. McCoy Aug 1939 in Camden Co., NC.
  • entered service Sep 1933 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin wife, Mrs. Ida Gertrude Supernois, 1701 Lansing Ave., Portsmouth, VA; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy; cenotaph Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Destroyer USS Rowan (DD-405); KIA 11 Sep 1943 off Salerno, Italy; Rowan hit by German E-boat torpedo, sank in one minute; 202 died, 71 survived.
  • Salerno-Naples-Foggia - The MTO > MTO Sea War.

† Svenningsen, Elmer Lawrence, SN 31-461-349, US Army, Pott. Co. & Fairfield Co., CT
  • b. 4 Mar 1909 Co. Bluffs; s/o Svenning L. Svenningsen & Julia M Christensen (d. 1944), both b. Denmark.
  • left Co. Bluffs and moved to Stamford, Fairfield, CT in early 1930s; married Rita Julius Elliott of Connecticut, two children.
  • entered service 4 Apr 1944 from Fairfield Co., CT; body not recovered; service credited to Fairfield Co.; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France; cenotaph Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 362nd Inf. Regt., 66th Inf. Div.; KIA 24 Dec 1944 on SS Leopoldville crossing English Channel from Southampton, England to Cherbourg, France; Leopoldville was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-486 five miles off Cherbourg; 763 US Army deaths.
  • The ETO > ETO Sea War.

† Swanson, Charles Edward Jr., SN 17-082-496, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 3 Dec 1923 Omaha; s/o Charles E. Swanson Sr. (b. Knox Co., IL) & Ione Westcott (b. Hopkinton, Delaware Co.).
  • entered service 12 May 1943 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France; cenotaph Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Co. H, 262nd Inf. Regt., 66th Inf. Div.; KIA 24 Dec 1944 on SS Leopoldville crossing English Channel from Southampton, England to Cherbourg, France; Leopoldville was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-486 five miles off Cherbourg; 763 US Army deaths.
  • The ETO > ETO Sea War.
  • Notes: Charles Edward Swanson Sr. served as the United States Representative from Iowa's 9th district from 1929 to 1933. Charles Edward Swanson Jr. was an only child. After his death, his parents, now in their 60s, adopted and raised two children, Cynthia and Stu, now both deceased.

† Swanson, Jack Leonard, SN 37-652-893, US Army, Pott. & Harrison Cos.
  • b. 5 Nov 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o Hugo L. Swanson (b. Pacific Jct., Mills Co.; d. 1938) & Lorna B. Wood (b. Tama Co.); mother married Edward J. McKeown Aug 1940; moved with mother to Loveland, Pott. Co. in late 1930s.
  • entered service 29 Dec 1942 from Honey Creek, Pott. Co., service credited to Harrison Co.; buried St. Joseph Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Troop B, 116th Cavalry Recon. Sqdn., 101st Cavalry Gp., Seventh Army; KIA 16 Apr 1945 Bavaria, Germany.
  • The ETO > Central Europe > Southern Germany.

† Sweeney, Gordon Anthony, SN 37-480-210, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 14 Apr 1916 Co. Bluffs; s/o Dennis A. Sweeney (b. Baltimore, MD; d. 1920) & Ann M. Coyle (b. Pott. Co.).
  • married Eileen Theresa McCauley of Co. Bluffs Sep 1943 at Fort  Knox, KY.
  • entered service Apr 1943 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried St. Joseph Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • unit unknown, d. 4 May 1944 at Fort Knox, Hardin Co., KY; asphyxiation, probable drowning.

† Sweeny, Duane Grant Henry, SN 0-770-836, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 28 Sep 1924 Minden, Pott. Co.; s/o Roland L. “Roy” Sweeny (b. Neola, Pott. Co.) & Dorothy M. "Dora" Groepper (b. Minden, Pott. Co.); family lived in several locations in SW Iowa before moving to Co. Bluffs in late 1930s.
  • entered service 13 Feb 1943 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England; cenotaph Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • 568th Bomb. Sqdn., 390th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Framlingham, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress #42-32026 'Tis a Mystery pilot; KIA 30 Nov 1944 over North Sea; aircraft iced up & crashed near beginning of mission to Kassel, Germany; all nine crew died.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.

† Swift, Lelean Carl, SN 871-97-37, US Navy, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 12 Jan 1925 Liberal, Barton Co., KS; s/o William L. Swift & Millie A. Hoover, both b. Buffalo, Dallas Co., MO; family lived in Missouri & Kansas; portion of family lived in Red Oak, Montgomery Co. in 1940s.
  • entered service 13 Jul 1943 from Red Oak; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lee Swift, 309 2nd Ave., Red Oak, IA; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper YMS-385; assigned to Mine Squadron 1; KIA 1 Oct 1944 Ulithi Atoll, western Caroline Is.; YMS-385 hit a Japanese mine and exploded while sweeping Zowariau Channel; ten died.
  • Central Pacific > Palau Islands. ​
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