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                              bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster > Roster St, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 23 Nov 2025
​                           Part 39/47 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 21 "St" 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
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Naples to Cassino/Anzio > 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.
  • WWII 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., I Corps; KIA 15 Jan 1943 at Perimeter R, Soputa-Sanananda Track, west of Buna, New Guinea; died with Francis Tague, who also appears in the roster.
  • WWII Japan > New Guinea > Papua, Southeast New Guinea @ Buna Campaign

† 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.
  • WWII Japan > 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.
  • 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.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Race to Tunis

† Stepanek, Lyle William, SN 573-457, US Coast Guard, Crawford Co.
  • b. 5 Jul 1922 Dow City, Union Twp., Crawford Co.; s/o Howard Franklin Stepanek (b. Dow City, Crawford Co.) & Lillie Amanda Tech (b. Dow City).
  • entered service 9 Dec 1942 from Sanborn, O'Brien Co. at Sioux City; next of kin father, Mr. Howard Frank Stepanek, RFD 2, Dow City, Iowa; body not recovered; memorialized Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England; cenotaph Dow City Cem., Crawford Co.
  • destroyer escort USS Leopold (DE-319) escorting convoy CU-16 to the British Isles; KIA 9 Mar 1944 south of Iceland; Leopold sank after being struck by a torpedo from German submarine U-255; 171 died, 28 survived.
  • War with Germany > Battle of the Atlantic

† 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.
  • Note: Gerald Steward's uncle, Delbert Sherman Brazzle, also appears in the roster.
  • 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.
  • WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Mariana Islands @ Battle of Guam.

† 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.
  • WWII Germany > 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, three miles east of Luxembourg City center.
  • 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.
  • WWII Germany > 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.
  • WWII Germany > 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., II Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 22 July 1943 NE of Enna in central Sicily.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Sicily to Naples > Sicily @ Operation Husky

† Stoltenberg, Kenneth James, SN 0-715847, US Army Air Force, Crawford Co.
  • b. 31 Mar 1923 Schleswig, Crawford Co.; s/o Ennis James Stoltenberg (b. Ida Co.) & Elma L. Lorenzen (b. Schleswig, Crawford Co.).
  • entered service 1 Feb 1943 at Jefferson Barracks, MO from Crawford Co., IA; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Keokuk Natl. Cem., Keokuk, Lee Co.
  • 319th Bomb. Sqdn., 90th Bomb. Gp., Fifth Air Force; based on Mindoro, Philippines; Consolidated B-24L2 Liberator #44-49432 Jolly Rogers pilot; KIA  approaching target at Takao, Formosa 18 Feb 1945; aircraft hit by flak, lost left wing, spiraled out of control, crashed and exploded; of 13 on board, five parachuted; of these five, four were captured; of these four, three were later executed.
  • Military Note: Extra personnel were on board because the aircraft was radar-equipped and was carrying the squadron commander.
  • WWII Japan > US Air Force War with Japan > Fifth Air Force

† 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.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Naples to Cassino/Rome > The Bernhardt Line @ Battle of Mt. Marrone

† 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.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia @ Battle of Hill 609
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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.
  • WWII Germany > 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.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Contained

† Strain, Joseph Mason, SN 859-98-38, US Navy, Adams Co.
  • b. 26 Dec 1915 Nodaway Twp., Adams Co.; s/o Robert Andrew Strain (b. Montgomery Co.) & Ludema Mason (b. Nodaway, Adams Co.).
  • married Virginia Iona Armstrong of Adams Co., two children.
  • entered service 29 Dec 1943 from Adams or Cass Co.; next of kin wife, Mrs. Virginia Iona Strain, 702 So. Vine, Creston, Iowa; body not recovered; memorialized on Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35); KIA 30 Jul 1945 in the Philippine Sea en route from Guam to Leyte; Indianapolis sunk by Japanese submarine I-58; 879 died, 316 survived.​
  • WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets @ Sinking of USS Indianapolis

† 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.
  • Notes: There is evidence that Dale Stranathan may have died during an earlier attack on the Peary.
  • WW II Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Netherlands Indies Lost

† Strathman, Lyle Gene,  SN 37-658-790, US Army Air Force, Carroll Co.
  • b. 29 Mar 1923 Manning, Carroll Co.; s/o LeRoy "Lee" Strathman (b. Crawford Co.) & Clara Helen Petersen (b. Walnut, Pott. Co.).
  • entered service 4 Feb 1943 from Manning, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Manning Cem.
  • 28th Composite Gp., 11th Air Force; Consolidated B-24D-15-CO Liberator # 41-23973  radio operator with pilot Robert Gaetches; aircraft flying from Elmendorf Air Force Base to Adak suffered an explosion and fire in #2 engine and crashed;  DNB 3 Sep 1944 NE of Iliamna; Alaska; six died, six survived.
  • WWII Japan > North Pacific > Alaska

† 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.
  • Note: American Battle Monument Commission uses a service number of 37-142-251.
  • Co. K, 3rd Bn., 19th Inf. Regt., 24th Inf. Div.; 19th Inf. Regt. attached to 11th Airborne  Div. 10 Feb 1945; KIA 15 Feb 1945 near Manila, Luzon, Philippines.
  • WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Luzon
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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.
  • WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > US Submarine Force
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