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 Part 41/47 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 21 "Ta-Th" records
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† Tague, Francis Alvin, SN 37-084-585, US Army, Mills & Pott. Cos.

b. 24 Jan 1919 Chambers, Holt Co., NE.
entered service 2 Oct 1941 from Malvern, Mills Co.; service credited to Mills Co.; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
Co. C, 163rd Inf. Regt., 41st Inf. Div., I Corps; KIA 15 Jan 1943 at Perimeter R, Soputa-Sanananda Track, W of Buna, New Guinea; died with Herman Staub, who is also in the roster.
WWII Japan > New Guinea > Papua, SE New Guinea @ Buna Campaign

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† Tague, Harold Fremont, SN 37-111-602, US Army Air Force, Mills & Pott. Cos.

b. 28 Feb 1915 Salix, Woodbury Co.
entered service 1 Jan 1942 from Malvern, Mills Co.; service credited to Mills Co.; group burial Fort McPherson Natl. Cem., Maxwell, Lincoln Co., Nebraska (individual remains are now identified; some may have been reinterred elsewhere).
390th Bomb. Sqdn., 42nd Bomb Gp., Thirteenth Air Force, based on Banika, Russell Is., NW of Guadalcanal, staging from Stirling Airfield, Treasury Is., sout of Bougainville, Solomon Is.; North American B-25C Mitchell #42-64570 Skilla engineer-gunner with pilot Earl Swartzfader; KIA 20 Jan 1944, south of Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago; aircraft damaged by AA fire while attacking Vunakanau Airfield, later lost control and crashed followed by a fireball; all six died.
WWII Japan > Air Force War with Japan > Thirteenth Air Force @ Operation Cartwheel

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Tague Family Notes:

the brothers Francis and Harold Tague were sons of s/o Andrew J. Tague (b. Harlan, Shelby Co.) & Caroline F. Barnes (b. Missouri; d. 1919).
the Tague family lived in various locations, including Holt Co., NE and Cherokee and Woodbury Cos. before moving to Malvern, Mills Co. in the late 1930s.
after their mother's death, their father married Eve Mabel "Evvy" (Kidder) Tipton Oct 1919 in Cherokee Co.; she d. 1940; father moved to Co. Bluffs in mid-1940s.
the Tague brothers appear on the Pottawattamie County Honor List of WWII Dead.

† Talcott, Edgar Barney, SN 37-656-280, US Army, Crawford Co.

b. 18 Aug 1923 Dow City, Crawford Co.; s/o Edgar Julius Barney Talcott (b. Herkimer Co., NY; d. 1930) & Lillian Kathryn Grace Price (b. rural Dunlap, Crawford Co.); mother married Edward Ernest Johnson 1931.
entered service 18 Jan 1943 from Deloit, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; buried Deloit Cemetery.
Headquarters & Service Co., 209th Engineering Combat Bn.; KIA 1 Jun 1944 near Myitkyina, northern Burma.
WWII Japan > China-Burma-India Theater > Burma @ Siege of Myitkyina

† Talty, Norbert Leo, SN 39-153-755, US Army, Pott. Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA

b. 21 Apr 1911 Massena, Lincoln Twp., Cass Co.; s/o John H. Talty (b. Rock Island Co., IL; d. 1922) & Martha C. Waters (b. Illinois); family moved to rural Minden, Pott. Co. about 1914 and to Neola, Pott. Co. about 1920.
moved to Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., CA in late 1930s.
entered service 5 Mar 1941 from Neola, Pott. Co.; service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
Battery B, 213th Field Artillery Bn., 40th Inf. Div., Eighth Army; DOW 19 May 1945 Negros Is., Philippines; hit by rock kicked up by an exploding shell, d. soon thereafter.
WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Southern Philippines

† Taylor, John Will, SN 37-485-128, US Army, Yalobusha Co., MS & Pott. Co.

b. about 12 Aug 1920 Coffeyville, Yalobusha Co., MS; s/o Sell Taylor & Minnie Rounsaville, both b Mississippi; parents divorced; brother of Lucius D. Taylor & Beatrice Jones of Co. Bluffs.
employed at Illinois Central round house in Co. Bluffs.
registered for draft in Co. Bluffs 1940; entered service 23 Aug 1943; buried Plot E, Oise-Aisne American Cem., Fere-en-Tardenois, Aisne Dept., France.
Co. D, 371st Inf. Regt., 92nd Inf. Div. (colored), IV Corps, Fifth Army; d. 20 Mar 1945 at Aversa, near Naples, Italy; executed on 23 Jan 1945, at Pietrasanta, northern Tuscany, Italy for killing a troublesome fellow-soldier, PFC Earl Johnson.
Military Notes: Military Justice was not exactly blind in the US Army in Europe in WWII; according to one source, 93 were executed for rape and murder, one (Eddie Slovik) for desertion. Of the 94 executions, 87 were Black.
WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Comm. Zone

† Taylor, Leon Francis Hough, SN 37-120-190, US Army, Harrison & Polk Cos.

b. 15 Nov 1922 Co. Bluffs; s/o Sarah Helen Hough of Hazel Dell Twp., Pott. Co.; adopted by Hamil D. "Hamie" Siler (b. Sangamon Co., IL) & Opal F. Nelson (b. Dunlap Harrison Co.); in Harrison Co. 1925; adoptive parents divorced late 1920s, father moved to Omaha and married Ethel Irene _____; mother married Willie T. Taylor of Dunlap Harrison Co. in 1930; Taylor family moved from Dunlap to Des Moines in early 1940s.
Leon's location unknown in 1930s, in Omaha in 1941.
entered service 7 Nov 1941 from Rt. 1, Woodbine, Harrison Co.; service credited to Polk Co.; buried Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Hombourg, 25 miles east of Liege, Belgium.
36th Armored Inf. Regt., 3rd Armored Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 3 Jan 1945 NW of Houffalize, Belgium.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Eliminated

† Taylor, Loren Fay, SN 0-692-838, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co.

b. 22 Jul 1920 rural Grant, Douglas Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o Seymour L. Taylor (b. Adams Co.) & Lenora M. Towne (b. Massena, Cass Co.).
living with parents in Douglas Twp., Montgomery Co. in 1940; entered service at Omaha 7 Jun 1942; service credited to unknown county; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Grant Cem., Montgomery Co.
373rd Bomb. Sqdn., 308th Bomb. Gp., Fourteenth Air Force; squadron based apart from rest of group at Luliang Airfield, Yunnan, China; Consolidated B-24L Liberator #44-41448 pilot; KIA 11 Feb 1945; during raid against Japanese shipping in the Tonkin Gulf off French Indo-China, the aircraft developed a fuel tank leak & #3 engine fire (the one survivor reported hit by anti-aircraft fire); aircraft lost altitude & crew bailed out near Kai-Bo Island, east of Hanoi; one survivor from crew of eleven.
WWII Japan > China-Burma-India Theater > China, 1941-45

† Tedesco, Michael Thomas, SN 0-288-783, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 12 Jan 1899 Pittsburg, Allegheny Co., PA; s/o Salvatore Giuseppe “Tom” Tedesco & Maria Caterina Scibetta, both b. Sicily; raised in Co. Bluffs.
served in WW1; remained in Co. Bluffs through 1920s; married Hattie Modjeska; in Cincinnati, OH 1935 & 1940.
entered service from and service credited to Licking Co., OH; buried St. Joseph Cem., Co. Bluffs.
physician; d. 16 Apr 1945, Camp Hood, near Killeen, Bell Co., TX; peritonitis from appendicitis.

† Thede, Ivan William, SN 37-498-432, US Army Air Force, Calhoun & Carroll Cos.

b. 16 Apr 1921 Carroll, Carroll Co.; s/o William Andrew Thede (b. Carroll Co.) & Emma Wilhelmine Sporleder (b. Carroll Co.; family moved to Lake City, Calhoun Co. in 1928.
employed in defense industry in Seattle, WA before entering service.
entered service 28 Oct 1942 from Lake City, Calhoun Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, east of Maastricht, Netherlands.
79th Troop Carrier Sqdn., 436th Troop Carrier Gp., Ninth Air Force; based at Membury Air Field, five miles WNW of Hungerford, Berkshire, England; Douglas C47 Skytrain/Dakota #42-100522 crew member with pilot Robert Stoddart; KIA 17 Sep 1944 near Son, north of Eindhoven, Netherlands; aircraft was carrying members of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and was hit near the drop zone; no survivors.
Military Note: posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross award.
WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Ninth Air Force

† Thies, Melvin Chris, SN 17-063-991, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

b. 10 Mar 1919 rural Minden, Pott. Co.; s/o Charles Thies (b. Pleasant Twp., Pott. Co.) & Mary Storjohann (b. Harrison Co.); family lived in SW Pleasant Twp. SE of Minden and SW of Avoca.
entered service 17 Oct 1942 from Rt. 2, Avoca, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; group burial Jefferson Barracks Natl. Cem., St. Louis, MO.
345th Bomb. Sqdn., 98th Bomb. Gp., Fifteenth Air Force, based at Lecce Airfield, SE of Brindisi, Apulia, Italy; Consolidated B-24H Liberator #42-95463 tail gunner; KIA 15 Jul 1944, over Ploesti, Romania; nose section of aircraft blown off by flak; at least four died.
WWII Japan > The MTO > MTO Air War > Ploiesti Raids

† Thomas, Kenneth Harold, SN 20-706-224, US Army, Mills Co.

b. 1 Mar 1921 Hatfield, Harrison Co., Missouri; s/o Leonard C. Thomas (d. 1924) & Mary A. Henson, both b. Harrison Co., MO; mother married Alva P. Romesburg 1924 in Bates Co., MO and Raymond Downen Aug 1933 in Bates Co.; Downen family lived in Rich Hill, Bates Co. in 1940 and in Co. Bluffs during WWII.
entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 at Glenwood, Mills Co.; service credited to Mills Co.; buried Fort Leavenworth Natl. Cem., Leavenworth Co., KS.
Co. I (Glenwood), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div.; detached to British 6th Commando Battalion; KIA 22 Nov 1942 NE Algeria.
WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Race to Tunis

† Thomas, Marvin Lyle, SN 0-018-345, US Army, Pott. & Harrison Cos.

b. 20 Sep 1905 rural Neola, Union Twp., Harrison Co., IA; s/o William E. Thomas (b. Sacramento Co., CA; d. 1930) & Rose Etta Sellers (b. Persia, Harrison Co.; d. 1936); family lived in rural Neola, Union Twp., Harrison Co., & also lived in Co. Bluffs during part of the 1920s.
US Military Academy, West Point, class of 1931; married Mary G. Govatos of Delaware Jun 1935 in Wilmington, DE, two children.
entered service 1931; service credited to Pott. Co.; cremated, ashes buried West Point Post Cem., Orange Co., NY.
unit unknown, Army Corps of Engineers; d. 19 May 1943, Los Angeles Co., CA.

† Thompson, Albert Bernard, SN 37-394-633, US Army, Pott. Co. & Howell Co., MO

b. 21 Feb 1921 Oregon Co., MO; s/o Robert Martin Thompson (b. Howell Co., MO) & Alma N. Fisher (b. Oregon Co., MO); family moved from Oregon Co. to Howell Co. in 1940s.
married Hannah Eileen Vallier of Pott. Co.; lived in Co. Bluffs two years before military service.
entered service 29 Oct 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, MO from Oregon Co., MO, service credited to Howell Co., MO; buried New Hope Cem., Howell Co.
Co. A, 12th Engr. Combat Bn., 8th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, First Army; KIA 30 Aug 1944 near Brest, Brittany, France.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Brittany, Aug–Sep 1944

† Thompson, Harry, SN 37-267-942, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

b. 5 May 1922 Co. Bluffs; s/o Andrew P. Thompson & Maren Larsen, both b. Denmark.
entered service 14 Oct 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
53rd Bomb. Sqdn., 46th Bomb. Gp. (Light), Operational Training Unit at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City, OK; d. 12 Jun 1943, Enid, Garfield Co., OK; truck accident.

† Thompson, Kenneth Boyd SN 0-691-318, US Army Air Force, Howard Co., NE

b. 12 Aug 1921 Talmage, Otoe Co., NE; s/o Theodore M. Thompson (b. Johnson Co., NE) & Lucille M. Kreimer (b. Otoe Co., NE); family moved to Howard Co., NE in early 1930s and to Dannebrog, Howard Co. in 1935; married Charlotte V. Hannibal of Dannebrog Dec 1943 in Boise, Ada Co., ID.
RAC Family Note: Kenneth Thompson’s wife was my mother’s second cousin.
unknown service entry data; buried in Lars Hannibal plot, Oak Ridge Cem., Dannebrog, Howard Co., NE.
Combat Crew Training Sqdn., 332nd Base Unit, Lake Charles Army Airfield, LA; Martin TB-26C Marauder #41-35129 pilot; d. 16 Oct 1944 Lake Charles Army Hospital, Calcasieu Parish, LA; aircraft had engine failure and crashed after takeoff; all six died.

† Thompson, Robert O’Neal, SN 20-704-031, US Army, Page Co.

b. 12 Oct 1920 Clarinda, Page Co.; s/o Harry N. Thompson (b. Clarinda, Page Co.) & Bessie J. Meads (b. Page Co.); parents separated when Robert was a child, father moved to Salem, OR and mother remained in Clarinda and raised Robert and his brother.
entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 at Clarinda, Page Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co. (no known Montgomery Co. connection); buried Ardennes American Cem., Neupre, SW of Liege, Belgium.
Anti-tank Co. (Clarinda), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; captured 16/17 Feb 1943 near Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia; sent to Stalag 3B in east Germany; DNB 22 Dec 1944 Stalag 3B, Fürstenberg am Oder, Brandenberg, Germany.
WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia @ Battle of Sidi Bou Zid

† Thomsen, Walter Peter Henry, served as Thomsen Walter P H, SN 37-651-579, US Army, Crawford Co.

b. 16 Sep 1922 Dow City, Crawford Co.; s/o Peter H. Thomsen (b. Germany) & Anna Lochmiller (b. Arion, Crawford Co.).
married Lucille A. "Lucy" Jones of Dunlap, Harrison Co. Jul 1941 in Washington Co., NE, two children.
entered service 28 Dec 1942 from Dow City, Crawford Co.; service credited to Crawford Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy; cenotaph, Dow City Cem., Crawford Co.
83rd Chemical Bn., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 26 Jan 1944 off Anzio Beachhead, Lazio, Italy; HMS landing tank ship LST-422 en route from Naples, Italy drifted into a German mine field during heavy winds, hit a mine, and burned intensely; 454 American soldiers and 29 British sailors died.
WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Naval War @ Battle of Anzio

† Thoreen, William Fredrick Jr., SN 37-074-553, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 30 Nov 1919 Omaha; s/o William G. Thoreen (b. Sweden) & Mary E. Collier (b. Knoxville, Marion Co.); family moved to Co. Bluffs in early 1930s.
entered service 1 Oct 1941 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Graceland Park Cem., Omaha.
Battery C., 171st Field Artillery Bn., 45th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 28 Mar 1944 Anzio Beachhead, Lazio, Italy.
WWII Germany > The MTO > Naples to Cassino/Rome > Battle of Anzio

† Thoreson, Vernon Charles, SN 321-60-87, US Navy, Monona Co.

b. 23 Feb 1920 Soldier, Monona Co.; s/o Martin J. Thoreson & Florence I. Burke, both b. Monona Co.
married Cleo E. Wallis of River Sioux, Harrison Co. 1943, one child.
entered service 23 Feb 1941 from Ute, Monona Co.; next of kin wife, Mrs. Cleo Elizabeth Thoreson, Little Sioux, IA; buried Soldier Lutheran Cem., Monona Co.
destroyer USS Mugford (DD-389), Task Force 38; KIA 5 Dec 1944, Surigao Strait, south of Leyte Gulf, Philippines; kamikaze attack, eight died, Mugford survived.
WWII Japan > Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets

† Thorne, Chester Oscar, SN 20-706-841, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Tripp Co., SD

b. 2 Mar 1914 Co. Bluffs; s/o Oscar G. Thorne & Walborg Johnson, both b. Sweden; family lived in Tripp Co., SD before moving to rural Red Oak, Montgomery Co. about 1935.
entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 at Rt. 2. Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
Co. M (Red Oak), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; DOW 27 Apr 1943, northern Tunisia, North Africa; accidental gunshot.
WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia

† Thuman, John Henry, SN 321-48-40, US Navy, Adams Co.

b. 16 Sep 1922 Nodaway, Adams Co.; s/o Peter Charles Thuman (b. Carroll Co.) & Mary E. Kemp (b. Brown Co., IL).
entered service 16 Sep 1940 from rural Nodaway, Adams Co.; next of kin father, Mr. Pete Charles Thuman, RFD, Nodaway, Iowa; buried Golden Gate Natl. Cem., San Bruno, San Mateo Co., CA.
US Navy Mobile Hospital #2, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, HI; KIA 7 Dec 1941 at Pearl Harbor; hit by shrapnel while emerging from galley and died soon thereafter.
WWII Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Pearl Harbor

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