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                    bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster Hub > Roster Ta-Th, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 18 May 2025
​                     Part 40/46 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 18 "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.; KIA 15 Jan 1943 at Perimeter R, Soputa-Sanananda Track, W of Buna, New Guinea; died with Herman Staub.
  • Buna Campaign - South & SW Pacific > SE New Guinea, Papua.
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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.
  • Operation Cartwheel - Air Force War with Japan > Thirteenth Air Force.
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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.

† 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.; DOW 19 May 1945 Negros Is., Philippines; hit by rock kicked up by an exploding shell, d. soon thereafter.
  • 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, France.
  • Co. D, 371st Inf. Regt., 92nd Inf. Div., 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.
  • The MTO > MTO Comm. Zone.
  • Notes: Military Justice was not exactly blind in the US Army in Europe in WW II. According to one source, 93 were executed for rape and murder, one (Eddie Slovik) for desertion. Of the 94 executions, 87 were Black.

† 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., Verviers, SE of Liege, Belgium.
  • 36th Armored Inf. Regt., 3rd Armored Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 3 Jan 1945 NW of Houffalize, Belgium.
  • 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.
  • 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; 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.
  • Notes: Also served in WWI.

† 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.
  • The MTO > MTO Air War.

† 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Note: US Military Academy, West Point, class of 1931.

† 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, Third Army; KIA 30 Aug 1944 near Brest, Brittany, France.
  • The ETO > Liberation > Brittany.

† 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.
  • 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.
Family Notes:  Kenneth Thompson’s wife was my mother’s second cousin.

† 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.
  • Battle of Sidi Bou Zid - The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia.​
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† 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 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.
  • Battle of Anzio - The MTO > MTO Sea War.

† 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.
  • The MTO > Italy > 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.
  • USS Mugford (DD-389), Task Force 38; KIA 5 Dec 1944, Surigao Strait, south of Leyte Gulf, Philippines; kamikaze attack, eight died, ship survived.
  • 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.
  • The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia.
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