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                    bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster Hub > Roster Ti-Tz, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 18 May 2025
​                     Part 41/46 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, seven "Ti-Tz" records
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† Tinkham, Darl Morgan, SN 37-472-715, US Army, Montgomery & Adams Cos.
  • b. 7 Sep 1915 Farragut, Fremont Co.; s/o Benjamin R. Tinkham (b. Nucknolls Co., NE) & Laura F. McBrien (b. Holt Co., MO); family moved to Omaha  before 1920, to Creston, Union Co. before 1925, and to Corning, Adams Co before 1935.
  • married Theresa R. Nash of Red Oak Mar 1940 in Creston, Union Co.
  • entered service 17 Feb 1943 while working in Glenwood, Mills Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • Co. C, 143rd Inf. Regt., 36th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 17 Oct 1944 east of Epinal, Vosges Dept., Lorraine, France.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > Lorraine/Seventh Army.

​† ​Tipton, John Merkel, SN 17-037-879, US Army, Fremont Co. & Thurston Co., NE
  • b. 31 May 1920 Walthill, Thurston Co., NE; s/o Lawrence D. Tipton (b. Thurston Co.) & Delores H. Liggett (b. Whiting, Monona Co.); family moved to Tabor, Fremont Co. in early 1941 & returned to Thurston Co. after John entered service.
  • entered service 15 Dec 1941 from Tabor, Fremont Co.; service credited to Fremont Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Walthill, NE.
  • detachment, 72nd Liaison Sqdn., based at Camp Crowder, Neosho, Newton Co., MO; Stinson L-5 Sentinel #42-98368 pilot; d. 28 Jan 1944 Camp Crowder; aircraft crashed after loss of control and was damaged beyond repair; head injuries.

​​† ​Tomes, Carlas, SN 39-471-995, US Army, Fremont Co. & Clark Co., WA
  • b. 18 Jun 1915 Edmonson Co., KY; s/o Cordes Tomes & Stella Saling, both b. Edmonson Co.; family moved to Tabor area about 1917; parents lived in Clark Co., WA in early 1940s.
  •  married Velma Dorothy Foster of Fremont Co. Mar 1935 in Holt Co., MO, three children.
  • entered service 20 Mar 1944 from Rt. 2, Tabor, Fremont Co.; service credited to Clark Co., WA; buried Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multonomah Co., OR.
  • 39th Inf. Regt., 9th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 12 Dec 1944 Jüngersdorf, west of Düren, Germany.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > Queen/Hürtgen.

† Trobough, Jerome Carroll, SN 37-034-015, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE
  • b. 13 Mar 1916 Avoca, Pott. Co.; s/o Albert C. Trobough (b. Co. Bluffs) & Katherine Zita Carroll (b. Avoca, Pott. Co.); family moved to Omaha in early 1930s.
  • married Catherine A. Knight of Omaha Feb 1944 in Douglas Co., NE.
  • entered service from Douglas Co., NE; service credited to Douglas Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 72nd Bomb. Sqdn., 5th Bomb Gp., Thirteenth Air Force, based at Momote, Admiralty Is; Consolidated B-24H Liberator #42-73458 flight engineer with pilot John H. Smith; KIA 9 Aug 1944 near Momote; aircraft lost engine power and ditched near base returning from mission over Yap, Caroline Is., nine died, two lived.
  • Air Force War with Japan > Thirteenth Air Force.

† Troth, Russell Edwin, SN 39-280-003, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 21 Mar 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o Andrew P. Troth (b. Oregon; d. 1930) & Jennie E. Bates (b. Webster Co., NE); mother married James W Donahoe in Feb 1933 in Sarpy Co., NE; Donahoe family moved to San Diego, CA in late 1930s and returned to Co. Bluffs in late 1940s.
  • lived with brother-in-law and sister in Council Bluffs in 1940; moved to California after high school graduation in 1942.
  • entered service 4 Feb 1943 from Co. Bluffs, service credited to San Diego Co., CA; buried Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Hq. Co., 2nd Bn., 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 14 Feb 1944, near Cassino, Lazio, Italy.
  • First Battle of Monte Cassino - The MTO > Italy > At the Gustav Line.

† Trowbridge, Marion Duane, SN 17-011-556, US Army Air Force, Harrison Co.
  • b. 22 Jul 1919 Logan, Harrison Co.; s/o Claude E. Trowbridge (b. Lee Co., IL) & Lois S. Stacy (b. Logan, Harrison Co.); family remained in Logan.
  • married Dorothy A. Likens of Portland, OR 1 Nov 1942, one child.
  • entered service 5 Oct 1940 from Logan, Harrison Co.; buried Logan Cem.
  • 44th Army Air Force Base Unit, Portland Army Air Field, Oregon; d. 20 Jul 1943 in Portland area; Cessna Bobcat UC-78B #42-58155 with pilot Nelson D. Jenkins crash, all four died.

† Turner, Floyd Vernon, SN 620-75-72, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • b. 25 Dec 1920 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Ora V. Turner (b. Brayton, Audubon Co.) & Lela M. Jones (b. Cass Co.); family lived in rural Cass Co.
  • entered service 28 Jul 1942 from Rt. 1, Atlantic, Cass Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ora V. Turner, RFD 1, Atlantic, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Light cruiser USS Helena (CL-50); KIA 6 Jul 1943 Kula Gulf between New Georgia & Kolombangara Is., Solomon Is.; Helena sunk by Japanese destroyer torpedoes, 168 died.
  • First Battle of Kula Gulf - South & SW Pacific > Solomons Naval War.
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