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                           bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster Hub > Roster Wj-Wz, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 18 May 2025
                       Part 45/46 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 11 "Wj-Wz" records
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​† Wold, Leslie Wayne, SN 560,533, US Marine Corps, Pott. Co.
  • b. 2 Aug 1926 Omaha; s/o Ludwig C. Wold (b. Clay Co., SD; d. 1937) & Irenia J. Huckert (b. Union Co., SD);  family moved to Co. Bluffs in early 1930s; mother married William A. Wingate Feb 1940 in Blair, Washington Co., NE.
  • entered service 14 Jun 1944 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin mother, Mrs. Irenia J. Wingate, 2528 W. Broadway, Council Bluffs, IA; buried Westlawn-Hillcrest Cem., Omaha.
  • 26th Marine Regt., 5th Marine Div.; KIA 3 Mar 1945 Iwo Jima, Japan.
  • Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Battle of Iwo Jima.

​† Wood, Charles Emmett Jr., SN 17-041-753, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 21 Dec 1913 Co. Bluffs; s/o Charles E. Wood Sr. (b. Morgan Co., OH) & Hattie B. Druen (b. Wisconsin; d. 1918).
  • married Eleanor B. Neve of Co. Bluffs Dec 1933 in Co. Bluffs, one child.
  • entered service 9 May 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Hq. & Hq. Co., 836 Engineering Aviation Bn.; KIA 30 Oct 1943 Lae, Huon Gulf, New Guinea.
  • Operation Cartwheel - South & SW Pacific > NE New Guinea, Lae to Madang.

† Wood, Edgar George, SN 37-548-106, US Army, Harrison Co. & Renville Co., MN
  • b. 2 Feb 1920 Woodbine, Harrison Co.
  • unknown service entry data; service credited to Renville Co., MN; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • 349th Inf. Regt., 88th Inf. Div., Fifth Army; KIA 8 Oct 1944 Italy.
  • The MTO > Italy > Northern Apennines.
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† Wood, Fred Joseph, SN 37-428-828, US Army, Harrison Co. & Valley Co., ID
  • b. 8 Apr 1910 Mondamin, Harrison Co.
  • entered service Sep 1942 from Rt. 1, Pisgah, Harrison Co.; serviced credited to Valley Co., ID; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • First Special Services Force; KIA 23 May 1944 Anzio Beachhead, Lazio, Italy.
  • The MTO > Italy > Battle of Anzio.
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about Edgar and Fred Wood:
  • sons of Elmer J. Wood (b. Omaha) & Anna S. Carr (b. Magnolia, Harrison Co.; d. 1937); father married Esther A. (Estabrooks) Hood Sarff Oct 1939 in Woodbine, Harrison Co. and moved to Minnesota in 1940s.

† Woods, Duane Lavern, SN 989,388, US Marine Corps, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 15 Mar 1924 rural Henderson, Lincoln Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o William E. Woods (b. Jackson Co., KS; d. 1927) & Dorothy J. Jones (b. Montgomery Co.).
  • married Dorothy D. Warren of Lincoln Twp., Montgomery Co. Sep 1944 at Troy, Doniphan Co., KS.
  • entered service 7 Jul 1944 from Rt. 1, Henderson, Montgomery Co.; next of kin wife, Mrs. Duane L. Woods, Box 168, Red Oak, IA; buried Gomer Cem., Wales, Montgomery Co.
  • Co. K, 9th Marine Regt., 3rd Marine Div.; wounded on Iwo Jima; DOW early 11 Mar 1945 on Hospital Ship USS Solace (AK-5) en route from Iwo Jima to Guam, Mariana Is.
  • Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Battle of Iwo Jima.

​† Wooten, Harry Thomas, SN 37-241-056, US Army, Atchison Co., MO
  • b. 29 Jul 1923 Watson, Nishnabotna Twp., Atchison Co., MO; s/o Charles W. Wooten (b. Knox Co., TN) & Sadie M. Kingery (b. Worth Co., MO).
  • entered service 16 Nov 1942 at Ft. Leavenworth, KS from Watson, Atchison Co., MO; service credited to Atchison Co.; buried Mt. Olive Cem., Hamburg, Fremont Co., IA.
  • Co. B., 50th Armored Inf. Bn., 6th Armored Div., III Corps, Third Army; KIA 26 Jan 1945 (official date 27 Jan)  serving with Task Force Root near Weiswambach, extreme northern Luxembourg; head wound.
  • The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > The Bulge Eliminated.

​† Wright, Arlos Edward, SN 37-697-737, US Army, Mills Co.
  • b. 24 Feb 1918 at Correctionville, Woodbury Co., IA; s/o Edward W. Wright (b. Correctionville) & Bernice M. Holcomb (b. rural Cushing, Woodbury Co.); family remained in Woodbury Co.
  • married Frances L. (Dunn) Dixon of Mills Co. Feb 1939 in Omaha, one step-child.
  • entered service 30 May 1944 from Malvern, Mills Co.; service credited to Mills Co.; buried Cushing Cem., Woodbury Co.
  • Co. K, 399th Inf. Regt., 100th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 21 Apr 1945 Waldenbronn, near Stuttgart, Germany.
  • Central Europe > Southern Germany.

​† Wright, Bruce Ware, SN 39-161-053, US Army, Pott. Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
  • b. 11 Nov 1916 Co. Bluffs; s/o Pearl O. Wright (b. Lewis, Cass Co.) & Myrtle C. Carey (b. Modale, Harrison Co.); parents divorced 1930s; mother married Fenton C. Shark; Bruce moved from Co. Bluffs to Los Angeles, CA with stepfather and mother in late 1930s; father married Mary N. (Gray) Johnson in 1938 and moved from Co. Bluffs to Los Angeles in 1940s.
  • unknown service entry data; service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; buried Inglewood Park Cem., Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., CA.
  • 13th Inf. Regt., 8th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, Third Army; KIA 31 Aug 1944 near Brest, Brittany, France.
  • The ETO > Liberation > Brittany.

† Wright, David Frederick, SN 37-036-584, US Army, Crawford Co.
  • b. 12 Oct 1917 Dow City, Crawford Co.; s/o Glenn B. Wright & Agnes E. Malone, both b. Crawford Co.; family moved from Crawford Co. to rural Dunlap, Harrison Co. in late 1930s.
  • married Ruby M. Ferguson of rural Dunlap, Grove Twp., Shelby Co. 1944 in Dunlap, Harrison Co., one child.
  • entered service 29 Mar 1941 from Rt. 1, Dunlap, Harrison Co., service credited to unknown county; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Verviers, SE of Liege, Belgium.
  • 14th Tank Bn., Combat Command B, 9th Armored Div., III Corps, First Army; KIA 1 Mar 1945 in Sievernich-Mülheim area SE of Düren, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany; tank hit by anti-tank shell, three crew died immediately, the two captured included David F. Wright who died of wounds soon after capture.
  • The ETO > To the Rhine > Operation Lumberjack.
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​† Wunder, Edmund Earl, SN 321-17-95, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  • b. 2 Oct 1916 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o Herman W. Wunder Sr. (b. Shelby Co.) & Alvena Meves (b. Davenport, Scott Co.).
  • entered service 6 Sep 1941 from Harlan, Shelby Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wunder, 111 Court St., Harlan, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Destroyer USS Laffey (DD-459); KIA 13 Nov 1942 in Ironbottom Sound, north of Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; Laffey hit by 14” shell from Japanese battleship Hiei & torpedo, then exploded & sank; 59 died, 186 survived.
  • First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - South & SW Pacific > Solomons Naval War.

​† Wunder, Frank Grant Jr., SN 0-729-400, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 14 May 1921 Co. Bluffs; s/o Frank A. Wunder (b. Minden Twp., Pott. Co.) & Eola G. Borland (b. Saunders Co., NE).
  • entered service 26 Jan 1942 from rural Minden, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 9th Fighter Sqdn., 49th Fighter Gp., Fifth Air Force, based at Dobodura airfields, S of Buna, Papua, New Guinea, staging from Kiriwina Airfield, Trobriand Is.; Lockheed P-38G Lightning #42-12856 pilot; KIA 13 Oct 1943; part of flight of P-38s escorting B-24 bombers for a raid on Rabaul; three P-38s lost, possible collision in cloud bank over Solomon Sea.
  • Operation Cartwheel - Air Force War with Japan > Fifth Air Force.
  • Notes: Dick Bong, the leading US ace in WW II, was also with the 9th Fighter Squadron in New Guinea in 1943.​
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