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Part 27/27 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, six "X-Y-Z" records
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† Yergey, Stanley Allen, SN 0-717-010, US Army Air Force, Douglas Co., NE
† Young, Robert Edson, SN 37-676-788, US Army, Audubon Co.
† Zaiger, Albert Charles, SN 620-04-88, US Navy, Audubon Co.
† Zaiger, Roy Jensen, SN 39-339-753, US Army Air Force, Audubon Co. & Washington Co., OR
† Zangerle, John M., SN 37-146-204, US Army, Shelby & Dubuque Cos.
† Zentz, Ervin Emory, SN 37-699-101, US Army, Pott. Co. & Valley Co., NE
- b. 23 Feb 1923 Omaha; s/o John M. Yergey Sr. & Charlotte M. Smith; married Virginia Gantz;
- entered service Mar 1943 from Omaha; group burial Santa Fe Natl. Cem., Santa Fe Co., NM.
- 853th Bomb. Sqdn., 491th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Metfield, Suffolk, England; Consolidated B-24 Liberator #44-10485 Dorty Treek bombardier; KIA 26 Nov 1944; aircraft shot down between Sarstedt and Heisede, south of Hanover, Germany; four died, Lt. Yergey's remains found in the aircraft.
- The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.
† Young, Robert Edson, SN 37-676-788, US Army, Audubon Co.
- b. 14 Feb 1926 rural Brayton, Exira Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Leroy E. "Roy" Young & Ellen E. Jones.
- entered service 10 Sep 1943 from Rt. 1, Brayton; buried Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy France.
- 137th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div., V Corps, First Army; KIA 30 Jul 1944 SE of St. Lo, Normandy.
- The ETO > Liberation > Operation Cobra.
† Zaiger, Albert Charles, SN 620-04-88, US Navy, Audubon Co.
- b. 13 Dec 1919 Douglas Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o George J. Zaiger & Ethel R. Templeman; gs/o John Zaiger & Elizabeth Dreher; George Zaiger family moved to town of Audubon 1940s.
- entered service Aug 1941 from Audubon; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
- Heavy Cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38); KIA 13 Nov 1942 Ironbottom Sound, north of Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; San Francisco hit by multiple Japanese shells, around 100 died.
- First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - South & SW Pacific > Solomons Naval War.
† Zaiger, Roy Jensen, SN 39-339-753, US Army Air Force, Audubon Co. & Washington Co., OR
- b. 13 Jan 1925 Kennard, Washington Co., NE; s/o Christian F. Zaiger & Anna M. Jensen who were b. Audubon & Shelby Cos. respectively; gs/o John Zaiger & Elizabeth Dreher; Christian Zaiger family lived in rural Audubon Co. 1935, in Yamhill Co., OR 1940; & in Washington Co., OR 1942.
- entered service from Washington Co., OR 16 Sep 1943; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cem., Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
- 836th Bomb. Sqdn., 487th Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force; based at Lavenham, Suffolk, England; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #42-97398 waist gunner with pilot Claude E. Gatlin Jr.; KIA 31 Dec 1944; aircraft disappeared after takeoff on mission to Hamburg, Germany, never seen in formation, presumed lost over North Sea; crew of nine lost.
- The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.
† Zangerle, John M., SN 37-146-204, US Army, Shelby & Dubuque Cos.
- b. 26 May 1911 Dubuque, Dubuque Co.; s/o Frank Zangerle (d. 1942) & Crescentia Schuets/Schultz; family moved to rural Shelby Co. before 1920, living first in Union Twp. and then in Washington Twp.; lived in Dubuque Co. in 1935 and Omaha in 1940.
- service credited to Dubuque Co.; buried St. Marys Cem., Portsmouth, Shelby Co.
- 129th Inf. Regt., 37th Inf. Div.; KIA 15 Feb 1945 Manila, Luzon Philippines.
- Battle of Manila - Philippines Liberated > Luzon.
- Note: posthumous Silver Star recipient.
† Zentz, Ervin Emory, SN 37-699-101, US Army, Pott. Co. & Valley Co., NE
- b. 25 Jun 1921 Ord, Valley Co., NE; s/o Emory W. Zentz & Eva E. Hoisington; family lived in Ord, then in Minden, Pott. Co. in the 1940s, returning to Ord in the late 1940s; married Verna L. Stowell, three children.
- enlisted 26 Jun 1944 from Iowa; service credited to Douglas Co., NE; buried Ord Cem., Valley Co., NE.
- Co. B, 756th Tank Bn., 3rd Inf. Div., XV Corps, Seventh Army; WIA 18 Apr 1945 Battle of Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany; DOW 21 Apr 1945 in hospital, France.
- The ETO > Central Europe > Southern Germany.