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bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Roster > Roster Homes > Rural Pott. Co., © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 28 Jan 2023.
Roster Members for Rural Pottawattamie County, Iowa
  • Listed below are the rural Pott. Co. dead, arranged by their home town.
  • During WWII, Pott. Co. outside of Council Bluffs had about 25,000 residents.
  • (vet.) = veteran - died after separation from service.
  • This page header map shows Pott. Co. townships and incorporated towns. Other county towns were Weston in Hazel Dell Twp.; Honey Creek & Loveland in Rockford Twp.; and Bentley on the Norwalk/York Twp. border.​​
  • WWII Roster - gateway to all Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster webpages.​

​Pottawattamie County Sources:
  • https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3Ahixson_1448 - Hixson's Pott. Co. township map ~1930.
  • https://iowagravestones.org/cemeteries.php?cid=78 - Pott. Co. cemetery list.
World War II Dead - Rural Pottawattamie County, Iowa
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Avoca:
  • Card, Earl E., SN 20-706-381, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • ​Hiley, Dean Anderson, SN 37-666-247, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Lueth, Walter August William, SN 310-93-52, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • ​Maassen, Dale George, SN 457309, US Marine Corps, Pott. Co. - Valley Twp.
  • ​Newman, Shelby Fearn, SN O-351381, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • ​(vet.) Niemann, Alvin Vernon, SN 37-126-344, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • ​(d. in-service after WWII) Olesen, Margaret Frances, SN L-703453, US Army WAC, Pott. Co.
  • ​Paulsen, Laverne Henry, SN 37-445-364, US Army, Pott. Co. - rural Avoca
  • ​Pedersen, Roy Marion Jr., SN O-2071822, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. - rural Avoca
  • Pryor, William Dale, US Merchant Marine, Pott. Co.
  • ​Putnam, Robert Edward, served as Putman, Robert E, SN O-1318929, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • (vet.) ​Rohlfs, Frederick Theodore, SN O-339452, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • ​Ronnfeldt, Roy Robert, served as Ronnefeldt, Roy R, SN 37-189-109, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Staub, Herman Edward, SN 37-074-568, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • ​Trobough, Jerome Carroll, SN 37-034-015, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE

Bentley:
  • Schneckloth, Leroy William SN 17-078-891, US Army, Pott. Co. - York Twp.
  • Vanderpool, Clifford S., SN 37-739-404, US Army, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE - York Twp.

Carson:
  • Collins, James Perry, SN 122-08-81, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • Morris, Eddie Jack, SN 648-09-05, US Navy, Pott. Co.​
  • (vet) Parks, Ward Merritt, SN 941-02-35, US Navy, Pott. & Harrison Cos.
  • ​Penewit, Gordon R., SN 20-706-207, US Army, Mills & Pott. Cos.
  • ​Smith, Eugene McDaniel, SN 37-699-145, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Storm, Donald William, SN O-722387, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. - Rt. 2, Silver Creek Twp.

Carter Lake:
  • Herrell, George Walter, SN 37-699-107, US Army, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE
  • Kimball, William George, SN O-516449, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA

​Council Bluffs - Rural:
  • Anderson, William Riley, SN 37-483-559, US Army, Pott. Co. - Rt. 4
  • Bostedt, Glen Charles, SN 17-011-361, US Army Air Force, Mills & Pott. Cos. - Rt. 1
  • ​Bostedt, John Bernard, SN 17-011-358, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Mills Cos. - Rt. 1
  • Bostedt, Joseph William, served as Bostedt, Joe W, SN 17-011-348, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Mills Cos. - Rt. 1
  • Campbell, Wendell Melvin, SN O-719557, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. - Rt. 1
  • Davenport, William Thomas Jr., SN 17-122-771, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. - Star Route
  • Deputy, Charles Dean, SN 940539, US Marine Corps, Pott. Co. - Rt. 4
  • Fenn, Clifford Loren, SN 37-484-890, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. - Rt. 2
  • Holm, Darcy Lee, SN 39-836-855, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. & San Francisco Co., CA - wife lived on Rt. 3
  • Jones, Donald Eugene, SN 37-484-709, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. & Cottonwood Co., MN
  • Logan, Robert John, SN 20-743-488, US Army, Pott. Co. - Rt. 4
  •  Metheny, Hershel Alfred, SN 6-857-125, US Army, Pott. Co. - Rt. 1
  • ​Miller, Oliver Oscar, SN 37-267-842, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. - Rt. 1
  • ​Miller, Raymond Detlef Jr. - Rt. 1
  • Munchrath, Francis F., SN O-927081, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. - Star Route
  • Oltmans, Merle W., SN 37-445-352, US Army, Pott. Co. - Garner Twp., Rt. 3
  • ​Pogge, George Hubert, SN O-718974, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. - Rt. 2
  • Soar, Ernest Martin, SN 970147, US Marine Corps, Pott. Co. - Garner Twp., Rt. 3
  • Wells, Lester Earl, SN 37-465-227, US Army, Pott. Co. - Hardin Twp., Rt. 3

​Crescent:
  • Frost, Darrell Finley, SN 37-692-444, US Army, Pott. Co.
  •  Jorgensen, George Eugene Jr., SN 316-86-64, US Navy, Pott. & Mills Cos.
  • (vet.) Pitt, Sidney Bird, SN 17-164-679, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • ​Pratt, Leonard Earl, SN 37-465-244, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • ​Sales, Orville Wesley Linden, SN 316-49-53, US Navy, Pott. Co.

rural Griswold, Pott. Co. (Griswold is over the border in Cass County.)
  • (vet.) Cary, Harry Keith, SN 37-763-588, US Army, Pott. & Cass Cos.
  • Gaddis, Harold Wilson, SN 6-563-917, US Army, Pott. & Cass Cos.
  • Lembke, Orlan Palmer, SN 37-121-080, US Army, Pott. Co. - Grove Twp.
  • ​Osler, Floyd Wayne, SN 37-476-459, US Army, Pott. Co. - Waveland Twp.
  • ​Phillips, George Donald, SN 37-194-330, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Jefferson Cos. - Wright Twp.

Hancock:
  • Alff, John Fredrick, SN 37-118-084, US Army, Pott. & Cass Cos. - Lincoln Twp.
  • Halladay, Robert Monroe, SN O-115172, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • Hildebrand, Gilbert Dean, SN 37-126-329, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • ​Scheffler, Norvin Herman, SN 982874, US Marine Corps, Pott. Co.

Honey  Creek:
  • Points, Leslie Ronald, SN 32-300-054, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • ​Sanderson, Albert James “Beebee”, SN 37-071-522, US Army, Pott & Woodbury Cos.
  • ​Schroder, Dean Charles, SN 37-752-477, US Army, Pott. Co.

​Loveland:
  • Plummer, Kenneth Frank, SN 37-680-558, US Army, Pott. Co. - Boomer Twp.
  • Swanson, Charles Edward Jr., SN 17-082-496, US Army, Pott. Co. - Rockford Twp.

Macedonia:
  • (vet.) Havens, Oscar Olin, SN 37-121-344, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • ​Johnson, Frank Allen, SN 37-189-738, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Mickey, Paul Leo “Leo”, SN 37-118-215, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Storm, Clarence Lamont, SN 20-705-518, US Army, Pott. Co.

McClelland:
  • (vet.) Casson, John Raymond Jr., SN 17-063-992, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. - Hardin Twp.
  • Chambers, Stanley Glen, SN 19-097-353, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA - Hardin Twp.
  • Hartje, Lamar Hugo, SN 316-57-45, US Navy, Pott. Co. - Rt. 1
  • Schickner, Donald, SN 37-219-544, US Army, Pott. Co.

Minden:
  • Kadel, Lloyd George, served as Kadel Lloyd C, SN 17-123-128, US Army Air Corps, Pott. Co. - Rt. 1
  • Luchsinger, Stanley Dean, SN 37-455-354, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • ​Thies, Melvin Chris, SN 17-063-991, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. - Pleasant Twp., Rt. 2, Avoca
  • ​Wunder, Frank Grant Jr., SN O-729400, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • Zentz, Ervin Emory, SN 37-699-101, US Army, Pott. Co. & Valley Co., NE

Neola:
  • Brown, Ralph Ray, SN 17-019-024, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • Cavanaugh, James Bernard, SN 17-017-247, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Dideriksen, Robert Warren, SN O-2044637, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Page Cos.
  • Fausett, Ottis Marvin Jr., SN 316-35-63, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • (vet.) Hadfield, George Chester, SN 286136, US Marine Corps, Pott. & Harrison Cos.
  • McCauley, Leon Harrold, SN O-890103, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • ​Samson, Lloyd Elwood, SN 17-012-007, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Cass Cos.
  • ​Steele, Mack Denson, SN 20-706-090, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • ​Talty, Norbert Leo, SN 30-153-755, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Waters, James Martin, SN 37-445-422, US Army, Pott. & Harrison Cos.

​rural Neola, residence in Harrison Co.:
  • Thomas, Marvin Lyle, SN O-018345, US Army, Pott. & Harrison Cos.

​Oakland:
  • Aultz, Dorsey Everet, SN 37-189-141, US Army, Pott. Co. - Rt. 2, Oakland
  • Barnett, Walter McMillan Jr., SN 20-743-494, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Bates, Stuart McCain, SN 37-475-399, US Army, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE.
  • Henderson, Max O., SN 37-485-581, US Army, Pott. Co. & Thayer Co., NE
  • Hetrick, Jacob Alvin, SN O-733132, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co. - rural Oakland​​
  • King, Clarence Rudolph, SN 37-112-581, US Army, Pott. Co. - Rt. 4
  • Lindsey, William Larkin, SN 37-750-189, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • ​Stith, George Noel, SN O-697177, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

rural Shelby, Shelby Co., residence in Pott. Co.:
  • Branstiter, Daniel Starr, SN O-351249, US Naval Aviation, Pott. & Shelby Cos.
  • Dea, James David, SN 325990, US Naval Aviation, Pott. & Shelby Cos.

Treynor:​
  • Booton, Charles Vinton, served as Charlie Vinton Booton, SN 321-47-76, US Navy, Pott. & Montgomery Cos.
  • Wagner, Egbert Vernon, SN O-9476, US Marine Corps Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • Wagner, Richard Paul, SN O-30916, US Marine Corps Aviation, Pott. Co.

Underwood:
  • (vet.) Bray, Gordon Lee, SN 37-653-155, US Army, Pott. Co. - Rt. 1
  • Caster, John Joseph, SN 37-699-158, US Army, Pott. Co. - Rt. 1
  • Downs, Thomas George, SN O-745648, US Air Force, Pott. Co. - Rt. 1
  • McClurg, Lynn Herrig Jr., SN 37-670-277, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Woodbury Cos.
  • (vet.) O’Connell, John Ambrose, SN 37-464-476, US Army, Mills & Pott. Cos.
  • ​Welbourn, Eldred Orville, SN 37-484-888, US Army, Pott. Co. - Rt. 1

Walnut:
  • Beckendorf, Orville Leroy, SN 316-41-64, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • Hoover, Everett Leroy, SN 37-734-846, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Linn, Charles Leroy, SN 17-038-155, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • McLoud, James Fredrick, served as Long Fred O, SN 37-442-043, US Army, Pott. Co. & Washington Co., OK
  • Sharp, John C., SN 37-651-954, US Army, Pott. Co.​​
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