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Pottawattamie Area WW II Dead Roster - rural Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
Pottawattamie County Sources:
Avoca:
Bentley:
Carson:
Carter Lake:
Council Bluffs - Rural:
Crescent:
rural Griswold, Cass Co., but in Pott. Co.
Hancock:
Honey Creek:
Loveland:
Macedonia:
McClelland:
Minden:
Neola:
Oakland:
rural Shelby, Shelby Co. but in Pott. Co.:
Treynor:
Underwood:
Walnut:
Pottawattamie Area WW II Dead Roster - rural Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
- During WW II, Pott. Co. outside of Council Bluffs had about 25,000 residents.
- Listed below are the rural Pott. Co. dead, arranged by their home town.
- (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.
- WW II Dead > Roster Central - access full WW II Area Dead roster records.
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.
- for other sources, see Resources - WW II.
Avoca:
- Card, Earl E.
- Hiley, Dean Anderson
- Lueth, Walter August William
- Maassen, Dale George - Valley Twp., rural Avoca
- Newman, Shelby Fearn
- (vet.) Niemann, Alvin Vernon
- Olesen, Margaret Frances
- Paulsen, Laverne Henry - rural Avoca
- Pedersen, Roy Marion Jr. - rural Avoca
- Pryor, William Dale
- Putnam, Robert Edward
- (vet.) Rohlfs, Frederick Theodore
- Ronnfeldt, Roy Robert
- Staub, Herman Edward
- Trobough, Jerome Carroll, also Douglas Co., NE
Bentley:
- Schnekloth, Leroy William - York Twp.
- Vanderpool, Clifford Sidney - York Twp., also Douglas Co., NE
Carson:
- Collins, James Perry
- Morris, Eddie Jack
- Smith, Eugene McDaniel
- Storm, Donald William - Rt. 2, Silver Creek Twp.
Carter Lake:
- Herrell, George Walter
- Kimball, William George - also Los Angeles Co., CA
Council Bluffs - Rural:
- Anderson, William Riley - Rt. 4
- Bostedt, Glen Charles - Rt. 1, also Mills Co.
- Bostedt, John Bernard - Rt. 1, also Mills Co.
- Bostedt, Joseph/Joe William - Rt. 1, also Mills Co.
- Campbell, Wendell Melvin - Rt. 1
- Davenport, William Thomas Jr. - Star Route
- Deputy, Charles Dean - Rt. 4
- Fenn, Clifford Loren - Rt. 2
- Holm, Darcy Lee - not from area, wife lived on Rt. 3, also San Francisco Co., CA
- Jones, Donald Eugene, Rt. 4, also Cottonwood Co., MN
- Logan, Robert John - Rt. 4
- Metheny, Hershel Alfred - Rt. 1
- Miller, Oliver Oscar - Rt. 1
- Miller, Raymond Detlef Jr. - Rt. 1
- Munchrath, Francis F. - Star Route
- Oltmans, Merle W. - Garner Twp., Rt. 3
- Pogge, George Hubert - Rt. 2
- Soar, Ernest Martin - Garner Twp., Rt. 3
- Wells, Lester Earl - Hardin Twp., Rt. 3
Crescent:
- Frost, Darrell Finley
- Jorgensen, George Eugene Jr. - Hazel Dell Twp., also Mills Co.
- (vet.) Pitt, Sidney Bird
- Pratt, Leonard Earl
- Sales, Orville Wesley Linden
rural Griswold, Cass Co., but in Pott. Co.
- (vet.) Cary, Harry Keith, also Cass Co.
- Gaddis, Harold Wilson, also Cass Co.
- Lembke, Orlan Palmer - Grove Twp.
- Osler, Floyd Wayne - Waveland Twp.
- Phillips, George Donald - Wright Twp., also Jefferson Co.
Hancock:
- Alff, John Fredrick - Lincoln Twp., also Cass Co.
- Halladay, Robert Monroe
- Hildebrand, Gilbert Dean
- Scheffler, Norvin Herman
Honey Creek:
- Points, Leslie Ronald
- Sanderson, Albert James “Beebee”, also Woodbury Co.
- Schroder, Dean Charles
Loveland:
- Plummer, Kenneth Frank - Boomer Twp.
- Swanson, Jack Leonard - Rockford Twp.
Macedonia:
- (vet.) Havens, Oscar Olin
- Johnson, Frank Allen
- Mickey, Paul Leo "Leo"
- Storm, Clarence Lamont
McClelland:
- (vet.) Casson, John Raymond Jr. - Hardin Twp.
- Chambers, Stanley Glen - Hardin Twp., also Los Angeles Co., CA
- Hartje, Lamar Hugo - Rt. 1
- Schickner, Donald
Minden:
- Kadel, Lloyd G. - Rt. 1
- Luchsinger, Stanley Dean
- Thies, Melvin Chris - Pleasant Twp., Rt. 2, Avoca
- Wunder, Frank Grant Jr.
- Zentz, Ervin Emory, also Valley Co., NE
Neola:
- Brown, Ralph Ray
- Cavanaugh, James Bernard
- Dideriksen, Robert Warren, also Page Co.
- Fausett, Ottis Marvin Jr.
- (vet.) Hadfield, George Chester, also Shelby Co.
- McCauley, Leon Harrold
- Samson, Lloyd Elwood, also Cass Co.
- Steele, Mack Denson
- Talty, Norbert Leo
- Thomas, Marvin Lyle, also Harrison Co.
- Waters, James Martin, also Harrison Co.
Oakland:
- Aultz, Dorsey Evertt - Rt. 2
- Barnett, Walter William
- Bates, Stuart McCain, also Douglas Co., NE
- Henderson, Max O., also Thayer Co., NE
- Hetrick, Jacob Alvin - rural Oakland
- King, Clarence Rudolph - Rt. 4
- Lindsay, William Larkin
- Stith, George Noel - Rt. 4
rural Shelby, Shelby Co. but in Pott. Co.:
- Branstiter, Daniel Starr - Pleasant Twp., also Shelby Co.
- Dea, James David - Pleasant Twp., also Shelby Co.
Treynor:
- Booton, Charles Vinton, also Montgomery Co.
- Wagner, Egbert Vernon
- Wagner, Richard Paul
Underwood:
- Caster, John Joseph - Rt. 1
- Bray, Gordon Lee - Rt. 1
- Downs, Thomas George - Rt. 1
- McClurg, Lynn Herrig Jr., also Woodbury Co.
- (vet.) O'Connell, John Ambrose, also Mills Co.
- Welbourn, Eldred Orville, Rt. 1
Walnut:
- Beckendorf, Orville Leroy
- Hoover, Everett Leroy
- Linn, Charles Leroy
- McLoud, James Fredrick (served as Long, Fred O.), also Washington Co., OK
- Sharp, John C.