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​​​​​​                     bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Residences > Shelby Co., © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 5 May 2025
                                           Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead - Shelby County, Iowa
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Botna:
  • Stoelk, Leon Harley, SN 37-436-468, US Army, Shelby & Carroll Cos.

Corley:
  • (vet.) Manuel, Edwin A., SN 37-116-956, US Army Air Force, Shelby & Cass Cos.

​Defiance:
  • Allstot, Max Vernon, SN 621-05-54, US Navy, Shelby & Crawford Cos.
  • (vet.) Blackwell, Kenneth Chester, SN 321-46-19, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  • Hulsebus, William Lyle, SN 620-89-09, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  • (vet.) Kloewer, Alphonse Lineus "Ike", SN 37-036-747, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • ​Kloewer, Eugene John, SN 37-436-471, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Knapp, Rexford James “Rex”, SN 316-35-72, US Navy, Shelby Co.

​Earling:
  • Block, Ernest August Sylvester "Sam", SN 37-120-000, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • ​Haberberger, Leonard Joseph, SN 37-490-431, US Army, Shelby & Harrison Cos.
  • Schram, Edward Nicholas, SN 37-111-412, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Stinn, Richard Theodore, SN 37-037-441, US Army, Shelby Co.

Elk Horn:
  • Ahrenkiel, Wayne, SN 37-656-532, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Burd, Ross D., SN 17-038-346, US Army Air Force, Shelby Co.
  • ​Kroman, Albert Harold, SN O-1169605, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Mickelsen, Howard Keith, SN 37-768-739, US Army, Shelby & Cass Cos.​
  • Smith, Howard Myron, SN 17-038-532, US Army Air Force, Shelby & Cass Cos.

Harlan:
  • Andersen, Harold Martin (served as Anderson Harold M), SN 37-037-894, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Armentrout, Russell Marion, SN 37-656-533, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • (vet.) Camery, Donald Eugene, SN 37-770-715, US Army, Shelby Co. (St. Paul's)
  • Campbell, Sheldon Edward, SN 37-752-491, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Carley, Albert Boyd, SN 37-035-663, US Army, Audubon & Shelby Cos.
  • ​Carter, Meredith Merlene, SN O-1176509, US Army, Pott. & Shelby Cos.
  • Dinesen, Harold N., SN 37-433-094, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Gettys, Joe Lynam Jr., served as Joe L. Getts Jr., SN 17-096-828, US Army Air Force, Shelby Co.
  • Grett, Gerald LaVern, SN 37-120-507, US Army Air Force, Shelby Co.
  • Hansen, Lawrence George, SN 37-120-519, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Hoogensen, Earl Andrew, SN 37-427-473, US Army Air Force, Shelby Co. & San Diego Co., CA
  • (vet.) Jacobsen, William Claus "Bill", SN 37-193-485, US Army, Shelby Co.
  •  Jensen, Waldo Chris, SN 6-567-485, US Army Air Force, Shelby Co
  • Johnson, Arthur Burdick, US Merchant Marine, Shelby Co.
  • ​Juhl, William David, SN 8-863-628, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • ​(vet.) Junker, Edgar William, SN 01-046-506, US Army, Shelby & Woodbury Cos.
  • (vet.) Klinkefus, Harold Emerson, SN 37-755-307, US Army Air Force, Shelby Co.
  • Kraschel, James Norman, SN 17-152-672, US Army Air Force, Shelby Co.
  • Kraschel, Richard Nelson, civilian, Shelby Co.​
  • Nielsen, Nis, SN 37-197-752, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Noehren, Edward Henry, SN 37-074-575, US Army, Shelby Co. 
  • Ocean, Jerry Floyd, SN 37-660-643, US Army Air Force --> US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Peterson, Jack, SN 321-78-55, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  •  (vet) Philson, James Harold, SN 37-035-976, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Sorenson, Robert H., SN 675-670, US Coast Guard, Shelby Co.
  • Summers, Vernon Myron, SN 39-278-439, US Army, Shelby Co. & Riverside Co., CA
  • Wigness, Kenneth Eugene, O-692842, US Army Air Force, Shelby Co.
  • Wunder, Edmund Earl, SN 321-17-95, US Navy, Shelby Co.

Irwin/Jefferson Twp.:
  • Bargenquast, Arnold Frank, SN 321-39-14, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  • (vet.) Bird, John Henry Jr., SN 18-001-201, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Blades, George William, SN XC-3-139-851, US Navy, Shelby Co. & Alameda Co., CA
  • Browning, William Albert, SN 37-489-019, US Army, Harrison & Shelby Cos.
  • Hansen, Elvin Emsley/Everett, SN O-739093, US Army Air Force, Harrison & Shelby Cos.
  • Larson, Paul Lewis, SN 321-30-06, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  • McCracken, James Newton, SN 533228, US Marine Corps, Crawford & Shelby Cos.
  • McGraw, Willis Edward, SN 37-643-332, US Army, Shelby & Des Moines Cos.

Jacksonville:
  • Brown, Bernard Christian, SN 37-197-728, US Army Air Force, Shelby Co.
  • Paulsen, Vernon Nels, SN O-1308538, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Weihs, Alfred Peter, SN 620-39-83, US Navy, Shelby Co.

Kirkman:
  • McGee Victor Howard, SN 39-203-439, US Army, Shelby Co. & Lewis Co., WA
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Kimballton:
  • ​Pedersen, Silas Clyde, SN O-1019087, US Army, Audubon Co.
  • Soe, Jens Folmer, SN O-903833, US Army, Audubon & Shelby Cos.

rural Manilla:
  • Christensen, John Kenneth, SN 321-61-43, US Navy, Shelby & Crawford Cos.

Panama:
  • ​Arkfeld, Francis Felix, SN 6-214-699, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  • Ratigan, Michael Dennis Jr., SN 37-035-643, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • (vet.) Schmitz, William Peter, SN 940-455, US Marine Corps, Shelby Co.

Portsmouth:
  • Zangerle, John Mathew, SN 37-146-204, US Army, Shelby & Dubuque Cos.

​Shelby:
  • ​Branstiter, Daniel Starr, SN O-351249, US Naval Aviation, Pott. & Shelby Cos.
  • ​Dea, James David, SN 325990, US Naval Aviation, Pott. & Shelby Cos.
  • Delph, Everette Melvin, SN 37-754-300, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Frahm, Leonard Carl, SN 19-032-134, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Jorgensen, Everett, SN 39-398-666, US Army, Shelby Co. & Tuolumne Co., CA
  • Messerschmidt, William George Jr., SN 316-95-00, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  • Miller, Max Miles, SN 321-51-16, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  • Rihner, John Jerome, SN 37-422-955, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • Rink, Paul Lloyd, SN O-723687, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Shelby Cos.
  • Starner, Russell Leroy, SN 37-734-909, US Army, Shelby Co.

unknown or multiple Shelby Co. locales:​​
  • McLaurin, William Harold, SN 317-408, US Merchant Marine, Crawford & Shelby Cos.​
  • Reinig, Walter Henry, SN 37-035-972, US Army, Shelby Co. - rural Portsmouth & Harlan.​
Notes:​
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