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Shelby County, Iowa Townships
Shelby County, IA
Their Homes
 Source: website bigpigeon.us, webpage WW II Dead > Their Homes > Shelby Co.
© 2021 by Robert A. "Bob" Christiansen, updated 21 Feb 2021.

Pottawattamie County, Iowa Area WW II Dead Roster - Shelby County
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  • Ahrenkiel, Wayne
  • Allstot, Max Vernon, also Crawford Co.
  • Andersen/Anderson, Harold Martin
  • Arkfeld, Francis Felix
  • Armentrout, Russell Marion
  • Bargenquast, Arnold Frank
  • Block, Ernest August Sylvester "Sam"
  • Branstiter, Daniel Starr, also Pott. Co.
  • Brown, Bernard Christian, also Audubon Co.
  • Browning, William Albert
  • Campbell, Sheldon Edward
  • Carley, Albert Boyd, also Audubon Co.
  • Carter, Meredith M., also Pott. Co.
  • Dea, James David, also Pott. Co.
  • Delph, Everett Melvin
  • Dinesen, Harold N.
  • Frahm, Leonard Carl
  • Gettys, Joe L. Jr.
  • Grett, Gerald LaVern
  • Haberberger, Leonard Joseph
  • Hansen, Lawrence George
  • Hoogensen, Earl Andrew, also San Diego Co., CA
  • Hulsebus, William Lyle
  • Jensen, Waldo Chris
  • Johnson, Arthur Burdick, also Harrison Co.
  • Jorgensen, Everett
  • Juhl, William David
  • Kloewer, Eugene John
  • Knapp, Rexford James "Rex"
  • Kraschel, James Norman
  • Kraschel, Richard Nelson
  • Kroman, Albert Harold
  • Larson, Paul Lewis
  • McCracken, James Newton, also Crawford Co.
  • McCuen, Walter Rea, also Audubon Co.
  • McGee, Victor Howard
  • McGraw, Willis Edward, also Des Moines Co.
  • ​McLaurin, William Harold, also Crawford Co.
  • Messerschmidt, William George Jr., also Harrison Co.
  • Miller, Max Miles
  • Miller, Melvin Max
  • Nielsen, Nis
  • Noehren, Edward Henry
  • Ocean, Jerry Floyd
  • Paulsen, Vernon Nels
  • Pedersen, Silas Clyde, also Audubon Co.
  • Peterson, Jack
  • Ratigan, Michael Dennis Jr.
  • Reinig, Walter Henry
  • Rihner, John Jerome
  • Schmitz, William Peter
  • Schram, Edward Nicholas
  • Soe, Jens Folmer, also Audubon Co.
  • Sorenson, Robert H.
  • Starner, Russell Leroy
  • Stinn, Richard Theodore
  • Stoelk, Leon Harley, also Carroll Co.
  • Summers, Vernon Myron, also Riverside Co., CA
  • Weihs, Alfred Peter
  • Wigness, Kenneth Eugene
  • Wunder, Edmund Earl
  • Zangerle, John M., also Dubuque Co.
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Shelby County Honor List:
  • ​​http://iagenweb.org/shelby/military/wwii/WWII_deaths.htm
 
On Shelby County's honor list but not in my roster: (* = other connections to Shelby Co. unknown as of Jan 2021.​)​
  • * Gerdts, Luther C., SN 37-647-768, US Arrmy  - b. 16 Mar 1918 Clinton, IA; s/o Henry Charles Gerdts & Ida Matthew; m. Mildred S. Wahl of Clinton Co. 1937; Co. E, 152nd Inf. Regt., 38th Inf. Div.; KIA 16 May 1945 Luzon, Philippines; bur. Clinton Cem.; on Clinton Co.'s memorial list under the town of Elvira.
  • * Smith, Norman F. - SN 37-071-817, US Army; b. 7 Apr 1914, Wakonda, SD; s/o Oscar F. Smith & Minnie E. Meyer both b. IA; entered service 6 Jul 1941 fron Rt. 1, Hartley, O'Brien Co., IA; 46th Armored Inf. Bn., 5th Armored Div.; KIA 10 Aug 1944 LeMans, France; bur. Forest Cem., Couer d’Alene, Kootenai Co., ID.
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