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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Shelby County Honor List:
On Shelby County's honor list but not in my roster: (* = other connections to Shelby Co. unknown as of Jan 2021.)
© 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.
Shelby County Honor List:
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.