Veterans A-M

Pottawattamie Area Early Deaths after Separation from World War II Service (A-M, 49 deaths)
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† (vet.) Adams, David Jackson, SN 961-57-24, US Navy, Harrison Co.

b. 15 Sep 1925 Missouri Valley, Harrison Co.; s/o Oscar J. Adams & Sarah E. McIntosh; entered service 12 Dec 1943 from Missouri Valley; sep. 4 May 1946; m. Jacqueline M. Brewer 1946, one child; bur. Rose Hill Cem., Missouri Valley.
foreign service Dec 1944 - Apr 1946, unit unknown; d. 29 Aug 1947 rural Missouri Valley; lack of oxygen while working in a deep well.

† (vet.) Aylsworth, James Franklin, SN 37-472-721, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 23 Oct 1915 Co. Bluffs; s/o William A. Aylsworth & Barbara A. Grieder; m. Wanda P. Henderson 1939, two children; entered service 9 Feb 1943 from Co. Bluffs, sep. 23 Dec 1944; bur. location unknown.
698th Medical Collecting Co., Camp Rucker, AL; d. 18 Nov 1947 at home, Co. Bluffs; coronary occlusion.

† (vet.) Barritt, Glen Hough, SN 322-05-01, US Navy, Pott. Co.

b. 8 Jan 1904 Crescent, Pott. Co.; s/o Burl C. Barritt (d. 1940) & Stella M. Hough; m. Vay I. Stauffer 1923, three children; entered service 25 Jan 1944 from Co. Bluffs, sep. Nov 1945; bur. Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
foreign service Oct 1944 - Nov 1945, unit unknown; d. 5 Aug 1949 Co. Bluffs; metastasized lung cancer.

† (vet.) Baxter, Robert Dale, SN 316-38-05, US Navy, Mills & Pott. Cos.

b. 28 Jan 1916 Hastings, Mills Co.; s/o Harry C. Baxter & Bertha M. Bailey (d. 1916); after mother's death, her three children lived with Baxter grandparents in Hastings through early 1920s, moving to father and stepmother's household in Co. Bluffs bef. 1928; entered service 25 Sep 1939 from Co. Bluffs; sep. & admitted to Veterans Hospital 17 Jun 1947; m. Miriam E. Bell of Waverly, IA in King Co., WA 1945; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
Served on USS Langley, USS Childs, USS William B. Preston, USS Cortland, & USS Tranquility; Coxswain on Preston, a seaplane tender, when it left Cavite, Philippines on 30 Nov 1941; d. 18 Jul 1948 San Fernando Valley Veterans Hospital, Los Angeles, CA; tuberculosis diagnosed in 1945.

† (vet.) Bichel, Edward Henry, SN 37-121-114, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.

b. 16 Feb 1910, Oak Twp., Glenwood, Mills Co.; s/o William A. Bichel (d. 1935) & Anna C. Kay (d. 1913) of Oak Twp.; entered service 20 Apr 1942; sep. 28 Sep 1945; bur. Mineola Cem., Mills Co.
335th Bomb Sqdn., 95th Bomb Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Horham Airfield, Suffolk, England; d. 9 Jun 1949 in hospital, Co. Bluffs; effects of alcoholism.

† (vet.) Bird, John Henry Jr., SN 18-001-201, US Army, Shelby Co.

b. 20 Mar 1916 Yuma Co., CO; s/o John H. Bird Sr. (d. 1916) & Lilly B. Stilwell; family returned to Irwin, Shelby Co. after father's death; entered service 16 Dec 1940 from Irwin via Ft. Logan, CO; sep. 24 Aug 1943; bur. Rose Hill Cem., Kirkman, Shelby Co.
served with Shipping Co., Armored Replacement Training Ctr., Ft. Knox, KY; d. 24 Jan 1948 at Veterans Hospital, Hines, Cook Co., IL after 3.5 month hospitalization; Hodgkins disease diagnosed while in service.

† (vet.) Blackwell, Kenneth Chester, SN 321-46-19, US Navy, Shelby Co.

b. 3 Jan 1919 Stickney, Maries Co., MO; s/o Albert L. Blackwell & Ada V. Bell; family moved to Shelby Co. in early 1920s; entered service 20 Aug 1940 from Defiance, Shelby Co.; sep. 19 Jul 1947; reenlisted on unknown date; bur. Harlan Cem., Shelby Co.
served on USS Waxhaw (AN-91), USS Marblehead (CL-12), and USS Charles R. Ware (DD-685) and at Great Lakes Naval Training Station at time of death; d. 8 Nov 1948 Waukegan, Lake Co., IL; auto went out of control after passing, left the road, and hit a tree.

† (vet.) Bray, Gordon Lee, SN 37-653-155, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 9 Oct 1922 Linton Twp., Allamakee Co.; s/o Glen V. Bray & Ruby Dundee; family moved to Weston, Pott. Co. in late 1920s; entered service 5 Jan 1943 from Rt. 3, Co. Bluffs; separated 21 Sep 1944; m. Annabelle S. Coffelt 1946, one stepchild; bur. Neola Twp. Cem.
327th Harbor Craft Co., Army Transportation Corps, stationed in Charleston, SC; did not accompany unit when it left for the CBI Theater in Mar 1944; disabled, d. 16 Oct 1948 Mercy Hospital, Co. Bluffs of nephritis; living at Rt. 1, Underwood, Pott. Co. at time of death.

† (vet.) Brooks, Newell Harvey, SN 621-90-41, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.

b. 23 Jun 1925 Co. Bluffs; s/o Harvey L. Brooks & Irene M. Wallraf; entered service 19 Jun 1923 from Co. Bluffs; sep. 4 Apr 1946; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
stationed at Naval Air Station, Hilo, Territory of Hawaii Mar 1944 - Mar 1946; d. 27 Dec 1948 Mercy Hospital, Co. Bluffs, suffered from rheumatic fever; gunshot suicide.

† (vet.) Bruce, Floyd L., SN 37-694-432, US Army, Montgomery Co. (St. Paul's)

b. 15 Feb 1912 Red Oak, Montgomery Co. s/o Robert J. Bruce & Bertha M. Haynes; m. Rita M. Cowley May 1934 in Red Oak, one child; entered service 4 Apr 1944 from Red Oak; sep. 11 Jun 1946; d. 6 Dec 1947 at Red Oak; coronary thrombosis.; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
foreign service 13 Feb 1945 - 6 Jun 1946; Battery A., 659th Field Artillery Bn.; participated in Central Europe Campaign.

† (vet.) Burkhalter, John Winfield, SN 37-447-802, US Army, Cass Co.

b. 30 Mar 1922 Lewis, Cass Co.; s/o Bernard Lyle Burkhalter Sr. & Letha G. Mudra; entered service 14 Dec 1942 from Lewis; sep. 19 Nov 1945; bur. Oakwood Cem., Lewis.
ETO service in Hq. Battery, 46th FA Bn., 5th Inf. Div. & in divisional artillery, 103rd Inf. Div.; d. 24 Feb 1946 three miles E of Walnut, Pott. Co.; killed instantly with crushed skull in a traffic accident.

† (vet.) Camery, Donald Eugene, SN 37-770-715, US Army, Shelby Co. (St. Paul's)

b. 7 Jan 1926 Harlan, Shelby Co. s/o Morgan Arthur Camery Jr. & Evelyn F. Rold; entered service 22 May 1945 from Harlan; sep. 18 Oct 1946; d. 21 Oct 1946 Oak Park, IL; hit by passenger train while approaching boarding location; bur. Harlan Cem.
no foreign service; no other service information available.

† (vet.) Cary, Harry Keith, SN 37-763-588, US Army, Pott. & Cass Cos.

b. 4 Oct 1922 rural Carson, Grove Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o Robert L. Cary & Lenore Bolton; family moved to rural Griswold, Wright Twp., Pott. Co. in late 1920s; entered service 5 Mar 1945 from Griswold; sep. 7 Jul 1946; service credited to Cass Co.; m. Thelma L. Woolard Dec 1944, one child; bur. Carson Cem.
service details unknown; d. 25 May 1948 near Griswold, Waveland Twp., Pott. Co.; truck overturned on highway, crushed chest.

† (vet.) Casson, John Raymond Jr., SN 17-063-992, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

b. 29 May 1920 Rt. 1, Neola, Hardin Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o John R. Casson Sr. & Margaret C. Underwood; entered service 20 Apr 1942 from Hardin Twp.; sep. 16 Feb 1946; bur. Hardin Twp. Cem.
Central Flying Training Command; d. 3 May 1949 Hardin Twp. 12 miles E of Co. Bluffs on Highway 6; auto left the road and rolled over.

† (vet.) Champlin, Harold Joy, SN 37-260-821, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 9 Dec 1918 Co. Bluffs; s/o William H. Champlin & Emma C. Schneider; entered service 9 Sep 1942 from Co. Bluffs; two overseas tours; invalided home Aug 1945; separated 16 Oct 1945; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
military service details unknown, d. 31 Mar 1946 Douglas Co. Hospital, Omaha; suicide.

† (vet.) Combs, Richard Aaron, SN O-733148, US Army Air Force, Mills Co.

b. 16 Apr 1920 Nebraska City, Otoe Co., NE; s/o Aaron B. Combs & Sylvia Ann Swisher; family moved to Pacific Jct., Mills Co. in 1920s; entered service 10 Sep 1940 from Pacific Jct.; sep. 25 Oct 1945; m. Margery D. (Phillips) Taylor 1949, one stepchild; bur. Glenwood Cem., Mills Co.
overseas service Mar 1943 - Apr 1944, unit unknown; 236th AAF Combat Crew Training Squadron (VH) at Pyote AFB, Monanans, TX; d. 24 Sep 1949 Omaha, NE; gunshot suicide after killing wife.

† (vet.) Curnes, Alvin Hezekiah, SN 648-65-57, US Navy, Pott. Co.

b. 19 Jan 1906 Osceola, Clarke Co.; s/o Fred F. Curnes & Anna L. Valentine; m. Inez M. Goodrich 1936; moved to Co. Bluffs ~ 1940; entered service 14 Oct 1942 from Co. Bluffs; separated 29 Sep 1944; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
61st Naval Construction Bn., South Pacific; d. 25 Sep 1948 Co. Bluffs; cerebral hemorrhage.

† (vet.) Curran, Walter Francis, SN 648-59-74, US Navy, Pott. Co.

b. 5 Oct 1909 Portsmouth, Shelby Co.; s/o Walter F. Curran (d. 1928) & Alice C. Walker; m. Eilene Stapleton 1930 in Mills Co., div.; m. Irene Lappe 1935, one child, div. Nov 198; m. Edna May Scott Nov 1948 in Omaha, two stepchildren; entered service Sep 1942 from Co. Bluffs; sep. 2 Oct 1945; bur. St. Joseph Cem., Co. Bluffs.
served in South Pacific on USS Steele (DE-8); d. 12 May 1949 at home Co. Bluffs; suicide by rifle, had been despondent since leaving service.

† (vet.) Desmond, Bernard Patrick, SN 37-112-517, US Army, Cass Co.

b. 10 May 1916 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Patrick J. Desmond (d. 1946) & Margaret Rebecca Leslie (d. 1934); family lived in Atlantic until father retired; entered service 2 Feb 1942 from Des Moines, sep. 1 Dec. 1945; m. Lois M. Hess 1947 Co. Bluffs; bur. St. Joseph Cem., Co. Bluffs.
overseas service 28 Mar 1944 - 20 Nov 1945, unit unknown; d. 10 May 1947 Washington, Washington Co.; fire in railroad bunk car.
Notes: Nephew of George Leslie, from whom my parents bought our Avoca, Iowa farm.

† (vet.) Donahoe, John "Jack", SN 37-029-424, US Army, Plymouth Co.

b. 16 Oct 1910 LeMars, Plymouth Co.; s/o John S. Donahoe & Margaret E. Kern; entered service 6 Sep 1942 from LeMars; sep. 31 Jan 1945; m. Helen M. Hansen of Harrison Co. Dec 1945 & settled in Kansas City, two children; bur. Memorial Cem., LeMars.
1755 Service Command Unit, Camp Clark POW camp, near Nevada, MO; d. 6 Apr 1948 Kansas City, MO; carbon monoxide poisoning.

† (vet.) Doty, Donald Leslie, SN 37-446-414, US Army, Harrison Co. (St. Paul's)

b. 10 Dec 1919 Missouri Valley, Harrison Co. s/o Earl B. Doty & Mary L. "Ella" Coulthard; entered service 2 Dec 1942 from Missouri Valley; sep. 17 Nov 1945; m. Beryle C. Weston of Iowa; d. 25 Jan 1946 in hospital, Co. Bluffs; struck by falling tree along Boyer River near Woodbine; bur. Rose Hill Cem., Missouri Valley.
foreign service Oct 1944 - Sep 1945; unit & location unknown.

† (vet.) Edie, Marion Robert, SN 317-06-35, US Navy, Mills Co.

b. 11 Apr 1916 Emerson, Mills Co.; s/o David A. Edie (d. 1941) & Hebe L. Johnson; entered service 18 Nov 1940 from Emerson; sep. 14 Jun 1944; bur. Emerson Cem.
133rd Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div.; d. 14 Dec 1949 Sioux City, Woodbury Co.; spine broken in natural gas explosion at Swift & Co.; 21 died.

† (vet.) Edie, Roland Lewis, SN 20-706-760, US Army, Mills Co.

b. 30 May 1918 Emerson, Mills Co.; s/o David A. Edie (d. 1941) & Hebe L. Johnson; entered service 25 Mar 1944 from rural Emerson; sep. 22 Mar 1947; bur. Emerson Cem.

overseas service Jan 1945 - Feb 1946 on USS Colbert (APA-145) in Pacific; d. 4 Jun 1947 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; section hand fell off railroad car on Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR bridge and drowned in East Nishnabotna River during June 1947 Iowa floods.

† (vet.) Fagan, Burnett Cross, SN 37-260-687, US Army, Montgomery Co.

b. 5 Sep 1920 Page, Holt Co., NE; s/o Ralph M. Fagan (b. Shelby, Shelby Co.) & Mary L. Cross; father Methodist minister; family lived in numerous rural Nebraska locations before moving to SW Iowa in late 1930s; entered service 9 Sep 1942 from Elliott, Montgomery Co.; sep. (invalided out) 17 Jul 1945; bur. Hillside Cem., Elliott.
overseas service Jan 1944 - Jan 1945, theater & unit unknown; shrapnel wound Jun 1944; d. 17 Jan 1946 Methodist Hospital, Omaha, metastised testicular cancer.

† (vet.) Falconer, Max Clyde, SN 871-97-90, US Navy, Cass Co.

b. 9 Feb 1925 Corning, Adams Co; s/o Clyde R. Falconer & Martha M. Kerkmann; family moved to Anita, Cass Co. in late 1920s; entered service 23 Jul 1943 from Anita; sep. 9 Apr 1946; bur. Evergreen Cem., Anita.
stationed at US Navy Operating Base Adak, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Territory; d 22 Jun 1946 Anita, suicide from gunshot.

† (vet.) Fedor, Joseph James, SN 872-24-08, US Navy, Pott. Co.

b. 4 Oct 1925 Omaha, NE; s/o Frank Fedor & Rose Takas; family moved to Co. Bluffs bef 1930; entered service 12 Nov 1943 from Co. Bluffs; sep. 15 Apr 1946; m. Bertha Lorraine Jacobsen 1946, div.; bur. Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
USS Sumter (APA-52), Pacific Theater; d. 19 Jan 1949 Pioneer Trail, Lewis Twp., Pott. Co.; car lost control, flipped three times, and hit a light pole.

† (vet.) Feller, Marvin Julius, SN 872-09-79, US Navy, Pott. Co.

b. 21 May 1925 rural Honey Creek, Boomer Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o Julius J. Feller & Alma M. Reese; family moved to Co. Bluffs in early 1930s; entered service 24 Sep 1943 from Co. Bluffs; released 9 Apr 1946; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
d. 21 Jul 1946, Co. Bluffs; auto accident.

† (vet.) Fisk, Aaron Ervin, SN 37-121-296, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 23 Jan 1906 Aitkin Co., MN; s/o William Fisk & Mary Susan Cooper of Minnesota; lived Co. Bluffs; m. Frieda Loah Bowen 1926 (d. 1941); two children (d. 1927 & 1945); entered service 21 Apr 1942 from Co. Bluffs; released 3 Aug 1943; bur. Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
8th Evacuation Hospital, Morocco; returned to US and discharged; d. 24 Jan 1945, Veteran’s Hospital, Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE, organ failure.

† (vet.) From, Glen Ferdinand, SN 37-694-403, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

b. 4 May 1900 Omaha; s/o Charles F. From & Hilma Nelson, both b. Sweden; m. Mildred V. Mack 1933 in Pott. Co., one child; entered service 3 Apr 1944 from Co. Bluffs; sep. 6 Dec 1945; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
3706 AAF Base Unit, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, TX; d. 20 Jan 1948 Co. Bluffs; gastro-intestinal hemorrhage.

† (vet.) Gardiner, Kenneth Earl, SN O-327472, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

b. 16 Oct 1898 Essex, Page Co.; s/o Everett Gardiner & Bertha Griffiths (d. 1937); m. Eva A. Rumery 1922, one child; entered service 13 Jan 1941 from Co. Bluffs; sep. 15 Aug 1945; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
Fourth Air Force, no overseas duty; d. 13 Mar 1946 in McAllen, Hidalgo Co., TX; service-related myocarditis.

† (vet.) Goodreau, William Walter, SN 20-706-598, US Army, Pott. Co.

b.7 Jun 1912 Co. Bluffs; s/o Joseph H. Goodreau & Rosa J. Russell; entered service 16 Jan 1942 from Co. Bluffs; separated 8 Nov 1945; bur. Martin Chapel Cem., Pacific Jct., Mills Co.
HQ Co, 704th Tank Bn.; Battalion campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe; d. 6 Mar 1948 Co. Bluffs; crushed under railroad car while at work.

† (vet.) Hadfield, George Chester, SN 286136, US Marine Corps, Pott. & Harrison Cos.

b. 11 Nov 1912 rural Neola, Pott. Co.; s/o George A. Hadfield & Susie M. Moffatt; family moved to rural Missouri Valley, Harrison Co. in the early 1920s, to Clay Co. in the late 1930s, to Magnolia, Harrison Co. in the early 1940s, & then to Co. Bluffs; entered service 24 Jun 1940 from Greenville, Clay Co.; sep. Apr 1944 & moved to Omaha; bur. Neola Twp. Cem.
served with 5th Marine Defense Bn. as part of the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade on Iceland Jul 1941-Mar 1942 and in the South Pacific at Funafuti in the Ellice Islands Oct 1942-Nov 1943; entered Hines VA Hospital, Cook Co., IL 19 Oct 1944; d. 7 Jan 1945 at Hines; cancer.

† (vet.) Hanfeld, Leo Adolph, SN unknown, US Army, Mills Co.

b. 13 Feb 1907 Wellfleet, Lincoln Co., NE; s/o Henry C. Hanfeld & Marie L. Edler; family moved to Mills Co. in 1910s; m. Dorothy P. Rager Apr 1930 in Mills Co., four children, div.; lived in Larimer Co., CO for much of 1930s; entered service at an unknown date, sep. from Schick Army Hospital, Clinton, IA 10 Aug 1945; bur. Glenwood Cem., Mills Co.
served in the ETO as an infantryman in an unknown unit; d. 12 Sep 1945 in hospital, Moline, IL; cardiovascular causes.

† (vet.) Havens, Oscar Olin, SN 37-121-344, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 3 Jul 1918 Carson, Pott. Co.; s/o Joshua Sill Havens (d. 1936) & Ethel Esther Denton (d. 1937); entered service 21 Apr 1942 from Macedonia, Pott. Co.; separated 29 Nov 1945; bur. Macedonia Cem.
249th General Hospital, New Guinea and Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines; d. 4 Jan 1946 lime quarry near Macedonia; crushing chest injury.

† (vet.) Jacobsen, William Claus "Bill", SN 37-193-485, US Army, Shelby Co.

b. 18 Oct 1911 Valentine, Cherry Co., NE; s/o Claus H. Jacobsen (d. 1922) & Margaretha Ohlson; family moved from Avoca, Pott. Co. to Cherry Co. ~ 1910, returned to Avoca after father's death, and moved to Harlan, Shelby Co. in late 1930s; entered service 29 Apr 1942 from Harlan; sep. 31 Aug 1945; bur. Harlan Cem.
Hdqrs. & Service Co., 815 Engineer Bn., MTO; d. 10 Aug 1947 Harlan; murder, stabbed to death in the basement of a bar.

† (vet.) James, Arthur Warren, SN O-235145, US Army, Pott. Co. (St. Paul's)

b. 26 Mar 1889 Co. Bluffs s/o Noah D. James & Martha E. Kelley; m. Ethel F. Britton Apr 1912, one child; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Co. Bluffs w/ Iowa National Guard; sep 7 Sep 1944; d. 8 Jul 1946 Rockford, IL; coronary thrombosis; bur. Belvidere Cem., Boone Co., IL.
WWI veteran who remained in the Iowa National Guard; commanded HQ Company, 34th Infantry Division in Co. Bluffs in the late 1920s; entered service 10 Feb 1941 w/ 109th Quartermaster Regt., Osceola; served in Quartermaster Corps at Hill Air Force Base, UT & Indianapolis, IN.

† (vet.) Jobe, John Arthur, SN 154-62-79, US Navy, Cass Co.

b. 30 Jun 1899 Henry Co.; s/o George T. Jobe (d. 1944) & Linnie M. Cook (d. 1945); the George Jobe family lived in various locations in southern Iowa and briefly in Texas & Nebraska before moving to California in the 1930s; m. Virgil D. Starr 1923, four children; the John A. Jobe family lived in Grove Twp., Pott. Co. before moving to Lewis, Cass Co. in the early 1930s; entered service 20 Jun 1942 from Lewis; sep. 5 Apr 1945; bur. Oakwood Cem., Lewis.
served on USS La Vallette (DD-448) in the Pacific; d. 21 Feb 1949 in Lewis from a cerebral embolism.

† (vet.) Joy, Gene Raymond, SN 860-19-47, US Navy, Harrison Co.

b. 30 Aug 1921 Woodbine, Harrison Co.; s/o Atlas A. Joy & Elsie L. Mott, both Harrison Co. natives; family lived in Harrison & Pott. Cos.; m. Ines Bell Dean of Arkansas 1943 in Nemaha Co., KS, one child; entered service 28 Feb 1944 from Rt. 1, Honey Creek, Pott. Co.; sep. 23 Jan 1946; bur. Logan Cem., Harrison Co.
sea duty on patrol craft PC-599 and with Pacific Fleet School Station, Pearl Harbor; d. 29 Sep 1949 Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Co. Bluffs; peritonitis from appendicitis.

† (vet.) Kernan, Joseph Edward/Edwin Jr., SN 37-260-280, US Army, Pott. Co. (St. Paul's)

b. 2 Aug 1899 Des Moines s/o Joseph E. Kernan Sr. & Beatrice L. Kelley; family moved to Co. Bluffs in early 1910s; entered service 22 Aug 1942 from Co. Bluffs; sep. 26 Jan 1943; m. Zola M. Puryear 1943; d. 31 Mar 1949 Co. Bluffs; cirrhosis of the liver; bur. St. Joseph Cem., Co. Bluffs.
no foreign service; other service details unknown.

† (vet.) Klinkefus, Harold Emerson, SN 37-755-307, US Army Air Force, Shelby Co.

b. 12 Nov 1914 Shelby, Shelby Co.; s/o Leonard F. Klinkefus (d. 1921) & Pearl J. Pulver; ss/o Elmer H. Sahl of Harlan; m. Myrtle A. Andersen of Harlan 1937, two children; entered service from Harlan 15 Nov 1944; sep. 5 Nov 1948, joined Iowa Highway Patrol; bur. Jacksonville Cem., Shelby Co.
served with 59th Air Depot Gp., Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX; d. 18 May 1949 rural Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; his Highway Patrol vehicle hit a truck that had stopped abruptly and jackknifed while avoiding another vehicle in left-turn lane.

† (vet.) Knudsen, Alfred Raymond, SN 17-165-468, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 21 Oct 1924 rural Neola; Pott. Co.; s/o Laurits P. Knudsen & Alma M. Petersen; entered service 10 Dec 1942 from Co. Bluffs; released 22 Feb 1946; bur. Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
158th Inf. Regt.; d. 21 Jul 1946 Co. Bluffs; auto accident.

† (vet.) Lang, Gail Clive, SN 37-263-161, US Army Air Force, Cass Co. (St. Paul's)

b. 13 Oct 1904 Atlantic, Cass Co. s/o Jacob Erastus "Ras" Lang (d. 1934) & Daisy I. Patten; living in Omaha w/ sister Zola in early 1940s; entered service 14 Sep 1942; sep. 8 Jun 1945; d. Omaha 4 Jul 1946; heart attack; bur. Atlantic Cem.
served with 3507th Army Air Force Base Unit, Lincoln Army Air Field, Nebraska.

† (vet.) Lathrop, Roy Garfield, SN 37-191-481, Montgomery Co. (St. Paul's)

b. 17 Apr 1913 Iowa or Missouri, adopted by Herbert R. Lathrop & Nellie M. Spicer of rural Red Oak, Pilot Grove Twp., Montgomery Co. in 1923; entered service 20 Apr 1942 from rural Red Oak, reg. w/ Page Co. draft board; sep. 3 Aug 1943; parents lived near Neola, Pott. Co. by 1947; entered Knoxville, IA VA Hospital Oct 1944; d. 5 Jan 1947 in Knoxville VA Hospital; ulcerative and perforated intestine, also dementia praecox; bur. Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
during service remained stateside with an anti-aircraft unit.

† (vet.) Lovejoy, Harry Wayne, SN 37-260-325, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 21 Jul 1915 Pattonsburg, Daviess Co., MO; s/o James M. Lovejoy (d. 1936) & Sarah I. Price (d. 1931); m. Alyce L. Clark Sep 1944 in Sebastian Co., AR, two children; entered service 5 Sep 1942 from Co. Bluffs; sep 30 Dec 1945; became truck driver living in Co. Bluffs; bur. Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
overseas service in ETO Dec 1944 - Dec 1945; Battery C, 955th FA Bn., d. 22 Aug 1948 Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Co. Bluffs; burns suffered in a 19 Aug accident on a highway near Glenwood, IA.

† (vet.) Luxford, Elmer Lee, SN 648-64-91, US Navy, Pott. Co.

b. 9 Jan 1896 Harper, Keokuk Co.; s/o George W. Luxford & Mary F. Holmes; lived in Cass, Shelby, & Monona Cos.; m. Margaret D. Halloran of Shelby Co. 1919; moved to Co. Bluffs in early 1930s; entered service 11 Oct 1942; discharged 29 Jan 1943; bur. Union Twp. Cem., Defiance, Shelby Co.
unit unknown; d. 16 Jan 1945 at home, Co. Bluffs; possible embolism w/ underlying digestive tract ulceration.

† (vet.) Marsh, Ben Adrian, SN 860-27-66, US Navy, Montgomery Co.

b. 5 Jun 1911 rural Elliott, Pilot Grove Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o George B. Marsh & Grace E. Dewitt; m. Helen L. Mewhirter 1938 (she d. 1939), one child; m. Mildred A. (Grace) Wilder 1940; entered service 17 Mar 1944 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; sep. 19 Dec 1945; bur. Hillside Cem., Elliott.
no overseas duty, stationed at Naval Repair Base, San Diego; d. 4 Jul 1946 Dimmick Twp., LaSalle Co., IL from explosion while welding a pipeline; skull fracture, broken ribs, crushed chest.

† (vet.) Messinger, Jack, SN 20-706-202, US Army, Mills Co.

b. 12 Sep 1922 Glenwood, Mills Co.; s/o Herbert R. Messinger & Faye V. Chambers; entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Glenwood; sep. 2 Nov 1945; m. Edith M. Roll of Mills Co. Jan 1947 in Brown Co., KS, two children; bur. Glenwood Cem.
served with 205th Military Police Co., ETO; d. 8 Nov 1948 Co. Bluffs; meningitis.

† (vet.) Mills, Eugene Raymond, SN 17-165-280, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 12 Mar 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o Curtis F. Mills & Ola L. Busick (div.); m. Norma L. Adams 1942, two children; entered service 3 Dec 1942 from Co. Bluffs, released 17 Nov 1945; bur. Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
unit unknown, no overseas service; d. 10 Jun 1946 Co. Bluffs; sarcoma.

† (vet.) Miner, Frank John, SN 37-467-090, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

b. 10 Oct 1915 Co. Bluffs; s/o Carl A. Ogren & Ruth A. Wood (div.); ss/o Frederick R. Miner; m. Darlene E. Belt, two children; entered service 19 Dec 1942 from Co. Bluffs; sep. 16 Nov 1945; bur. Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
served overseas Jul 1944 - Feb 1945 and with the 2511th AAF Base Unit, Bryan, TX; d. 16 Feb 1948 near Honey Creek, Pott. Co.; crushed under his Meadow Gold Dairy truck when it overturned on icy highway.

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