bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Roster, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 1 Feb 2023.
This module is a tribute to over 500 Word War II dead from Southwestern Iowa's Pottawattamie area.
This module is a tribute to over 500 Word War II dead from Southwestern Iowa's Pottawattamie area.
Links to all subpages of Big Pigeon's Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster module:
About Big Pigeon's WWII Roster module:
Some other relevant Big Pigeon content:
Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Roster webpage:
- Roster Records - A B C D EF G H IJ KL M NO P QR S TUV WXYZ
- Roster Appendices - some WWII-era local deaths that are not in the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster.
- Other In-Service Deaths
- Post-Separation Deaths
- Roster Residences - roster members' home locations, broken up into eleven areas, the first seven are complete:
- Council Bluffs - held over half the population of Pottawattamie County.
- Rural Pottawattamie County - the remainder of Pottawattamie County.
- Cass County - east of Pottawattamie County.
- Harrison County - north of Pottawattamie County.
- Mills County - south of Pottawattamie County.
- Montgomery County - south of Pottawattamie County and east of Mills County.
- Shelby County - north of Pottawattamie County and east of Harrison County.
- Other Southwest Iowa Counties - eleven other counties
- Other Iowa Counties -
- Iowa's Six Border States - Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, & Wisconsin.
- Other States - California was far the most common.
- Roster Fatalities - roster members' death location, first by five geographic areas, then aircraft and ship deaths.
- War with Japan - War with Japan roster deaths.
- Battle of the Atlantic - War with Germany roster deaths - Atlantic Ocean component.
- The Mediterranean Theater - War with Germany roster deaths - Mediterranean Theater of Operations.
- The European Theater - War with Germany roster deaths - European Theater of Operations.
- Stateside - stateside roster deaths while in service.
- Roster Notes - gateway to the following miscellaneous roster-related topics:
- The Air Dead - roster deaths in aircraft.
- The Sea Dead - roster deaths on ships.
- Awards for Valor - incomplete
- Roster Demographics
- Iowa Casualties and Dead
- Roster Photos - (ten subpages are not listed here).
- Roster Photos - Contents.
- Roster Outliers - area dead veterans that fit into special categories.
- Pott. Co. Discrepancies - special categories of outliers from Pottawattamie County only.
- About the Roster
- Roster Planning - includes roster records being prepared but not yet incorporated within Big Pigeon.
- Members Not in St. Paul's - lists roster members not in my main database.
- Roster Attic - miscellaneous content not of general interest
- Recent Roster Additions - records added beginning 13 December 2022.
- Roster Additions Log - for most of the period 2020-22.
About Big Pigeon's WWII Roster module:
- This module provides different views of the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster (e.g, by home location and death location).
- You can use this module in conjunction with the WWII information in Big Pigeon's WWII US, WWII Japan and WWII Germany modules.
- The WWII roster includes all but two of the known official WWII military deaths credited to Cass, Pottawattamie, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, and Shelby Counties in southwestern Iowa.
- The WWII roster includes both personal information (e.g., parents) and military data (e.g., unit).
Some other relevant Big Pigeon content:
- WWII US > WWII Ground Forces - Army and Marine Corps ground forces during WWII.
- WWII US > WWII in the Air - the major US WW II aircraft.
- WWII US > WWII at Sea - US WWII warships and maritime losses.
Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Roster webpage:
- NO LONGER USED The webpage header image, Council Bluffs Veteran's Plaza, shows the Veterans Memorial Plaza just east of Bayliss Park. See http://genealogytrails.com/iowa/pottawattamie/veterans_plaza.htm.