Clay County, Iowa
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Clay County Missing in Action

Name: Adams, Steven Harold
Service: US Air Force
Rank: E3
Status:  XX - Presumptive finding of death
Date of Incident: 1966-10-18
Home of Record: Spencer, Iowa
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Vehicle Type:  HU16B Helicopter

Contributed by: Lane Kunath

World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air
Forces Personnel for Clay County

Transcribed from the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), a listing of World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel, see original at NARA.  Please verify at NARA.

CLAY COUNTY

Name Serial Number Rank/Grade Casualty Type*
Behrens, Estal W. 0_679796 1 LT KIA
Berry, John J. 01307938 1 LT DOW
Booth, Duane J. 37659152 S SG KIA
Boyles, Everette P. 37652392 PVT DNB
Chesley, James E. 37045427 PVT DNB
Cushman, Roger E. 37696675 PFC KIA
De Young, Alfred 37043058 SGT DOW
Dehrkoop, Fred J. 37439238 PVT DNB
Doudna, James A. 0_735762 2 LT KIA
Dunning, Robert D. 37676768 PVT KIA
Falline, Darrell K. 37692627 PVT DOW
Hart, Robert H. 37190228 TEC5 DNB
Henderson, Herbert L. 37427101 TEC4 DNB
Johnson, Frank A. 37666953 T SG FOD
Johnson, Harold L. 37692624 PVT KIA
Kahler, Albert H. 37196265 S SC KIA
Kehoe, Kenneth C. 37662839 PFC KIA
Krueger, Edward C. 37692632 PVT KIA
Maher, Lyle J. 0_745436 2 LT DNB
Murray, Ralph C. 37652362 T SG FOD
Peterson, Roland J. 37044533 SGT KIA
Ryker, Donald E. 37683073 PVT DNB
Scharnberg, Russell C. 0_766375 1 LT FOD
Schipper, Arthur L. 37048211 PVT DNB
Schlender, Nervin W. 37696681 PFC KIA
Schnack, John H. 0_796889 2 LT DOI
Straub, Merton G. 0_886020 2 LT DNB
Traughber, Forest G. 37041070 TEC5 DNB
Washington, Edward F. 01177689 1 LT KIA
Wood, Wyatt C. 37115206 TEC5 KIA

*  Key to Casualty Type
Please see NARA for explanation and description of casualty type

KIA = Killed in Action
DOW = Died of Wounds
DOI = Died of Injuries
DNB = Died non-Battle
FOD = Finding of Death
M = Missing     

Civil War Veterans Buried in Clay County
Please note:  this is not a complete list
Name Document Date of Death Cemetery Gravestone Photo Additional Info
Ackley, David Civil War Record 06/12/1885 Burr Oak    
Adams, Alpheus Civil War Record 11/19/1902 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Adams, John Civil War Record 01/03/1918 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Allbee, Anson Civil War Record 11/06/1926 Oakland Gravestone Photo Contact:
Colleen Boose
Annetts, John B. Civil War Record   Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Bailey, Eben Civil War Record 02/20/1921 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Barry, Don Carlos Civil War Record 06/06/1893 Trimello Gravestone Photo Contact:
Colleen Boose
Barry, John Carlos Civil War Record 06/09/1897 Trimello Gravestone Photo Contact:
Colleen Boose
Bascom, Sylvanus Civil War Record 05/03/1895 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Bassett, George E. Civil War Record 08/20/1907 Riverside    
Bean, William W. Civil War Record 07/03/1890 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Bedford, Walter Civil War Record 1893 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Beeks, William J. Civil War Record 1910 Riverside    
Bender, Harmon Civil War Record 10/24/1886 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Bergamini, Peter Civil War Record 1880 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Bergmann, Peter Civil War Record   Riverside    
Bisbee, George M. Civil War Record 1918 Riverside    
Blackmer, Peres C. US Army, Div. D, L62, Pvt. Co. I, 27th Mass Vol. Inf 05/29/1928 Oakland Gravestone Photo Was in Libby Prison then to Danville, Va., then to Salisbury, NC then to Andersonville. Taken from there to Savannah, GA and paroled.
Bucknum, Jerome Civil War Record 10/16/1923 Oakland Gravestone Photo  
Burger, Jacob Civil War Record 11/04/1916 Lone Tree Gravestone Photo  
Burgin, Levi C. Civil War Record 1915 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Case, Scott Civil War Record 06/28/1926 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Cauvel, Calvin Civil War Record 11/14/1910 Riverside    
Claypool, William W. Civil War Record 1913 Riverside    
Compton, James G. Civil War Record 10/16/1907 Oakland Gravestone Photo  
Cottrell, Joseph Civil War Record 12/06/1895 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Cress, Peter see Kress, Peter
Culver, William Civil War Record 1923 Dickens    
Cutshall, Samuel L. Civil War Record 09/29/1933 Riverside   Obituary
Davis, Nathan Civil War Record 12/20/1907 Oakland Gravestone Photo  
Dean, William M. Civil War Record   Riverside Gravestone Photo  
DeWitt, Williard W. Civil War Record   Oakland Gravestone Photo  
Diggins, George H. Civil War Record 03/01/1916 Trimello Gravestone Photo Contact:
Colleen Boose
Dodd, James Griffin Civil War Record 06/25/1931 Fanny Fern Gravestone Photo  
Doty, James H. Civil War Record 03/24/1921 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Doty, Theodore Civil War Record 05/14/1902 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Dubois, Henry H. Civil War Record 04/24/1910 Oakland Gravestone Photo  
Dye, A. Marshall Civil War Record 05/12/1900 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Eade, George T. Civil War Record 1912 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Faulkner, Dennis Civil War Record 1886 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Fulton, Adonijah A. Civil War Record 10/04/1934 Oakland Gravestone photo  
Gillespie, Daniel C. Civil War Record 04/16/1926 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Goodrich, Walter B. Civil War Record 05/22/1913 Oakland Gravestone photo  
Hardenbrook, Abraham K. Civil War Record 04/15/1911 Oakland Gravestone photo  
Hart, Peter J. Civil War Record 1926 Riverside    
Hart, William O. Civil War Record 12/15/1880 Fanny Fern Gravestone Photo  
Hartman, Joseph William Civil War Record 10/10/1920 Riverside    
Hatch, Austin S. Civil War Record 01/20/1894 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Heckman, John H.   07/27/1908 Oakland Gravestone Photo GAR Star
Hitman, Moses E. Civil War Record 02/23/1926 Riverside    
Holmes, John M. Civil War Record 1920 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Hovey, Augustus Civil War Record 1871 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Hovey, John Civil War Record 07/15/1876 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Jackson, William Craig Civil War Record 03/05/1922 Riverside    
Jacob, Johan August Civil War Record 03/03/1896 Trimello Gravestone Photo  
James, George W. Civil War Record 12/08/1916 Dickens Gravestone Photo Obituary
Jay, Hannibal P. Civil War Record   Dickens    
Jayne, David T. Civil War Record 1898 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Jones, Aaron Mott Civil War Record 1936 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Jones, Milton W. Civil War Record 05/11/1923 Dickens    
Jones, Raymond B. Civil War Record   Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Kindlespire, George C. Civil War Record 04/28/1909 Fanny Fern Gravestone Photo  
Kress, Peter Civil War Record 12/27/1905 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Leach, Charles H. Civil War Record 03/16/1916 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Logan, David Civil War Record 1937 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Lynde, Alonzo D. Civil War Record 02/19/1923 Oakland Gravestone Photo  
Mack, Squire Civil War Record 07/19/1912 Riverside

Gravestone Photo

 Contact:
Colleen Boose
Obituary
Obituary
Madden, Philander Civil War Record   Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Marr, Lucien M. Civil War Record 09 /14/1894 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Marsh, Alonzo Civil War Record 07/01/1922 Dickens   Obituary
Marshall, Martin L. Civil War Record 09/28/1905 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Martin, William   01/26/1894 Oakland Gravestone Photo  
McBath, Thomas Civil War Record 01/23/1917 Oakland Gravestone Photo Took part at Chancellorsville, Haymarket, Gettysburg, Auburn Mills, Bristol, Kelly Ford, Wilderness; Deep Bottom. Wounded 5 times.
McConnell, Asa F. Civil War Record 1904 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
McConnell, John Civil War Record   Riverside    
McCown, William Civil War Record 1930 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
McCoy, John C. Civil War Record 12/19/1928 Riverside Gravestone Photo Died in Missoula, Montana
McQueen, Thomas Civil War Record   Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Melius, Phillip Loren Civil War Record 04/25/1925 Dickens   Obituary
Messenger, Jasper Civil War Record 03/12/1908 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Murray, Archibald Civil War Record 01/05/1873 Oakland Gravestone Photo  
Nichols, Jerome D. Civil War Record 1924 Dickens Gravestone Photo  
O'Brien, Joseph Civil War Record 04/02/1922 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Ostrander, Andrew Civil War Record   Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Paddock, Albert Civil War Record 1919 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Paige, Hiel B. Civil War Record 01/12/1910 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Palmer, Daniel Clark Civil War Record 09/06/1920 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Parsons, Horatio D. Civil War Record 11/11/1896 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Patton, John Civil War Record 09/05/1909 Riverside    
Phelps, John W. Civil War Record 04/11/1847 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Pitcher, Benjamin Civil War Record 02/13/1920 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Randall, Peter Civil War Record 12/12/1905 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Renville, Lewis Civil War Record   Trimello Gravestone Photo  
Renville, Napolean Civil War Record   Trimello   Lost an arm at siege of Vicksburg
Richards, Evan Civil War Record 11/21/1894 Pioneer Cemetery    
Riley, John Civil War Record 08/15/1911 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Rood, Lucius M. Civil War Record   Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Rood, William Civil War Record 12/21/1914 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Roth, William H. Civil War Record 01/09/1888 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Sargent, Ira H. US Army, Co. D, 4th Iowa Inf. 12/06/1935 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Savage, William Civil War Record   Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Seaton, William L. Civil War Record 02/07/1908 Rose Hill    
Seibel, Adolph C. Civil War Record 02/03/1923 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Sheldon, John   1926 Oakland Gravestone Photo GAR Star 456
Smith, Ashley Civil War Record 1902 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Smith, Mark M. Civil War Record 02/27/1901 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Smith, Sylvanus Corp., Co. K, 9th Iowa Cavalry 1909 Riverside   Obituary
Stebbings, John W. Civil War Record 07/28/1897 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Stokes, Samuel J. Civil War Record 01/22/1915 Riverside    
Tindall, Jacob Civil War Record 8/30/1925 Riverside    
Towner, George F. Civil War Record 1935 Oakland Gravestone Photo  
Towner, Orrin W. Civil War Record 10/01/1914 Oakland Gravestone Photo  
Townsend, Peter Civil War Record 1921 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Tubbs, William Civil War Record 1902 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Wade, Joseph F. Civil War Record 10/02/1884 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Waist, Charles E. Civil War Record 07/09/1871 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Waist, Uri Smith Civil War Record 03/20/1873 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Walters, John B. Civil War Record 03/22/1915 Riverside    
Ward, George Rollin Civil War Record 04/25/1917 Trimello Gravestone Photo
 Obituary
Warren, William Civil War Record 1926 Oakland Gravestone Photo  
Weatherbee, Elliott Civil War Record 1913 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Wheeler, Alden Civil War Record   Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Whitcomb, Marcellus Civil War Record   Fanny Fern Gravestone Photo  
Wilcox, Nathan T. Civil War Record 06/04/1924 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Wilson, Edward Civil War Record 02/23/1897 Riverside    
Woodruff, Albert Civil War Record 08/02/1893 Riverside Gravestone Photo Obituary
Woodward, Carleton Civil War Record 02/21/1921 Garfield    
Wright, John D.H. Civil War Record 08/20/1912 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Wright, Frank Civil War Record 1927 Riverside Gravestone Photo  
Yates, William H. Civil War Record 1926 Riverside Gravestone Photo  

 

List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883
Civil War Roster
 Source: Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883.

Pensioner Cert # PO Address Monthly Rate Cause
Bevan, Jane 77,858 Annieville $8.00 dep. mother
Bevelhimer, Edm'd   Peterson $6.00 g.s.w. left thigh
Carleton, Eliza P. 32,684 Spencer $8.00 dep. mother
Case, Charles E. ----- Spencer $12.00 fract. right clavicle
Case, Scott ----- Spencer $18.00 loss of left leg
Chase, Andrew S. 124,593 Peterson $4.00 g.s.w. left shoulder
Chipman, Phylena A. ----- Spencer $8.00 dep. mother
Crawford, Bowman 159,182 Spencer $12.00 chro. dia & dis. of abd. vis.
Cuttell, David F. 29,560 Spencer $18.00 wd. left shoulder
Dailey, William J. 148,887 Spencer $2.00 loss left middle finger
Darwin, Hulbert 18,105 Spencer ----- g.s.w. left knee & rt. ankle
Dessinger, Henry D. 214,848 Greenville $4.00 g.s.w right forearm
Dibble, Oren N. 150,115 Spencer $4.00 g.s.w. right thigh
Dodge, Ira G. 72,860 Spencer $2.66 2/3 inj. to spine
Fairbanks, Harriett 149,518 Peterson $8.00 dep. mother
Fairbanks, Jabez W. 95,962 Peterson $5.00 chills & fever
Fisher, John H. 98,338 Spencer $8.00 g.s.w. left thigh
Fosler, Isaac L. 203,410 Spencer $8.00 rheumatism
Gillespie, Jane L. ----- Spencer $20.00 widow & c.
Harmon, Desalvo B. 84,263 Peterson $8.00 g.s.w. left leg
Hays, Franklin L. 47,576 Spencer $18.00 g.s.w left leg
Herrick, Manha A. ----- Spencer $8.00 widow & c.
Himes, Marshall 220,461 Spencer $17.00 dis. of heart
Hodge, Perry 192,406 Spencer $4.00 g.s.w. left thigh
Horton, Truman B. 173,883 Spencer $6.00 varicose veins of right leg
Jones, John C. 76,155 Spencer $24.00 chro. rheumatism
Jones, Raymond B. 27,128 Spencer $24.00 g.s.w. of body & thigh
Lundy, James 77,515 Spencer $2.00 loss of fingers & c
McConnell, John 71,892 Spencer $18.00 g.s.w. left forearm
McNary, William 164,305 Spencer $4.00 dis. of lung
Miner, Thomas E. 147,550 Spencer $4.00 g.s.w. left thigh
Odell, John A. ----- Spencer $8.00 dep. father
Parsons, Horatio D. 206,786 Spencer $8.00 chro. diar.
Patton, John 39,826 Spencer $15.00 wd. right hand
Rafter, Sarah 47,550 Greenville $8.00 dep. mother
Redford, Walter 137,320 Spencer $4.00 g.s.w. left side of face
Sabin, Warren 168,934 Yankee $8.00 inj. chest, dis. lungs
Savage, Elizabeth 195,132 Spencer $8.00 widow & c.
Seibel, Adolph 152,165 Spencer $6.00 g.s.w. right arm
Smith, Geo. M. 168,380 Spencer $4.00 bay. wd. left thigh, g.s.w. head
Warren, William 113,678 Yankee $6.00 wd. left leg
Watters, John B. 172,210 Spencer $8.00 disease of eyes
Winchel, Erastus 28,003 Annieville $8.00 injury to abdomen

Key:
g.s.w.= gun shot wound
dep. = dependent
dis. = disease
chro. = chronic
wd. = wound

Local Gold Star Mother Will Make Trip in May
Will Visit Grave of Foster Son in the Somme Cemetery

Mrs. J.L. Anderson, one of Clay county's gold star mothers, will make a trip to France on May 6, this summer, to visit the grave of her foster son, Christian Anderson, who was killed in action in May 1918. His grave is in the Somme cemetery.

Mrs. Anderson's invitation to make the trip arrived from Washington recently and she leaves on the George Washington, May 6. She is one of twenty-eight Iowa women enabled to make the pilgrimage due to an amendment passed in August 1930, which provided that mothers who reared foster children should be included as Gold star mothers.

On a trip to Denmark, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, both long time residents of the United States, brought back Christian and his brother sister. The Andersons, who had no children, cared for them on their farm six miles north of Spencer.

After Christian had finished the Spencer high school and attended the University of Iowa he farmed for a few years and when war was declared, he enlisted the following day, going overseas in the summer of 1917.

At the time of his death, he ws a corporal in Company C, Twenty-sixth infantry.

Source: The Spencer Reporter, Spencer, Clay County, Iowa; March 12, 1931.

   

 


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