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| LOUISA COUNTY, IOWA | |
Honoring Those Who Died during World War II
John J. Arihood of Grandview - Staff Sgt - killed in action before Oct. 14, 1943 | | |
Glenn Lewis "Pat" Allen of Wapello - Seaman 2nd Class - Missing in action 1942. First Louisa County soldier to die in WWII. The Wapello VFW was named after him. | | |
Philip Wagner Bailey - 1st Lt Army Air Corps - died Jan. 14, 1943 as Italian POW | | |
Arthur E. Bass of Conesville - Pfc - killed in action July 16, 1944 in the Italian war theater | | |
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Dean Gilbert Bisher of Morning Sun - Cpl - killed in action Nov. 11, 1944 in France
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| Robert Alan Blair - Seaman 1st Class - killed in action Sept. 11, 1943 when the USS Savannah was bombed at Salerno, Italy |  | |
| Donald Theodore Blake of Letts - Cpl - died Nov. 7, 1944 from injuries received in May 1944 at Anzio, Italy. |  | |
| Wayne G Borden of Wapello - Sgt. - Killed in Action in Germany March 25, 1945 | No photo | |
Robert Keith Buffington of Columbus Junction - 1st LT - killed in action at Normandy, France on July 29, 1944. He was one of the first Louisa County men to enter service in WWII | | |
David William Cassabaum of Wapello - TSgt Army Air Corps - killed in action Nov. 10, 1943 in a plane crash during a practice bombing mission from Adak, Alaska | | |
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John W. Cassabaum of Columbus Junction - Lt jg - killed March 19, 1945 in plane crash near Kingsfield, Texas
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Hugh Carroll Davis - Tech 5 - killed in action April 12, 1944 at Anzio, Italy (His medals are on display at the Louisa County Heritage Center in Wapello.) | | |
| Ted Davis of Mediapois - Lt - killed in plane crash in Italy prob 1944 | No photo | |
Royce Dickerson Jr. killed in air crash in Bryan, Texas April 1944 | No photo | |
John Tedford "Jack"Duncan a graduate of Cotter High School - Seaman 2nd Class Gunner - Killed in action aboard the USS Franklin 1945 during a kamikaze attack by the Japanese |  | |
Roy M. Durrett of Wapello - Pfc - died non-battle in 1944 | No photo | |
Lyle Edwards of Cotter died in China in 1935 | No photo | |
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| Thomas W. Eland of Grandview - Army Pvt - died Jan. 1, 1945, of wounds received in action at Luxembourg, Belgium the previous day. |  | |
| Forrest R. French of Columbus Junction - Pfc Railroad Battalion US Army - killed in action Aug. 17, 1944 in mine field near Cherbourg, France. Buried at Conesville. |  | |
Ben Finley of Conesville - Pfc Army - killed in action at Luzon March 17, 1945. |  | |
Kenneth R. Gerling of Grandview - Pvt Army - killed in action Oct. 26, 1944 in France |  | |
Eugene R. Gookin of Columbus Junction - Pfc - Killed in Action in the South Pacific | No photo | |
Raymond P. Gunnels of Columbus Junction - Pvt - died Jan. 1, 1945 of wounds suffered in action that day in Luxembourg. | No photo | |
Joseph Arthur Harris of Morning Sun - U.S. Army Cpl. - Killed in action | | |
Sam Herr of Columbus Junction - Tech 4 - died of injuries Feb. 26, 1945 in Germany | No photo | |
| Lawrence Harvey Herrick of Letts - Maj Army Air Corps pilot - killed in action Aug. 4, 1944 over France | | |
| Hollis Burdette Hewitt - Fireman 2nd Class Navy - Died Dec. 18, 1943 from injury |  | |
| Everette C. Holliday of Columbus Junction - Pvt - killed in action Sept. 10, 1944 in France | No photo | |
| John Isom of Winfield - Army - killed in action in Germany Sept. 16, 1944 | No photo | |
Lee L. Jones of Letts - Pvt Army - Killed in Action Oct. 24, , 1944 in Holland | No photo | |
Maurice J. Kerr of Morning Sun - 1st LT artillery observation unit - killed in action March 25, 1945 over Germany when his plane was shot down. | No photo | |
| Max Kruger Columbus Junction - Ensign - killed in accident | No photo | |
Jakie Paul Moran of Columbus Junction - Staff Sgt - Killed in Action Nov. 30, 1944 in Anken, Germany | | |
Lovell Parker McKeown of near Letts - Sgt - Killed in Action in the North American area on May 29, 1943. | No photo | |
Charles Thomas Odle of Grandview - Navy - Killed in Action March 1, 1942, when his ship, the USS Pillsbury, was sunk by the Japanese warship Ashigara south of Java. |  | |
Rex Richard Orris of Columbus Junction - Marine Pharmacist 1st Class - Killed in Action Feb. 22, 1945 Iwo Jima |  | |
Roy E. Pendell - Pvt - died of wounds | | |
George W. Person of Wapello - Army AVC - died in a plane crash at Majors Army Air Field in November 1943 | No photo | |
Merle E. Scott of Columbus Junction - Pfc Army - Killed in Action at Bougainville | No photo | |
Kenneth C. Shellabarger of Wapello - Pfc paratrooper - died of wounds received in action March 25, 1945, in Germany |  | |
Vernon P. Shellabarger - 2nd LT- Killed in Action Sept. 11, 1943 during the bombing over Paramushiro Island | | |
Jay D. Shellabarger - Army Pvt - was killed Oct. 17, 1944 in Germany. | No photo | |
| Joseph S. Siverly - Staff Sgt - Killed in Action in Okinawa | No photo | |
Walter M. Smoger of Wapello - Pvt - Killed in Action May 18, 1944 in the Pacific |  | |
John Henry Springer of Wapello - Army Staff Sgt. - Killed in Action | | |
John William Swan formerly of Morning Sun - 1st LT USMC - Killed in Action June 24, 1944, near New Guinea | No photo | |
Roy Fredrick Swan of Oakville - Lt U.S. Navy - killed when his ship, the USS Eagle 56, was sunk off the coast of Maine April 23, 1945 by a German submarine | | |
Glen Eugene Teel of Columbus Junction - Pfc Army - Killed in Action Dec. 14, 1944. He had been a prisoner of the Japanese since 1942 after being captured at Camp Mills on Corregidor. | No photo | |
Theodore RooseveltTucker of Columbus Junction - Electrician's mate 1st class, Navy Seabee - Killed in Action on the USS Sea Star in the central Pacific Aug. 21, 1944 | No photo | |
Charles Theodore Van Auken, of Alhambra, Calif., formerly of Columbus Junction, Killed in Action at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941 | No photo | |
Lawrence Vargus - Pfc - Killed in Action after Feb. 15, 1944 | No photo | |
Charles Baker Venard - Navy Seaman 2nd Class - died Jan. 22, 1945 after surgery | | |
| Leslie B. Vennard Jr. - Army Cpl - died of wounds in France Sept. 28, 1944
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Perry Dean Venard - Army Pvt - died in a truck accident Jan. 17, 1944 at Camp Roberts, Calif. Jan 25, 1944 Journal and News-Tribune | | |
John Henry Walker of Wapello - Army Pfc - Missing in Action Nov. 24, 1944 after an attack on a hill near Schonthal, Germany |  | |
Philip M. Walsh of Morning Sun - Seaman 1st class - Killed in Action | No photo | |
Frank Richard Williams - Seaman 2nd Class - died May 29, 1945 of rheumatic fever | | |
William Robert Williams of Columbus Junction killed in spring 1943 in the South Pacific | No photo |
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Glen L. Winder of Wapello - Seaman 2nd class - Missing in Action | | |
Claude “Billy” Wolford of Conesville - Sgt. - Killed in Action Nov. 27, 1943 on troopship sunk by enemy action in European theater. | No photo | |
Walter B. Wyss - Pfc - Killed in Action Dec. 10, 1944 in France | |
