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World War II Casualty List
Howard Isadore McClintic - first Warren County man to die in World War II |
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| NAME | RANK - UNIT | RESIDENCE | BORN | DIED | CAUSE OF DEATH | BURIAL |
| BAKER, Marion Woodrow | Corporal | Lacona | Sep 3, 1919 | Feb 3, 1943 | Died at Ft Lewis, Washington; pneumonia and measles | Bethel Chapel Cemetery, Liberty, Iowa |
| BALL, Warren Glenn | Sergeant | Cummings | Mar 17, 1924 | Sep 28, 1944 | Killed in action; plane shot down over Madgeburg, Germany | Netherlands American Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands |
| BAXTER, John Elmett Jr. | 2nd Lieutenant | Liberty Township | June 30, 1924 | Dec 5, 1945 | Missing off coast of England; Reported killed on Dec 5, 1945 | |
| BENGE, Herman Eugene | Sergeant, Tech 4th Class, 91st Div | Cumming | Aug 24, 1920 | Oct 14, 1944 | Killed in action, Italy | Queen City Cemetery, Queen City, MO |
| BERGSTRESSER, Clarence Pearson | 1st Lieutenant | Indianola | Oct 8, 1911 | May 3, 1945 | Drowned off Leyte Island | US Army Cemetery, Palo, Leyte, Philippine Islands |
| BISHOP, Charles W. | Sergeant, US Army Air Corps | Norwalk | Apr 28, 1923 | Mar 18, 1944 | Killed in plane crash NE of Tucson, AZ | Norwalk Cemetery, Norwalk, IA |
| BOATWRIGHT, Bobbie Oral | Private 1st Class | Carlisle | Dec 29, 1924 | Oct 19, 1945 | Died at Ft Des Moines Station hospital | Warren Powers Cemetery, Adelphi, IA |
| BOOTHE, Dwight Eugene | Sergeant 1st Class, USS Phoenix, F Div U S N | Indianola | July 22, 1924 | Feb 13, 1946 | Killed by accident on board USS Phoenix in Philadelphia Navy Yard | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| BORRALL, Clifford Garrett | Private | Ackworth | July 20, 1925 | Sep 19, 1944 | Killed in action, Dutch New Guinea | Bethel Chapel Cemetery, Liberty, Iowa |
| BOWN, Francis Merle | Private | Indianola | Oct 5, 1917 | Oct 3, 1944 | Killed in truck accident in Belgium | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| BUMGARNER, Carroll A. | Private 1st Class | Norwalk | May 16, 1914 | Dec 25, 1944 | Killed in action, Luxembourg | Luxembuourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| BURNS, Nelson S. | Captain | Indianola | Dec 15, 1903 | Aug 31, 1945 | Died in Harmon Hospital, Longview, TX from tropical disease | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| BUTLER, James Warren | Fireman 2nd Class | Indianola | Feb 17, 1921 | Dec 7, 1941 | US Navy, Killed in action, was missing, later declared dead | Nat'l Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii |
| CALHOUN, Forrest Leon | Private 1st Class | Carlisle | Feb 22, 1919 | Apr 17, 1945 | Killed in action in Germany | Swan Cemetery, Swan, IA |
| CAMPBELL, Duane S. | Private 1st Class | Hartford | Jan 8, 1926 | Apr 19, 1945 | Killed in action in Germany | Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, IA |
| COLTRANE, Samuel Richard | Staff Sergeant | St Charles | June 14, 1913 | Dec 18, 1944 | Killed in action, Belgium | Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium |
| CORE, Willis Bernard | 1st Lieutenant, Air Corps, 389th Bomb Group | Indianola | May 3, 1917 | June 21, 1944 | Killed by flak while on flight over Germany | Jefferson Barracks Nat'l Cemetery, Lemay, MO |
| COX, Merrill Dean | Private 1st Class | Milo | Dec 31, 1916 | June 30, 1944 | Killed in action in Italy | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| DEWEY, Donald Charles | Staff Sergeant | Spring Hill | Sep 13, 1920 | Feb 2, 1944 | Killed in action over France | Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, IA |
| DOWNEY, Samuel Richard | Staff Sergeant | Indianola | Feb 5, 1923 | Mar 3, 1943 | Killed in Pacific area | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| DURHAM, John Edward | Staff Sergeant | Beech | July 10, 1921 | Apr 25, 1944 | Killed in action in Mediterranean area | Nat'l Cemetery, St Louis. MO |
| DUTLER, Wayne Robert | Corporal | Indianola | Aug 22, 1920 | July 16, 1945 | Killed in plane crash near Ulm, Germany | Zachary Taylor Nat'l Cemetery, Louisville, KY |
| EDWARDS, Carl L. | Private, 164th Infantry | New Virginia | Feb 13, 1921 | Oct 26, 1942 | Killed in action | Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, IA |
| ELGIN, George Lewis | Private 1st Class | Spring Hill | Mar 5, 1924 | Mar 15, 1945 | US Marine Corps, Killed in Iwo Jima | Rock Island Nat'l Cemetery, Rock Island, IL |
| FRUEH, James William | Corporal, 159th Anti Tank Infantry | St Marys | Jan 28, 1918 | Sep 19, 1943 | Accidental death, near Holtz Bay, Attu Island | Saint Marys Cemetery, Saint Marys, Iowa |
| HAINES, Kenneth Howard | Private 1st Class | Liberty Center | Oct 11, 1925 | Mar 20, 1945 | Killed near Kircher, Germany from enemy fire | Norwood Cemetery, Norwood, Iowa |
| HARPER, Albert Frederick | Corporal, 43rd Tank BN, 12 Armored Div. | Norwalk | June 15, 1922 | Jan 17, 1945 | Killed in action in France | Valley View Cemetery, Perry, IA |
| HARRIS, Raymond Howard | Staff Sergeant | Osceola | Dec 14, 1910 | Sep 19, 1944 | Killed in action | Fremond Cemetery, Clarke County, IA |
| HEFLEY, Philip Edgar | Aviation Cadet, US Navy | Ackworth | June 21, 1920 | Jan 16, 1942 | Training plane crash, Jacksonville, FL | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| HILL, Wrex Ivyl | Private 1st Class | Ackworth | Dec 25, 1922 | Dec 14, 1944 | Killed in action, Germany | Sandyville Cemetery, Sandyville, IA |
| HOELTING, Robert Stephen | Private | Churchville | June 11, 1917 | Oct 24, 1944 | Killed in action | Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines |
| HOWE, George L. | Sergeant | Milo | Apr 4, 1922 | Oct 1944 | Killed in action in Mediterranean area | Belmont Cemetery, Milo, IA |
| HUNGET, Robert Leon | Corporal | Norwalk | Apr 7, 1922 | June 15, 1944 | Killed in Saipan | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| HUSS, Ralph William | 2nd Lieutenant | Prole | Dec 18, 1916 | May 10, 1944 | Killed in flight mission over Austria | Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium |
| JACOBS, Richard LaVerne | 2nd Lieutenant, Air Corps, 371st Bomb Squadron | New Virginia | Feb 18, 1919 | July 14, 1944 | Plane went down near New Hebrides, South Pacific | |
| KERN, Byron Charles | Lieutenant, Naval Air Corps, Bomb Squadron 131 | Norwalk | May 4, 1920 | Jan 5, 1944 | Plane went down in a jungle from U. S. Airbase at Zanderii | Norwalk Cemetery, Norwalk, IA |
| KIMREY, Hugh Benjamin | Radio Tech 3rd Class, US Navy | Indianola | Oct 6, 1922 | Sep 12, 1944 | Died in naval hospital in South Pacific | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| KIRTS, Elmer Boyd | Chief Gunner's Mate | Cumming | Aug 28, 1919 | May 4, 1945 | Previously missing; Navy Dead | Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Cumming, IA; Lost at sea, Okinawa, Japan |
| KNOUSE, Herbert Dean | Private 1st Class, 33rd Armored Regiment | Indianola | Mar 4, 1922 | Aug 24, 1944 | Killed in action in France | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| LARSON, James Stilson | Private 1st Class, Army, Co. B, 106th Reg, Div. 27 | Cumming | Apr 19, 1925 | Apr 28, 1945 | Killed in action on Okinawa, Japan | Corwith Cemetery, Corwith, IA |
| LEWIS, Thomas Watson | Lieutenant | Indianola | Feb 20, 1917 | Oct 29, 1942 | Killed in airplane accident in British Isles | American Nat'l Cemetery, Brookwood, England |
| LINNANE, John J. | Tech 4th Class | Bevington | Dec 23, 1919 | Dec 23, 1944 | Killed in action | Calvary Cemetery, Churchville, IA |
| LULL, Clyde | Tech 5, Field Artillery, Battery C, 100th Div, Army | Warren County | Dec 29, 1916 | Nov 14, 1944 | Killed in action in France | Montpelier Cemetery, Patterson, IA |
| MCANINCH, Clyde Everette | Private, Co. D, 27th Engineer Training | Carlisle | June 9, 1915 | Nov 26, 1944 | Killed in action in Germany | Confidence Cemetery, Confidence, IA |
| MCCLINTIC, Howard Isadore | 2nd Class Seaman, Navy | Indianola | July 4, 1922 | Nov 21, 1941 | Drowned near Bermuda, serving aboard USS Altaire | I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Indianola,IA |
| MCDOWELL, Robert Lee | Corporal, Marine Corps | Norwalk | Mar 16, 1921 | Mar 11, 1945 | Killed in action on Iwo Jima | Oliver Cemetery, Ellston, IA |
| MILLER, Robert Sones | Private, 4th Marine Div. | Indianola | Nov 11, 1919 | Mar 11, 1945 | Marine; killed in action on Iwo Jima | Golden Gate Nat'l Cemetery, San Bruno, CA |
| MOORE, Paul Hayward | Tech Sergeant, Army Air Corps | Indianola | Sep 8, 1910 | Sep 14, 1944 | Killed in airplane accident, island of Biak, SW Pacific | Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines |
| MURPHY, Lyle Francis | Staff Sergeant | Carlisle | Jan 17, 1919 | Sep 7, 1944 | Died of wounds suffered in action Sep 6, 1944 | Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, IA |
| MUSSELMAN, John L. Jr. | Private 1st Class, Co.I, 144th Regiment | Lacona | Feb 6, 1925 | Nov 15, 1944 | Killed in action in France | Epinal American Cemetery, Lorraine, France |
| NIXON, George | Private | Indianola | June 16, 1911 | Aug 16, 1944 | Killed while on duty in France | Rhone American Cemetery, Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur, France |
| NOWELS, William Harry | Sergeant, Air Corps, 335 Bomb Squadron | Carlisle | July 22, 1918 | Dec 20, 1943 | Killed in action near Bnemen, Germany | Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, IA |
| NUTT, Raymond Albert | Seaman, US Navy | Indianola | Dec 11, 1925 | July 30, 1944 | Killed in the sinking of the USS Indianapolis | |
| OBERENDER, Frank Lee | Private 1st Class | Indianola | Nov 30, 1925 | Apr 28, 1945 | Killed in action on Luzon Island | Norwalk Cemetery, Norwalk, IA |
| PEMBLE, William Martin | Marine Corps | Indianola | June 18, 1921 | Feb 16, 1945 | Killed in action over Tokyo | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| SANDIN, Robert Emil | 2nd Lieutenant | Indianola | Nov 17, 1918 | Apr 18, 1945 | Died in New Guinea | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| SANDY, Donald Jackson | Private, Marine Corps | Indianola | Jan 20, 1926 | May 7, 1945 | Killed in action Okinawa | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| SHAFER, Charles Glenn | 2nd Lieutenant | Martensdale | Sep 8, 1917 | Feb 20, 1943 | Killed in action in North Africa | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| SMITH, Earl Russell Jr. | Private | St. Charles | Jan 3, 1925 | Mar 15, 1945 | Killed in European area | St Charles Cemetery, St Charles, IA |
| SMITH, William Rex | 2nd Lieutenant | Hartford | Dec 1, 1922 | June 18, 1944 | Killed in crash near Palmdale, CA | Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, IA |
| STEMM, Zaccheus William | Tech 5th Class | Liberty Township | Sep 4, 1922 | Oct 22, 1944 | Killed in action, Italy | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| STEVENSON, Stanley Stewart | Flight Officer, US Army Air Corps | Indianola | Nov 15, 1923 | Dec 13, 1944 | Killed in plane crash at Raleigh, NC | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| TAYLOR, William Curtis | Private, US Army, 6th Div Band | Indianola | Sep 22, 1926 | Sep 29, 1945 | Drowned in Lingayen Gulf, Philippines | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| THORN, Russell Lake | Private 1st Class | Indianola | Dec 23, 1909 | Feb 20, 1945 | Killed in action in Germany | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| TRUMBO, Frank Thomas | Private 1st Class | New Virginia | May 29, 1923 | Sep 24, 1944 | Killed in action | Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, IA |
| TYLER, Sidney Oliver | Signalman 3rd Class | Sandyville | Apr 27, 1924 | May 25, 1945 | Killed in action, signalman on the USS Spectacle | Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, IA |
| VLASSIS, James George | USS Army Air Corps | Indianola | Nov 29, 1923 | Oct 18, 1943 | Killed in plane crash/training flight at King City, CA | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| WACHTER, Alfred Michael | Private 1st Class | Lacona | Mar 29, 1923 | July 9, 1944 | Killed in diving accident NE of Lacona on furlough | Rosemount Cemetery, Lacona, IA |
| WADLE, Floyd F. | Private 1st Class | Milo | Aug 24, 1924 | Feb 26, 1945 | Killed in action in Pacific area | Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines |
| WALTER, George Wendell | Private | Carlisle | Oct 21, 1921 | Nov 27, 1944 | Killed in action in France | Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, IA |
| WALTER, Lawrence I. | Private 1st Class | Carlisle | Feb 18, 1945 | Feb 18, 1945 | Previously missing in European area, killed Feb 18, 1945 | Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, IA |
| WELLONS, Worth H. | Machinist's Mate 2nd Class | Carlisle | Aug 14, 1920 | May 28, 1945 | Went down with USS Drexler near Okinawa | Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, IA |
| WILKINS, Clarence Edward | Corporal | New Virginia | May 10, 1944 | May 10, 1944 | Killed in action on Saidor, New Guinea | Bethel Chapel Cemetery, Liberty, Iowa |
| WRIGHT, Joseph Frank | Corporal | Milo | Apr 20, 1923 | Dec 4, 1944 | Killed in airplane crash in Italy | Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Lazio, Italy |
| YOUNG, Kurt Hardin | 1st Lieutenant | Indianola | Aug 27, 1919 | Sep 14, 1942 | Killed in action on bombing mission in Africa | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, IA |
| ZARR, Cloyd D. | Sergeant | Indianola | Aug 2, 1912 | Sep 9, 1945 | Died from gun shot wounds | Nat'l Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii |
| ZELIADT, Lawrence K. | 2nd Lieutenant | Norwalk | Aug 26, 1920 | Oct 3, 1944 | Killed in mid-air collision at Minter field, Bakersfield, CA | Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, IA |
