Military Involvement
| Servicemen *Wa- surnames |
Clayton Dale Wallace was born July 2, 1922 to Charles L. and Rose J. Bates Wallace. He died Mar. 3, 2007 and is buried in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Clayton served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Harold Lee Walker was born Apr. 24, 1921 to Charles B. and Ann M. Ripley Walker. He died May 4, 2006 and is buried in Lake City Cemetery, Lake City, IA.
Harold served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Howard Thomas Walsh was born May 22, 1926 to Joseph W. and Elsie W. Brutsche Walsh. He died Jan. 2, 2016.
Pvt. Walsh served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps and saw combat in Okinawa and China with the 1st Marine Division. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Ivan George Walter was born May 17, 1923 to William Fredrick and Amelia Maria Kai Walter. He died May 26, 2000.
Ivan served in World War II with the U.S. Army 612th Engineers Light Equipment Co. and 414th Engineers Dump Truck Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Junior Eugene Walters was born Sept. 3, 1926 to Charles William and Elvina Gertrude Garvin Walters. He died Aug. 18, 2008 and is buried in Clayton Cemetery, Van Meter, IA.
Junior served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Edward John Walther was born Jan. 20, 1918 to Harry and Lizzie Venteicher Walther. He died Feb. 221, 1988 and is buried in Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, TX.
Edward served with the U.S. Air Force in World War II and Korea.
Source: ancestry.com
Elmer Henry Walz was born Mar. 3, 1915 to John and Henrietta Geocke Walz. He died Nov. 29, 1994 and is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carroll, IA.
Elmer served in World War II with the U.S. Army in the European Theatre of Operations.
Source: ancestry.com
John V. Wand was born Apr. 19, 1925 to Anthony Leo “Tony” and Alva Marie Olerich Wand. He died Apr. 10, 2010 and is buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN.
Pvt. Wand served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Edwin “Bob" Ware was born Aug. 4, 1920 to Oliver Faxon and Clara V. Lange Ware. He died Dec. 2, 2013 and is buried in Carroll City Cemetery, Carroll, IA.
Robert served in World War II with the U.S. Army Medical Training Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
James David Waters was born Apr. 22, 1926 to Anthony Joseph and Mary Loretta Heeny Waters. He died Apr. 28, 2006 and is buried in Carroll City Cemetery, Carroll, IA.
James served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
John Milton “Jack” Watson was born May 9, 1917 to Festus and Dot Twogood Watson. He died Jan. 6, 1984 and is buried in Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY.
Lt. Watson was a German POW. He was captured Sept. 1, 1945. He served on a B-17 with the 351st Bomb Group, 511th Squadron. He bailed out when his plane went down and broke an ankle on landing.
Sources: Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, IA; ancestry.com
Raymond Howard Watt was born Oct. 3, 1914 to Henry W. and Mabel Olive Howard Watt. He died Feb. 17. 1989.
Raymond served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019; updated Aug 2021 & Jul 2022