*last update 7/30/2022

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - N surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Neal, Willis Kenneth "Bill"*bio       X

Robert H. Nead was born Oct. 24, 1921 to Harry W. and Della G. Nead. He died May 26, 1945 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 7, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Sgt. Nead served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 881st Bomber Squadron, 500th Bomber Group, Very Heavy as a radar operator aboard B-29 Super-fortress #44-69666. He was MIA/KIA when shot down over Tokyo, Japan and parachuted from his aircraft and was taken as a POW. He died when fire destroyed the Tokyo Military Prison where he was being held. His remains were not identified. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov


Maurice M. Neal was born June 10, 1925 to Keith J. and Cora P. Boyd Neal. He died Aug. 8, 1996 and is buried in Chapel Hill Gardens, Des Moines, IA.

Maurice served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


Warren Donald Neal was born Oct. 26, 1917 to Kenneth and Ruby Emma Blohm Neal. He died July 18, 1980 and is buried in Dexter Cemetery, Dexter, IA.

1st Lt. Neal served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps as a flight instructor and commander of a B-29.

Source: ancestry.com


Leo Gus Nopoulos was born Dec. 4, 1918 to Gus and Mildred F. Hudler Nopoulos. He died May 10, 1988 and is buried in Dexter Cemetery, Dexter, IA.

Leo served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Aug 2019; updated Jul 2022

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