*last update 6/8/2023

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - R surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Ramsey, Paul O. DOW      
Rauch, Junior        
Reed, Eldon L.        
Richardson, Benjamin K.        
Richman, Elvyn A.   X    

Junior William “Bill” Raiser was born June 17, 1920 to William Lewis and Clara Leusch Raiser. He died Dec. 14, 2017 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.

1st Lt. Raiser served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


Charles Earl Reynolds was born Mar. 26, 1913 to Thomas Jefferson and Mabel Alice Tedrick Reynolds. He died Dec. 3, 1991 and is buried in Leon Cemetery, Leon, IA. 

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

Source: ancestry.com 


Hubert Allison “Hub” Reynolds was born Apr. 18, 1916 to Harry H. and May Folsom Van Horn Reynolds. He died July 10, 1943/FOD July 11, 1944 and is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy.

Petty Officer Reynolds served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Henderson (AP-1), USS Whipple (DD-217), USS Chaumont (AP-5), USS Brooklyn (CL-40), USS Ludlow (DD-438), and USS Maddox (DD-622) and was MIA/KIA/FOD in the Sicilian Invasion, Mediterranean Sea. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov


Gerald Harry “Harry” Ridgway was born Sept. 5, 1926 to Jones Pearl and Lou Opal Sears Ridgway. He died Dec. 2, 2017 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.

Pvt. Ridgway served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Aug 2019; updated Jun 2022 & Jun 2023

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