*last update 2/23/2024

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - S surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Sackett, Floyd L.     X  
Sanford, Ben B. X     X
Sargent, Verle Stanley H. X      
Scallon, Joseph        
Schmidt, Erwin C. X      
Schmitt, Father Aloysius X     X
Schuety, Harley V. F. X     X
Schupbach, Reuben        
Shaffer, J. D.        
Shaffer, Russell W. X      
Sharnhorst, William        
Shaw, Donald        
Sims, William F.       X
Smith, Leo W.        
Squires, William Max X      
Steadman, Alvin Darwin X      
Stever, Jack        
Sutter, Keith       X

Earl R. Scharnhorst was born Aug. 22, 1914 to William and Matilda Dorothy Hyman Scharnhorst. He died Mar. 30, 1972 and is buried in Hawkeye Cemetery, Hawkeye, IA. 

Sgt. Scharnhorst served with the U.S. Army Air Corps 1252nd Base Unit.

Source: ancestry.com 


William Michael Sexton was born June 17, 1924 to John Lawrence and Hannah Margaret Baker Sexton. He died Jan. 21, 1945, was buried at sea, and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines and has a cenotaph in Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, IA.

Petty Officer Sexton served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Hancock (CV-19) and died when a TBF Avenger torpedo bomber, returning from a sortie, made a routine landing, taxied and disintegrated in a blinding explosion as one of its 500-pound bombs accidentally detonated. Fifty-two sailors were killed, including Seaman Sexton. Seventy-five other seamen were injured.

Source: ancestry.com


Lester Earl Spatcher was born May 24, 1907 to Albert and Lela May Ogden Spatcher. He died Feb. 25, 1972 and is buried in Grandview Cemetery, Fayette, IA.

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

Source: ancestry.com


Philip D. Sprague was born Mar. 12, 1908 to Samuel Bealy and Luella Lena Heil Sprague. He died June 12, 1990 in Fort Myers, FL. 

Philip served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. 

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Richard Burdett Sprague was born Apr. 7, 1912 to Samuel Bealy and Luella Lena Heil Sprague. He died May 1, 1945 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, IA. 

Pvt. Sprague served with the U.S. Army 17th Infantry and was KIA on Okinawa. 

Source: ancestry.com 


Clyde A. Sykes was born Aug. 19, 1923 to Oscar James and Bessie Elizabeth Moore Sykes. He died Feb. 19, 1946 and is buried in Grandview Cemetery, Fayette, IA.

Sgt. Sykes served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps.

Source: ancestry.com


Theodore Stephen Szabo was born Feb. 18, 1922 to Stephen “Steve” and Laura Augusta Reisner Szabo. He died Dec. 7, 1941 and is memorialized at the USS Arizona Memorial and is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Pvt. Szabo served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps and was KIA during the attack on Pearl Harbor, while serving aboard the USS Arizona (BB-39).

Source: ancestry.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019; updated Jun & Sep 2020 & Aug 2023 & Feb 2024

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