Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Co - ServiceMen |
Kenneth Kincel Coacher was born July 21, 1914 to Augustus B. and Mary Alice Coacher. He died Nov. 4, 2009 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, IA.
Capt. Coacher served in World War II with the U.S. Army Military Police.
Source: ancestry.com
Loyal Burnet Coates was born Aug. 31, 1924 to Loyal Dale and Myrtle Belle Bennett Coates. He died Mar. 4, 2009 and is buried in Rock Grove Township Cemetery, Nora Springs, IA.
Petty Officer Coates served in World War II with the U.S. Navy as a radioman/gunner in torpedo planes flying off the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) in the South Pacific.
Source: ancestry.com
Gerald Keith “Keith” Coe was born July 29, 1919 to Wayne and Ruth Ann Wharam Coe. He died Dec. 1 2, 1998 and is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, IA.
Petty Officer Coe served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Lardner (DD-487), USS Farragut (DD-348) and USS Downes (DD-375).
Source: ancestry.com
William Cole was born Sept. 8, 1918 to Harry Dean and Rose Anne Shaffer Cole. He died Jan. 26, 2010 and is buried in Saint Francis de Sales Cemetery, Ossian, IA.
William served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Clarence “Rip" Collins, Jr. was born Dec. 6, 1922. He died Aug. 1, 2010 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Floyd County, IA.
Clarence served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Raymond Joseph Collins was born May 10, 1015 to William Joseph and Jessie Sylvester Collins. He died June 12, 1945 (lost at sea) and is memorialized at Calvary Cemetery, Charles City, IA and at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Capt. Collins served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 2nd Photographic Squadron, 311th Reconnaissance Unit and was MIA/KIA and awarded the Purple Heart and Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
Lewis Ward “Ward” Conway was born Apr. 2, 1899 to Charles and Carry Eitch Conway. He died Jan. 1981 and is buried in Sunnyside Memory Gardens, Charles City, IA.
Petty Officer Conway served in World War II with the U.S. Coast Guard.
Source: ancestry.com
William Warren Cordray was born Nov. 1, 1921 to Ode W. and Erma McFarren Cordray. He died Apr. 15, 2004 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Charles City, IA
Sgt. Cordray served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps and became a German POW.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Caryl “Caryl” Cosgrove was born Sept. 5, 1916 to Pierre N. and Vera A. Page Cosgrove. He died Aug. 16, 2002.
Caryl served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Nov 2019; updated Apr 2020