*last update 1/19/2024

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - B surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Barnett, Milton C.       X
Bean, Ray T. X     X
Bell, Glbert Thomas        
Buttler, Ralph James   X X  

Paul Edgar Bales was born Apr. 8, 1924 to Claude Lester and Kathryn F. Sherman Bales. He died Oct. 28, 1944 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines and has a cenotaph in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Adair, IA.

Petty Officer Bales served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and was MIA/KIA in battle off Samar, Philippine Islands. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com


Darrell Duane Bassett was born Feb. 17, 1927 to Flory D. and Ilo C. Purviance Bassett. He died Aug. 13, 1948 and is buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Menlo, IA.

Petty Officer Bassett served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.

Source: ancestry.com


Ellsworth James Bateham was born Dec. 6, 1914 to James Ray and Gertrude Ridenour Bateham. He died Dec. 14, 1944 and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Stuart, IA.

Sgt. Bateham served in World War II with the U.S. Army 134th Infantry, 35th Division and was KIA in Germany.

Source: ancestry.com


Richard Curtis Buttler was born May 26, 1920 to Orville V. and Alma Irwin Buttler. He died Mar. 12, 1944 and is buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA. 

2nd Lt. Buttler served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 849th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group and was killed in an airplane crash at Mountain Home Army Air Base in Idaho. 

Source: ancestry.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar & Aug 2019; updated Aug 2020 & Jan 2024

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