Military Involvement
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Glen Wilbur Neel was born Nov. 3, 1894 to William A. and Minnie F. Neel. He died Apr. 24 1969 and is buried in the Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, OR.
Lt. Colonel Neel served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
His Obituary:
A friend brought us a clipping which provided news that one of Webster City’s most famous airmen of another era had passed away April 24 at Portland, Ore.
He was Glen Wilbur Neel, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, who was on the first cross-country flight of a bombardment squadron.
Col. Neel, born in 1894 in Kansas, grew up in Webster City and was graduated from high school here. He won a commission as a second lieutenant at Barron Field, Texas and spent several years as a flight instructor and also as a “barnstormer” in the early days of aviation in Iowa.
After serving with the Veterans Administration, he joined the 1st Bombardment Group at Langley Field, Va., and flew with a squadron of Keystone bombers to March Field, Calif., on a flight that took five days. He later served as an Air Force officer during World War II and then retired, moving to Portland in 1947.
He was a governor of the Order of Quiet Birdmen, a national association of pilots from World War I days, and had earned a command pilot’s rating from the Air Force.
Surviving are his wife, Lenore, a former Webster City-an; two daughters; a son; eight grandchildren; two brothers, W. E. and K. F. Neel, both living in Iowa, and four sisters, Mrs. T. M. Gleason, Mrs. L. E. Fellows, Mrs. Kenneth Hill and Mrs. P. E. Nickerson, also all Iowa residents.
Source: Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, IA - May 21, 1969
Chester Clyde Neese was born Jan. 31, 1922 to Percy and Ava May Craig Neese. He died Jun 27, 2010 in OK.
Pvt. Neese served with the U.S. Army in World War II. He was stationed in the Philippines with a medical unit.
Source: ancestry.com
Kenneth Dean ‘Ken’ Neese was born June 20, 1924 to El A. and Esther Jeanette Olson Neese. He died Aug. 14, 2013.
Sgt. Neese served with the U.S. Army in World War II in both theaters of action, including serving as a technical sergeant under the Army Intelligence Branch in Reykjavik, Iceland, primarily in cryptography.
Source: ancestry.com
Lester Charles Neese was born Nov. 7, 1924 Percy and Ava May Craig Neese. He died Aug. 24, 1968 and is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI.
Pvt. Neese served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II with the 2539th AAF Base Unit, Foster Field, TX.
Source: ancestry.com
Verne Donald Neese was born Dec. 4, 1913 to Carl Francis and Mabel E. Wilson Neese. He died July 30, 1998 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, IA.
Pvt. Neese served with the U.S Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Wayne Clare Neese was born July 8, 1919 to Eli A. and Esther Jeanette Olson Neese. He died Jan. 9, 2012 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, IA.
Sgt. Neese served with the U.S. Army in World War II with the 147th Infantry.
Source: ancestry.com
Darwin Eugene Neff was born Mar. 4, 1921 to Edgar and Minnie Hougham Neff. He died Nov. 21, 1999.
Darwin served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II with the 306 Bomb Group, 368th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force, European Theatre of Operations.
Source: ancestry.com
Roland Edgar Neff was born Feb. 7, 1919 to Edgar and Minnie Hougham Neff. He died Mar. 11, 1986.
Petty Officer Neff served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Clifford Lloyd Nelson was born May 9, 1916 to Axel Albin and Helga Cecelia Johnson Nelson. He died Apr. 11, 1984 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jewell, IA.
Clifford served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Elmer William ‘Bill’ Nelson, Jr. was born Apr. 3, 1923 to Elmer William (Sr.) and Byrdie Mabel Mathre Nelson. He died Dec. 1, 2009 in Scottsdale, AZ.
Ensign Nelson served with the U.S. Naval Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Everett Lyle Nelson was born Sept. 22, 1919 to Samuel and Hannah S. Nelson. He died May 16, 1971 and is buried in Cass Center Cemetery, Webster City, IA.
Sgt. Nelson served with the U.S. Army 113th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Hans Christian Nelson was born Dec. 21, 1926 to Carl and Fredrikke Peterson Nelson. He died Dec. 24, 2019 and is buried in East Ullensvang Cemetery, Thor, IA.
Hans served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Irwin Leslie Nelson was born May 28, 1918 to Wier and Ella Thompson Nelson. He died June 21, 2004 and is buried in Cedar Memorial Park, Cedar Rapids, IA.
Irwin served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
John Edward Nelson was born Sept. 12, 1926 to Nels E. and Anna Paterson Nelson. He died Mar. 31, 2005 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, IA.
Pvt. Nelson served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Laurel T. Nelson was born June 10, 1909 to Emil Theodore and Amanda Strand Nelson. He died Feb. 24, 1990 and is buried in the Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, IA.
Pvt. Nelson served with the U.S. Army in World War II with the 70th Field Artillery Battalion and Hdq. Battery 755th Field Artillery Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Leroy S. Nelson was born Apr. 16, 1912 to Hans A. and Mary Paulson Nelson. He died Dec. 23, 1977 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Story City, IA.
Sgt. Nelson served with the U.S. Army in World War II with the infantry in Okinawa.
Source: ancestry.com
Ludvig Emanuel ‘Ludwig' Nelson was born Sept. 2, 1897 to Torger and Gertrude Nelson. He died Jan. 27, 1978 and is buried in the Oak Wood Cemetery, Ackley, IA.
Pvt. Nelson served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Malcolm Kenneth Nelson was born Oct. 29, 1906 to Anton Julius and Maud M. Wallace Nelson. He died June 5, 1953 in Los Angeles, CA.
Petty Officer Nelson served with the 67th C.B.’s and C.B.M.V. #582.
Source: ancestry.com
Merlin Wandel Nelson was born Apr. 1, 1919 to Wallace M. and Mary Claussen Nelson. He died Oct. 6, 1985 in Idaho Falls, ID.
Merlin served with the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Orvil D. Nelson was born Apr. 30, 1921 to Oscar and Amanda E. Nelson.
Pvt. Nelson served with the U.S. Army in World War II with the 78th Lightening Division, Artillery; 381st Military Police Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Roy Clifton Nelson was born July 15, 1917 to Oliver G. and Olena ‘Lena' Reisetter Nelson. He died July 11, 2002 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jewell, IA.
Roy served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Russell Lowell Nelson was born Oct. 30, 1923 to Nels A. and Louise Nelson.
Russell served with the U.S. Army in World War II with the 503rd Parachute Infantry.
Source: ancestry.com
Stanley Laverne Nelson was born Dec. 20, 1916 to Severin ‘Sam' and Johanna Helmina ‘Hannah’ Schnath Nelson. He died Oct. 20, 2006 and is buried in Cass Center Cemetery, Webster City, IA.
Cpl. Nelson served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Vernon Claire Nelson was born Feb. 28, 1908 to Jesse and Helen Nelson. He died Aug. 6, 1989 in Tucson, AZ.
Pvt. Nelson served with the U.S. Army in World War II with the Medical Detachment, 1848 SCU Station Hospital, Camp Hood, TX.
Source: ancestry.com
Walter Eugene Nelson was born Apr. 10, 1927 to Lawrence E. and Hazel H. Mendell Nelson. He died May 8, 2002 and is buried in the Alida Cemetery, Shevlin, MN.
Sgt. Nelson served with the U.S. Army in World War II and Korea.
Source: ancestry.com
Everett Leroy Nerland was born July 19, 1924 to Peter Mandius and Anna Olena Olson Nerland. He died Sept. 24, 1994 and is buried in the Williams Cemetery, Williams, IA.
Petty Officer Nerland served with the U.S. Navy in World War II aboard the minesweeper USS YMS-99.
Source: ancestry.com
Clare LeRoy Ness was born July 27, 1910 to Henry and Bertha Ness. He died Apr. 2 , 1975 and is buried in Fort Dodge Memorial Park, Fort Dodge, IA.
Clare served with the U.S. Army in World War II with the 55th Coast Artillery Battalion and 531st Field Artillery Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Ernest Stanley Ness was born May 6, 1917, to Gerhard Clarence and Leona Belle Arney Ness. He died Nov. 22, 1974 and is buried in the Clemons Cemetery, Clemons, IA.
Ernest served with the U.S. Army in World War II with Battery C, 898th Field Artillery Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Leonard S. Ness was born May 6, 1917, to to Gerhard Clarence and Leona Belle Arney Ness. He died Nov. 22, 1974 and is buried in Saint Pauls Cemetery, Graettinger, IA.
Leonard served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
M. Carl Ness was born Nov. 24, 1912 to Henry and Bertha Jacobson Ness. He died July 28, 1995 and is buried in the St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery, Jewell, IA.
Sgt. Ness served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Harold Lewis Newel was born Dec. 25, 1915 to Charles Henry and Ella Lorena Johnson Newell. He died May 28, 2003 in Los Osos, CA.
Major Newel was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He served with the 80th field artillery battalion of the 6th infantry division in the Pacific, receiving a Bronze Star for operations against the Japanese on Luzon, P. I.
Source: ancestry.com; Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, IA - July 5, 1945
Mac Cowan Newman was born Jan. 23, 1916 to Fred E. and Beulah V. Pennington Newman. He died July 13, 2000 and is buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX.
Col. Newman served with the U.S. Army in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He was stationed with the medical corps in Honolulu, Hawaii in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com; Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, IA - Feb. 26, 1945
Richard Wilson ‘Dick’ Newman was born May 21, 1925 to Harold L. and Gertrude Stebbins Newman.
Richard served in World War II with the U.S. Navy V-5 Program.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Jul 2019; updated Jan 2022 & Apr 2024