Plymouth County World War II DEAD
Compiled by Iowa State Department of History and Archives, submitted by Bessie B. Wilson, War Records Director
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| Name | Next of Kin | Rank/Status | Date of death | Location of Death |
| Albert, Wayne H. | Mother: Mrs. Gertrude Albert, 120 2nd Ave SW, LeMars | Pfc / Killed in Action | 6/14/1944 | France |
| Allen, Byron K. | Parents: M/M Ernest Allen, Akron | Pfc / Killed in Action | 7/6/1944 | England |
| Anderson, Sperling | Wife: Mrs. Edna Anderson, Akron; Sister, Mrs. George Sawyers, Hawarden | Killed in Action | 2/2/1945 | France |
| Archer, James C. | Parents: Rev/Mrs A.C. Archer, LeMars; Wife, Elizabeth Archer, Wilmore, KY | Pfc/ Killed in Action | 5/25/1945 | Okinawa |
| Bamberg, Tony | LeMars (K) | |||
| Barr, Junior Herbert | Parents: M/M Hayes Barr, Akron | Died of wounds | 12/27/1944 | France |
| Bogner, Herman Andrew | Brother: Tom Bogner, Box 305, Merrill | Pvt | Died of heart ailment-had been discharged from the Army | |
| Boyle, Joseph L. | Parents: M/M Patrick J. Boyle, 306 5th Ave SW, LeMars (K) | Sgt / Killed in Action | 5/29/1944 | Italy |
| Bradley, Wm C. | Mother: Katherine Bradley, 315 3rd Ave SE, LeMars | Cpl / Killed in Action | 4/14/1945 | Germany |
| Brandenburg, Lawrence J. | Parents: M/M Geo. Brandenburg, RFD, LeMars | T-Sgt/MIA Apr 1943, Lost in an air raid/declared dead 4/18/1944 | 4/13/1943 | Over Bremen, Germany |
| Brown, Ralph O. | Hinton | Capt/Killed at Air Base | 4/29/1944 | Florida |
| Brundeen, Arthur Roland | Mother: Edith Brundeen, Rt. 1, Akron | Sgt/Died of wounds | 6/12/1944 | France |
| Burns, Robert J. | Parents; M/M James Burns, 409 1st Ave NW, LeMars (K) | Sgt/Died of wounds in hospital | 11/7/1943 | Italy |
| Carey, Ronald | LeMars (K) | Killed | 4/8/1943 | Africa |
| Cornish, Earl L. | Parents: M/M Harry B. Cornish, Kingsley | Died at Naval hospital, San Diego, CA, after hospitalized in Ireland; had been discharged | San Diego, California | |
| Crowe, Robert F. | Parents: M/M A.F. Crowe, Rt. 7, LeMars | Pvt/Died of wounds | 9/26/1944 | France |
| DeJager, Norman | Parents: M/M Ed DeJager, 227 2nd St. SW, LeMars | Pfc/Died of wounds | 4/14/1945 | Leyte |
| Delaney, James Patrick | Remsen | |||
| Dirks, Howard Willard | Wife, Craig, Ia.; Parents: M/M Fred Dirks, Chatsworth | S Sgt/Killed in Action | 9/19/1944 | France |
| Dorale, Fred C. | Father: Henry F. Neddermeyer, Kingsley | Sgt/Killed in Action | 3/12/1945 | Pacific |
| Fahrenkrug, Harold | Father: Richard Fahrenkrug | Killed in Action | 4/6/1945 | Pacific |
| Falk, Elvit Wayne | Parents: M/M Frank Falk, LeMars: Wife: Dorothy B. Falk, Rt. 6, LeMars | Lt/Killed in Action | 1/1/1945 | France |
| Feeney, Marion | Parents: M/M Clem Feeney, Kingsley | Killed in Action | Germany | |
| Fleege, John | Akron | Sgt | ||
| Flynn, Gerald | Brother: Kenneth Flynn, Remsen | Marine/Killed in Action | ||
| Foley, Milton N. | Wife:Myrna Eilers Foley, 325 Central Ave NW, LeMars: Mother: Elizabeth Foley, 201 1st Ave NE, LeMars | Mach Mate 3c/Killed in Action | 5/11/1945 | Pacific |
| Harnack, Donald John | Parents: M/M John F. Harnack, Remsen | Aviaton Cadet/Killed plane crash | 3/10/1943 | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Heeren, Richard J. | Parents: M/M John Heeren, RFD 3, LeMars | Pfc/Killed in Action | 9/24/1944 | Italy |
| Hoffman/n, Martin | Parents: M/M T.F. Hoffmann, Merrill | Pfc/Killed in Action | 1/14/1945 | Germany |
| Jennings, Donald | Parents: M/M Walter Jennings, LeMars | Pvt/Killed plane crash | 12/25/1944 | Chengto, China |
| Keihn, Eugene P. | Wife:Mrs. Eugene Keihn WAVE. Parents: M/M Edward Keihn, 209 3rd Ave SE, LeMars | Killed in Action | 2/16/1944 | Italy |
| Kelly, Edward O. | Father: Orrin M. Kelly, 700 1st Ave, LeMars | Pfc/Killed in Action | 4/12/1945 | Germany |
| Kempker, Edward | Parents: M/M John F. Kemper, LeMars | Lt/missing on bombing mission | 11/5/1943 | Over Germany |
| Kempker, John Charles | Parents: M/M John F. Kemper, LeMars (K) | Cpl/Killed in Action | 10/2/1943 | Italy |
| Kettler, Walter B. | Parents: M/M Leo J. Kettler, 303 Central SW, LeMars (K) | Pvt/Killed in Action | 5/29/1944 | |
| Knecht, Marvin George | Parents: M/M Roy Knecht | Pvt/Killed plane crash at Municipal Airport | 8/15/1943 | Memphis, Tenn. |
| Kock, Harm F. | Wife: Nora M. Kock, Craig; Parents: M/M Ulrich Kock, 109 2nd Ave SW, LeMars | Died | Jan 1944 | England |
| Koenig, Kenneth O. | Mother: Mrs. A.L. Koenig, 5280 Cass St., SanDiego, Cal. | MM 1c Merrill/died in the siege | 5/6/1942 | Philippines |
| Kohnke, Raymond H. | Parents: M/M Otto J. Kohnke, Remsen | Cpl/Killed in Action Solomon Islands | Bougainville, South Pacific | |
| Kosse, Roman L. | Parents: M/M Martin Kosse, Remsen | Pfc/Killed in Action | 2/1/1945 | France |
| Kunkel, Dale A. | Wife: Delores M. Kunkel, 515 4th Ave SE, LeMars | Pvt/Killed in Action | 6/4/1945 | European area |
| Kutil, Earl Marion | Mother: Mrs. Rose Kutil, Akron | Merchant Marine/ Killed when USS Knoxville City ship was torpedoed | 6/1/1942 | Atlantic Ocean |
| Langendorfer, Donald Robert | Parents: M/M Chas. Langendorfer. Sister: Frances Langendorfer, 2132 McDonald, Sx City | Navy/Accident | 2/23/1943 | Ft. Ord, California |
| Lanners, Frank | Father: Peter Lanners, Rt. 1, Remsen | Pfc/Killed in Action | 7/12/1943 | Sicily/North Africa |
| Lanzendorf, John W. | Parents: M/M George Lanzendorf, Oyens | Sgt/Killed in Action | 7/8/1944 | Pacific area |
| Lawrence, Casey Donavan | Wife: Leona Bogner Lawrence, Merrill. Father: E.E. Lawrence, Merrill | Pfc/Died of Typhus Fever | 4/22/1944 | New Guinea |
| Letsche, Leland Philip | Parents: M/M Herman Letsche, Rt. 2, Remsen | Pfc/Killed in Action | 4/28/1944 | Anzio, Italy |
| Lindblom, Lowell | Parents: M/M A.M. Lindblom, Hinton | Killed on plane mission from England | 10/26/1943 | Over Germany |
| Ludwig, Alphonse T. | Parents: M/M Mike Ludwig, Rt. 1, LeMars | Sgt/Killed in Action | 9/19/1944 | France |
| McCarty, Wallace Eugene | Parents: M/M Harry McCarty, Box 123, Westfield | Pfc Marine/Killed in Action | 5/16/1942 | Coral Sea |
| Mack, Harold John | Mother: Gertrude Mack, 2733 1/2 Gilroy, Los Angeles, Cal. | Navy Gunner's Mate 2c/Killed aboard U.S.S. Vincennes | 8/9/1942 | Off Savo Island |
| Manson, John | Parents: M/M John Manson, LeMars | S Sgt/Killed in Action | 6/22/1945 | Okinawa |
| Meske, Eldor | Parents: M/M August Meske, Box 221, Akron. Wife: Cora Lace Meske, Lebanon, Penn. | Sgt/Killed in Action | 9/24/1944 | Belgium |
| Miller, Vernon E. | Mother: Mrs. Carl N. Miller, Rt. 5, LeMars | Sgt/Airplane crash | 1/19/1944 | California |
| Montague, James R. | Mother: Martha Montague, Akron | Pvt/Killed in Action | South Pacific | |
| Neubrand, Stanley L. | LeMars | RM 3/c Killed in Action, but first listed MIA | 10/26/1944 | Leyte, Philippine Islands |
| Nissen, Martin | Aunt: Mrs. Fred Schell, Remsen. | 2/4/1944 | ||
| Ommen, Henry | Parents: M/M John Ommen, Howard, SD (formerly of LeMars), Sister: Mrs. Gerald Henrich, Akron | Pfc/Killed in Action | 1/21/1945 | over Belgium |
| Paulin, Kenneth R. | Brother: Huel Paulin, RFD, LeMars | Killed | 3/30/1942 | Corregidor |
| Pelton, Clyde Jr. | Father: Clyde Pelton, LeMars; Mother: Emma Pelton, Seattle, Wa | GM 1c/Killed in Action | 5/1943 | |
| Phelan, Roy W. | Parents: M/M Wyatt Phelan, Rt. 7, LeMars | T-Sgt/Killed in Action | 2/10/1945 | Germany |
| Phillips, Chas. F. Jr. | Father: Charles F. Phillips Sr, Kingsley; Grandparents: Rev/Mrs W. W. Phillips, 2007 College, Cedar Falls | PM 2c/Died of gunshot wounds | 9/1/1943 | Pacific |
| Reisch, Walter Henry | Mother: Hattie Reisch, Struble | Pvt/Killed in Action | 4/29/1943 | Tunisia |
| Rhode, Edmund | Mother: Alma Rhode, LeMars | Lieut/MIA over Germany-declared dead | over Germany | |
| Rohlfs, Leo F. | Parents: M/M Fred Rohlfs, Craig | S/Sgt | 4/23/1943 | Airplane crash Avon Park, Florida |
| Rohlfsen, Russell | Wife: Vivian Rohlfsen, LeMars; Parents: M/M Henry F. Meyer, LeMars | Lt/Killed in plane crash | 3/7/1945 | Morotavia Island |
| Rosenow, George C. | Merrill | Lieut | 11/9/1944 | Shot down over France |
| Rosenow, Wm. Carl | Parents: M/M Chas. Rosenow, 317 West St. Sx City--formerly Merrill | MM 1c/Killed in Action | 11/30/1942 | Pacific |
| Roush, Jack | Mother: Mrs. Fred Dahlin, 626 N. LaFayette Blvd,South Bend, Ind. (K) | Killed in Action | 7/16/1944 | Italy |
| Seggerman, Eilert Wm. | Sister: Mrs. Alma Scherner, Remsen | Killed in Action/air patrol duty | 4/5/1943 | |
| Stoos, Herman Joseph | Mother: Mrs. Matt Stoos (K) | T4gr/Killed in Action | 4/27/1943 | Tunisia |
| Stoos, John M. Jr. "Jack" | Father: John Stoos Sr, Remsen. Sister: Mrs. Elmer Nitzschke, Remsen | Pfc/Killed | 5/6/1942 | Corregidor |
| Stortz, Wayne | Mother: Mrs. Clare Stortz, Kingsley | Lieut/Killed in Action | 4/30/1945 | Germany |
| Tindall, Alan | Parents: M/M Adam Tindall, Rt. 1, Akron | Pfc/Killed in Action | 2/21/1945 | Italy |
| Trafford, Donald James | Father: Frank Trafford, 321 1st Ave NE, LeMars. Wife: Frances F. Trafford, Onawa. | Military service: Nov 1941-Aug 1942, medically discharged. Dead. | ||
| Treinen, Richard | Parents: M/M Chas. Treinen, Remsen | Lt/Killed in bomber crash | 1/20/1945 | near Pine Mountain,Oregon |
| Vanderwal, Robert J. | Mother: Mae Vanderwal, LeMars (K) | Killed in Action | 10/2/1943 | Italy |
| Waterbury, Arnold L. | Brother: Myron Waterbury, Akron. Wife: Mrs. Arnold Waterbury, c/o Mrs. Arter, Elk Point, S.D. | Lt/Killed in Action | 7/7/1944 | France |
| Wilkens, Edward | Parents: M/M George Wilkens, Hawarden; formerly Brunsville | Cpl/Died of throat infection in hospital | 4/28/1945 | England |
| Yoch, Verne B. | Mother: Nadeane L. Yoch, 401 2nd Ave NE, LeMars | Pfc/Killed in Action | Europe | |
| (K) denotes Member Co K | ||||
| List Complete as of May 31, 1946 | **there are possibly other county casualties NOT on this list |
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County Fortunate;
Has Fewer Fatalities
Published by the Sentinel this issue is the list of Plymouth County World War II dead as compiled by the Iowa State Department of History and Archives in Des Moines. The department does not intend to have this list taken as official, but extreme care has been taken in collecting information and it is probably the most complete list available.
Those men who are still missing in action are not included in this record. The War Department carries missing men in that status for one year and then unless information is received to the contrary they are declared officially dead.
If there are any mistakes or omissions in the list, the Sentinel will be glad to make the correction. After the list has been accurately compiled, the Sentinel will print some pamphlets of these names and any individuals or organizations wishing one may write the Sentinel.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, January 4, 1946
