|
|
U.S. Military Personnel Who Died During the Spanish American War
Floyd County, Iowa
NAME MILITARY
GRADEMIL. SERVICE HOME OF RECORD DATE OF DEATH DATE OF BIRTH TYPR OF CASUALTY Blood, George Unknown Iowa Army National Guard - Co. D Charles City 21 SEP 1898 22 FEB 1870 Disease,
Typhoid FeverOliver, Randolph Waller Unknown Co. D, 49th Iowa Vol. Scott Township 1898 1880 Disease,
Typhoid FeverInformation was taken from the 1917 Floyd County History book and findagrave.
From Chris Tonn, 8/28/2011
Name
Serial #
Grade
Type of Casualty
B/D Dates
Branch
Location/ Description
Place of Burial/ Cemetery
ALLISON, DELBERT E.
9731150
S1C
KIA
1925-1945
NAVY
Accidental Explosion
Chickasaw Cty, Iowa
BABER, LLOYD W.
37665515
PFC
KIA
1923-1944
ARMY
FRANCE
Blosville, France
BAILEY, EUGENE H.
37693321
PVT
DOW
1923-1945
ARMY
GERMANY
Floyd Cty, Iowa
BEENKEN,ALVIN W.
37660698
S SC
FOD/MIA
1923-1946
ARMY
PHILLIPINES
BENNETT, EDWARD W.
37425415
PFC
KIA
1915-1945
ARMY
GERMANY
Floyd Cty, Iowa
BENSON, KENNETH L.
17043543
PVT
KIA
1919-1945
ARMY
BETTS, DONALD MATHEW
4103783
AR1C
MIA/KIA
-1943
NAVY
PHILLIPINES
At sea
BEYER, GLENN H.
17027417
CPL
POW/KIA
1919-1944
ARMY
JAPAN
Souix Cty, Iowa
BILHARZ, KENNETH O..
37694076
PVT
KIA
1920-1944
ARMY
GERMANY
Mitchell Cty, Iowa
BORCHERS, FRANK D.
6938053
PVT
KIA
1908-1941
ARMY
PHILLIPINES
BORK, ERNEST H.
06933401
SGT
KIA
1918-1944
ARMY
ITALY
Floyd Cty Iowa
BROOKS, CARL W.
37250797
PFC
DNB
1921-1945
CAVALARY
FRANCE
Floyd Cty, Iowa
BRUNHAVER, WALTER J.
0-769712
2 LT
FOD/MIA
1923-1945
ARMY
PHILLIPINES
O'brien Cty, Iowa
BRUNSMAN, JOHN JOSEPH
DNB
1924-1945
NAVY
Plane crash, Oklahoma
Floyd Cty, Iowa
BUNN, BENNIE M. ****
0-212871
LT
KIA
1907-1943
MARINE
New Georgia Island
British Solomon Is
BURNETT, CARL A.
SGT
DNB
1914-1943
Florida/ plane crash
BURNS, OWEN V.
37193559
PFC
KIA
1907-1945
INFANTRY
FRANCE
FRANCE
BYRNE, HAROLD G
DNB
1914-1945
NAVY
CALIFORNIA
Floyd Cty, Iowa
CAMPBELL, THOMAS J.
0-801975
2 LT
KIA
1919-1944
AIR FORCE
Cerro Gordo Cty, Iowa
CAPEHART, LOINA J.
38275773
PVT
KIA
1921-1944
USAGF
Oklahoma
COLLINS, RAYMOND J.
CAPT
FOD
1915-1945
ARMY AIR CORP
LOST AT SEA
Floyd Cty, Iowa
COLWELL, GEORGE R. JR.
37656099
TEC5
DNB
1922-1945
ARMY
ISLAND OF SAIPAN
Floyd Cty, Iowa
CORDS, CHARLES H. JR.
37678333
S SG
DNB
1925-1945
ARMY
BELGIUM
Illnois
CRANDALL, ROBERT L.
3213620
F1C
MIA
1921-1943
NAVY
At Sea
ALY
CRAWFORD, ELDEN E.
PFC
KIA
1920-1944
FIELD ART
BATTLE OF BULGE
Floyd Cty., Iowa
CROSS, HARVEY A.
37673173
PFC
DOW
1923-1944
AIRBORNE DIV
BELGIUM
Floyd Cty, Iowa
CROSS, RICHARD F.
37425830
M SC
DOW
-1944
ARMY
Brittany Am Cem
DAVIDSON, LYNN F.
0-698421
2 LT
DNB
1916-1944
ARMY AIR CORP
BRITISH GUIANA
Grundy Cty, Iowa
DAWLEY, LOWELL I.
37660682
PFC
KIA
1923-1944
ARMY
LUXEMBOURG
DEETS, DUANE VIRGIL
6206054
M1C
KIA
1918-1944
NAVY
HAWAII
Nat Mem Of Pac HA
DELONG, PAUL G.
LT
DNB
1921-1943
ARMY AIR CORP
TEXAS
Black Hawk Cty, Iowa
DOBBS, CLYDE E.
0-667049
2 LT
DNB
1916-1943
ARMY AIR CORP
Plane Crash Connecticut
Floyd Cty, Iowa
EGGENA, CURTIS H.
37039855
TEC4
1917-1944
ARMY
South Dakota
FARRELL, JOHN
37674237
PVT
KIA
1912-1944
ARMY INF
ITALY
Floyd Cty, Iowa
FULLER, EDWARD M.
20702813
PVT
KIA
1922-1944
NAT. GUARD
ITALY
GALLUP, EARL B. **
37682238
PVT
KIA
1923-1944
INF DIV
FRANCE
Floyd Cty, Iowa
GALLUP, LLOYD LEWIS **
PFC
KIA
1918-1943
ARMY
ITALY
Floyd Cty, Iowa
GALLUP, ROBERT LYNN **
37679530
PFC
KIA
1925-1944
ARMY
GERMANY
Floyd Cty, Iowa
GATES, CLAIRE EUGENE
1922-1944
ARMY AIR FORCE
Plane Crash in Colorado
GERDES, DAVID
PFC
KIA
1914-1944
INFANTRY
SAIPAN
GRAPER, MELVIN H.
0-793760
CAPT
DOW
1917-1944
ARMY AIR CORP
FRANCE
Arlington, Virginia
GRAPER, ORLAND R.
17181742
SGT
KIA
1925-1945
AIR FORCE
EUROPEAN THEATRE
Floyd Cty, Iowa
HANNUM, EARL R.
TSGT
KIA
1908-1942
MARINES
WAKE ISLAND
HARRIS, WILLIAM STUART
988685
PFC
1926-1945
MARINES
PACIFIC AREA
Floyd Cty, Iowa
HELLER, EUGENE W.
S1C
KIA
1913-1946
NAVY
PHILLIPINES
Phillipines
HINTZ, LOREN E.
0-762536
1 LT
KIA
1917-1945
ARMY AIR CORP
ITALIAN THEATER
Florence, Italy
HORNE, WARDELL H.
6938212
S SC
FOD
1918-1944
ARMY
NETHERLANDS
Holland
IKENBERRY, WILBUR ALLEN
1896-1941
ARMY
at Herlong; crushed by rolling bomb at ammo depot
Los Angeles Nat. Cemetery; California
JACOBS, ROYAL A.
17169373
PFC
KIA
1922-1944
PARATROOPER
NORMANDY
Floyd Cty, Iowa
JEFFRIE, HARVEY H.
37436850
SGT
DOW
1920-1944
ARMY
Floyd Cty, Iowa
JURRENS, RICHARD JOHN
PVT
KIA
1921-1944
ARMY
INDIA
Floyd Cty, Iowa
KEEFE, THOMAS J., JR.
17071354
S SG
KIA
1922-1944
ARMY AIR CORP
GERMANY
Cerro Gordo Cty, Iowa
KELLUM, DARRELL A.
37117774
PVT
KIA
1908-1944
ARMY
FRANCE
Brittany Am Cem
KINNEY, PAUL
LT
-1945 ARMY AIR CORP
PACIFIC OCEAN
KLOCK, DONALD ROY
M2C
KIA/MIA
1922-1944
NAVY
Hawaii Mon.
KNOWLEN, WILLIAM J.
37046772
PVT
DNB/POW
1919-1944
ARMY
JAPAN
Floyd Cty, Iowa
KRUMREY, DELMER L.
37678316
CPL
KIA
1925-1945
Army Air Force
ITALY
Floyd Cty, IA LAHEY, LEONARD E.
S SC
KIA
1922-1942
NAVY
SOUTH PACIFIC
Floyd Cty, Iowa
LICHTSINN, CHARLES H.
DNB
1918-1943
ARMY
Arkansas, Tank Accident
Floyd Cty, Iowa
MAGILTON, HARRY V.
37673186
PVT
KIA
1916-1944
ARMY
NEW GUINEA
Floyd Cty, Iowa
MARAH, KEITH LINDON
371230
ENS
KIA
1923-1945
NAVY
OKINAWA
Floyd Cty, Iowa
MARNETTE, THOMAS H.
0-283519
1 LT
KIA
1909-1943
ARMY
NORTH AFRICA
Carthage, Tunisia
MARVIN, LESTER F.
SSGT
1919-1944
ARMY
FRANCE
Floyd Cty, Iowa
MCGREEVEY, CHARLES R.
1LT
KIA
1921-1945
BELGIUM
Floyd Cty, Iowa
MCLAURIN, WILLIAM
ENS
KIA
1922-1943
MERCHANT MARINES
NORTH ATLANTIC
Crawford Cty, Iowa
MILLER, RICHARD R.
PFC
DOW
1925-1945
PARATROOPER
BELGUIM
Cerro Gordo Cty, Iowa
MILLS, RONALD L.
37660700
PFC
KIA
1924-1945
USAGF
GERMANY
Oregon
NEES, DANIEL H.
37195431
PFC
DNB
1910-1945
ARMY
BURMA
Chickasaw Cty, Iowa
NICHOLSON, RALPH W.
PVT
KIA
1922-1944
PARATROOPER
FRANCE
Chickasaw Cty, Iowa
NORELIUS, ARCHIE E.
20702435
SGT
KIA
1920-1944
ARMY
Mediterranean Area
Wisconsin
OLDHAM, JAMES MURRAY
1c
KIA
1925-1944
NAVY
SOUTH PACIFIC
Floyd Cty, Iowa
PARRISH, CHARLES H.
37041320
PFC
KIA
1918-1943
PHILLIPINES
Phillipines
POE, CLYDE
FC3
KIA
- 1942
NAVY
GUADALCANAL
At sea
RIORDAN, PAUL F. ***
LT
KIA
1920-1944
34TH INF DIV
ITALY
Missouri
ROHLWING, GRANT H.
37251333
CPL
DNB
1921-1944
ARMY
NEW GUINEA
Hawaii
ROLPH, JACK W.
37665288
PFC
KIA
1924-1945
ARMY
Floyd Cty, Iowa
SANDERS, MALCOLM
LT
MIA
1917-1944
ARMY AIR CORP
South China Sea
SCHALLOCK, MILTON H.
37250807
PVT
DNB
1921-1944
USAGF
NEW GUINEA
Floyd Cty, Iowa
SHERWIN, JESSE F.
361364
PFC
KIA
1921-1944
MARINE
NEW BRITAIN
Floyd Cty, IA
SHOREY, RALPH L.
37665439
PFC
DOW
1924-1944
ARMY
FRANCE
SIEFKEN, DALE MARTEN
7029524
FC2C
MIA
1923-1946
NAVAL RESERVE
PHILLIPINES
PHILLIPINES
SIMMONS, LEROY M.
17071516
PVT
KIA
1922-1944
AIRBORNE
BELGIUM
Butler Cty, Iowa
SMTIH, RAYMOND L.
37675923
SGT
KIA
1925-1945
Army Air Force
Floyd Cty, Iowa
SPRINGER, BERNARD W.
37610670
PVT
1919-1944
ARMY
GERMANY
Floyd Cty, Iowa
TRETTIN, WALTER W.
17042586
S SG
FOD
1921-1944
AIR CORP
GERMANY
Floyd Cty, Iowa
VALA, JOHN FRANK
DNB
1914-1942
AAF
IOWA Training to fly
Floyd Cty, Iowa
WILCOX, ARNOLD ALFRED
3210802
QM
KIA
1918-1941
NAVY
HAWAII
HAWAII
WILLSHER, JOHN L.
37117693
S SG
KIA
1920-1944
ARMY
GERMANY
BELGUIM
WILSON, RAY MILO
4103785
R3c
KIA
-1941
NAVAL RESERVE
PEARL HARBOR
Buried at Sea
WRENCH, WILFRED R.
37671166
PFC
DNB
1924-1944
Army Air Force
Atlantic Ocean/ Florida
YENERICH, ROBERT E.
0-729691
2 LT
FOD/MIA
1920-1943
Army Air Force
Lost at sea
YOUNG, LLOYD R.
37425304
T SG
DNB
1912-1945
ARMY
France vehicle accident
Floyd Cty, Iowa
LEGEND:
TYPE OF CASUALTY
DNB – Died non-battle (sickness, homicide, suicide, accidents (including training and maneuver deaths) outside combat areas
DOW – Died of wounds (wounded and then later died)
FOD – Finding of death (individuals who are determined to be dead under Public Law 490)
KIA – Killed in action (includes front line, rear areas by enemy action, prisoner of war (whether by air bombardment of his prison camp or being shot while escaping)
NOTES:
** Earl, Lloyd and Robert Gallup were all brothers. Lloyd was the first to die in WW II. Source for Lloyd's information was U.S. Roster of World War II Dead 1939-1945, and cemetery records. All three are buried at Rock Grove Cemetery south of Nora Springs.
*** Paul Riordan information based on the 1956 news story in the biographies section of this website.
**** Bennie Bunn's information based on several sources. See his biographical material at Bunn Bio.
SOURCES:
- "World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing " for the State of Iowa, published by the War Dept in June 1946
- National Archives and Records Administration:
- State Summary of War Casualties from World War II for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel
- Applications for Headstones for U.S. military veterans, 1925-1941
- U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
- World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, State of Iowa 1946
- United States Army Quartermaster General's Office:
- U.S. Rosters of the World War II Dead 1939-1945
- American Battle Monuments Commission: World War II Listing
- Department of Defense: Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
- IOWA NEWSPAPERS:
- Mason City Globe Gazette
- Nashua Reporter
- Waterloo Daily Courier
- Oelwein Daily Register
- Mt. Pleasant News
Compiled, March 2013 by Paula Engels.
Korean War
List of Veterans and Casualties of the Korean War, from Floyd County
Gulf War
Veterans of the Gulf War, 1991
From Floyd County, Iowa
Name
B/D Dates
Rank
Service/ Comments
Stange, Jon
1971-2014
Army National Guard
From Paula Engels
Afghanistan War,
2001-2014
U.S. Military Personnel Who Died From Hostile Action in the War in Afghanistan, 2011 - Present – Floyd County, Iowa
NAME RANK GRADE BRANCH OF
SERVICEHOME OF RECORD DATE OF DEATH DATE OF BIRTH TYPE OF CASUALTY TUMILSON, JON THOMAS P01C NAVY (Seal) Rockford 6 AUG 2011 1 JUL 1976 HOSTILE, KILLED From Chris Tonn, 8/28/2011
IRAQ WAR
2003-2013
Veterans of the Iraq War
From Floyd County, Iowa
Name
B/D Dates
Rank
Service/ Comments
Armstrong, Anthony Ray
1982-2013
Iowa Army National Guard;
2 tours: 2003-04, 2008-09From Paula Engels