Clayton co IAGenWeb - Military & Wartime

Madlom, Floyd M., Pvt. 328th Infantry. Died of wounds. Born Nov 28, 1919 and died of wounds January 22, 1945. He is buried Edgewood cemetery, Delaware co. IA. (2, 4, 12) Gravestone

Maehl, John Carl, US Army, 85th Inf. Div. 1944-1945. Participated in the Rome-Arno, Northern Appenines & Po Valley Campaigns. Obituary & photo. Gravestone

Maker, Orville Charles

Elkader, born Feb. 1, 1919, son of Arthur & Emma M. (Block) Maker.

U.S. Army, entering in May 1941. Trained at Camp Claiborne, LA, and Ft. Dix, N.J. Overseas to Ireland. in April 1942; also in Scotland, Africa and Italy. Truck driver in heavy weapons company of the 168th "Rainbow" Regiment, 34th "Red Bull" Division.

Awarded Combat Infantryman badge, and cited for outstanding performance of duty at Cervaro, Italy. Awarded European Theatre Ribbon w/4 battle stars: Battle at Algiers, Battle of Tunisia, and 2 for actio in battles in Italy.

A long time resident of Postville, Allamakee co., he died January 27, 1992 and is buried in the Postville cemetery. ~Gravestone ~Obituary

Martin, Carlton Russell, Chief petty officer, U.S. Navy. Stationed Ireland (1943)

Martin, Donald H., U.S. Army

Martin, Elaine Kathryn / Syverson, Elaine K. - Technical Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Was the 1st Elkader woman to enlist in the Marines. Served in the Marines Women's Reserve from 7/15/1943 - 8/22/1946. Married Roy Syverson in 1948. Buried East Side, Elkader. ~ Obituary

Martin, Virgil C., U.S. Army

Martins, Delbert John. US Army, stationed in Japan. Obituary

Matt, James L., Second Lieut. US Army Air Force, 65th Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group. Serial #2059807. Killed in Action, April 17, 1945. He is buried in the Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy. Plot A Row 14 Grave 26. Awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and a Purple Heart. (2, 4, 10)

Matthews, Helen / Frye, Helen, Strawberry Point. WAVES, inducted July 1944; d/o J.J. Matthews (15) Served 2 years. Married Jack Frye in 1949.

McCauley, Norbert C., McGregor. US Army Air Force, 8th AAF, Tech-Sgt., Radio operator gunner, B-17 Flying Fortress. Presented the Air Medal for "meritorious achievement while participating in heavy bombing assaults on Nazi targets in Germany and the occupied countries." (15)

McGuire, Lawrence 'Larry', McGregor. U.S. Air Force, Bombardier, 19th bomb group, stationed at Clark Field, Manila, the Philippines, when the Japanese invaded in December 1941. With others, he escaped on a ship, but that ship was forced to land, where the soldiers were captured by the Japanese and taken to a prison near Tokyo. He was a POW for 3½ years, enduring untold hardships before being liberated (16).

He was married to Lt. Bernetta Durr, an Army nurse from McGregor (see also, her entry on the Honor Roll). Larry died 4/24/1983 in Grand Rapids, MI. Burial is in St. Mary's cemetery, McGregor. ~News article & photo ~ Gravestone

McMillen, Phoebe Ann, WAVES - appears on a July 1944 list of NE Iowa WAVES published in the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald

Meggers, Ann Mitchell
Larche, Ann M.

2nd Lt. Ann Meggers

McGregor; Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Medical Corps; served as a dietician 233rd General Hospital, Okinawa; commissioned in June 1944; d/o Dr. E.C. Meggers (15)

She married Jack Larche and they removed to Denver, CO

She died August 2, 2005. Buried in Ft. Logan Nat'l cemetery, Denver, CO.
~ gravestone

Meyer, Virgil, Guttenberg; U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 1st class; served for 6 mo. in the "height of battle" on Guadalcanal where he was awarded the Presidential Citation for combat duty at that place; later stationed in New Zealand; s/o Henry Meyer (15)

Montgomery, Donald Francis, Monona; U.S. Navy, Seaman 2c/May 1944, Seaman 1c/June 1944; Assigned to the S. S.Brazil for service in the South Pacific, On ship that supplied materials in the invasion of Saipan and Guam, Transferred to S.S. George Plavel and sailed to Attu and Kisska Islands. C555034 Honorable discharge from the U.S.Navy, Receiving Station, PSNY Bremerton, Washington 3rd day of August 1945, E. Niemnier, Lt Comdr. USNR ~contributed by Jym Montgomery, his son. Obituary; Gravestone (full), Gravestone (close-up)

Montour, Gilbert E.

St. Olaf

U.S. Army Air Corps, Lieutenant; reported as MIA in North Africa, April 1943. He was a POW, interned at Stalag Luft 3, Germany.

Morris, Thomas R., Strawberry Point; Tech. Sgt., power turret and automatic computing sight specialist, member of a Flying Fortress group which participated in over 260 combat missions in France, North Africa, Italy, Sicily, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Romania and Greece; he was the squadron non-commissioned section head; awarded a Good Conduct ribbon, three Battle Stars for European theater campaigns, and an American campaign ribbon for Pacific Coast patrol (15)

Moyle, Howard James, U.S. Army, Private 1st class. Gravestone

Mueller, Orval M., Served in Italy. Obituary. (7)

Murphy, Russell Leroy

Elkport & Dundee; U.S. Navy, enlisted Aug. 1943; Torpedoman 3rd Class, served aboard the destroyer Jenkins, KIA 7/2/1945. Buried Halawa Naval Cemetery, Oahu, HI until March 1948 when his remains were reinterred in Mt. Harmony cemetery, Clayton co.

Manchester Press, 9/9/1943, pg 12: "Russell Leroy Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Royce Murphy of Dundee, is in training at the second largest naval training center in the United States, Farragut, Idaho."

Gravestone
Obituary

~photo source: Family tree of J. Stambaugh, Ancestry. com

Nesteby, Arnold, St. Olaf. Pvt. US Army; served overseas, including Italy, for more than 30 months (15)

Newton, Darwin M., Strawberry Point; U.S. Army, Air Force, bomber pilot; awarded the Air Medal; bombed the Ploesti oil fields 5 times (15)

Neylan, Clarence A., Elkader. Master Sgt., 8th Air Force; awarded a Bronze Star medal for "meritorious achievement as crew maintenance chief of heavy bombardment aircraft in connection with military operations against the enemy in the European theater of operations." (15)

O'Brien, Edwin Francis - Tec. 5, U.S. Army, serving from September 6, 1946 to January 24, 1948. He died February 5, 1993 & is buried St. Joseph's Catholic cemetery, Elkader. Gravestone. Obituary

Oelke, Otto, Monona. Captain, Army Chaplain Corps; enlisted in the Chaplain Corps from Goliad, TX, where he was serving a parish; graduated from Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, s/o Fred Oelke (15)

Ohmer, Thomas William

Tom Ohmer

Fireman 2nd class, USNR. Service # 6201473. Died October 16, 1943. His name appears on the Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines as missing in action or buried at sea. Awarded the Purple Heart medal. Father, Mr. Frank Ohmer, McGregor. (1, 10)

Frank Ohmer has received word from the Naval Personnel Department, Arlington, Va., that his son, Tom, 19, fireman in the Navy, is missing in action. He graduated from the McGregor High School in May, 1941, and on December 16 following, enlisted in the Navy and was sent to Great Lakes Training School following a course in mechanics at Fort Dearborn, Mich. He received his diploma June 3 at Great Lakes and was sent to San Francisco and has been with the fleet in the Pacific since. Two brothers are in service, Francis is first lieutenant in the Engineering Corps on the Alaskan project and Eugene is in the Army at Fort Warren, Wyo.(15)

Olson, Irvin, Grand Meadow twp.; U.S. Air Corps, Sergeant, Aerial Engineer Gunner, aboard a B-17 bomber. Taken prisoner by the Germans. News article & photo.

Opsand, Ruth Marie. Raised on a farm near Gunder. When the WW II effort began, she joined the US Navy as a Wave and held the title of Pharmacists' Mate from 1944-1946. Ruth was stationed in New York City for boot camp, Bethesda, Maryland for active duty and then San Diego, California for the majority of her service, which was an area she truly enjoyed. Married Edward Edblad in 1955. (7) Ruth's Obituary * Edward's Obituary

Page, Sidney M., Volga City; U.S. Army Air Forces, gunner on a Flying Fortress; Awarded an Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Cluster in the summer of 1944; s/o Mrs. Jessie Page Everitt (15)

Pederson, Wendle Adonis. Apprentice seaman. USNR. Service # 6205685. Died August 23, 1943. His name appears on the Tablets of the Missing at East Coast Memorial New York City, as missing in action or buried at sea. Father, Mr. Alfred Oscar Pederson, RFD 2 Monona. (1, 10)

Peglow, Gilbert F. "Bud". 1918-2009. Lieutenant commander, US Navy. Served 1941-1946 as a torpedo bomber pilot. Earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, with three oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal, with nine oak leaf clusters and the Legion of Merit. (7) Buried Monona City cemetery. Obituary

Peick, Charles, Strawberry Point. U.S. Marine Corps, Corporal; enlisted 6/17/1941, was the 1st Strawberry Pt. man to go overseas; served as a field howitzer gunner with a Marine artillery unit in New Zealand, Hawaii, Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Samoa; awarded the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon w/two stars, the American Defense Ribbon and his unit received the Presidential Unit Citation twice, for the defense & capture of Guadalcanal and for the capture of Tarawa. (15)

Peick, Richard, Strawberry Point. U.S. Navy; served in the Pacific (15)

Penhollow, Eugene, Guttenberg. U.S. Army, projectionist; served in British Guiana (15)

Pfrommer, Herbert, Strawberry Point. Private, reported MIA in the North Africa theatre of war Feb. 17, 1943; s/o John Pfrommer(15)

Phillips, Merlyn B., Volga City

Entered the service from Kansas. U.A. Army, First Lieutenant, 12th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division; KIA while serving as an air observer in the Battle of France, on August 10, 1944. Awarded a Silver Star, Purple Heart and the Air Medal; buried in Brittany American cemetery, St. James, France, plot I, row 12, grave 14.

Husband of Irene Otterbeck. (10, 15)

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Pillard, Arnold Albert, Marquette. Enlisted May 1937. U.S. Navy, Chief Machinist Mate. KIA 12/3/1944 aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Cooper in Ormoc bay. ~North Iowa Times, Jan. 11, 1945, pg 1 & Jan. 25, 1945, pg 4. Obituary

Pink, John A., U.S. Army, 1st Sergeant. Buried Mt. Olivet cemetery

Pohl, Glynn, McGregor. Major; stationed with a headquarters divisin at Natchez, Miss. in 1944 (15)

Prouty, James, Marquette. Coxswain; served in the South Pacific & Asiatic areas (15)

Pugh, Jerome C., Strawberry Point

Private, enlisted in Feb. 1940 & spent 31 mo. overseas; was reported MIA in the North Africa theatre of war March 1943, with status changed to POW in an Italian prison, April 1943; he was a POW for 2 mo. before being repatriated in North Africa. s/o Clarence Pugh (15)

He died January 17, 1976, age 60. Burial is in St. Mary's Catholic cemetery, Strawberry Point

~ Obituary

Radloff, Carlton Louis, Farmersburg. US Army Air Force; mechanic, airplane inspector. (7, 15) Obituary

Radloff, Glen, Farmersbrg. Pvt. US Army; overseas 2½ yrs., 7 mo. of that time as a POW of the Germans after being captured in Italy; in a newspaper interview he described his capture: "Edging forward and trying to keep under cover of Nazi fire at the same time, we suddenly were surrounded by an overwhelming force of Germans. There was nothing else to do but surrender." He and other POW's made their break for freedom when Italy dropped out of the war. They dodged the enemy for 9 mo. before contacting American forces. (15)

Raftis, Daniel James JR, Elkader

Lt. Daniel J. Raftis

Lieutenant, U.S. Navy Reserve. Served in the Mediterranean area. Killed in Actopm on 06/27/1944.

His remains were repatriated in August 1948 and interred in St. Joseph's Catholic cemetery, Elkader.

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Raftis, Irving, Elkader; Seaman 2nd Class, U.S. Navy. Served in the Pacific. Obituary

Ramage, Paul, McGregor. Sergeant; served in North Africa and Italy. (15)

Reinitz, Russell, Guttenberg; Sgt., served in Italy (15)

Reichart, Harley H., Littleport; Army Air Force, promoted to Master Sergeant, March 1943, was stationed at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho; s/o Charles Reichart (15)

Richards, Ellsworth O. Pfc. USMCR. Service # 939349. Entered the service from Pennsylvania. Died March 6, 1945. Buried in Honolulu Memorial cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii; Plot A Row 0 Grave 825. Awarded a Purple Heart with Gold Star. Wife, Mrs. Ellsworth O. Richards, Elkader. (1, 10) Obituary

Rodenburg, Elmer H., Guttenberg. Pfc., served in North Africa, Italy, Sicily & went into Normandy with the 1st roups of fighters on D-day; wounded in action in France on Aug. 12, 1944. Son of John. Wife: Dorothy. (15)

Roehlk, Robert J., Elkader; Army Air Corps, enlisted in 1942; served as bombardier navigator in India; discharged November 1946. Married Laura Sharp (see her entry below). Obituary * Gravestone

Rogers, Thomas B. "Tom". Elkader. First Lieut. US Army. Served in the China-Burma-India theater of Operations, with Merrills' Marauders. Died August 27, 1945 in Calcutta, India of complications of polio contracted in India. His body was returned to the US in 1948. (2, 4, 7) Obituary

In Memory of Thomas B. Rogers
written by Robert Mark Schelhas

First Lieut. U.S. Army and Graduate of Coe College and member of the TKE (Tau Kappa Epsilon) fraternity. Married to Mary Coyl of Wilmette, Illinois, who was born in Masury, Ohio, to Horace and Agnes (Parry) Coyl. Mary was a 1941 graduate of New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. Thomas Rogers served in the China-Burma-India theaters in WWII and Thomas died in 1945 in Calcutta, India, due to complications from Polio. Wife, Mary, remarried in 1952 to Dr. Charles H. Schelhas, DDS of Highland Park / Glencoe, Illinois. Mary & Charles' Children: Nancy Ann, Charles Jr., Mary Ann, William Andrew, and Robert Mark. Mary Schelhas died on September 27, 2010 at age 88 with family at her side.

"I am Mary's son, Robert Mark Schelhas. While Thomas ('Tom') was not my father, my mother, Mary, always made Tom's name, and his story part of our family's history. To Thomas B. Rogers, the entire Schelhas family is grateful."

Rowland, Reed L., Pfc. US Army. Service # 37046984. Thirty-first Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. Died of causes other than battle. Died December 3, 1943. His name appears on the Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii, as missing in action or buried at sea. (2, 4, 10)

Russell, Virginia L., Monona. U.S. Army WACs, 4000th AAF. Entered service 2/8/1944. Trained at the First Women's Army Corps Training center, Ft. Des Moines then was assigned to Patterson Field, OH; Wright Field, OH. Dischged 12/24/1945; American theater ribbon, good conduct medal & victory medal. Died in California in 2000. Buried St. Patricks cemetery (Sources: WWII Bonus files, Ancestry.com database; various issues of the Monona Leader 1944 & 1945) ~Gravestone

Saeugling, Cletus L., U.S. Army. Buried Mt. Olivet cemetery

Schlake, Ivan H., Farmersburg. U.S. Army engineers. Served in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska territory. Died in Precott, AZ. Obituary

Schott, Edward H.

Marquette, s/o Lloyd & Rose Schot.

U.S. Navy

Edward Schott was born in 1921 and grew up in Marquette, IA. He lived next door to the school house and church up on the hill in Maquette. He graduated from high school in 1938. He enlisted in the Navy on February 7 1942. He did his training at the Great Lake Naval Training Center. Most of his service aboard the USS Trippe DD403. The ship battled in the Atlantic Ocean, was at the invasion of North Africa, Sicily, and Anzeo Beachhead. Edward was discharged in December of 1945. After the war he married Beulah Dykeman, who grew up in Marquette also. They moved to Cedar Rapids and lived there for the rest of their lives.
~information & photo were contributed by Terri Schott, daughter of Edward.

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Schott, Elwin, Marquette. Corporal, reported MIA in the North Africa theatre of war Feb. 17, 1943. He was subsequently located in a German prison camp, where he was imprisoned for over two years. The eldest son of Lloyd & Rose Schott, he was born in North McGregor 6/2/1918, and died 10/192015. Buried in the South Florida National Cemetery. ~from Terri Schott, niece of Elwin.

Home After 27 Months in PW Camp - news article

Obituary

Schweikert, Hubert E., U.S. Navy. Buried Mt. Olivet cemetery

Sharp, Laura Mae / Roehlk, Laura, Elkader; WAVES, enlisted January 1944; discharged as Lieutenant in May 1946. Married Robert Roehlk in 1946. Obituary * Gravestone

Sheppard, Leigh Edwin, Wagner twp.; U.S. Army, Pvt 1st Class, 361st Infantry. Inducted 5/3/1944, dischg 10/13/1945. Served in Italy & elsewhere. Born Oct 3, 1909 and died on Oct. 24, 1945, from injuries received in a car accident shortly after he was discharged from the service. ~Obituary ~Gravestone

Sheppard, Merle R., Wagner twp.; U.S. Army Pvt 1st Class, 537th Escort Guard, Co. MP. Served overseas & later in U.S. as POW guard. Inducted 10/08/1942, dischg 08/16/1945. Born Nov 13, 1903 and died Nov 2, 1945, from injuries received in a car accident shortly after he was discharged from the service. ~Obituary ~Gravestone

Sloan, Fred R., Marquette. U.S. Army Medical Corps; Lieutenant Colonel, Brooke General Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. (15)

Smith, Francis C., Garber. Son of Ray & Mary Smith. Pfc. US Army. Service # 37046386. 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Division. He was killed in action, September 19, 1944. Buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium, Plot F Row 7 Grave 41. Awarded a Purple Heart. (2, 4)

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Smith, Russell D., Monona. Tech-4th Grade, 90th Division, commended for outstanding service on D-day, during landing operations in France. The citation reads "when Tec. 4 Smith's unit touched the beach on D-day, it grounded a considerable distance out in the water, and the 1st vehicles attempting to land stalled, blockiing the ramp of the landing craft. Tec 4 Smith waded a shore in very deep water, secured assistance & returned to the craft. There, and while the beach & the craft, were under fire from enemy artillery, he took responsibility and assisted vehicles, equipement & ammunition ashore." Awarded a Bronze Star for his actions. Son of Walter Smith (15)

Smith, Thomas E., Capt. US Army. Died of causes other than battle. (2, 4)

Smock, Burdet W.

Garber.

Staff/Sgt. U.S. Army. Service # 37040021. 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was in the first landing in Africa at Casablanca in 1942. As a Corporal he was awarded a Purple Heart for injuries received on the Anzio Beach-head in Italy. Killed in Action on November 10, 1944. Buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France; Plot A Row 8 Grave 63. Awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster. (2, 4, 10, 15)

~Obituary (included the photo)

Spence, Janola. WAVES - appears on a July 1944 list of NE Iowa WAVES published in the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald

Spielbauer, John J. 'Jack' - Pvt. Army Engineers / Trans Corps. Served 2 years. ~Gravestone ~Obituary.

Squires, William Max

Pvt Max Squires

Arlington, Fayette co. / Volga City

U.S. Army, Private First Class, 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division; Service #37042106; enlisted 1941, killed while serving in North Africa when a hand grenade accidentally exploded. (15) Buried in the North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, Plot A, Row 1, Grave 2. (10)

~Death notices & Obituary

Stoeffler, Donald William, U.S. Navy. Buried Mt. Olivet cemetery

Stoner, Philip, Strawberry Point; reported MIA in the North Africa theatre of war Feb. 17, 1943; s/o Earl Stoner (15)

Stuber, Stanley E., Monona; Lieutenant, Fifteenth Air Force; awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in June 1944.

Stuber, Harold, Monona; Tech-Sergeant; radar man, participated in the "Coffin Corner" engagement of Liberator bombers against enemy submarines.

~Newspaper article & photos of the Stuber brothers.

Tayek, Robert J., Froelich. U.S. Army. Obituary

Thein, August C., Garber. US Army. Bronze Star. Obituary

Thiele, Lawrence C.; Pfc. US Army. Died of causes other than battle. Killed in a railroad accident in Belgium on April 11, 1945. Married to Helen Kinley of Harper's Ferry in August, 1938. He entered the army Sept. 29, 1943 and served in a railroad battalion with Patton's Third army in France and Germany. (2, 4.7) Buried St. Patrick's Catholic cemetery, Monona Gravestone * Obituary

Thompson, Anne Irene. WAVES - appears on a July 1944 list of NE Iowa WAVES published in the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald

Thompson, Arnold J.

Technician Fifth Class US Army, 4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron. Service # 37196187. Killed in Action at Normandy, June 11, 1944. Buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France; Plot B Row 16 Grave 10. Awarded a Purple Heart. (2, 4, 10).

Photo: Jeffrey Gernand at the gravesite of his grandfather Arnold J. Thompson
Normandy American cemetery

Photo contributed by Mike Riley.

Thompson, George G., Technician Third Class, U.S. Army. Service # 37435571. Headquarters Detachment, European Theater. Died December 31, 1944. Buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England; Plot D Row 6 Grave 101. Died of causes other than battle. Another record gives his rank as Tech/4. (2, 4, 10)

Thorsgaard, Willie H., St. Olaf. US Army 1942-1945. Obituary

Vorwald, Howard Edward, U.S. Army, Tech-sergeant; served in an infantry division in the southwest Pacific. Buried Mt. Olivet cemetery

Wach, Ludwig Joseph. Coxswain, USNR. Service #6203914. His name appears on the Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii as Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. This record gives death date January 7, 1946. Awarded a Purple Heart. According to his gravestone in the Littleport, Sacred Heart cemetery, he was born June 23, 1908 and died November 1, 1943. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Wach, lived at Box 136, Littleport. (1, 10, 12) Gravestone

Watt, Frank K., Sgt. US Army. Killed in Action. (2, 4)

Way, Dale H., Pfc. US Army, 169th Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Way, Strawberry Point. Inducted into the army on November 9, 1942. Killed in Action on January 20, 1945. He is buried at the Fort William McKinley, Manila American cemetery, the Philippines, Plot L Row 8 Grave 111. Awarded Purple Heart. At the time of his death he had 3 brothers serving in the war: Cpl. Don Way in Italy; Staff Sgt. Clair Way and Pvt. Calvin Way, both in England. (2, 4, 7, 10) Obituary

Weller, Everett H., McGregor. Sergeant, was awarded a silver star for gallantry in action against the enemy, and a purple heart for a bullet wound in the neck on June 26, 1944. Citation: "In order to make repairs on communication wires which had been severed by enemy machine gun fire in the streets of Cherbourg, Sgt. Weller voluntarily, and despite warnings from troops in the immediate vicinity of the danger from sniper fire, crawled into a completely exposed position. He effected the necessary repairs, in spite of the fact that he had been wounded, thereby maintaining contact between the battalion observation post and the battalion command post." Son of Amel Weller. (15)

White, Douglas J., Guttenberg; Pvt. US Army. Died of causes other than battle. He was accidentally killed while on guard duty in Africa in February, 1942; s/o Tom White (2, 4, 15) Death notice

White, Kenneth, Guttenberg; Pvt., Fifth U.S. Army; reported MIA in Italy on 05/04/1944; s/o Tom White (15)

Whitlock, Duane Lewis,

Strawberry Point

Captain, U.S. Navy; enlisted 06/12/1935.

"Duane Lewis Whitlock was on Corregidor when the war broke out. He did very important work in the Pacific and was credited as identifying Midway as the target of the Japanese Fleet that allowed CINPAC Adm. Nimitz to get the carriers there to win the Battle of Midway. He was also involved in the Battle of Coral Sea and targeting Japanese convoys for US sub attacks.as a Naval Intercept Operator from the "On The Roof Gang." ~contributed by Paula Whitlock O'Donnell on behalf of her cousin, Duane G. Whitlock, son of Duane L. Whitlock.

~Obituary
~Gravestone photo, Strawberry Point cemetery

Wilke, Erwin H.,

Lt. Erwin H. Wilke, 1944

Monona.

First Lieut. US Army Air Corps. 340th Bomb Squadron,340th Bomb Group, Pilot. Serial #17033001. Killed in Action July 31, 1943 over Sicily. Buried June 23, 1949 in Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky; Plot E 71-72.

~sources: 2, 4,14 at bottom of this page

~Obituary

~Gravestone & another photo

Williams, Veryl, Guttenberg; Pvt. Served in England, s/o Jack Williams (15)

Witt, Elizabeth A., Elkader; WAVE; enlisted August 1944 (15)

Witt, Marjorie C., Elkader; WAVE; enlisted August 1944 (15)

Wulfekuhle, Edwin C.
Tech Sgt. US Army. Service #37110772. 337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy. Enumerated on the 1925 Iowa State census in Concord, Dubuque co., Iowa in the household of his parents Aloysius & Cecilia (nee Vonderhaar) Wulfekuhle. Age 5. He appears on the August 24, 1943 war department list as missing in action in the European theater. Declared dead after being missing. Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands is Staff Sergeant Edwin C. Wulfekuhle; missing in action or buried at sea. Died July 28, 1943. Awarded an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart. (2, 4, 5, 10, 13)

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Young, John, McGregor; Paratrooper, was wounded in action on D-day (15)

Zearley, Eunice Mae. WAVES - appears on a July 1944 list of NE Iowa WAVES published in the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald

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