Soldiers who died in World War II
Shelby County Iowa

As Published in the Harlan Tribune and the Harlan News Advertiser, 1940-1946
Contributed by Phyllis Heller
Updated November 2008

NAME	BRANCH	AGE	DIED	CAUSE OF DEATH	WHERE	CEMETERY OR MONUMENTAL	FROM	PARENTS	SPOUSE
AHRENKIEL, Wayne  T/5	Army		15 Feb, 45	KIA		Manila American Cemetery, Manila Philippines		Sam & Jessie AHRENKIEL
ALLSTOT, Max V. 1st C. SEAMAN	Navy		6 Jan, 45	MIA Buried at Sea	Luzon Island in the Philippines	Tablets of the missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines, Memorial Stone, Union Twp, Cem. Defiance	Defiance	Guy & Undine ALLSTOT	Ila Mae ALLSTTOT
ANDERSON, Harold M. CPL	Army		7 May, 42	MIA	Attack on Bataan, Philippines	Manila American Cemetery, Manila Philippines	Harlan	Mr. & Mrs. Martin ANDERSON
ARKFELD, Francis, Felix  MMM 2C	Navy	21	8 Jun, 44	MIA	Normandy-Invasion of Omaha Beach	Tablets of the missing at Normandy American Cemetery, France	Panama	John & Mary ARKFELD
ARMENTROUT, Russell M.  PFC	Army		20 Mar, 44	MIA	Admiralty Islands	Buried by friendly forces-other than his own.	Harlan	Marion & Nettie ARMENTROUT
BARGENQUAST, Arnold F.,  MOMMI	Navy		3 Oct, 44	Lost in the South Pacific.	North of Morotai, between the Philippines and Indonesia. The USS SEAWOLF was sunk in error by the USS ROWELL	Memorial stone in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Irwin	Irwin	Fred & Margaret BARGENQUAST	Louise Quarto BARGENQUAST
BLOCK, Ernest, SSGT	Army	25	29 Jun, 44	KIA	Battle at St. Lo, France	Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France.         Memorial stone in St. Joseph's Cemetery,  Earling	Earling	Herman & Elizabeth BLOCK
BRANSITITER, Daniel  ENSIGN	Naval Air Corps	22	17 Jul, 44	Collision of two training planes	Millerstown, Pennsylvania	Shelby Cemetery	Shelby	Mr. & Mrs. Daniel BRANSITITER
BROWN, Bernard C.  SGT	Army Air Corps	28	24 Sep, 43	Army plane crash	Port Angel, Washington	Elk Horn Cemetery	Kimballton	Mr. Mrs. Martin O. BROWN
BROWNING, William A.  T/SGT	Army		5 Apr, 45	KIA	Some where in Germany	Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France		Mr. & Mrs. J.C. BROWNING	Maxine OLSEN
CAMPBELL, Sheldon  PFC	Army		23 Dec, 45	Died in a Hotel Fire	Shikakei, Japan	Harlan Cemetery	Harlan	Mr. & Mrs. George CAMPBELL
CARLEY, Albert B.  T/5	Army		1 Apr, 45	KIA		Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
CARTER, Meredith M.  LT	Army		9 Jan, 45	KIA	Belgium		Harlan	Ernest & Lola CARTER	Marian DAHL
DEA, James David  ENSIGN	Navy Air Corps	22	31 May, 44	Naval Patrol Plane crash.	Creeds Field, Virginia	Catholic Cemetery near Avoca	Shelby	Mr. & Mrs. William B. DEA
DELPH, Everett F., PVT	Army		1945	KIA	Luzon Island in the Philippines	Stone in the Shelby Cemetery	Shelby	Ray & Ethel  DELPH
DINESEN, Harold N. SGT	Army	23	15 Mar, 45	Wounds in Action	Hospital in France	Military stone in the Harlan Cemetery	Harlan	Jacob & Pretrina DINESEN
FRAHM, Leonard C. SGT	Army		26 Mar, 45	KIA	Some where in Germany. He was serving with Patton's Third Army	Luxemburg American Cemetery, Hamm, Luxembourg	Shelby	John & Dora FRAHM
GERDTS, Luther C. PVT	Army		16 May, 45	KIA	Luzon Island in the Philippines	Clinton Lawn Cemetery, Clinton, Iowa		Henry & Ida GERDTS
GETTYS, Joe L.JR   T/SGT	Army		9-Dec-44	MIA	Italy		Harlan	Joe & Clara GETTYS
GRETT, Gerald L.  SSGT	Army Air Corps	24	Aug, 43	MIA               B 17 bomber crash	Allied Raid on Ploesti, Rumania oilfields	Memphis National Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee	Harlan	Calvin GRETT   Mrs. Frank TAYLOR
HABERBERGER, Leonard   PFC	Army		16 Dec, 44	KIA		Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France	Earling	George & Barbara HABERBERGER
HANSEN, Lawrence  CPL	Army		10-Jan-45	Wounds in Action	Belgium	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium	Harlan	Mr. & Mrs. George HANSEN
HOOGENSEN, Earl   SSGT	Air Corps	35	16-Jan-44	Airplane crash while ferrying bombers.	British Guiana, South America	Stone in the Jacksonville Cemetery	Harlan	Nels H. & Carolina HOOGENSEN
HULSEBUS, William Lyle 1st C	Navy	24	9-Oct-44	Truck Accident	Hawaiian Islands	Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii. Memorial Stone, Union Twp Cemetery, Defiance	Defiance	Rudy & Ella HULSEBUS
IMRIE, Donn H. PVT	Army		30 Nov, 44	KIA		Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
JENSEN, Waldo Chris  T/SGT	Air Corps	34	29 Dec, 41	Army bomber plane crash	Cajon Pass in California	Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas	Harlan	Chris & Olga JENSEN	Loretta DYER
JOHNSON, Arthur Burdick Room Steward	Merchant Marines		23-Nov-44	POW	Japanese Prison Camp	Manila American Cemetery, Manila Philippines	Harlan	Brother-Bryon JOHNSON
JORGENSON, Everett  PFC	Army		15 Apr, 45	KIA	Luzon Island in the Philippines	Stone in the Jacksonville Cemetery	Harlan	Mr. Mrs. P. H. JORGENSON
JUHL, William D.        SGT	Army	23	11 May, 42	POW Malaria Fever & Starvation	Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Philippines	Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines	Harlan	William & Flora JUHL Sr.
KLOEWER, Eugene J.  PFC	Army		15 Sep, 44	KIA	Invasion of Southern France	Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal France, Memorial Stone, St's Peter & Paul Cemetery, Defiance	Defiance	Frank & Anna KLOEWER
KNAPP, Rex         1ST C WATER-TENDER	Navy	30	30 Nov, 42	Killed aboard the ship USS Minneapolis in the battle of the Coral Sea.	Naval engagement in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific	Rex was the first WWII veteran to be returned home for burial. Body was brought back in 1947 and buried in the Union TWP Cemetery, Defiance.	Defiance	Edward & Julia KNAPP
KRASCHEL, James N. CPL	Army Air Corps	21	24, Sep, 45	P-24 Airplane Crash	Okinawa Jima Ryukyu Island	Harlan Cemetery	Harlan	Nelson G. & Agnes KRASCHEL
KRASCHEL, Richard	Experimental test pilot for Bell Aircraft Corp.	24	29 May, 43	P-39 Air cobra Plane Crash	Flight over Niagara Falls	Harlan Cemetery	Harlan	Nelson G. & Agnes KRASCHEL
KROMAN, Albert  LT	Army	30	3 Jun, 44	KIA	Italy, liberating Rome	Sicily- Rome American Cemetery, Italy, Later in the Elk Horn Cemetery	Elk Horn	Andrew & Christina KROMAN
LARSON, Paul Lewis   CPHM	Navy		25 Oct, 44	USS TANG sunk by circular run of its own torpedo	Formosa Strait near Turnabout Island.	Memorial stone in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Irwin	Irwin	Roy & Anna LARSON	M. Caryl LARSON
MAYR, Rudy F.     MAJOR	Army	32	Mar-46	Car accident	St. Petersburg, Florida	Harlan Cemetery	Formerly of Harlan	Mr. & Mrs. Frank MAYR	Ruth COLLISON
McCRACKEN, James N.   CPL	Marine Corps		25 Feb, 45	KIA	Iwo Jima	Nishnabotna Cemetery, Manilla		Newton & Milda McCRACKEN
McCUEN, Walter Ray  MM 2C	Navy		16 Oct, 44	KIA	Buried at Sea           On a Japanese prison ship that was sunk off the China Coast	Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines	Formerly of Harlan	Mr. & Mrs. W. B. McCuen
McGEE, Victor     PVT	Army	21	10 May, 45	KIA	Okinawa, Ryukus Islands, Battle for the Shuri Line	Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA	Formerly Kirkman	Mr. & Mrs. W. F. "Frank" McGEE
McGRAW, Willis   PFC	Army	32	30 Apr, 45	KIA	On the Island of Cebu in the South Pacific	Fort McKinley Cemetery now the site of the American Cemetery and Memorial , Manila Philippines		Mr. & Mrs., Wm. McGRAW	Helen ROLD
McLAURIN, William H. Radio Officer	Merchant Marines		Jun, 44	Ship was sunk while on convoy duty.	North Atlantic	Monument Tablet at Gallups Island near Boston, MA	Formerly of Harlan	Mrs. Elmer D. SUTTON
MILLER, Max Myles   COXSWAIN	Navy		7 Oct, 44	MIA        Buried at Sea	Sea battle in the South Pacific	Tablets of the Missing at American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines	Shelby	Helen MILLER
MILLER, Melvin M.  PVT	Army		27 Nov, 44	KIA	Germany	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium	Irwin	Anna MILLER
NIELSEN, Nils      PFC	Army		14 Dec, 44	KIA	France	Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal France		Parents lived in Denmark
NOEHREN, Edward  H.  SGT	Army	27	26 Sep, 44	Explosion of a "Dud" Bazooka Rocket	Camp Carson, Colorado	Harlan Cemetery	Harlan	Helen NOEHREN	Mary MOYLAW
OCEAN, Jerry F.  CPL	Air Corps	23	16 Oct, 45	Drowning	Maraquina River, Philippines	Harlan Cemetery	Harlan	Ellis & Oda OCEAN
PAULSEN, Vernon N. 2ND LT	Army		8 Dec, 44	KIA	Strasbourg, France	Ardennes American Cemtery, Neupre, Belguim	Jacksonville	Nels & Dora PAULSEN
PEDERSEN, Silas C.  2nd LT	Army		5 Oct, 44	KIA	Italy	Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France	Jackson TWP	Meta PEDERSEN
PETERSON, Jack  S.   2/C Radio Tech	Navy	18	6 Apr, 43	Swept Overboard Lost at Sea	Atlantic Ocean	Tablets of the Missing, East Coast Memorial, New York	Harlan	Harlan & Ethelyn PETERSON
RATIGAN, Michael D.   T/5	Army	26	15 Feb, 43	MIA	Battle in the area of Sidi Bau Zid, Tunisia.	Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage Tunisia.  Memorial Stone in St Mary's Cemetery, Panama	Panama	Michael D. & Catherine RATIGAN
REINIG, Walter H.  SGT	Army	26	31 Jan, 44	KIA	Italy	Sicily- Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy	Portsmouth	Matt & Mary REINIG
RIHNER, John J.    PFC	Army		3 Sep, 44	KIA	France	Military stone in the Shelby Cemetery	Shelby	John & Anna M. RIHNER
RINK, Paul L.          LT	Army		17 Aug, 44	KIA	In a bombing raid over the Ploesti, Rumania Oil Fields.	First buried in France. Body was returned in 1951 and buried in the Shelby Cemetery	Shelby	Ernest & Sadie RINK
SCHMITZ, William P.  CPL	Marine Corps	23	25 Sep, 46	Amputation of leg in U. S. Naval Hospital, Long Beach, CA	At his home in Panama,	St. Mary's Cemetery, Panama	Panama	Peter & Catherine SCHMITZ
SCHOMERS, Jerry J. PVT	Army	20	9 Mar, 45	Wounds in Action	Luzon Island in the Philippines	Manila American Cemetery, Manila Philippines	Formerly Panama	Mike & Mary SCHOMERS
SCHRAM, Edward N,  T/SGT	Army		12 Jun, 44	KIA	Italian Front	Tombstone in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Earling	Earling	Nicholas & Josephine SCHRAM
SMITH, Norman R.    PFC	Army			KIA				Mr. & Mrs Chas SMITH
SOE, Jens  Folmer, 2ND LT	Army	31	22 Aug, 42	He was with the 332 Engineers Regiment	England	Kimballton Cemetery	Kimballton	Peder & Etta SOE
SORENSON , Robert  H.  MM 3C	Navy		29 Jan, 45	USS Serpens Torpedoed by the Japs causing the complete loss of the vessel	Guadalcanal	American Cemetery,  Guadalcanal.  Postwar After the war, all bodies where exhumed and sent to the United States, and the graveyard abandoned.	Harlan	Mr. & Mrs. Harry SORENSON	Olga DOHRMAN
STARNER, Russell L.   PVT	Army		15, Feb, 45	KIA	Germany	Military Tombstone in the Shelby Cemetery.	Shelby	Mr. & Mrs. Bert STARNER
STINN, Richard T.  PFC	Army	27	23 Aug, 23 [Error: Died 23 Aug 43]	Shell explosion while in combat training.	Northern Africa area	North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia	Earling	Anthony & Josephine STINN
Stoelk, Leon H.     PVT	Army		22 Jul, 43	KIA	Invasion of Sicily	Manning Cemetery	Botna	Albert & Elsie STOELK
SUMMERS, Vernon  PFC	Army	30	4 Jun, 44	KIA	Anzio Beach, Italy	Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy	Harlan	Charles & Myrtle SUMMERS
WEIHS, Alfred Peter  F 1/C	Navy	25	7 Apr, 43	KIA	In the Pacific	Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines	Jacksonville	Mr. & Mrs. Tony WEIHS
WIGNESS, Kenneth E.  2ND LT,  Pilot	Army Air Corps		Apr, 44	B-24  Liberator Bomber crashed at sea,  near Montauk Point, Long Island	East Coast	Not any of the names of the eleven men lost on the B-24 have ever been added to the Atlantic World War II dead in Battery Park, in lower Manhattan	Harlan	Cornelius & Sina WIGNESS	Jean Marie PRESTON
WUNDER, Edmund Earl, Boilermaker  1/C	Navy		13 Nov, 42	MIA             Lost at Sea	USS LAFFEY was attacked by Japanese forces off Savo Island and eventually sunk.	Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines, Memorial Stone in the Shelby Cemetery.	Harlan	Herman & Alvena WUNDER
ZANGERLE, John M.  SGT	Army		15 Feb, 45	MIA               B 17 bomber crash	In the Battle of Manila	Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines, Memorial Stone in St. Mary's Cemetery, Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Frank & Crescentia ZANGERLE	Sally ZANGERLE

Transcribed and Contributed by Phyllis A. Heller.

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