*last update 7/30/2022

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - C surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Carmody, Francis Edward        
Cline, James W. X      
Curry, Eugene Eldon X      

Floyd Gordon Carter was born Nov. 8, 1923 to Lyle G. and Daisy Seigenthaler Carter. He died Sept. 26, 2005 and is buried in Dexter Cemetery, Dexter, IA.

Floyd served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


Lyle Merle Cheever was born Aug. 14, 1911 to Clarence Eugene and Dorothy Hanna Dalton Cheever. He died Aug. 13, 1992 and is buried in Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, CA.

Lyle served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


Dale Walter “Doc” Clausen was born Oct. 9, 1922 to Walter Martin and Alma Rosa Dorothea Pevestorf Clausen. He died Oct. 11, 2018 and is buried in Dexter Cemetery, Dexter, IA.

Doc served in World War II with the U.S. Army as a lab technician assigned to a Station Hospital in the Philippines.

Source: ancestry.com


Frederick Henry Clausen was born Feb. 11, 1925 and out of love was adopted by Ferdinand “Buck” Dietrich and Cora Belle Drake Clausen. He died Aug. 20, 2017 and is buried in Dexter Cemetery, Dexter, IA.

Petty Officer Clausen served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Berrien (APA-62) which was stationed in the Pacific.

Source: ancestry.com


Curtis Vernon Combs was born Sept. 15, 1923 to Clinton Loren and Nora Fern Wetrich Combs. He died Apr. 10, 1977 and is buried in Park Hill Cemetery, Vancouver, WA.

Sgt. Combs served with the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II.

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James Loren Combs was born Dec. 26, 1924 to Clinton Loren and Nora Fern Wetrich Combs. He died Feb. 10, 1990 and is buried in Dexter Cemetery, Dexter, IA.

James served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


Raymond James Comer, Jr. was born Aug. 3, 1922 to Raymond Edward and Anna Cecelia Clark Comer. He died Dec. 16, 1944 and is buried in Beaver Catholic Cemetery, Granger, IA.

Pvt. Comer served in World War II with the U.S. Army 87th Infantry, Third Army and died in action in France.

Source: ancestry.com


Walter Wayne “Doc” Cook was born Feb. 1, 1923 to Walter Smith and Leah Minerva Stanley Cook. He died Sept. 20, 2013 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.

Lt. Cook served in World War II with the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Infantry Division after completing Paratrooper Training. He was in France, Belgium and Germany.

Source: ancestry.com


Robert Allen Cotten was born July 14, 1926 to Don Clifford and Golda May Cotten. He died Oct. 5, 1944 and is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Petty Officer Cotten served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Longshaw (DD-559) and died as the result of accidental intracranial injury while in the service of his country.

Source: ancestry.com


Calvin Carl Cox was born Sept. 16, 1922 to Dwight Wesley and Ida Matilda Buchanan Cox. He died Apr. 23, 1980 and is buried in Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, IA.

Calvin served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 441st Troop Carrier Group, European Air Transport Command.

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Robert Loyal Cox was born Dec. 3, 1920 to Dwight Wesley and Ida Matilda Buchanan Cox.

Robert served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


Robert Lewellen Creager was born Apr. 27, 1915 to Robert M. and Ruth A. Lewellen Creager. He died Mar. 20, 2004 and is buried in Dexter Cemetery, Dexter, IA.

Cpl. Creager served with the U.S. Army 34th Division, 133rd Infantry in World War II. He was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com


David Oscar Culbertson was born Nov. 20, 1920 to Oscar Edwin and Martha Esther Lutrell Culbertson. He died Jan. 21, 2008 and is buried in Dexter Cemetery, Dexter, IA.

David served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


Carroll Howard Cushman was born Nov. 16, 1917 to Haden B. and Flossie P. Atherton Cushman. He died Apr. 4, 1996 and is buried in Dexter Cemetery, Dexter, IA.

Carroll serve with the U.S. Navy in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019; updated Jun & Jul 2022

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