Military Involvement
Servicemen - B surnames | KIA | POW | DNB | Pic/s |
Becker, Harold E. | X | |||
Bowling, Kermit Carlyle | X | |||
Broderson, Walter H. | X | |||
Budde, Melvin L. | X | |||
Butt, Onie Orville | X |
Marvin Richard Botsford was born Aug. 12, 1918 to Mack and Elizabeth Monner Botsford. He died Oct. 14, 1944 and is buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA.
Petty Officer Botsford served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Chester Lewis Bouvia was born Oct. 3, 1902. He died July 30, 1942 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 5, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii and has a cenotaph in Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL.
Petty Officer Bouvia served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Grunion (SS-216) and was MIA/KIA when that vessel was sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov; oneternalpatrol.com
Grover Bowman was born Apr. 13, 1905 to John J. and Katherine Bowman. He died Sept. 10, 1946 and is buried in First Presbyterian Cemetery, Bellevue, IA.
Cpl. Bowman served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Harold K. Bradley was born Feb. 19, 1919 to Floyd and Cora E. Lane Bradley. He died Aug. 24, 1942 and is buried in Pence Cemetery, Baldwin, IA.
Pvt. Bradley served in World War II with the U.S. Army 803rd Engineer Battalion (Aviation) and became a Japanese POW and died in prison camp in the Philippine Islands.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Jul 2019; updated Apr & Jul 2020; updated Jan 2022 by Linda Ziemann