Military Involvement
| Servicemen - S surnames | KIA | POW | DNB | Pic/s |
| Schippers, Gerald Marvin | X | |||
| Sweem, Charles Walter | X |
Rudolph John “Rudy” Schilder was born Feb. 20, 1925 to Arie and Johanna Vander Beck Schilder. He died Apr. 28, 1944 and is buried in Oak Wood Cemetery, Pella, IA.
Petty Officer Schilder served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Melvin Le Roy Shaffer was born Dec. 26, 1920 to John and Rachel Jane Brown Shaffer. He died Mar. 31, 1945 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Red Rock, IA.
Pvt. Shaffer served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Harry Edwin Shay was born Feb. 15, 1920 to Thomas William Everett and Grace A. Larew Shay. He died May 3, 1946 and is buried in Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint Avold, France.
Sgt. Shay served in World War II with the U.S. Army 609th Engineer Light Equipment Company.
Sources: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
Merald Franklin Shive was born Nov. 16, 1907 to John Quincy and Cora Elizabeth Chrismore Shive. He died Mar. 16, 1947 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, IA.
Merald served in World War II with the U.S. Coast Guard.
Source: ancestry.com
Arthur Allen Smiley was born Jan. 14, 1910 to Albert A. and Laura B. Jewell Smiley. He died Mar. 13, 1948 and is buried in Eureka Cemetery, Durham, IA.
Pvt. Smiley served in World War II with the U.S. Army 31st Medical Training Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Freddie Evor Smith was born Oct. 10, 1924 to Henry and Lydia Hendrickson Smith. He died Nov. 28, 1948 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Red Rock, IA. Pvt. Smith served with the U.S. Army 363rd Infantry, 91st Infantry Division in World War II.
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Harry F. Smith was born Nov. 6, 1913 to Henry and Lydia Hendrickson Smith. He died May 10, 1945 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Red Rock, IA. Sgt. Smith served with the U.S. Army 21st Infantry in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Lee Smith was born June 16, 1922 to Thomas and Lillie Dovenspike Smith. He died Dec. 28, 1943 and is buried in Marysville Cemetery, Marysville, IA.
Cpl. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division and participated in combat operations on Guadalcanal. He landed at Cape Cloucester, New Britain and participated in combat operations until KIA. He was initially buried in the USAF Cemetery Cape Gloucester, New Britain and in 1945 re-interred in SUAF Cemetery, Finschaffen #2, British New Guinea. In 1947 he was move to USAF Manila Mausoleum #1 in the Philippines for movement to the U.S. and returned to the U.S. for permanent burial in 1948.
Source: ancestry.com
Carl Stanley Smith was born Jan. 15, 1903 to Henry W. and Nellie P. Smith. He died Aug. 8, 1947 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, IA.
Petty Officer Smith served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
John Richard Sneller was born Mar. 26, 1922 to John and Peetje “Pady” Kelderman Sneller. He died Apr. 19, 1948 and is buried in Oak Wood Cemetery, Pella, IA.
Petty Officer Sneller served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Wendall Orvin Spaur was born Apr. 19, 1922 to Zenard Ray and Sylvia Grace Spaur. He died June 27, 1945 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 2, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Ensign Spaur served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps, Pacific Fleet Bombing Squadron and died as the result of a plane crash while in the service of his country.
Source: ancestry.com
Quinton Leroy Steele was born Aug. 10, 1918 to Howard Earl and Nora Sutherland Steele. He died Feb. 5, 1950 and is buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Knoxville, IA.
Coxswain Steele served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Ray Suker was born Jan. 10, 1922 to Heinrich Ervin and Iva Mae Andersen Suker. He died Mar. 29, 2017 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Petty Officer Suker served with the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Ernest William Svoboda was born Sept. 1, 1907 to John William and Barbara Marik Svoboda. He died Mar. 7, 1990 and is buried in Ozark Hills Memorial Gardens, Rolla, MO.
Dr. Svvoboda served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps (Major) as a dentist.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019; updated Mar, May & Jul 2020 & Jun 2022 & Jul & Aug & Oct 2023 & Mar 2024