CERRO GORDO COUNTY. IOWA
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CROSSES FOR WORLD WAR II DEAD—Looking over their V arrangement of crosses and making further plans for dedication of this spot in the northeast corner of Memorial Park Cemetery to World War II veterans from Cerro Gordo county who have given their lives in the service, are Henry Koeneke and Lou Raymond.
The crosses number 149 and each bears the name and rank of the serviceman. On top of each cross may be seen a small U.S. flag. It is possible that there should be more crosses in cases where no record was available. In that event they will be added as soon as the information is received, it was stated.
Names for the crosses were obtained through the efforts of the American Legion from the Friends of Libraries. The ground has been given over to the American Legion and after the war this veteran’s organization plans to build a memorial there honoring veterans of both World Wars I and II.
On Memorial day services will be held in the enclosure around the flag pole as part of the regular observance planned for Mason City by the Memorial association.
THE CROSSES BEAR THE FOLLOWING NAMES
Source: Mason City Globe-Gazette, May 26, 1945 (photo included)
S 1/c Frederick Alden |
WT 1/c Frank Sherman King |
| Pvt. Orval R. Alden | Pfc. Eugene Paul Kirschbaum |
| F 2/c Lloyd Phillip Allen | Sgt. John J. Klein |
| Sgt. Robert H. Anderson | T/5 Richard E. Kopecky |
| Sgt. Harold LeRoy Aucker | Pvt. Eugene B. Kimball |
| Pilot Officer John Avise | AC Warren Krueger |
| Cpl. Joseph B. Amos | Pvt. Leland Langlitz |
| Sgt. Ralph Bailey | Sgt. William Lauer |
| S 1/c Gus Bernhardt | Lt. Robert W. Lewis |
| Pvt. Joe Blanchet | Lt. Phil A. Lichty |
| Pfc. Jerold Richard Bond | Lt. Enos David Lloyd-Jones |
| Pvt. William Bracklein | T/4 Gordon Reford Lundeen |
| Pvt. William Anthony Burke | Pvt. Charles Lichtsinn |
| Pfc. Jacob P. Brood | Sgt. Harvey E. McDougle |
| Lt. Thomas Justin Campbell | Capt. Lawrence Meade |
| Sgt. John Wilford Carroll | Pfc. Richard R. Miller |
| QM 2/c Guy Wayne Carroll | S 1/c Robert C. Modlin |
| Sgt. Robt. Joseph Cavanaugh | Pfc. Keith Myhr |
| Pfc. Michael Chimbidis | Pvt. Robert H. Maass |
| Lt. Arthur LeRoy Clark | Pvt. Richard McCann |
| PhM 1/c Willis Lloyd Conklin | Pvt. Floyd McCreery |
| Sgt. Harold F. Cookman | S 1/c George H. McElroy |
| Lt. Robert Grant Cookman | Pfc. Ira Myhre |
| Lt. William Cookman | Sgt. Donald L. Nissen |
| Pvt. Arnold Cooley | Sgt. Andrew Olie Nordahl |
| SM 1/c Herbert O. Creekmur | Sgt. Lyle Austin Norquist |
| Lt. Lyle W. Crook | Cpl. Kenneth L. Olson |
| Pfc. Phillip Warren Crosby | Pvt. Harry Paxton |
| Sgt. William Charles Cross | Sgt. Edward LeRoy Penciua |
| Lt. Albert Henry Cummings | Lt. James M. K. Pedersen |
| Pfc. Eugene A. Christianson | Sgt. Elmer R. Peters |
| Pfc. Donald Dean | Sgt. Edward N. Peterson |
| S 1/c Arthur Davis | Sgt. Ralph Petersen |
| AOM 1/c Willard E. Dunton | Sgt. Louis Joseph Pion, Jr. |
| Cpl. Keith Ellsworth Dye | Marine Pvt. Wm. D. Pritchard |
| Sgt. George J. Eckhardt | Cpl. William Quinones |
| Cpl. Leland Faktor | Lt. Ardell E. Rooks |
| Lt. Donald L. Ferrier | MM 2/c Althon Rossum |
| Sgt. Harold Field | Sgt. Ernest Ruhnke |
| Pfc. Salude Flores | Lt. A. P. Roeder |
| Pfc. Donald Ford | Lt. H. E. Ross |
| Pvt. Harold D. Frazier | Sgt. Dennis P. Ryan |
| Lt. Curtis Friesner | Pvt. James F. Sage |
| Pvt. Edward M. Fuller | Sgt. Robt. Emmett Schinnow |
| GM 3/c Marion E. Findling | M 1/c R. E. Scholl |
| AP Patrick J. Furleigh | Pfc. Roy John Schultz |
| Sgt. John Raymond Gagnon | PO Erwin L. Searle |
| Pfc. Robert Lynn Galley | PO 2/c Sterling Seymour |
| Pfc. Lloyd Gallup | Pvt. Martin Elvin Shinn |
| Pfc. Robert L. Gallup | Pfc. Walter R. Smith |
| F/O Robert J. Gamble | Pfc. Raymond C. Sprau |
| Pfc. John Miekel Garcia | Pvt. Wallace Springer |
| Sgt. Nolan M. Gilbert | Pvt. Aloysius H. Schmitt |
| Sgt. Harold V. Goad | Cpl. T. John Shipley |
| Lt. Richard L. Grow | Pvt. Willard O. Scheppler |
| Lt. Dorance Grange | Pvt. Robert Thomas |
| Cpl. Orville Grell | Cadet John Thomas |
| F 2/c Dwane H. Halsten | Capt. Richard Chas. Ufford |
| Sgt. Paul Enoch Hammond | Pvt. Robert Vance Ulin |
| Pfc. Thomas M. Hanson | Lt. John P. Urbatch |
| Pvt. Mitchell A. Harding | Capt. John J. Vician |
| Lt. Roger W. Hayes | Pfc. Raymond L. Voss |
| Pfc. Dwight M. Helfenstein | Pvt. Marion Van Fleet |
| Capt. W. W. Henthorne | SM 1/c Dale Edw. Wentworth |
| Pfc. Fay Lewis Hickling | MM 2/c Lester Lee Williams |
| ARM 3/c Roy Highsmith, Jr. | Sgt. Cecil Thomas Woldmoe |
| Rolan G. Howard | S 2/c Warren William Wolff |
| PhM 1/c Maurice Hurtt | Ensign Lloyd Woodhouse |
| Pvt. Richard W. Horrman | Cpl. Harvey Edward Wynn |
| Pfc. Fred Hanna | Pvt. R. E. Widdrington |
| Pvt. Kenneth Heimendinger | T/5 Cletus D. Weiland |
| Sgt. Kenneth L. Ingebretson | Pfc. William F. Wahrer, Jr. |
| Cpl. Kenneth L. Johnson | T/Sgt. Darrel Wilson |
| Cpl. Robert C. Jacobson | |
| S 1/c Stephen Jess Kercheff |
Search on this website for these Roll of Honor Servicemen individual pages. See the link below:
Serviceman Surname Index link
