updated 12/19/2011
updated 12/19/2011
Allamakee co. Honor Roll Men & Women who served in WWII Surnames A-C |
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| Surname | First name | Residence | Notes |
| Abernethy
|
Curtis A. | Postville | US Air Force, served as a bomber pilot in the European Theatre. Wounded in a mission over enemy territory. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Abernethy. Obituary |
| Agnew | Dwight L. | Waukon | |
| A'Hearn | Clement A. | Waukon | |
| A'Hearn | Gerald J. | Waukon | Corporal. US Army tank division, was killed in action in Holland, February 1945. Obituary |
| A'Hearn | John M. | Waukon | |
| Ahlstrom | John Andrew | Waukon | US Nav, Aviation Metalsmith first class. Served in the South Pacific, West and East coasts. Obituary |
| Aird | Alfred W. | Harpers Ferry | |
| Albert | Thomas James | Lansing | U.S. Army Medical Corps,
Army of Occupation in Japan at the end of WWII. Obituary & photo |
| Albert | William George | Lansing | Marine Corps bomber pilot flying combat missions in the South Pacific and the Philippines; received the Distinguished Flying Cross and numerous Air Medals. Obituary & photo |
| Amondson | Gladys | Waukon | US Nursing Corps, Lieut. Junior Grade; RN. Stationed at several US Naval hospitals during the war. Born in MN, she graduated from Waukon HS. Married John Montich. Obituary |
| Amundsen | Melvin Stanley | Waukon | Warrant officer. Son of Arthur Amundson. |
| Amundson | Kenneth G. | Lansing | US Navy. Obituary |
| Amundson | Marguerite | Waukon | Lieutenant, Nurse Corps, served in Australia. Daughter of Arthur Amundson. |
| Anderson | Carlyle | Postville | |
| Anderson | Charles E. | Waukon | S-Sgt. US Army. Awarded Certificate of Merit for outstanding performance in the European theater of war. |
| Anderson | Earl | Center twp. | US Navy. Obituary |
| Anderson | Elver | Postville | |
| Anderson | Helmer S. | Waukon | |
| Anderson | Herbert J. | Waterville | |
| Anderson | Hilbert Emil | Postville | Staff Sgt., US Army, 91st Cavalry Reconnaissance, decorated for his participation in several campaigns. Son of Emil & Hilda Anderson, he was born in Oelwein, but lived in Postville for many years. Obituary. |
| Anderson | James M. | Elon / Waukon | US Navy and Army Air Corps. Obituary |
| Anderson | John A. | Dorchester | |
| Anderson | Lawrence Donald 'Bud' | Waukon | Ensign. After completing reserve officers courses at Northwestern University, in April 1941 he was called to duty aboard a transport ship The Anders, to sail from San Pedro, Calif., for Honolulu to join the officers of the battleship Arizona stationed in Pearl Harbor. He was among those killed at Pearl Harbor, aboard the USS Arizona, Dec. 7, 1941. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. August R. Anderson, Waukon. Obituary |
| Anderson | Paul D. | Waukon | US Army Air Corps. Among other places, he was stationed at Miami Naval Air Station in Florida, Torpedo Squadron 361, flying the TBF Avenger from the Naval Aircraft Carrier Croatan. Obituary & photo |
| Anderson | Ralph A. | Waukon | |
| Anderson | Vernon | New Albin | |
| Arndt | Frank | Waukon | US Army. Obituary |
| Arndt | Walter | New Albin | |
| Ashbacker | Nathan L. | Lansing / French Creek | US Army. Entered the service in April 1941. |
| Auer | Ralph | Lansing | US Army |
| Bachtell
|
Robert Carithers | Postville | Colonel, USAF. In April 1944, as a Lieutenant, he received the Distinguished Flying Cross for meritorious and outstanding achievement while in the performance of hazardous combat duty. He completed more than fifty combat missions in Italy. He was later awarded a second Distinguished Flying Cross, and received 11 medals for his WWII service. Upon retirement in 1972, he was awarded the Legion of Merit. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Obituary |
| Bachtell | Charles C. | Postville | US Air Corps. Entered the service in 1941, among the first of Allamakee co. men to volunteer. |
| Back | Robert O. | Missouri/Lansing | US Navy, served in Guam. He was born in Missouri & retired to Lansing, living there until his death. Obituary & photo |
| Bakewell | John M. | Lansing | Army Air Corps. Obituary |
| Baltz | Eugene F.W. | Postville | Army Corps of Engineers before the war & in the Army for three years during World War II. Obituary |
| Baltz | Loyle | Postville | Entered service, 1942. Graduated from Postville HS. |
| Bangs | Wesley James | Allamakee co./ Guttenberg, Clayton co. | US Army. He was born in Allamakee county, s/o Fred and Janet (Cavars) Bangs. Obituary |
| Bareis | Arbe F. | Postville | |
| Barnholtz
|
Henry W. | Postville | Staff sergeant. Killed in a
train accident September 14, 1944. The photo appeared in
the Sept. 27, 1944 issue of the Postville Herald,
along with this brief description: "This picture was
taken of Henry standing alongside of the gun he manned in
the nose gunners' position of his B-24 Liberator which he
flew on 37 missions from Italy to carry the fighting to
the enemy in a number of Nazi-held countries." Obituary |
| Barr | Chester 'Chet' Raymond, JR | Forest Mills | Waist gunner, 8th Army Air Force, 30 combat missions on B-17 Bombers 1944 to 1945. Obituary & photo |
| Barthell | Michael J. | Waukon | US Army. Stationed at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Obituary & photo |
| Bassler
|
Claudette Mary | Harpers Ferry | Lieutenant Colonel, Army Air
Corps Nursing Service, Registered Nurse. Served in the
South Pacific and Australia. Daughter of Dr. Benedict
& Gertrude Bassler. Obituary & photo * Biography & photos The photo of Claudette was contributed by Renee Conley. Claudette was a first cousin to Renee's mother, Clementine Helen Bassler McNamer Koenigsfeld. |
| Baxter | Charles C. | Waukon | |
| Baxter | James R. | Waukon | |
| Baxter | Harold | Waukon | |
| Beall | Carl E. | Waukon | U.S. Army |
| Beardmore | Donald Calvin | New Albin | U.S. Marine Corps. Obituary |
| Beardmore | Glenn E. | Dorchester | |
| Beck | Theodore J. | Lansing | |
| Becker
|
Clarence B. | New Albin | U.S. Army. Brother of Roy Becker. ~Photo contributed by his daughter Rita Subrt |
| Becker | Ezra | New Albin | |
| Becker | John P. | Lansing | |
| Becker | Henry J. | Lansing | |
| Becker | Karl C. | Waukon | Son of Fred & Bertha Becker. Obituary |
| Becker | Roy | New Albin | U.S. Navy. Brother of Clarence B. Becker. |
| Beisker | George W | Waukon | |
| Bell | Melvin S. | Waukon | |
| Bente | Melvin R. | Waterville | |
| Berg | Stanley | Forest Mills | US Army. Obituary |
| Bergeson | Charles M. | Spring Grove, Minnesota | |
| Bergeson | Howard O. | Spring Grove, Minnesota | |
| Beucher
|
Alan | Postville | US Army. Second Lieutenant. Navigator, he trained at the Hondo, TX, Army Air Field navigation school, graduating Sept 18, 1944. |
| Beucher | Charles L. | Postville | |
| Big Soldier | Fred K. | Waukon | |
| Bigelow | Kenneth J. | Waukon | Ensign. Died July 18, 1941, instructor at Jacksonville, Fla. Aunt, Ruth Bigelow, Waukon. Death notice |
| Bigelow | Thomas L. | Waukon | |
| Bird | James P. | Waukon | |
| Bjerke | Arlen M. | Lansing | |
| Bjerke | Ernest Milton | Waterville | U.S. Army Air Force, 1942 to 1946. Obit & photo |
| Bjorge | Joel L. | New Albin | |
| Bjorndahl | Gunnar R. | Waukon | |
| Black | William D. | Waukon | |
| Blackmar | Ivan J. | Waukon | Navy Aeronautics Corps. Lieutenant. Received his commission at Chapel Hill, N.C. |
| Blake | John | Dorchester | One of the two men drawn first from the Allamakee draft service in March 1941. |
| Blocker | Maurice F. | New Albin | U.S. Navy. He saw action in the Aleutian Islands and South Pacific. Obituary |
| Bloxham | James | Postville | |
| Bloxham
|
Charles W. | Postville | Staff sergeant, 20th Infantry 6th Division. Forest Mills, Iowa. Awarded the Purple Heart & Silver Star for gallantry in action. Killed in action in New Guinea, June 23, 1944. Buried at Fort William Mckinley, Manila, the Philippines. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Bloxham, RFD, Postville. Wife, Mrs. Charles Bloxham, Jefferson City, Mo. |
| Bloxham | Keith E. | Franklin twp. | TEC-5, US Army, Troop B, 8th Engineers Squadron. Fought in the battle of Luzon, Philippines, awarded the Bronze Star. Obituary |
| Boardman | Harold G. | Lansing | |
| Boardman | Harry J. | Harpers Ferry | US Army. Obituary |
| Bockhouse | Ervin W. | Dorchester / Postville | US Army. Drafted in April 1941 |
| Boese | Leo James | Postville | US Navy, Signalman Third Class, assigned to the Asiatic Pacific and the Phillippine Liberation. He received the Victory Medal. Obituary |
| Boetz | Walter | New Albin | |
| Bollman | Beacher Eli | Ion / Harpers Ferry | US Army, duty in Germany. Obituary |
| Bollman | Lee | Luana | |
| Boltz | Elmer | New Albin | |
| Bowen | Albert S. | Waukon | |
| Brady | George F. | Waukon | |
| Braham | Paul A. | Rudd, Floyd co. Iowa / Postville | US Army, served from 1932-1946 in an engineering unit throughout Europe. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge. Attained the rank of captain. Born in Rudd, Iowa, he lived and worked in Postville for over 30 years. Obituary |
| Brainard | Milo Kreston | Luana area | US Army. Obituary |
| Brainard | Ray O. | Postville | |
| Brainard | Perry A. | Postville | |
| Brandos | Robert V. | Harpers Ferry | US Army. Son of Edward & Margaret Brainard. Obituary |
| Brandos | Robert | Waukon | |
| Brandt | John | Postville | US Navy. Attended the naval radio training school at Madison, Wis. (1944) |
| Brandt
|
Clarence 'Ernie' | Postville | US Army. Corporal. Stationed in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands from October 1942 until discharge (after Sept 1944). Graduated from Postville HS, entered the service from Preston, Minn. |
| Brandt | Kenneth W. 'Cod' | Waukon | US Army. He served as a tank commander in the European Theater. Obituary & photo |
| Brandt | Lloyd E. | Waukon | |
| Brandt | Willis D. | Waukon | US Navy. Son of Edward& Leona Brandt. Obituary |
| Brandt | Harold A. | Waukon Junction | |
| Brannan | Joseph M. | Harpers Ferry | |
| Bratland | Alton | Spring Grove, Minn. | US Army, stationed in New Guinea. Son of Albert & Hannah Bratland. Obituary |
| Bray | Everett M. | Lansing | |
| Bray | Harlan L. | Postville | US Army. Son of Lawrence & Lillian Bray. Obituary |
| Bray
|
Raymond W. | Postville | Pfc, served throughout the operations in France, was taken prisoner in Germany on February 7, 194?, was a POW until April 1945. Son of John L. & Ruth A. Bray. Obituary |
| Bray | Lloyd L. | Postville. | |
| Bray | George E | Waukon | |
| Brazell | Maurice J. | Harpers Ferry | |
| Breeser | Fred | New Albin | |
| Bresnahan | Reber | Waukon | |
| Bresnahan | Lawrence J. | Waukon | |
| Brewer | Lavern | Postville | US Army. Son of Harold & Claire Brewer. Obituary |
| Briar | Elmer L. | Waukon | |
| Brink | William R. | Waukon | |
| Britt | Albert J. | Dorchester | US Army. Drafted in April 1941. Prisoner of war until May 28, 1945. Photo |
| Bublitz | Merlin W. | Lansing | |
| Bublitz | Albert Leslie | Lansing | US Army. Obit & photo |
| Bublitz | Vern | Waukon | |
| Buege | Wilford | Waukon | |
| Bulman
|
Duwayne E. | Postville | Pfc. US Army. He entered the Army in the spring of 1941. A member of the 34th 'Red Bull' Infantry Division, he was taken prisoner in the battle of Faid and Kasserine Pass, North African war zone on February 16, 1943. Imprisoned in Stalag 7A, 5B, 2B and Lauenburg Kommando. Participated in a forced march with about 160 Americans for 670 miles. He escaped near the Elbe River and hid in a farm house until the American front advanced to it. Liberated on April 13, 1945 after being a POW for 26 months. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Bulman. Obituary |
| Bulman | Howard W. | Postville | US Army. Stationed in the Pacific Northwest, "between the U.S. and Alaska". Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Bulman. |
| Bulman | Neil | Postville | Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Bulman. |
| Bulman | Roland A. | English Bench | US Army. Son of Joseph G. & Bina (Lavelle) Bulman. Obituary |
| Bulman | Ronald | Postville | |
| Bunge | Herman | New Albin | |
| Buntrock | Arno W. | Waukon | |
| Buntrock | Wilma | Waukon | |
| Burdick | Edward L. | Postville | Veteran of WWI and WWII. Obituary |
| Burgess | Clyde W. | Lansing | |
| Burke | Hail R. | Lansing | |
| Burke | John J. | Dorchester | |
| Burke | Michael P. | Dorchester | |
| Burke | Thomas J. | Lansing | |
| Burke | William H. | Lansing | |
| Burling | Robert Hale | Postville | US Army, Sergeant. Stationed in Iran. Obituary |
| Burmester | Elmer H. | Postville | Army Air Corps, in England, Africa and Italy, from 1942-1945. Obituary |
| Burnham | Earl | Waukon | Private. Killed in action in Germany, Nov. 21, 1941. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd H. Burnham, Waukon |
| Burnham | Charles H. | Waukon | |
| Burrows | Nathan P. 'Duke' | Waukon | US Army. He was born in Waukon, s/o Paul & Bertha Burrows. Obituary |
| Burt | Walter R. | Waukon | |
| Bush | John E. | Postville | |
| Byrnes | Mark | Waukon | US Army, he served until 1943, seeing some of his duty in Alaska. Obituary |
| Byrnes | Michael J. | Waukon | US Navy. Death notice |
| Byrnes | Patrick C. | Dorchester | US Marine Corps from 1942 to 1946. Obituary |
| Byrnes | Lawrence W. | Dorchester | |
| Byrnes | Thomas Rueben | Waukon | US Army, 20th infantry. Awarded two bronze stars. Son of Ben & Kathryn Byrnes. Obituary |
| Cahalan | Gerald E. | Harpers Ferry | |
| Cahalan | Joseph D. | Harpers Ferry | |
| Cahalan | Leo J. 'Jim' | Postville | US Navy. Obituary |
| Cain | Milford | Postville | |
| Campbell | James Robert 'Jim' | Waukon | US Navy. Son of Leonard and Hazel (Riley) Campbell. Obituary |
| Campbell | Michael J. | Waukon | US Army. Son of Leonard and Hazel (Riley) Campbell. Obituary |
| Campbell | William Charles | Waukon | TEC-5 US Army. Obituary |
| Carlton | Martin E. | Waukon | |
| Carlton | Kenneth H. | Waukon | |
| Carney | Theo. A. | Waukon | |
| Carpenter | Rogert J. | Dorchester | |
| Carpenter | Ivan W. | Waukon | |
| Carroll | Edmund W. | New Albin | US Army. He served for three years in the European Theater and received three Bronze medals and a Purple Heart. Obituary |
| Carter | Roy | Monona, Clayton co. | |
| Carter | Lester L. | Monona, Clayton co. | |
| Casey | John | Lansing | |
| Casey | William E. | New Albin | |
| Casey
|
Kenneth Edmund | New Albin | Ship's Cook, Petty Officer
Second Class. Killed in action August 9, 1942, in Battle
of Savo Island, aboard the USS Astoria. Father,
Michael H. Casey, New Albin. Veterans of
Foreign Wars (VFW) Post #5603 was organized in New Albin
and named for Kenneth Casey. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Casey, of New Albin, received the Purple Heart Medal awarded posthumously, to their son Kenneth Edmund Casey, S. C. 2-c who died of wounds received in action on Savo Island, Guadacanal, Aug. 9th, 1942. He was attached to the Cruiser Astoria and had enlisted in the Navy Dec. 29th, 1939. Accompanying the award was a certificate which read as follows - The United States of America To All Who Shall See These Presents Greetings: This is to certify the President of the United States of America Pursuant to Authority Vested in Him by Congress has awarded the Purple Heart, established by General George Washington, at Newburg, NY, August 7, 1872, to Kenneth Edmund Casey; S. C. 2-c for military merit and wounds received in action resulting in his death August 9th, 1942. Given under my hand in the City of Washington, D.C. -FRANK KNOX, Secretary of the Navy ~purple heart commendation from an undated New Albin News clipping - contributed by Errin Wilker |
| Casey | William | New Albin | |
| Cassidy | Florence | Lansing | Army Nurse Corps |
| Cassidy | James R. | Waukon | |
| Castle | Vernon H. | Lansing | |
| Caughlin | Harold | New Albin | |
| Caughlin | John | New Albin | |
| Caughlin | Joseph W. | New Albin | |
| Cavanaugh | Paul | Harpers Ferry/ Waukon | Army Air Corps. Son of Thomas & Alberta Cavanaugh. Obituary & photo. |
| Cavers | William M. | Lansing | |
| Chamberlain | Earl B. | Luana | US Marines. Corporal. Participated in campaigns on Bougainville and Guam. His wife also served during WWI - see Zana May Harris. |
| Chamberlain
|
Harlan B. | Luana / Postville | US Army Air Corps. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Nov. 1944. |
| Chapin | Donald | Harpers Ferry | |
| Chevalier | Marvin | Strawberry Point, Clayton co. / Postville | 1st Lieutenant, US Army, 112th Infantry, 28th Infantry Division. Captured by the Germans, November 7, 1944 while acting as a forward observer for his unit. He & other American captives were marched back behind the lines, dodging US artillery, then taken by trucks to a POW camp at Limburg, Germany. About Dec 1st he was taken by boxcar to Oflag 64 at Schubin, Poland where he found himself with many Iowans from the Iowa National Guard who had been captured in North Africa. Liberated April 7, 1945. President & CEO of the Citizens State Bank in Postville for many years. Obituary * Photo |
| Christ | Willard J. | Harpers Ferry | |
| Christ | Robert E. | Harpers Ferry | His name is on a bronze plaque containing "the names of Allamakee county's World War II dead" that was to be placed at the court house by the Waukon Commercial Club in 1948. |
| Christofferson | Harold | Postville? | US Army. Stationed in France. |
| Christopherson | LaVern | Decorah, Winneshiek co. | |
| Clancy | George W. | Lansing | |
| Clark | Donald Riss | Minnesota/ Postville | US Army. Member of The Golden Acorn, 87th Division; wounded in Germany & was present at the Battle of the Bulge. Born in Minnesota, he lived in Postville for 40 years. Obituary |
| Clark | Lloyd | Postville | |
| Clark | Robert | Lansing | US Navy WWII. Also served in Korean War. |
| Clauson | Carlton M. | Spring Grove, Minnesota | |
| Cole | Harry S. | Postville | |
| Cole
|
Margaret M. | Postville | Ensign, Navy Nurse Corps. Was stationed at the US Naval Hospital at Sampson, NY, and also served in the West Indies. Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Harry D. Cole of Postville, she graduated from Postville HS and St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital nursing school in Dubuque. |
| Cole | Roy E | Lansing | |
| Cole | Shafer | Postville | US Navy. Stationed in the southwest Pacific. |
| Cole
|
William | Postville | US Army, Sergeant. Member of the 34th Division, Headquarters Co., 168th Infantry. He went overseas in 1942, serving in Ireland, Scotland, England, Italy and North Africa. During the battle of Faid and Kasserine Pass (North Africa), he helped to lay the communication wires up to the front. |
| Collins | Edmund | New Albin | |
| Collins | James Stafford | Waukon | US Army Air Corps, 1st Lieutenant. Served from 1941 to 1946, first in field artillery and then in OSC in chemical warfare. Obituary |
| Collins | John | New Albin | |
| Collins | Quentin Joseph | Waukon | Army Air Corps, served from
1941 to 1947, and completed air crew training at Texas A&M. Earned the following decorations and citations: American Defense Service Medal, American Theater Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory and one Service Stripe. Obituary & photo |
| Collins | Thomas A. | Waukon | Private first class. Killed in action in France, January 9, 1945. Mother, Mrs. James Collins, Waukon. Obituary |
| Collins
|
William P. 'Billy' | Postville | US Army. Entered the service early in the war. Stationed in North Africa. |
| Colsch | Edward Leo | New Albin | Funeral card & photo |
| Colsch | John W. | New Albin | 1st Lieutenant. Army Air Corps combat pilot, he was killed on his 65th mission, August 13, 1944. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Colsch of New Albin. Obituary |
| Colsch | Lawrence N. | Waukon | |
| Colsch | Robert C. | New Albin | US Navy. He served in Japan. Obituary & photo |
| Connor | George T. | Waukon | |
| Connor | William F. | Waukon | |
| Cooper | Wilson H. | Lansing | |
| Corrigan | Charles J. | Harpers Ferry | US Army. Obituary |
| Cota | Leo G. | Harpers Ferry | |
| Courtney | Charles J. | Harper's Ferry | |
| Cox | Carl E. | Postville | |
| Coyne | Harry W. | Lansing | |
| Crawford | Leonard Cleone | Postville / Frankville | US Army. Entered the service in October 1941 and served as a sergeant in the military police until he was honorably discharged in 1945. Obituary |
| Crawford | Thomas | Postville | |
| Crowe | Roy J. | Lansing | |
| Crowley | John | New Albin | |
| Crowley | Leonard M. | New Albin | US Army. Son of James & Bridget (Thornton) Crowley. Obituary |
Surnames D-F * Surnames G-J * Surnames K-M * Surnames N-R * Surnames S-T * Surnames U-Z
~*~~*~~*~~*~
~The original 875 names on this list were
published in the Allamakee Journal, Lansing, Iowa,
September 15, 1943. The names were on Honor Roll Bulletin Board
at Waukon.
~transcribed by Errin Wilker
Other sources used to compile this honor roll, in
addition to the contributed information:
~information from news clippings, obituaries, photos &
funeral memorials in a WWII scrapbook compiled by Nina Harris
Swenson, g-grandmother of Sharyl Ferrall, Allamakee co. IAGenWeb
coordinator
~State Summary of War Casualties from World War II for Navy,
Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel from Iowa, 1946
~information from obituaries posted to the Allamakee co. Obituary
Board
~information sent by Allamakee co. contributors as credited with
the entry
