updated 12/07/2011
updated 12/07/2011
Allamakee co. Honor Roll Men & Women who served in WWII Surnames N-R |
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| Surname | First name | Residence | Notes |
| Nachtwey | Robert A. Dr. | Lansing | Major. US Army, 315th Medical Battalion, 90th Infantry Division. Awarded the Silver Star. Son of Franz & Lucinda Nachtwey. Obituary |
| Nagel | John A. | Waukon | |
| Nagel | Robert J. | Waukon | |
| Nelson | Clarence R. | Waukon | |
| Nelson | Russell M. | Waukon | |
| Nelson | Alden I. | Waukon | |
| Neuman / Neumann | Everett | New Albin | |
| Neumann | Walter | New Albin | |
| Neverman | Earl W. | Waukon | |
| Newbauer | Kenneth W. | Waukon | |
| Newton | Lloyd Merle | Waukon / Manchester, Delaware co. | US Navy. He was a cook and baker at Pearl Harbor, 1944-1945. Following his discharge from the service he was a long-time resident of Allamakee co. Obituary |
| Nierling | Arthur W. | Waukon / Union Prairie | US Army. He was drafted into service, April 1941. |
| Nipper | Elvin | Waukon | |
| Nipper | Norman E. 'Nip' | Waukon Junction | US Army. Obituary |
| Noack | August G. | Waukon | |
| Nolte | Leo L. | Waukon | |
| Nolte | Lester W. | Waukon | |
| Normann | James P. | Waukon | |
| Norton | Joseph T. | Waukon | US Army, TEC 5, Company D, 409th Infantry. Saw duty in Rome, Southern France, Rhineland, Central Europe and Sicily. Obituary |
| O'Brien
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Raymond Cyril | Harpers Ferry | US Army. He saw combat action in Northern Europe. Short obituary * Longer obituary |
| O'Brien | Leonard | Waukon | |
| O'Brien | John Gordon | Waukon | US Army. Called to active duty in November 1940. Served in various capacities until he retired in 1953. He received many decorations and medals throughout his career. His obituary gives many details of his service. |
| Odegard | Alf T. | Waterville | |
| Oelberg | Andrew J. | Postville | Private First Class. Died September 14, 1944 of wounds received in action in Italy. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Oelberg, Waukon |
| Oelberg | George R. | Luana/Waukon | US Army. Son of Albert J. & Emma Oelberg. Obituary |
| Oleson | Roy | Postville | |
| Olloff | Arthur L. | Lansing | |
| Olloff | Richard L. | Lansing | |
| Olloff | Donald L. | Lansing | Staff Sergeant, Army Signal Corps, Service #6933464. In the 1930 US census he is living with parents Elmer & Elsie (Inman) Olloff and twin brother Richard, age 10. Died as a Japanese POW on Corrigidor Island, Philippines (site of the forced march known as the "Battan Death March" that occurred in mid-April 1942. . The island fell to the Japanese on May 6, 1942 and the men and women (many nurses) were taken prisoner. Donald Olloff was taken prisoner on May 7th and died in camp #504 on May 17, 1942. The POW's taken by the Japanese were tortured and more than 40% died. ~contributed by S. Ferrall |
| Olloff | Lloyd D. | Lansing | |
| Olloff | Cornelius W. | Lansing | US Army, European Theater. Son of William & Mary Olloff. Obituary |
| Olsen | Joseph B. | Lansing | Sgt. T-4, US Army, served in the Philippines. Son of Berger & Jeanette Olsen. Obituary. |
| Olson | Alton Morris | Harpers Ferry | US Navy, duty in the South Pacific and Philippines. Obituary |
| Olson | Arnold S. | Waukon | US Army Air Corps. Obituary |
| Olson
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Irvin J. | Postville | US Army Air Corps, Sergeant. He enlisted in December 1943 and was an Aerial Engineer Gunner on a B-17 bomber. He was taken prisoner in December 1944 and held in a German camp in Nuenberg until April 1945. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Olson, Rt 1, Postville. |
| Olson | Leon Kenneth | Postville | US Navy. S-2C, Radar
Operator. Served for 2 years aboard the APA 168 Gage in
the Pacific.
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| Olson | Robert | Waukon | |
| Olson | Sever H. | Lansing | |
| O'Malley | Dennis James | Lansing | US Navy. Obituary |
| O'Malley | Robert J. | Lansing | |
| O'Malley | Patrick | Waukon | |
| O'Meara | Paul D. | Waukon | |
| O'Meara | James R. | Waukon | |
| O'Neill | Stephen | Lansing | |
| O'Neill | Patrick H. | Lansing | |
| O'Neill | Robert J. | Waukon | |
| O'Nell | John H. | Waukon | |
| Onsager | Michael J. | Waukon | |
| Onsager | Arnold Irving | Waukon | US Army. Rifleman & Dog handler. He served in Hawaii, Christmas Island and Palmyre Island. Obituary & photo |
| Onsager | Joseph | Waukon | |
| Onsager | Marvin O. | Canoe twp. Winneshiek co. / Postville | US Army Air Corps, 558th Bomber Squadron. Son of Martin & Olga Onsager, he lived for several years in Postville. Obituary |
| Opfer | Carl S. | Postville | |
| Opfer | Clarence | Waukon | |
| O'Regan | Felix Joseph | Waukon | |
| O'Riley | Fred C. | Waukon | |
| O'Riley
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Vernon E. | Waukon | US Navy, Lieutenant
Commander; served 27 years from 1944-1971 in WWII, Korea
and Vietnam. Obituary |
| O'Toole | Thomas Rev | Waukon | |
| Owen | Evan J. | Postville | US Air Force. Born in Williamsburg, Iowa, son of Vincent P. & Mary E. Owen, he lived for several years in Postville. Obituary |
| Owen | Harley Duane | Postville/Frankville | US Army, Signal Corps. Served in Puerto Rico. Son of Eugene & Melissa Owen. Obituary |
| Palmer | Gerald Keith | Waukon Junction | US Army, surgical tech aboard the MS Pennant, an Army troop transport. Obituary & photo |
| Palmer | Lee H. | Waukon | |
| Palmer
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Lloyd 'Buddie' JR | Postville | US Navy. Commissioned Ensign, July 1944. Son of Mr. & Mrs. L.E. Palmer. |
| Palmer | Merton F. | Waukon | |
| Paulson | Henry John | Postville | US Army. Son of Ernst & Alma Paulsen. Obituary |
| Pearson | Floyd S. | Harpers Ferry | |
| Pearson | Robert 'Bob' | Postville | US Navy |
| Peck | LeRoy D. | Waukon | |
| Peckham | Neil | Postville | US Navy. Served aboard the battleship, USS Wisconsin, in the Pacific. Son of Mrs. Ruby Peckham. |
| Pederson | Wendel Adonis | Monona, Clayton co. | Apprentice seaman. Killed in action August 22, 1942, aboard the USS Ingraham. Father, Alfred O. Peterson, RFD, Monona |
| Pederson | Amos J. | Waterville | |
| Pederson | Warren Gabriel | Waterville | US Navy. Obituary |
| Peters | Dayton W. | Monona, Clayton co. | |
| Peterson | Duane | Postville? | US Navy. Served aboard the USS Silverstein, a destroyer escort in the Pacific. |
| Peterson | Roy C. | Waterville | PVT 32nd Engineers. Gravestone |
| Peterson | Harold W. | Waukon | US Navy, serving in the Pacific Islands. Obituary |
| Peyton | Terrence | New Albin | US Army. Obituary |
| Phillips | George W. | Waukon | |
| Pierce | Donald D. | Lansing | |
| Pierce | Harry | Waukon | |
| Plein | Francis E. 'Frank' | Waukon | US Air Force. Served in the Pacific theatre and in New Guinea. Obituary |
| Plein | George K. | Waukon | |
| Plein | James C. | Waukon | Medic, US Army, 168th Infantry, 34th Division. Awarded a Silver Star. Son of Anton & Mary Plein. Obituary |
| Plummer | Donald L. | Waukon | |
| Poesch | Leslie Edward | Postville | US Army. Served in France. Obituary |
| Poesch | Lyle | Postville | US Navy. His name is on a bronze plaque containing "the names of Allamakee county's World War II dead" that was placed at the court house by the Waukon Commercial Club in 1948. He died of a medical condition in hospital in Illinois in January 1944. |
| Pohlman | Elmer L. | New Albin | |
| Pottratz | Dell B. | Waukon | US Navy. Son of Leo and Cecil Pottratz. Obituary |
| Pottratz | Milton M. | Lansing | |
| Pottratz | Floyd J. | New Albin | Son of August & Alvina Pottratz. Obituary |
| Pratt | James Francis | Waukon | Received the purple heart for injuries received in WWII. Obituary |
| Pratt | Charles J. | Waukon | |
| Price | Edwin Ivor | Waukon | US Navy, serving on ships in the Atlantic and Pacific theater from 1941-45. Obituary |
| Protsman | John E. 'Pinky' | Lansing | WWII veteran (service branch unknown) Obituary |
| Protsman | Lawrence | Lansing | Army Air Corps. Son of Albert & Ferne Protsman. Obituary & photo |
| Protsman | Norbert M. | Lansing | |
| Pryslupski | John J. | Waukon. | |
| Pugh | Wayne G. | Lansing | |
| Purrington | Herman | Monona, Clayton co. | |
| Quandahl | Emery | Waukon | |
| Quandahl | Nels J. | Waukon | |
| Quanrude | Harris | Decorah, Winneshiek co. | |
| Quillian | D.J. | New Albin | |
| Quillin | Benedict J. | Harpers Ferry | |
| Quillin
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Earl E. | Waukon | Private, paratrooper, 513th Parachute Infantry, part of the 17th Airborne Division. Killed in action in Belgium January 7, 1945. Buried in the American Cemetery in Luxembourg. Parents, Edward & Grace (Ronan) Quillin, Waukon. Earl E. Quillin was born Feb. 20, 1924; graduated from St. Patrick HS in Waukon & attended Loras College in Dubuque. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal posthumously "For heroic action against the enemy on 7 January 1945. Private Quillin aided in forestalling an enemy attack with supporting armor by attacking a tank with a light machine gun. He was severely wounded by machine gun and artillery fire from the tank, but pressed his assault, forcing the tank to withdraw. Private Quillin's courage and performance was clearly beyond the call of duty and in keeping with the highest traditions of the service." |
| Quinn | Joseph H. | Waukon | |
| Quinn | John W. | Waukon | |
| Rademaker | Dale | Waukon | Navy |
| Ralston | Gerald Lee | Rossville | US Army, Tech. 24th Medical Battalion, serving in the US and Japan. Son of Earl & Phoena Ralston. Obituary |
| Rappe | Gayhard J. | Lansing | |
| Rathbun | Hartley | Harpers Ferry | |
| Rathbun | Kenneth L. | Harpers Ferry / Waterville | US Army. Served in Italy and North Africa. Obituary |
| Reburn | Joseph M. | New Albin | |
| Reburn | John W. | New Albin | |
| Reed | Bruce T. | Lansing | |
| Reed | Closse A. | Postville | |
| Reeder | Donald E. | ? | 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. |
| Reeder | Melvin Y. | Waukon | |
| Regan | James Joseph | Waukon | Aviation radioman 3rd class, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Angela Kathryn Howes, 25 Sackett Street, Waukon |
| Regan | Joseph M. | Waukon | US Army Air Force. Son of Jerry & Katherine (Coyle) Regan. Obituary |
| Regan | Daniel Edmund | Waukon | US Navy - Fleet Marine Force, 9th Marines-Third Marine Division. Served in Guam & other places. Son of Daniel J. & Kathry Regan. Obituary. |
| Regan | Leo P. | Waukon | Tec 5, DNB |
| Reid | Richard J. | Waukon | |
| Reinhardt | Lorence Emmett | St. Olaf, Clayton co. | US Army. Son of Lorence & Emma Reinhardt. He lived in Postville for many years. Obituary |
| Rekward | William F. | Postville | |
| Rethwisch | Bernard P. | Lansing | |
| Richards | Bernet F. | New Albin | US Army. Son of Ernest & Marie Richards. Obituary |
| Richards | Robert | New Albin | |
| Richie | Leland G. | Lansing | |
| Rigdon | Robert Joseph | Waukon | B-24 pilot, served in the China-Burma-India Theater. Obituary |
| Rikos
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James J. | Waukon | Radio Operator. Died Dec. 29, 1943. Stationed at Canton Island in the South Pacific region, he was a crewmember on a plane, which took off on a routine flight from Makin Island bound for Baker Island. The aircraft never arrived at its destination. A year after he was declared missing in action, the Navy had officially declared him killed in action. Born, Chicago, Illinois; moved to Waukon with his mother, Mrs. William (Angela) Howes, as a young child; graduate Waukon HS, 1940. |
| Riley | Vincent T. | Waukon | |
| Roache | Lester | Harpers Ferry | |
| Robbins | John A. | Waukon | |
| Robbins | William T. | Waukon | |
| Robinson | Elmer J. | Harpers Ferry | |
| Robinson | Leo J. | Harpers Ferry | US Army. He was drafted into service, April 1941. |
| Roe | Doris | Lansing | |
| Roeder | Clyde H. Jr. | Lansing | |
| Roedl | Frank Joseph | Postville | US Navy. Son of Frank & Betty Roedl, he was born in Montana. Lived in Postville many years. Obituary & photo |
| Roese | Leo | Postville | |
| Roethler | Wallace Edward 'Wally' | Howard co. IA/Waukon | US Navy, Seaman First Class. Served in the Pacific Theatre. Born in Elma, IA, he lived in Waukon for many years. Obituary |
| Roldson | Edwin L. | Waterville | Obituary |
| Rominger | John | Waukon | |
| Rongstad | Alfred | Waterville | |
| Rooney | Francis J. | Hanover twp. | US Army, serving in Japan. Born in South Dakota, he attended schools in Hanover twp. Son of James F. & Margaret (McGeough) Rooney, he was a brother of George C. Rooney. Obituary |
| Rooney | George C. | Waukon | Son of James F. & Margaret (McGeough) Rooney, he was a brother of Francis J. Rooney. |
| Root | Tilden | New Albin | |
| Rose | LaVerne Arbie | Postville | US Army Air Force 1942-1946. Instructor in an Army Technical school & at Ladd Air Force Base in Alaska. Obituary & Photo |
| Rosendahl | Norman H. | Dorchester / Waukon | US Army. Tech 4, combat engineers. Saw duty in New Guinea, Japan and the Philippines. Earned the Bronze Star for his service. Obituary & photo |
| Roth | Almon | New Albin | |
| Roth | Hannes | New Albin | |
| Rouster | Irvin Mathias | New Albin | US Navy, Coxswain on the USS Philippine Sea. He also served on the USS Mayama, the USS Daniel, The USS Wyoming, and the USS Springfield. Obituary |
| Rouster | Leo | New Albin | |
| Rouster | Viola Katherine | New Albin | Women’s Army Air Corps, served three years during WWII. Married Norman Wiemerslage in 1953. Obituary |
| Rubendall | Donald Larry | Waukon / Luana, Clayton co. | US Army. First Lieutenant. Saw action in Germany and at the Battle of the Bulge. Obituary & photo |
| Ruckdaschel | LaVern | Postville | US Army. Sergeant. Radio Operations Signal Corps. He saw service in England, France, Belgium and Germany. Awarded the E.T.O. ribbon, American theater ribbon, Europatheater operations ribboon with two battle stars and the Victory ribbon. |
| Ruckhaber | Albert M. 'Ole' | Postville | US Army. Entered the service in the fall of 1941. |
| Rumph | Theodore H. 'Teddy' | Waukon | Served 3 yrs.; seven months were in Europe |
| Rumph | John | Waukon | |
| Rumph | Gordon A. | Waukon | |
| Russell | Arvid A. | New Albin | |
| Russell | Delbert | Lansing | Son of George & Adella Russell. Obituary |
| Russell | Norman L. | Waukon | US Army. Obituary |
| Ryan | Edward Cornelius | Waukon | US Army, 280th Combat Engineers Battalion. He was stationed in Central Europe and in the Rhine Valley and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Obituary & photo |
| Ryan | Thomas | New Albin | |
| Ryan | William J. | New Albin |
Surnames A-C
* Surnames D-F
* Surnames G-J
* Surnames K-M
* Surnames S-T
* Surnames U-Z
~Information sent by Allamakee co. contributors as
credited with the entry
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~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
