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WORLD WAR II
HONOR LIST OF DEAD AND MISSING
ARMY AND ARMY AIR FORCES PERSONNEL

STATE OF IOWA

WAR DEPT - JUNE 1946


Note: Only information pertaining to Benton County, Iowa has been transcribed.
To view other counties, visit the National Archives.

GRADES:
    CAPT - Captain                    SGT  - Sergeant
    1 LT - First Lieutenant           TEC4 - Technical Fourth Grade
    2 LT - Second Lieutenant          CPL  - Corporal
    FL O - Flight Officer             TEC5 - Technical Fifth Grade
    T SG - Technical Sergeant         PFC  - Private First Class
    S SG - Staff Sergeant             PVT  - Private

STATUS:
     KIA - Killed in action - Whether at the front or by enemy action
           in the rear areas, or if a prisoner of war, whether by air
           bombardment of his prison camp or by being shot while
           escaping.
     DOW - Died of wounds   - Persons who were wounded and later died.
     DOI - Died of injuries - Those who suffered fatal injuries as
           opposed to wounds.
     DNB - Died, non-battle - Other line-of-duty deaths, such as from
           sickness, homicide, suicide or accidents outside of combat
           areas (including training and maneuver deaths)
     FOD - Finding of death - Those who were determined to be dead
           under Public Law 490.
       M - Missing persons


Page iii     TABULATION BY COUNTIES AND TYPES OF CASUALITIES
            --------------------------------------------------
            COUNTY     KIA   DOW   DOI   DNB   FOD   M   TOTAL
            --------------------------------------------------
            BENTON      33     5     -    13     3   -      54


Page 2.                       BENTON COUNTY
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            SURNAME, FIRST NAME      SERIAL #    GRADE    STATUS
            ----------------------------------------------------
            AGNEW, WAYNE B.          37191857    PFC      DNB
            ALLEE, GORDON W.         17078586    PVT      KIA
            AUGUSTON, CHARLIE        20701835    PFC      DOW
            BIRCH, VICTOR D.         37665653    PVT      KIA
            BOCKHOLT, LAVERNE M.     37191571    PVT      KIA

            BODDICKER, ROBERT J.     37422220    TEC4     KIA
            BUTZ, VICTOR C.          37045207    PFC      KIA
            CARLSON, CHARLES W.      37424736    S SG     FOD
            CHEHAK, DANIEL C.        37418931    S SG     KIA
            CHEKAL, RAYMOND J.       37695342    PFC      KIA

            CREW, MAURICE Z.         37692175    PFC      KIA
            CUSTER, FRANK J.         17027166    PVT      DNB
            DILLE, MARVIN E.         0-739077    1 LT     KIA
            EDMONDS, WILLIAM G.      37196872    TEC5     KIA
            ELLIOTT, REVERE M.       37191499    PVT      DOW

            FETT, RUSSELL K.         37654186    PVT      DNB
            FISHEL, JOHN M.           6860937    S SG     DNB
            FRESE, FLOYD W.          37599291    PFC      DNB
            FRY, EDWARD J.           20701889    CPL      KIA
            FURLER, ALBERT C.        37111154    CPL      KIA

            GADDY, KENNETH E.        20701847    SGT      DNB
            GEATER, MARCH E.         37111146    PVT      KIA
            GRIEDER, GEORGE A.       37042961    PFC      DOW
            GULICK, LEO I.           37692485    PFC      KIA
            HUSTED, LUVERN F.        37440181    PFC      KIA

            INMAN, ROBERT M.         37684584    PFC      KIA
            JACKSON, LEWIS W.        37112476    PFC      DNB
            JOHNSON, EVERETT E.      37039819    T SG     DNB
            KESSLER, WILFRED H.      37115678    T SG     DNB
            KING, JOHN F.            37698886    PVT      KIA

            KOEPPEN, ARTHUR J.       37044245    PVT      KIA
            KOHL, ROBERT G.          37665607    PVT      KIA
            KRUMM, DONALD R.         T-060143    FL O     DNB
            KUBITE, LYLE E.          37250585    TEC5     KIA
            MC KEVITT, PHILLIP R.    0-430934    2 LT     DNB

            MELBERG, ELTON W.        37428324    TEC4     KIA
            NELSON, BYRON H.         37654183    S SG     FOD
            NEWTON, NORMAN B.        01288781    1 LT     KIA
            OEHLERT, BYRON A.        37775131    PVT      DOW
            OPPELT, LYMAN L.         37772318    PFC      KIA

            PARIZEK, CLARENCE F.     37047724    S SG     FOD
            PEACOCK, DONALD R.       37676823    S SG     KIA
            PHELPS, LAWRENCE W.      37250706    PVT      KIA
            PONDER, JAMES R.         20715920    CPL      KIA
            POPENHAGEN, LOUIE E.     37428472    PFC      KIA

            RAPPS, OLIVER J.         37672153    S SG     KIA
            SHELLENBERGER, M. D.     37662343    SGT      DNB
            SNYDER, WALLACE F.       0-258951    CAPT     KIA
            STAHR, HAROLD R.         37662362    PFC      KIA
            STOLL, MILTON P.         37662417    S SG     KIA

            WEBERT, HAROLD H.        37111165    PVT      KIA
            WIEDITZ, HAROLD C.       37044162    PFC      DOW
            WOODSON, HOMER D.        37045183    CPL      KIA
            WORTHEN, LLOYD M.        37662447    PVT      DNB


Transcribed by Sue Soden.
Submitted to the IAGenWeb Project on June 14th, 2007.
Copyright © 2007 by Sue Soden.




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