Barnes, Dale E
LIEUTENANT
DALE BARNES KILLED IN ITALY - Lieutenant Dale Barnes was killed in
action in Italy on January 22, 1944. His death occurred as the
result of wounds received while serving with a field artillery unit in
the fifth army.
He was born in Marcus, Iowa, Feb 20, 1911 to Mr.
& Mrs. Ray Barnes. Dale attended the Marcus public schools,
graduating from High School there. He completed a four-year
course at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
He
returned to Cherokee County a few years before entering the army and
worked for several Cherokee concerns, including his grandfather Fred
Carpenter's confectionary and tobacco shop, the Skelly & Standar
Oil Companies, and finally at the Goodrich Silvertown Store.
Dale
was inducted into the service June 12, 1942, at Fort Des Moines, IA.
Later he was sent to Fort Sill, OK, where he received officers'
training. While in Officers' Candidate School, he married Harriet
Sjostrom, the daughter of Mr. & MRs. Ernest Sjostrom of Cherokee.
He
was stationed for a time in Colorado and was shipped overseas in the
Fall of 1943. At the time of his death, he was in command of a
field artillery u nit. Dale's mother died unexpectedly on Thanksgiving
Day 1943. At that time he was either in transit overseas or had
only recently arrived at his foreign duty location.
His father
was notified via telegram from the War Department, that his son had
been killed in action, on Feb 23, 1944. No details were given in
the official communication. His wife Harriet was making her home
with her parents at the time of his death. Formerly, she had been
Junior librarian at the Cherokee Library. Immediate survivors were his
widow, his father and a sister.
Lieutenant Dale Barnes was 32
yrs old at the time of his death and had been in service two and a half
years. Lieutenant Barnes received his commission through
Officers' Candidate School. (Source: Cherokee County Historical Society Newsletter Vol 15, #2, Feb 1980, Sec VI) |
Becker, Roy Erwin, Jr.
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Second Lieutenant, 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, World War II.
Entered the service from Iowa; ASN O-729806.
Enlisted at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, January 23, 1942.
Co-Pilot of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-3053, nicknamed "Desperate Journey."
Shot
down by enemy fighters while on mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany, and
went down near Wittmund, Germany, May 21, 1943. Eight of the 10-man
crew were killed. Two survived and became POWs. Missing Air Crew Report
№ 4438 and 4633.
The crewmembers Killed In Action were:
1st Lt. Norbert D Koll, IA, O-726258, Pilot
2nd Lt. Wayne L Buck, IA, O-729806, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Edwin M Bruton Jr, MO, O-731017, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Alfredo L Davila, TX, 38093722, Radio Operator/Gunner
T/Sgt. Albert W Zaverl, CO, 18047296, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. William L Caligan Jr, CT, 11045589, Tail Gunner
Sgt. Elwyn J Roberts, PA, 13025136, Right Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Guy F Wyatt, IN, 35358470, Left Waist Gunner
Date of burial 10/19/1950.
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TRAINING
ACCIDENT FATAL TO AURELIAN - Private First-Class Glenn R. Mongan was
killed March 2, 1944, in an accident during training at Camp Polk,
Louisiana. Glenn was born at Aurelia, Iowa, November 5, 1910, and
lived most of his life there, graduating from the Aurelia schools. He
had been in the service nearly a year, being inducted at Camp Dodge,
Iowa, in April 1943. P.F.C. Mongan was a skilled railroad man,
having been employed for several years on the Illinois Central Railroad
as a section worker.
The day prior to his accident, he arrived
at Camp Polk after transfer from Fort Sam, Houston, Texas. He was
riding in a motor car, operating on the railroad line, when the vehicle
jumped the tracks. Private Mongan was on a training mission on a specal
stretch of track built between Camp Polk and Camp Claiborne, Louisiana,
by the army for training purposes. The fifty mile stretch of
railroad is known as the worst railroad in the world. It was
built purposely for the training of army railroad crews, in operation
and maintenance of military trains.
He was the son of C. H.
Mongan of Aurelia. At the time of his death he was 33 years old
and single. He was survived by his father; three brothers
Laurence, Ralph, and Carroll; and a sister Mrs. Freeman Conley of
Cherokee.
The body was returned to Aurelia for burial in the
Aurelia Cemetery. The body was accompaniee by Private William W.
Graham, a military escort sent by the Army. (Source: Cherokee County Historical Society Newsletter Vol 15, #2, Feb 1980, Sec VI) | Morrow, Lynn
(no details at this time) (Source: Cherokee County Historical Society Newsletter)
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