Military Involvement
| Servicemen - B surnames | KIA |
POW |
DNB |
Pic/s |
| Banks, Donald Lee | X | |||
| Beers, William B. | X | |||
| Bennett, Robert Marion | X | |||
| Bever, Forrest W. | X | |||
| Biles, George W. | X | |||
| Bills, Grover J. | X | |||
| Bozwick, Carl Edwin | X | |||
| Brinegar, Lester William | X | |||
| Buck, James Oris | X |
Willis Ned Barnhouse was born Feb. 21, 1922 to Hobart E. and Minnie Brinegar Barnhouse. He died July 11, 1944 and is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy.
Petty Officer Barnhouse served in World War II aboard the USS Maddox (DD-731) and was MIA/KIA in the service of his country in the Mediterranean Sea area. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Ralph Paul Benac was born October 22, 1921 to Frank and Marija Tadej Benac. He died Mar. 30, 1945 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Centerville, IA. Pvt. Benac served in World War II with the U.S. Army 47th Tank Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
James Archie Bettis was born Nov. 18, 1920 to Archie Harlan and Verna Clare Mullin Bettis. He died June 21, 1944 and is buried in Crossroads Cemetery, Plano, IA.
Sgt. Bettis served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 322nd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group and was KIA in Germany.
Source: ancestry.com
George H. Brewer was born July 22, 1919 to Harry W. and Bessie Ruth Smith Brewer. He died Sept 12, 1944 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Centerville, IA.
1st Lt. Brewer served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 430th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force flying P-38 Lightnings and was KIA when shot down near Froitzheim, Germany.
Source: ancestry.com
Junior Raymond Brinegar was born Apr. 30, 1926 to Roy Benjamin and Edna Mae Rutledge Brinegar. He died Apr. 8, 1945 and is buried in Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.
Pvt. Brinegar served in World War II with the U.S. Army 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division and died in the service of his country and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
Earl E. Brody was born May 12, 1905 to Harry and Beckie Bfrody. He died July 9, 1991 in FL.
Lt. Brody served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Jack J. Brown was born in 1919. He died Mar. 5, 1944 and is buried in Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy.
Pvt. Brown served in World War II with the U.S. Army 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
Charles Philip “Phil” Brunow was born Oct. 2, 1922 to Karl Bryan and Evelyn Swearingen Brunow. He died Jan. 10, 2024 in Boone, IA. Charles served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 455th Bomb Group, 743rd Bomb Squadron, 304th Bomb Wing, 15th Air Force.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019; updated Jul, Aug & Sep 2019 & Mar 2020 & Jan & Aug 2024