Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Wi - surnames |
Estel Roscoe Wickenhagen was born Apr. 10, 1914. He died Jan. 29, 1963 and is buried in Liberty Cemetery, Meriden, IA.
Sgt. Wickenhagen served in World War II with the U.S. Army 52nd Signal Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Joseph Frank “Joe” Wiemold was born Apr. 17, 1919 to Frank and Anna Rupp Wiemold. He died Feb. 3, 2015 and is buried in Maryhill Visitation Church Cemetery, Cherokee, IA.
Joe served in World War II with the U.S. Army 2500th Base Unit.
Source: ancestry.com
Gene Payton Williams was born Jan. 2, 1921 to Charles Albert and Lois Cogdill Williams. He died Oct. 3, 2000 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, SD.
Sgt. Williams served in World War II with the U.S. Army 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion at the Battle of the Bulge.
Source: ancestry.com
Stewart George Wilson was born Oct. 25, 1916 to James R. and Nettie A. Archer Wilson. He died Apr. 30, 2009 and is buried in Sunset View Cemetery, Washta, IA.
Sgt. Wilson served in World War II with the U.S. Army 103rd General Hospital.
Source: ancestry.com
Lawrence Francis Winkel was born Oct. 7, 1924 to Joseph F. and Cecilia Horn Winkel. He died Apr. 8, 1943 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Pvt. Winkel served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps and was MIA/FOD/KIA when his plane failed to return from a mission in the Solomon Islands area. He was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Kenneth Leroy Wittkamp was born Aug. 15, 1917 to Arthur Adolph Otto and Anna Erickson Wittkamp. He died Apr. 26, 2010.
Kenneth served in World War II with the U.S. Navy in the return of the Philippines, then was sent to Japan with the Occupation Forces.
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Leonard Arthur Wittkamp was born Mar. 26, 1916 to Arthur Adolph Otto and Anna Erickson Wittkamp. He died Nov. 26, 1999 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, IA.
Leonard served in World War II with the U.S. Army 177th Field Artillery Group.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019