Military Involvement
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| Servicemen - L surnames | KIA | POW | DNB | Pic/s |
Lamb, Darrell  |
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| Lambert, Lawrence | X | |||
| Lambert, Wiley Roy | ||||
| Liddle, George Lee | ||||
| Linder, Alvin Albert | X | |||
| Luchtel, Gilbert R. | X | |||
| Luchtel, Harold "Dutch" | ||||
| Lusher, Richard Arthur | X | |||
| Lyons, John Ross |
Ralph Engle Layman, Jr. was born Aug. 22, 1917 to Ralph Engle (Sr.) and Gae Lucille VanHooser Engle. He died Aug. 11, 1977 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, CO. Ralph served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Seabees.
Source: ancestry.com
Ivan Edward Larsen was born Sept. 21, 1923 to Carl W. and Agda C. Arentzen Larsen. He died Mar. 26, 1993 and is buried in Spirit Lake Memorial Gardens, Spirit Lake, IA. Petty Officer Larsen served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
James Weldon “Weldon” Lewis was born Nov. 24, 1920 to Walter and Hazel Sausaman Lewis. He died Jan. 15, 2017. His body was donated to Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Petty Officer Lewis served as a combat corpsman attached to the Marines. He served as a front-line corpsman and battalion-aid station operating room technician during the invasions of Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian in the Pacific, helping save the lives of many young men.
Source: ancestry.com
Merle Allen Lewis was born Nov. 25, 1905 to James and Olive Johnson Lewis. He died June 9, 1978 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA. Sgt. Lewis served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Roger Sylvan Lewis was born Feb. 15, 1921 to Roy and Berdelia Ellefson Lewis. He died Feb. 6, 1996 and is buried in Prairie Ridge Cemetery, Polo, MO. Roger served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Gilbert Ern “Shorty” Loudermilk was born Aug. 4, 1912 to Pleasant and Hattie Catherine Cohernour Loudermilk. He died June 18, 1947 and is buried in Saint Margaret Cemetery, Orleans, IA.
Gilbert served in World War II.
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Theodore Lee “Teddy” Loudermilk was born Sept. 26, 1918 to Pleasant and Hattie Catherine Cohernour Loudermilk. He died Dec. 4, 2003 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Estherville, IA.
Teddy served in World War II with the U.S. Army Infantry.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Nov 2019; updated Aug 2023 & Jun & Aug 2024