*last update 7/13/2021

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - B surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Bailey, Lyman        
Bailey, Phillip   X    
Bates, Joseph P.        
Bates, Ronald G.        
Bisher, Dean Gilbert X      
Blair, Robert Alan X      
Blake, Donald Theodore     X  
Blanchard, Marion        
Boulton, V. R. "Jack"       X
Brown, Burdette E.        
Buffington, Robert Keith X      
Buster, Merwyn        

Benny J. Bigley was born Mar. 11, 1923 to Ernest A. and Ferol Genevieve Heath Bigley. He died May 26, 2008 and is buried in Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, WA.

1st Lt. Bigley served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps as a pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress. He was awarded the Air Medal and two Oak Leaf Clusters.

Source: ancestry.com


Wayne Glenn Borden was born July 7, 1916 to John Sylvester and Nellie Evelyn Bailey Borden. He died Mar, 25, 1945 and is buried in Edwards Cemetery, Oakville, IA.

Sgt. Borden served in World War II with the U.S. Army 607th Field Artillery Battalion, 71st Infantry Division and was KIA in Germany. He was awarded the Silver Star.

Source: ancestry.com


Harold L. Boulton was born June 22, 1925 to George Clifford and Pearl Louise Adamson Boulton. He died Feb. 3, 2014 and is buried in Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus City, IA.

Harold served in World War II with the U.S. Army 3rd Armored Division, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment.

Source: ancestry.com


Ronald Henry Brockway was born Nov. 6, 1918 to Arthur Pearl and Etta Mae Miller Brockway. He died Aug. 29, 1999 and is buried in Wapello Cemetery, Wapello, IA.

Petty Officer Brockway served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8) when they took Col. Doolittle and the B-25 bombers on their bombing raid on Tokyo. The Hornet (CV-8) was sunk during the Battle of Santa Cruz Island. He went to sea again aboard the USS Princeton (CVL-23) which was sunk in battle in the Pacific.

Source: ancestry.com


Charles Vernon Brown was born Jan. 23, 1918 to Vernon K. and Edna L. Ross Brown. He died May 18, 1998 and is buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK.

Sgt. Brown served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019; updated Mar 2020 & Jul 2021

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