Military Involvement
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Emmett C. Banks was born Oct. 3, 1913 to Joseph F. and Florence O. Ross Banks. He died May 18, 1995 and is buried in Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA.
Emmett served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
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Joe J. Banks was born June 23, 1918 to Joseph F. and Florence O. Ross Banks. He died Mar. 16, 1977 and is buried in Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA.
Joe served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
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Wurth Wendell Banks was born Mar. 24, 1912 to Joseph F. and Florence O. Ross Banks. He died Oct. 2, 1995 and is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA.
Wurth served in World War II with the U.S. Army as an ammunitions driver in the battles of North Africa, Algeria, Tunisia, Sicily, Naples, Anzio, Rome, southern France and the Rhineland. The last conflict was at Ardennes Alsace.
Source: ancestry.com
Raymond Nicolas “Ray” Barthole was born Feb. 20, 1917 to John Peter and Mary Ann Kirsch Barthole. He died Dec. 2, 2010 and is buried in Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, WA. Ray served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Fred Charles Beckman was born Dec. 13, 1914 to John Henry and Mary Gerdes Beckman. He died Aug. 3, 1989 and is buried in Chloride Cemetery, Chloride, AZ. Fred served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Charles Begg was born June 3, 1918 to Charles Robert and Clarabelle Schrooten Begg. He died May 27, 1985 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Dunlap, IA. Donald served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Gordon Everett Behrens was born Jan. 9, 1914 to John and May Malcom Behrens. He died Oct. 13, 1997. Gordon served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
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Jay Norvin Behrens was born Dec. 23, 1914 to John and May Malcom Behrens. He died Jan. 11, 2003 and is buried in Holy Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum, Tucson, AZ. Sgt. Behrens served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
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Theodore D. “Teddy” Behrens was born Sept. 7, 1921 to John and May Malcom Behrens. He died Aug. 23, 1978 and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Spokane, WA. Teddy served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald P. Boever was born Dec. 22, 1922 to Herman and Lillian Nichel Boever. He died Jan. 2, 2007 and is buried in Holy Ghost Cemetery, Dickeyville, WI. Sgt. Boever served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Arthur Bogenrief was born Nov. 18, 1927 to Benjamin A. and Albena Anna Winter Bogenrief. He died Dec. 11, 1984 and is buried in Floyd Valley Cemetery, Hinton, IA.
Sgt. Bogenrief served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Herman Andrew Bogner was born Oct. 1, 1906 to Tom and Margaret Evelyn Trometer Bogner. He died Jan. 16, 1945 and is buried in the Assumption Catholic Cemetery, Merrill, IA.
Herman served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Stark Bowers was born Feb. 6, 1927 to Russell Sage and Alice Violet Schneider Bowers. He died Sept. 14, 2016 and is buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Source: ancestry.com
James Robison “Big Jim" Bowers was born Aug. 23, 1927 to George Emmet and Clara Frances Wathier Bowers. He died Apr. 19, 1951 and is buried in Saint Marys Cemetery, Alton, IA.
Jim graduated from Saint Marys Academy, Alton in 1945 after which he joined the U.S. Navy. He later received a fleet appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy from which he graduated in 1950. He transferred to the U.S. Air Force to become a pilot and on Apr. 19, 1951, the plane he was piloting crashed near Lubbock, TX and he died while being taken to the hospital by ambulance.
Source: ancestry.com
Charles Patrick Boyle was born Jan. 7, 1916 to Patrick Joseph and Ethel Edna Heath Boyle. He died Nov. 12, 1987 in Los Angeles, Ca.
Charles served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
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Clarence Boyle was born Apr. 5, 1919 to Patrick Joseph and Ethel Edna Heath Boyle. He died Jan. 18, 1988 and is buried in Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum, Baton Rouge, LA.
Clarence served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
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Owen Boyle was born Dec. 1, 1911. He died Mar. 31, 1977 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, LeMars, IA.
Petty Officer Boyle served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Francis Joseph Burnight was born May 28, 1913 to George and Elizabeth Mary “Lizzie” Bochelman Burnight. He died Dec. 3, 1971 and is buried in Grace Hill Cemetery, Hawarden, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
James Harlow Burnight was born Apr. 28, 1923 to James E. and Marjorie Beatrice Stinton Burnight. He died Nov. 1, 2000 in CA.
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Virgil Thomas “Tom” Burnight was born Sept. 22, 1926 to James E. and Marjorie Beatrice Stinton Burnight. He died Nov. 30, 2003 and is buried in Carpinteria Cemetery, Carpinteria, CA.
Source: ancestry.com
Loren Vincent “Dutch” Burris was born June 5, 1920 to Claude “Butch" and Agatha Burke Burris. He died Jan. 10, 1983 and is buried in Saint Patricks Cemetery, Akron, IA. Dutch served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Aug 2023; updated Nov 2023 & Jun 2024