Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Ba- surnames |
James Joseph Bagatti was born Aug. 10, 1925 to Guido and Mary Nordine Bagatti. He died June 27, 2019 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Petty Officer Bagatti served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Andrew Barr Bailey was born Feb. 17, 1922 to Roy E. and Blanche Barr Bailey He died Dec. 24, 2019 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Sgt. Bailey served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Yarnell Bair was born Jan. 3, 1914 to William Peck and Mabel Yarnell Bair. He died July 16, 1943 and is buried in Masonic Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Lt. Bair served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
James Edward Baker was born Jan. 25, 1919 to James and Ellen Barger Baker. He died Dec. 8, 2003.
James served in World War II with the U.S. Army 4th Infantry, Engineer Section. Alaska Dept.
Source: ancestry.com
Raymond Junior Baker was born June 20, 1927 to Raymond Dolphus and Alice Ruth Dowell Baker. He died Mar. 17, 1947 and is buried in Resthaven Cemetery, West Des Moines, IA. Raymond served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
John Percy Baldridge was born Oct. 20, 1885 to James Washington and Julia B. Draughon Baldridge. He died Mar. 11, 1979 and is buried in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Chief Petty Officer Baldridge served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) and USS Brazos (AO-4) and at NAS Olathe, KS. He also served in World War I.
Source: ancestry.com
Mahlon Vern Baldwin was born Sept. 19, 1924 to Vern Mahlon and Margaret Wiley Baldwin. He died Aug. 23, 1948 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Petty Officer Baldwin served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
James William Balko was born Nov. 7, 1919 to Michael and Anna Balko. He died Oct. 5. 2009 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Sgt. Balko served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Louis Laverne Ballard was born Mar. 28, 1928 to Herbert Lester and Blanche Bessie Reed Ballard. He died July 3, 2009 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Sgt. Ballard served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Mario Gustavo Barillas was born Nov. 11, 1924 to Alberto and Maria Luisa Galvez Barillas. He died Mar. 10, 2012 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Sgt. Barillas served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Thomas Lester Barkley was born June 26, 1925 to William Thomas and Marion K. Lester Barkley. He died Jan. 3, 1944 and is buried in Masonic Cemetery, Des Moines, IA. He was initially buried in the USF Cemetery, Cape Gloucester, New Britain and in 1946 reinterred in USAF Cemetery Finchaffen #2 in New Guinea. His body was returned to the U.S. for permanent burial in 1948.
Pvt. Barkley served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division and was KIA in combat operations during the Battle of “Suicide Creek”.
Source: ancestry.com
John William “Jack” Barrett was born Feb. 6, 1924 to Daniel J. and Lula May Barrett. He died Jan. 15, 1987 and is buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO.
Lt. JG Barrett served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Thomas Joseph Barrett was born in 1910 to Stephen and Elizabeth Barrett. He died June 4, 1944 and is buried in Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, IL.
Father Barrett served in World War II with the U.S. Army as a chaplain with Merrill’s Marauders.
Source: ancestry.com
Willis Harold Bassett was born July 4, 1913 to Grover C. and Edna Soper Bassett. He died Feb. 7, 1945 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Capt. Bassett served in World War II with the U.S. Army Field Artillery.
Source: ancestry.com
Daniel Bate, Jr. was born Apr. 7, 1921 to Daniel (Sr.) and Isabel Bate. He died May 18, 1944 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines and has a cenotaph in Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, NE.
Sgt. Bate served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps as an Aviation Navigator (MOS 387-A) and was MIA on an air mission from Bougainville to Guadalcanal. His body was not recovered and he was declared FOD. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Jul, Oct & Nov 2019; updated May & Jul 2020 & Jul 2022 & Jul & Aug 2023 & Mar 2024