Military Involvement
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Glen E. Weaver was born June 22, 1917 to Carl Webster and Dessa Osborne Weaver. He died Aug. 8, 2004 and is buried in Lowman Cemetery, Runnells, IA.
Petty Officer Weaver served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
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Lynn A. Weaver was born June 22, 1917 to Carl Webster and Dessa Osborne Weaver. He died June 21, 2006 and is buried in Orient Cemetery, Orient, IA.
Lynn served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Frederick Thomas Weber was born Feb. 4, 1916 to Frederick William and Opal Moncrief Weber. He died June 4, 1942/FOD June 5, 1943 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Lt (JG) Weber served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). He was one of the fifteen dive bombers from Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6) that took off from the Enterprise on June 4, attacking the enemy Japanese Force and scoring a number of direct hits on enemy carriers. He did not return from his mission and was declared MIA. He was awarded the Navy Cross, Purple Heart and the Presidential Unit Citation.
Source: ancestry.com
Frederick William Webb was born Apr. 15, 1923 to Earl William and Evelyn Louise Mellinger Webb. He died Apr. 12, 1945 and is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, North Africa American Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia.
Sgt. Webb served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 16th Squadron, 68th Reconnaissance Group and was MIA/FOD/KIA over Italy in the service of his country.
Source: ancestry.com
Everett G. Webster was born Dec. 2, 1909 to Hutton and Mable B. Berry Webster. He died Jan. 9, 1966 in Los Angeles, CA.
Everett served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force in the European Theatre of Operations.
Source: ancestry.com
Jack Eugene Welch was born Oct. 17, 1923 to Frank E. and Ditta Leone Cunningham Welch. He died Nov. 30, 1956 and is buried in San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA.
Capt. Welch served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 329th Bomb Squadron.
Source: ancestry.com
Jerry Bob Welch was born Jan. 5, 1925 to Frank E. and Ditta Cunningham Welch. He died Sept. 27, 1944 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Pvt. Welch served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Samuel Clark Welch was born July 17, 1919 to James M. and Daisy Leah Thompson Welch. He died Sept. 17, 1944 and is buried in Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium.
Flight Officer Welch served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 83rd Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group and was KIA in Belgium in the service of his country. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Harry Wells, Jr. was born Oct. 16, 1923 to Harry (Sr.) and Bertha Smith Wells. He died Jan. 7, 2009 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Pvt Wells served with the U.S Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Albert H. Welshons was born Jan. 24, 1909 to Eli and Eliza Jane Martin Welshons. He died July 27, 1961 and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Madrid, IA. Albert served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Seabees.
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Glen LeRay Welshons was born Feb. 15, 1925 to Eli and Eliza Jane Martin Welshons. Glen served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
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Raymond E. Welshons was born May 25, 1916 to Eli and Eliza Jane Martin Welshons. He died in 1983 and is buried in Lowman Cemetery, Runnells, IA. Raymond served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Gordon Helsing Werts was born Oct. 17, 1921 to Walter G. and Dessa Putman Werts. He died July 18, 1944/FOD July 19, 1945 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Lt. Werts served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps and was lost on an air mission in the Marshall Islands and Tarawa flying an F4U-1D Corsair. His body was never recovered.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
John Francis Wessels was born Feb. 7, 1914 to George W. and Mertia Avery Wessels. He died Sept. 15, 1994 and is buried in Melbourne Memorial Garden, Melbourne, IA.
Major Wessels served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Chester R. West was born June 30, 1920 to Clifton Francis and Edna Busby West. He died June 27, 1967 and is buried in Lowman Cemetery, Runnells, IA. Chester served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Ernest Ray West was born Oct. 11, 1919 to Benjamin Franklin and Goldie Miller West. He died Dec. 7, 1941 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 2, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii and at the USS Oklahoma Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Petty Officer West served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and was MIA/FOD/KIA in the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
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Orval Dee West was born Oct. 20, 1921 to Benjamin Franklin and Goldie Miller West. He died July 1, 1999 and is buried in Lowman Cemetery, Runnells, IA. Orval served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Lewis Jack “Jackie” Jordan West was born Jan. 29, 1924 to Gerald and Edna West Jordan. He was raised by his maternal grandparents, Perry and Anna West. He died Mar. 18, 2017 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Cpl. West served with the U.S. Army Air Corps 434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group, Eighth Air Force, based out of Wattesham, England.
Source: ancestry.com
James Junior Western was born Feb. 16, 1923 to William and Opal Langley Western. He died Nov. 24, 2008 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Sgt. Western served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
James Earl Westfall was born about 1922 to Edwin and Winifred Herchenroder Westfall. He died Nov. 30, 1945 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 2, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Chief Petty Officer Westfall served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS North Carolina (BB-55) and was MIA.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
John Donald Westlake was born Apr. 29, 1926 to Burr Sears and Gladys Esther Webster Westlake. He died Mar. 22, 2016 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Petty Officer Westlake served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Ronald Aldon Weston was born Nov. 10, 1928 to Don L. and Vera Evans Weston. He died May 7, 2018 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Sgt. Weston served with the U.S. Air Force in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar & Aug 2019; updated Mar, May, Jun & Aug 2020; updated May 2021 & Jul 2022 & Feb & Aug 2024