Military Involvement
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Herbert Thomas Michaelson was born Oct. 13, 1923 to John E. and Gladys Durby Michaelson. He died Mar. 3, 1997.
Herbert served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
John Gilbert Michaelson was born Apr. 3, 1927 to John E. and Gladys Mae Durby Michaelson. He died Mar. 13, 2007 and is buried in Roland Cemetery, Roland, IA.
John served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Griffin (AS-13) and USS Fond Du Lac (APA-166).
Source: ancestry.com
Lloyd Palmer Michaelson was born Oct. 14, 1915 to S. J. and Rachel Michaelson.
Pvt. Michaelson served in World War II with the U.S. Army Engineers.
Source: ancestry.com
Orlo Merle Michaelson was born Sept. 16, 1919 to Willie E. and Gurine Vallem Michaelson. He died Sept. 26, 2000 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Orlo served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
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Milford Emerald Michaelson was born Apr. 29, 1912 to Willie E. and Gurine Vallem Michaelson. He died Jan. 9, 1997 and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Thompson, IA.
Milford served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert J. Michaelson was born Jan. 21, 1917 to Walter M. and Hallie Lee Robinson Michaelson. He died Oct. 25, 1969 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Kirkwood, MO.
Lt. Michaelson served in World War II with the U.S. Merchant Marines as a purser on a troop ship.
Source: ancestry.com
Raymond Bernard Michelson was born May 8, 1913 to Rudolph and Elsie Elvira Peterson Michelson. He died Aug. 2, 1967 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Pvt. Michelson served in World War II with the U.S. Army 812th Tank Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Bernard Oscar Mickelson was born July 3, 1919 to Oscar and Ida Barge Mickelson. He died Feb. 1983.
Lt. Mickelson served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps Patrol Bombing Squadron 214 in the Caribbean. He also served on patrol duty in Brazil.
Source: ancestry.com
Irven Hiram Millang was born Apr. 7, 1919 to Peter H. and Ada Nerem Millang. He died Aug. 19, 1974 and is buried in Bellevue Memorial Park, Ontario, CA.
Petty Officer Milland served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Vern Wilson Millard was born July 11, 1917 to Oliver and Effie M. Ritter Millard. He died June 27, 2005 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Lt. Millard served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS LCI-668.
Source: ancestry.com
Charles Miller, Jr. was born July 19, 1924 to Charles (Sr.) and Josephine Thompson Miller.
Lt. Miller served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 21st and 6th Troop Carrier Squadrons, 375th Troop Carrier Group in the South Pacific.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Floyd Miller was born Oct. 19, 1921 to Oscar B. and Daisy Kitchen Miller. He died July 27, 1992 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Sgt. Miller served in World War II with the U.S. Army 9th Division, 5th Army. He was awarded the Bronze Star.
Source: ancestry.com
Earl H. Miller was born June 223, 1916 to Eli Henry and Lois Ellen Simpson Miller. He died Sept. 6, 1972 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Earl served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Floyd William Miller, Jr. was born Oct. 28, 1926 to Floyd (Sr.) and Myrtle Speck Miller. He died Sept. 29, 1981 and is buried in Story Memorial Gardens, Ames, IA.
Pvt. Miller served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Franklin Wike Miller was born Aug. 9, 1919 to Magnus and Ellen Wike Miller. He died June 5, 1990 and is buried in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA.
Chief Petty Officer Miller served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) and USS Langley (CV-1). He was stationed at Cavite, Philippine Islands when the naval base fell to the Japanese.
Source: ancestry.com
George Edward Miller was born Apr. 1, 1921. He died July 14, 1975 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Sgt. Miller served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Gerald Val Miller was born May 24, 1922 to Price and Inez Beatrice Miller. He died Oct. 7, 1990 and is buried in Hillside Memorial Park, Redlands, CA.
Gerald served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps on Canton Island in the South Pacific and Oahu Island, Territory of Hawaii.
Source: ancestry.com
Glenn John Miller was born Sept. 1, 1913 to Frederick and Hannah G. Hueschen Miller. He died Jan. 31, 2007 and is buried in Prairie Grove Cemetery, West Burlington, IA.
Sgt. Miller served in World War II with the U.S. Army Field Artillery, participating in the North African, Sicilian and Italian campaigns and was awarded six battle stars.
Source: ancestry.com
John Beyer Miller was born Apr. 3, 1917 to Charles and Josephine Thompson Miller. He died Apr. 7, 2012 and is buried in Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, Jacksonville, NC.
Capt. Miller served in World War II with the U.S. Navy submarine service.
Source: ancestry.com
Leonard E. Miller was born Sept. 13, 1914.
Leonard served in World War II with the U.S. Army 56th Medical Battalion and 3338th Quartermaster Truck Co.
Source: ancestry.com
Marvin Francis Miller was born Apr. 23, 1914 to August Gallin and Laura Belle Speas Miller. He died Aug. 12, 2001 and is buried in Hillside Cemetery, State Center, IA.
Petty Officer Miller served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Marvin Henry Miller was born July 1, 1924 to Henry W. and Eva G. Brooks Miller. He died Oct. 2, 2002 and is buried in Violet Hill Cemetery, Perry, IA.
Petty Officer Miller served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Tolberg (APD-103).
Source: ancestry.com
Norman Charles Miller was born May 12, 1920 to Reuben A. and Elsie Frank Miller. He died Nov. 16, 2011 and is buried in North Lawn Cemetery, Fort Dodge, IA.
Norman served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Astoria (CA-34) during the Battle of Guadalcanal. He had previously fought in the battles of Midway and the Coral Sea. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Theodore Roosevelt Miller was born Aug. 4, 1916 to Charles R. and Nellie Gray Miller. He died Apr. 16, 1963 and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach, CA.
Sgt. Miller served with the U.S. Army Military Police in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Walter Nelson Miller was born Oct. 1, 1919 to Benjamin W. and Frances Butterfield Miller. He died July 2, 1990 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames., IA.
Walter served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps. He also served in Korea.
Source: ancestry.com
James Willis “Willis” Mills was born May 12, 1912 to Guy W. and Leila Peck Mills. He died Aug. 15, 1979 and is buried in McCallsburg Cemetery, McCallsburg, IA.
Sgt. Mills served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps and was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.
Source: ancestry.com
Russell Ellsworth Mills was born Apr. 29, 1919 to Rufus Raymond and Harriet L. Bullock Mills. He died Nov. 1, 1985 and is buried in Mills and Mills Memorial Park, Tumwater, WA.
Russell served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Gillespie (DD-609).
Source: ancestry.com
Marion Almond Minde was born Mar. 11, 1920 to Martin A. and Agnes Anderson Minde. He died Dec. 7, 1991.
Marion served in World War iI with the U.S. Army 177th Coast Artillery Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Barry Neal Minear was born Feb. 6, 1928 to Glen and Alie Hatfield Minear. He died Aug. 2, 2010 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Cpl. Minear served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Theodore Lee “Teddy” Minear was born Nov. 10, 1925 to Harley L. and Hester Anna McConnell Minear. He died Nov. 24, 2011.
Petty Officer Minear served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Rescue (AH-18).
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Miles Minert was born Oct. 22, 1920 to Henry L. and Grace E. Kluckhohn Minert. He died Mar. 20, 1995 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Lt. Minert served in World War II with the U.S. Coast Guard aboard the USCGC Mojave (WPG-47) in the North Atlantic.
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Henry Lisle Minert, Jr. was born about Aug. 26, 1819 to Henry L. (Sr.) and Grace E. Kluckhohn Minert. He died Apr. 5, 1991 in FL.
Capt. Minert served in World War II with the U.S. Army 186th Field Artillery Battalion, 34th Infantry Division and was WIA from an exploding enemy mine in Mateur, Tunisia. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Army Commendation Ribbon.
Source: ancestry.com
Edward Raymond Mitchell was born Jan. 7, 1921 to Floyd F. and Cora Wilcoxen Mitchell. He died Aug. 9, 1992 an is buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA.
Sgt. Mitchell served in World War II with the U.S. Army Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 377th Infantry, 95th Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Floyd Allen Mitchell was born Nov. 16, 1902 to James E. and Catherine Freeman Mitchell. He died Dec. 15, 1944 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines and in the U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, NY.
Col. Mitchell served in World War II with the U.S. Army 91st Coast Artillery Regiment (Philippine Scouts) and was KIA while being transported from the Philippines aboard a Japanese ship (Oryoku Maru) which was torpedoed. He had been in Command of Mining Manila Bay and was on Corregidor when it was surrendered to the Japanese and became a POW of the Japanese. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star.
His wife and daughters were living in Ames at the time of his death.
Source: ancestry.com
James Pearl ”Jim" Mitchell was born June 2, 1919 to Samuel A. and Loretta Estes Mitchell. He died Jan. 16, 2013 in Britt, IA.
Sgt. Mitchell served in World War II with the U.S. Army 321st Engineer Battalion, 96th Infantry Division spending 18 months in the Pacific Theater of Operations on Okinawa and Leyte.
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Samuel Ancil “Sam” Mitchell, Jr. was born May 15, 1927 to Samuel A. and Loretta Estes Mitchell. He died May 17, 1989.
Samuel served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Melvin Edward Mitchell was born June 5, 1919 to Edward Earl and Marcella Byrnes Mitchell. He died Sept. 8, 2014 and is buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA.
Pvt. Mitchell served in World War II with the U.S. Army 1067th Quartermaster Corps and 16th Field Artillery.
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Donald Byrnes Mitchell was born May 15, 1922 to Edward Earl and Marcella Byrnes Mitchell. He died Mar. 29, 2000.
Pvt. Mitchell served in World War II with the U.S. Army 88th Signal Battalion in the Philippine Islands.
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Leroy Earl Mitchell was born June 26, 1926 to Edward Earl and Marcella Byrnes Mitchell. He died Apr. 20, 1985.
Leroy served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Stanley Winston Mitchell was born Nov. 30, 1919 to George Glen and Mildred Agnes Scott Mitchell. He died Apr. 12,2005 and is buried in Peoria Cemetery, Maxwell, IA.
Sgt. Mitchell served in World War II with the U.S. Army Medical Detachment, 74th Field Artillery Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Wallace Clark Mitchell was born Nov. 12, 1920 to Paul D. and Edna Clark Mitchell. He died June 15, 1996.
Petty Officer Mitchell served in World War II with the U.S. Navy as an instructor at the Naval Air Station in Minneapolis, MN.
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Paul A. Mitchell was born about 1925 to Paul D. and Edna Clark Mitchell.
Sgt. Mitchell served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 15th Air Force on a B-17 bomber in Italy. He was awarded the ETO ribbon with five battle stars, the Air Medal with one cluster, Good Conduct and the American Theater and Victory ribbons.
Source: ancestry.com
Edward Austin Mitchels was born Sept. 23, 1920 to Clarence Edward and Ruby May Price Mitchels. He died Dec. 7, 1944 and is buried in Ontario Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Sgt. Mitchels served with the U.S. Army Infantry in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Harold Marvin Mize was born Oct. 11, 1920 to Harry M. and Vera Mae Tripp Mize. He died Oct. 20, 2004.
Harold served in World War II with the U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Detail, New York City, NY.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019; updated May & Jul 2020 & Nov 2021 & Jun 2022