Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Pr - surnames |
Norman Albert Praty was born Mar. 25, 1922 to Massimo and Alda Taddencci Praty.
Pvt. Praty served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps Air Transport Command, 1346th Army Air Force Unit.
Source: ancestry.com
John Prehm, Jr. was born Sept. 25, 1924 to John (Sr.) and Beatrice Conklin Prehm. He died Oct. 2, 2012 and is buried in Holmes Lutheran Cemetery, Holmes, IA.
John served in World War II with the U.S. Army as a Tank Commander with the 710th Tank Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Arthur Prescott was born Sept. 24, 1920 to Thomas Amos and Millie Thompson Prescott. He died Sept. 7, 1980 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Sgt. Prescott served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theatre of Operations as a mechanic and served 26 months overseas. He was awarded the Pacific Theatre ribbon with two battle stars. He also served in Korea.
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Roy Clifford Prescott was born Jan. 10, 1919 to Thomas Amos and Millie Thompson Prescott. He died Aug. 17, 2000 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Pvt. Prescott served in World War II with the U.S. Army 168th Infantry, 34th Division and was WIA in Tunisia.
Source: ancestry.com
Glen Verner Presnall was born Feb. 27, 1921 to James Vernon “Vern” and Elizabeth Bryce Laborde Presnall. He died Dec. 31, 2014 and is buried in Colo Cemetery, Colo, IA.
Pvt. Presnall served in World War II with the U.S. Army 35th Signal Co., 35th Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Carroll Dean Preston was born Jan. 28, 1925 to Harry E. and Alice M. Haering Preston. He died Mar. 5, 2005.
Carroll served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Alvin Lee “Lee" Price was born Dec. 17, 1909 to Alvin Charles and Vennie E. Hormel Price. He died Nov. 7, 1986.
Sgt. Price served in World War II with the U.S. Army in New Guinea.
Source: ancestry.com
Delbert Lewis Price was born June 19, 1917 to Don L. and Mary H. Sherie Price.
Warrant Officer Price served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps Overseas Replacement Depot.
Source: ancestry.com
Frank Clarence Price was born about 1904. He died Dec. 1964 in Alachua, FL.
Frank served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Seabees for 27 months in the Marianas and the jungles of Midway.
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His son, William Donald “Billy” Price was born Aug. 2, 1927 to Frank Clarence and Inez Belle Akin Price. He died Mar. 20, 2005 and is buried in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens, San Angelo, TX.
Petty Officer Price served in World War II with the U.S. Navy. He also served in Vietnam with the U.S. Air Force as a Lt. Col.
Source: ancestry.com
Harold Ellwood Pride was born May 8, 1894 to Lawrence Ellwood “Larry” and Caroline Lillian “Carrie" Chapin Pride. He died Apr. 13, 1988 and is buried in Iowa State University Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Col. Price served in World War II with the U.S. Army in the Military Intelligence Service of the War Department in the states and overseas—principal stations were Washington, Miami; Cairo, Egypt; Kumming and Chungking, China. He was awarded the Royal Order of the Jugo-Slav Crown, third degree by King Peter of that government and Cross of Brigadier of our Brigade of George I, citation of the King of Greece. He was also awarded the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster and European-African Middle East campaign ribbon. He also served in World War I.
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His son, Richard Allen Pride was born Dec. 21, 1922 to Harold and Mary Elizabeth Montgomery Pride.
Sgt. Pride served in World War II with the U.S. Army 749th Field Artillery and served in Okinawa and Korea.
Source: ancestry.com
Bernard Fay Prochaska was born Feb. 21, 1918 to Charles and Susie Stratton Prochaska. He died Mar. 4, 2002 and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Polson, MT.
Lt. Prochaska served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Clark Bartlett Proctor was born Feb. 19, 1903 to Clark M. and Henrietta Butcher Proctor. He died June 27, 1985.
Col. Proctor served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps as a Flight Surgeon with the 31st Fighter Group. He saw action in England, North Africa, Malta, Sicily, Italy, Corsica, and Sardinia. He was awarded two Bronze Stars for the Algeria-French Morocco campaign and Tunisian campaign.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Eugene Proctor was born Aug. 3, 1916 to Vern Lee and Bessie Lillian Klump Proctor. He died Nov. 26, 2005 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Lt. Proctor served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 12th Air Force.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019