Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Wa - surnames |
Nelson Lawrence Wagaman was born Nov. 3, 1915 to Lawrence K. and Jennie Powell Wagaman. He died Dec. 12, 2006 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Cpl. Wagaman served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Gerald William Wagner was born Sept 23, 1921 to LeRoy and Mary Ethel Keller Wagner. He died Oct. 4, 1992 and is buried in East Ullensvang Cemetery, Thor, IA.
Petty Officer Wagner served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Vincennes (CA-44), USS Boyd (DD-544), USS Randolph (CV-15), and USS John W. Thomason (DD-760) and was WIA/MIA.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Eugene Wakefield was born Feb. 9, 1922 to Guy L. and Jessie Day Wakefield. He died Sept. 19, 2000 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Pvt. Wakefield served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Ronald Jones Wakeham was born Feb. 9, 1924 to Arthur E. and Addie Jones Wakeham. He died Apr. 22, 2013.
Sgt. Wakeham served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Jay Townsend Wakeley was born July 19, 1919 to Ray E. and Ruth Homan Wakeley. He died Dec. 30, 2001 in NC.
Lt. Wakeley served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Air Corps on combat air patrols on Owi, Leyte, and Palawan Islands. He was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbon and the Philippine Liberation ribbon with a battle star and the Bronze Star.
Source: ancestry.com
Edward Leslie Waldee was born Jan. 25, 1910 to Lars and Carrie Maland Waldee. He died July 6, 1999 and is buried in Wallingford Lutheran Cemetery, Wallingford, IA.
Cdr. Waldee served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Norman A. Walker was born Mar. 11, 1897.
Cpl. Walker served in World War II with the U.S. Army Student Training Regiment, Fort Benning, GA.
Source: ancestry.com
Scott Allen Walker was born Nov. 3, 1919 to Scott Allen and Columbia Powelson Walker. He died Mar. 9, 1990 and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Polson, MT.
Lt. Walker served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Wallace Harold Walker was born July 25, 1910 to Roy Louis and Nancy Elizabeth Wallace Walker. He died Dec. 23, 1947 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Wallace served with the U.S. Naval Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
David M. Wall was born June 18, 1913 to Frank and Lucile S. Colt Wall. He died Jan. 9, 1996.
Capt. Wall served in World War II with the U.S. Army Medical Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Fred Allen Wall was born Apr. 6, 1922 to William H. and Mary E. Floyd Wall. He died Mar. 5, 2006 and is buried in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Cpl. Wall served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Looster Wallace was born May 1, 1923 to Clarence M. and Lorine C. Hudiburg Wallace. He died Jan. 29, 2000.
Pvt. Wallace served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps in the Solomon Islands and was WIA.
Source: ancestry.com
Ronald McEwen Wallace was born Mar. 10, 1909 to Elic L. and Marjory McEwen Wallace. He died July 27, 1980 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Winnebago, MN.
Pvt. Wallace served in World War II with the U.S. Army with the 109th Evacuation Hospital and 58th General Hospital.
Source: ancestry.com
Eugene Vincent Walsh was born Sept. 4, 1905 to William and Agnes McManus Walsh. He died July 9, 1968 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Cdr. Walsh served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Dental Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Loren Thomas Walsh was born Oct. 15, 1922 to Benjamin G. and Caroline Heeren Walsh. He died Dec. 2, 1997 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
Col. Walsh served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Gene Merle Walston was born Feb. 14, 1919 to Charles F. and Nettie M. Cook Walston. He died May 17, 1996 and is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Gladbrook, IA.
Gene served in World War II with the U.S. Army Headquarters Second Tank Destroyer Group.
Source: ancestry.com
Victor Edson Walter was born May 17, 1899 to George Alvin and Florence Rosina Kiest Walter. He died June 1, 1966 and is buried in Loveland Burial Park, Loveland, CO.
Major Walter served in World War II with the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps and served 14 months with the 50th Engineers in the Pacific and Aleutian Islands.
Source: ancestry.com
Ned Hoon Walters, Sr. was born Aug. 10, 1922 to John E. and Edna Ruth Hoon Walters. He died Feb. 18, 2013 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Petty Officer Walters served in World War II with the U.S. Navy submarine service and served aboard the USS Catfish (SS-339).
Source: ancestry.com
David Jerald Walton was born Mar. 29, 1925 to Jessie Thomas and Frances Miller Walton. He died June 3, 2001.
Pvt. Walton served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
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Donald Walton was born Mar. 29, 1925 to Jessie Thomas and Frances Miller Walton.
Pvt. Walton served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
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William D. Walton was born Sept. 3, 1919 to Jessie Thomas and Frances Miller Walton. He died June 16, 1972 and is buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA.
Capt. Walton served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps “lighter-than-air” Blimp Division. He served overseas in the Aleutian Islands.
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John Warren Walton was born Aug. 3, 1922 to Jessie Thomas and Frances Miller Walton. He died Mar. 30, 2002.
Lt. Walton served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
The Walton also had two daughters working in defense plants in CA.
Source: ancestry.com
Howard Raymond Walton was born Dec. 25, 1920 to Raymond M. and Meta Augusta Dietz Walton. He died June 18, 1949 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Lt. Walton served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps with the ‘lighter-than-air service” and was the commanding officer and pilot on the Navy’s largest blimp, “Mighty Mike”. Lt. Walton was stationed overseas for 13 months in Africa and Pisa, Italy, where he did submarine patrol work and also contacted mines for a minesweeper.
Source: ancestry.com
Wilford Lewis Ward was born Mar. 9, 1919 to Lewis F. and Vernie H. French Ward. He died Aug. 14, 1998 and is buried in Colo Cemetery, Colo, IA.
Sgt. Ward served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
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Vernon M. Ward was born Aug. 29, 1921 to Lewis F. and Vernie H. French Ward. He died Dec. 22, 2009 and is buried in Colo Cemetery, Colo, IA.
Vernon served in World War II with the U.S. Army 3631st Quartermaster Truck Company.
Source: ancestry.com
Claude Eugene Warfield was born Jan. 13, 1917 to Clint and Jessie P. Barker Warfield. He died Apr. 12, 2007 and is buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Des Moines, IA.
MSgt. Warfield served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps Air Transport Command.
Source: ancestry.com
Clarence Donald Warren was born June 26, 1920 to Edward and Bertha Morgan Warren. He died Mar. 26, 1998.
Sgt. Warren served in World War II with the U.S. Army Medical Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Edward Newton Warren was born Aug. 8, 1925 to Oscar N. and Winnie May Sills Warren. He died Feb. 21, 1958 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Petty Officer Warren served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.aboard the USS West Point (AP-23), USS Sirona (AKA-43), and USS General A.E. Anderson (AP-111).
Source: ancestry.com
Gene Edward Warren was born Aug. 25, 1925 to William and Ethel Bateman Warren.
Pvt. Warren served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Jack Raymond Warren was born Oct. 25, 1923 to Russell and Harriett Atwood Warren. He died Nov. 9, 1995 and is buried in Gowrie Township Cemetery, Gowrie, IA.
Petty Officer Warren served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
James Marcus Warren was born Jan. 4, 1924 to Cassius M. and Effie Lavera Clarke Warren. He died July 17, 1997.
Cpl. Warren served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
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Cassius Clay Warren was born Mar. 3, 1920 to Cassius M. and Effie Lavera Clarke Warren. He died Aug. 20, 1994 and is buried in Memorial Cemetery, Ringsted, IA.
Lt. Warren served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps in the Pacific Theater.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Hoyt Warren was born Oct. 3, 1920 to Carl and Elsie Bernice Driver Warren. He died Mar. 5, 1945 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Sgt. Warren served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 388th Bomb Group, 3rd Air Division, 8th Air Force in England and was MIA/KIA/FOD over Germany.
Source: ancestry.com
Willard Ruben Warren May 29, 1918 to Arthur and Nora Wave Caldwell Warren. He died Nov. 4, 1992 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Cpl. Warren served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific.
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Ralph Clarence Warren was born Feb. 4, 1907 to Arthur and Nora Wave Caldwell Warren. He died in 1962 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Ralph served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps Air Transport Squadrons 10 and 11.
Source: ancestry.com
Franklin Max “Max” Waterman, Sr. was born Oct. 2, 1917 to Donald D. and Grace Ora Hitchcock Waterman. He died Aug. 28, 2000 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Liberty, MO.
Max served in World War II with the U.S. Army Medical Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Lorne Watkins was born Aug. 3, 1917 to George and Ida Windscheffel Watkins. He died June 14, 1990.
Robert served in World War II with the U.S. Army 132nd Infantry Americal Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Harland Howell Watson was born July 25, 1918 to George W. and Elsie E. Howell Watson. He died Aug. 4, 1993 and is buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA.
Sgt. Watson served in World War II with the U.S. Army Medical Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Shelvy Ray “Ray” Watson was born Feb. 21, 1915 to Elzen and Carrie Lee Mullican Watson. He died Nov. 9, 1971 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Ray served in World War II with the U.S. Army 656th Medical Clearing Co. at Fort Old, CA and in the South Pacific.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Ralph Watts was born Feb. 24, 1918 to Fred Munnell and Winona Ione Soderstrom Watts.
Pvt. Watts served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Michael Waugh was born Mar. 26, 1918 to Frederic A. and Bernice Cleone Purinton Waugh. He died Jan. 3, 1966 and is buried in Roland Cemetery, Roland, IA.
Robert served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019; updated Aug 2023