Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Wh - surnames |
Donald Jackson Whattoff was born Oct. 30, 1917 to Joseph and Clara McDonald Whattoff. He died Aug. 27, 2015 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Donald served with the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II, transporting ammunition, cargo and troops across both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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Murl Leroy Whattoff was born July 16, 1921 to Joseph and Clara McDonald Whattoff. He died Feb. 16, 2017 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Murl served with the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II.
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Vernard Joseph Whattoff was born Mar. 31, 1916 to Joseph and Clara McDonald Whattoff. He died May 13, 2003 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Pvt. Whattoff served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 380th Air Support Group.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Bernard Wheeler was born Dec. 16, 1914 to Fred Robert and Agnes M. Anderson Wheeler. He died Dec. 12, 2000 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Sgt. Wheeler served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 4th Airways Squadron.
Source: ancestry.com
Paul Nicholas Wheelock was born Mar. 12, 1917 to Bernard Aloysius and Mary Maliet Wheelock. He died July 18, 1987 and is buried in Zearing Cemetery, Zearing, IA.
Paul served in World War II with the U.S. Army Field Artillery in Italy.
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Carl Bernard Wheelock was born Mar. 31, 1919 to Bernard Aloysius and Mary Maliet Wheelock. He died Jan. 17, 1996 and is buried in San Gorgonio Memorial Park, Banning, CA.
Carl served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 775th Bomb Squadron, 461st Bomb Group.
Source: ancestry.com
Benjamin Adsit Whisler was born Nov. 1, 1909 to Benjamin Arthur and Alida E. Adsit Wheeler. He died Dec. 3, 1992 and is buried in Centre County Memorial Park, State College, PA.
Maj. Whisler served in World War II with the U.S. Army Medical Inspectors Field Service School and served in South America and in the Philippines in the rehabilitation of water and sewer systems.
Source: ancestry.com
Archie Eldon White was born Sept. 23, 1922 to Archie and Ona Pearl Matison White. He died May 8, 2013 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Petty Officer White served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard PT-308 and PT-115.
Source: ancestry.com
James Warren White was born Nov. 6, 1918 to Fred R. and Mary M. Dehart White. He died May 9, 1998.
Capt. White served in World War II with the U.S. Army as an instructor in the Engineer Corps at Fort Leonard Wood, MO.
Source: ancestry.com
John Martin White was born Sept. 19, 1918 to Francis M. and Jeanette Reagan White. He died Mar. 17, 1989 and is buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA.
MSgt. White served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps in the battles of Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and many others. He also served in Korea.
Source: ancestry.com
Marion Dean White was born July 23, 1902 to Clarence and Lodema Luella Brody White. He died Jan. 26, 1985 and is buried in West Linn Cemetery, Linden, IA.
Marion served in World War II with the U.S. Navy as an instructor at Great Lakes, at Navy Pier and at Iowa State College in diesel engine operation.
Source: ancestry.com
John Franklin Whitehouse was born July 22, 1924 to George E. and Jessie E. Fish Whitehouse. He died Feb. 19, 2002.
Lt. Whitehouse served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps as a B-25 pilot with the Central Flying Training Command, Third Air Force and with the Twelfth Air Force in Italy. He was awarded two bronze battle stars.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Rule Whiteside was born Dec. 12, 1910. He died in 1990 and is buried in Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, CA.
Robert served in World War II with the U.S. Navy at the Naval Hospitals in Farragut, ID and Hueneme, CA.
Source: ancestry.com
George Polk Whitfield was born May 11, 1924 to William Russell and Mary G. Ellenberger Whitfield. He died Nov. 27, 2015 and is buried in Park Cemetery, Marquette, MI.
Cpl. Whitfield served in World War II with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Source: ancestry.com
Charles George Whitley was born Feb. 11, 1919 to Clement Harold and Emily Mabel Jones Whitley. He died Dec. 21, 1981 and is buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO.
Col. Whitley served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps as Flight Commander for the Burma Banshees, a P-47 fighter outfit of the Tenth Air Force, operating over Burma. He was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. Col. Whitley also served in Korea and Vietnam.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019; updated Jun 2022