“MISSING” IOWANS LISTED AS “SAFE”
Washington, (AP)—Five Iowans who previously had been listed a prisoners of war were reported as safe Friday on a Navy casualty list.
Six other Iowans were listed as dead and two as missing.
The list included:
Safe—Pfc. Harland R. Johnson, New Sharon; Pfc. George L. McShane, Storm Lake; Pfc. Clare W. Nielsen, Rutland; Gunner’s Mate Elmer L. McFadden, Adair; and Seaman 1/c Dale J. Tiefel, Dubuque.
Dead—Fireman 2/c Glenn L. Burns, Ottumwa; Seaman 1/c Robert H. Kallansrud, Fort Dodge; Seaman 1/c Cecil L. Pickering, Ollie; Machinists’s Mate 3/c Floyd V. Turner, Atlantic; Seaman 1/c Arlo M. Link, Diagonal; and Seaman 1/c Eldon R. Noelting, Greene.
Missing—Seaman 2/c Chris A. Jensen, Sioux City, and Fire Controlman 2/c Dale M. Siefken, Rockford.
Source: Council Bluffs Nonpareil, September 22, 1945
SIEFKEN, Dale Marten, Fire Controlman 2/c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Siefken, Rockford, Iowa.
Source: U.S. Navy Casualties Book, Combat Naval Casualties, World War II
Purple Heart Recipient, From Floyd County IA
WWII Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries
Dale Marten Siefken was born July 22, 1922 to George and Adda Mary Glock Siefken. He died Aug. 22, 1945 and is has a cenotaph in Riverside Cemetery, Rockford, IA. He is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Sources: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
