Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Br - surnames |
George O’Hara Branham was born Dec. 17, 1916. He died Dec. 7, 1941 and is memorialized at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii and buried in Graceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA.
Petty Officer Branham served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-48) and was MIA/KIA in the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Source: ancestry.com
Edgar R. Brant was born Aug. 2, 1912 to George and Laurel Edwards Brant. He died Nov. 15, 1944 and is buried in Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint Avold, France.
Pvt. Brant served with the U.S. Army 377th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division and was KIA in France. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
Jack Michael Brell was born Feb. 22, 1920 to James and Margaret Josephine McGivern Brell. He died Aug. 18, 2011 and is buried in Saint Josephs Cemetery, Salix, IA.
Jack served with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Dewayne Brophy AKA Donald Dewayne Mock was born Nov. 18, 1924 to Carlin William and Neva Evelyn Hammett Mock. He died Aug. 11, 1944 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Sioux City, IA. He was the stepson of John Brophy.
Pvt. Mock served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Loal James Broulette was born Jan. 10, 1919 to Nelson James and Mamie Mabel McBride Broulette. He died Apr. 17, 1945 and is buried in Graceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA.
Pvt. Broulette served in World War II with the U.S. Army 128th Infantry and was KIA and awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Ira Wandel Brunson was born Dec. 29, 1921 to Earl and Clara Wold Brunson. He died Sept. 1968 and is buried in Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Omaha, NE.
Ira served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019; updated Aug 2019 & Jun & Jul 2021