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County
Men Who Lost Their Lives In War Are Listed A list of the Henry
County men who paid the supreme sacrifice in World War II has been
compiled by the War Records division of the Department of History and
Archives of Iowa. The list
is being published herewith as prepared by the department. Bessie B. Wilson, of
the War Records division, writes that the department experiences
difficulty in that more than one county claims the same casualty.
Local persons may question whether or not all of the names listed
are from Henry County or may know of others who should be added.
Corrections will be welcomed. Iowa’s known dead
as of Jan. 15 is 7,228, the department reports. The Henry County
list as taken from the state department records: Allred, Harold,
Pfc. - Killed in action on
Luzon Jan. 19, 1945. Wife, Mrs. Mary L. Allred. Rt. 2, Wayland, Iowa;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Allred, Wayland, Iowa. Boal, Charles O.,
Pfc. - Killed in action in
France, July 16, 1944. Parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Orrell Boal, Rt. 5, Mt. Pleasant. Boudewyns, Thomas
F., Petty Officer -
Accidentally killed in a fall from submarine July 12, 1945.
Wife, Mrs. Velma Boudewyns, Wayland, Iowa. Burke, James
Francis - Killed in action
between May and June, 1942. Wife,
Mrs. Evelyn Burke, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Burke, Rt. 4, Mt. Pleasant. Chrissinger,
Donald E., Lt. - Killed in
action in European theatre. Parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G. Chrissinger, Mt. Pleasant. Conn, Orville,
Jr., Lt. - Killed in action in
France August 10, 1944. Wife,
Mrs. Orville B. Conn, Rt. 1, Talpa, Texas.
Mother, Mrs. O. B. Conn, Winfield, Ia. Culler, Raymond
D., Pvt. - Killed in action in
Italy Feb. 2, 1944. Parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur V. Culler, Rt. 1, New London, Ia. Dougherty, Carl
R., Pvt. - Killed on Okinawa
May 2, 1945. Wife, Mrs.
Dorothea V. Dougherty, 705 N. White St., Mt. Pleasant. Eckles, Wayne, Lt.
- Killed in bomber crash near Riverside, Calif., Jan. 2, 1944.
Father, Ralph Eckles, New London, Iowa. Gilleard, Burdell,
S/Sgt. - New London. Killed on
Leyte. Sister, Mrs. Velma
Nadine White, Rt. 2, Newton, Iowa. Gillis, Erwin C.,
T/Sgt. - Killed in plane crash
in Pacific, May 20, 1945. Father,
R. Henry Gillis, 714 N. Lincoln St., Mt. Pleasant. Guernsey, George
W., Jr. - Killed while a
prisoner of the Japanese. Mother,
Mrs. Guernsey, Urbana, Missouri. Hewitt, Hollis B.
- Died Dec. 18, 1943, while on
leave at his parents’ home in Winfield, Iowa.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hewitt, Winfield, Iowa. Hodson, Lee, Sgt.
- Missing in action in
Germany, April 1, 1945. Presumed
dead. Father, A. D. Hodson,
Salem, Iowa. Horr, Harlan -
Mt. Pleasant. Killed in
England, July 7, 1944. Grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Horr, Hillsboro, Iowa.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Horr, Moline, Ill. [formerly of Mt.
Pleasant]. Huston, James S.,
Lt. - Killed in action in Med.
Area. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Basil E. Huston, Box 94, Olds, Iowa. Isom, John A.,
Cpl. - Winfield, Iowa.
Killed in action Sept. 14, 1944.
Brother, Howard Isom, 2507 Washington, Burlington, Ia.
Wife, Mrs. Maxine Isom, Toulon, Illinois. Keller, Harold
C., T/4 - Killed in action.
Brother, Karl K. Keller, Mt. Pleasant. Keller, Julius,
Lt. - Killed in action.
Mother, Mrs. Willa J. Minor.
Care State Hospital, Mt. Pleasant. Kephart, John O. -
Killed in action in France. Parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kephart, 503 N. Lincoln, Mt. Pleasant. Louthan, Walter
E., T/5 - Killed in European
area July 23, 1945. Father,
W. E. Louthan, 508 East Clay St., Mt. Pleasant. Lundquist,
Chester H., S/Sgt. - Killed in
action over Germany, August 12, 1943.
Mother, Mrs. Mary L. Lundquist, Winfield, Iowa. McKenzie, Floyd -
Killed in action Jan. 16, 1943. Parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McKenzie, 207 Exchange, Mt. Pleasant.
Wife, Mrs. Floyd McKenzie, Burlington, Ia. Manning, Walter
K., S/Sgt. - Killed in action.
Mother, Mrs. Mabel Manning, Rt. 1, Wayland, Iowa. Matheiu, Edward -
Killed in action on Iwo Jima March 13, 1945.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Matheiu, Wayland, Ia. Mathews, Robert
W., S/Sgt. - Killed on Iwo
Jima Feb. 23, 1945. Parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Milo Mathews, Mt. Union, Iowa.
Wife, Mrs. Dorothy Mathews, 514 N. Adams St., Mt. Pleasant, Ia. Mertens, Henry
J., Coxswain - Killed in
sinking of escort carrier in Bismarch sea Feb 21, 1945.
Wife, Mrs. Marguerite Mertens, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mertens, Mt. Pleasant. Messer, Freddie
Christopher, Seaman 1/C. -
Killed Jan 6, 1945. Wife,
Mrs. Cartha E. Messer, 403 Wilson, New London.
Mother, Mrs. Violet Miller, 300 South Locust, Mt. Pleasant.
Metzger, Dale O.,
Pvt. - Army dead-Pacific area.
Father, Earl E. Metzger, Rt. 2, Winfield, Ia. Moehle, Carl Wm.,
Pvt. - Killed on Okinawa May
10, 1945. Parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Moehle, Mt. Pleasant. Morrow, Bill [Wm.
E.] Pfc. - Killed in action on
Okinawa, April 8, 1945. Parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Morrow, Rt. 1, Wayland, Ia. Patterson, Jesse
Lloyd - Killed in plane
accident in British Isles, on August 23, 1942.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Patterson, Winfield, Ia. Peacher, W. L.,
Pvt. - Killed in action in
Germany Sept. 30, 1944. Wife,
Mrs. W. L. Peacher, Revere, Mo. Mother,
Mrs. Anna Peacher, Quincy, Ill. Pennebaker, John
E., Pfc. - New London.
Killed in action in Italy April 29, 1945.
Mother, Mrs. Betty A. Pennebaker, Danville, Ia. Pitzer, Dale H.,
Seaman 2/C - Killed in plane
crash August 18, 1943. Wife,
Jeanette Pitzer, 400 Webster, Mt. Pleasant. Pugh, Leonard X. -
Killed in action Dec. 9, 1943. Parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Pugh, R. R. No. 1, New London, Ia. Ritchey, Wayne
C., Lt. - Killed in action in
Austria, May 10, 1944. Father,
Raymond C. Ritchey, New London, Iowa. Rogers, Edwin F.,
S/Sgt. - Killed in action over
Germany, July 12, 1944. Parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Rogers, Salem, Iowa. Ruchotzke, Walter
J., Pfc. - Killed in action in
France, Sept. 17, 1944. Parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ruchotzke, Lowden, Ia. Russell, John
Burgess - Victim of scarlet
fever at Ft. Warren, Wyo., August 28, 1942.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Russell, 206 N. Harrison, Mt.
Pleasant. Sammons, Harold
D., Pfc. - Killed in action in
Italy June 3, 1944. Father,
Thomas D. Sammons, Rt. 2, Mt. Pleasant, Ia. Sanburg, Kenneth
O., Cpl. - Killed in action in
European area on April 25, 1945. Father,
Oscar W. Sanburg, Rt. 3, Mt. Pleasant.
Sister, Mrs. Marguerite Hartley, Hillsboro. Sharpe, Paul F.,
Capt. [Army Chaplain] -
Winfield, Ia. Died of tropical fever on Luzon, June 7, 1945.
Parents, Rev. and Mrs. Robt. Sharpe, Pittsburg, Pa. Siverly, Joseph
S., S/Sgt. - Died of wounds
received on Okinawa, April 16, 1945.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Siverly, Salem, Ia.
Sisters, Mrs. Grace Hunting, Salem; Mrs. V. Milligan, Sperry,
Iowa. Smith, Carl Wm.,
Pvt. - Killed in action on
Okinawa, May 10, 1945. Parents,
[sic] Mr. and Mrs. Carl Moehle, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Spangler, Ivan -
Killed in plane crash at Douglas, Arizona, Jan. 15, 1944.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Spangler, Rt. 1, Winfield. Swan, Maurice L.,
S/Sgt. - Missing in action,
now declared dead. Killed in
European area May 8, 1944. Wife,
Mrs. Norma Ross Swan, Winfield, Ia.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Swan, Winfield. Tade, Donald,
Pvt. - Killed in car accident
in Louisiana August, 1941. Parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Tade, Hillsboro, Ia. Totemeier,
Everett, Ensign - Killed in
Pacific April 7, 1944. Parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Totemeier, RFD, Mt. Union, Ia. Tulk, Collins R. -
Killed in North Africa, Feb. 17, 1943.
Sister, Mrs. Ella B. Hummell, 410 N. Van Buren, Mt. Pleasant. Turbett, Loren
Edward - Killed in Luxembourg,
Germany, on Jan. 18, 1945. Wife,
Mrs. Margaret Turbett, Salem, Ia. Father,
M. B. Turbett, Toledo, Ia. Wagner, Leonard
L., Cpl. - Officially listed
as dead, after being missing over Austria August 23, 1944.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wagner, Salem, Ia. White, Harvey D.,
2nd Lt. - Killed in
action in Italy Jan. 26, 1945. Mother,
Mrs. Ruby White, 106 North Adams, Mt. Pleasant. White, Keith
Edmund - Killed in action in
France November 19, 1944. Parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur White, Rt. 2, Mt. Pleasant. Willey, Clarence
Edward - Killed in action on
Leyte, Nov. 27, 1944. Mother,
Mrs. Myrtle Willey, Mt. Pleasant. Williams, Russell
Elliott, 2nd Lt. -
Died in Sardinia in plane crash Nov. 29, 1943.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Corliss F. Williams, Danville, Iowa. Willits, Harold
V., T/5 - Killed in action in
Italy Feb. 10, 1944. Mother,
Mrs. Edith Willits, Box 56, Mt. Pleasant. Woods, Robert -
Mt. Pleasant. Killed aboard
a destroyer off Okinawa April 16, 1945.
Mother, Mrs. P. J. Melody, 904 S. 18th St.,
Centerville, Iowa [formerly of Mt. Pleasant]. Others
Not On Above List The following names
of Henry County dead are on the records kept by the News and are not yet
on the state list: Ralph Dan Roth -
Died at Camp Claiborne, La., Aug. 16, 1941, after undergoing an
appendicitis operation. Don Millspaugh -
Killed in an accident at Ft. Stevens, Oreg., Jan. 13, 1942. Clyde Buck -
Of the Navy. Died in a
hospital in Denver, Colo., Dec. 3, 1942. William Robert
Williams - Winfield.
Killed in a bulldozer accident on a Pacific island on May 11,
1943. Pvt. Frank E.
Smith - New London.
Killed Jan. 6, 1944, in a train-bus collision at Kingman, Ariz. Paul Wells -
Of the Navy. Killed in the
Leyte area on Oct. 24, 1944. James Ledbetter -
Killed in France, November 1, 1944. Pvt. Lorraine
Little - Killed in Belgium on
January 9, 1945. Lt. Orlin F. Wyse
- Declared dead after being
reported missing in action in the Pacific theater, July 25, 1943. Pvt. James
Marshall, Jr. - Declared dead
after being missing in Central Pacific area after Jan. 9, 1945. Charles Edwin
Guernsey - Salem.
Missing after sinking of the U.S.S. Houston in March, 1942, was
declared dead. Still on the missing
list are: Lt. Jack
McCormick - Missing in the
Saipan area August 14, 1944. St. Sgt. Charles
J. Wolfe - Hillsboro.
Missing at Palau, August 25, 1944. [“Mt. Pleasant News,” 22 January 1946] |
