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Soldiers who died in World War II
Shelby County Iowa
As Published in the Harlan Tribune and the Harlan News Advertiser, 1940-1946
Contributed by Phyllis Heller


NAME BRANCH AGE DIED CAUSE OF DEATH WHERE CEMETERY WHERE BURIED FROM PARENTS SPOUSE
AHRENKIEL, Wayne
T-5 		Army   15-Feb-45 Killed in Action   Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines      
ALLSTOT, Max V.
1st Class Seaman		 Navy   6-Jan-45 MIA-Buried at Sea Tablets of the missing at Manila America Cemetery Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery Manila, Philippines -Memorial Stone, Union Twp., Cem. Defiance Defiance Guy and Undine ALLSTOT Ila Mae (?)
ANDERSON, Harold M.
CPL		 Army   7-May-42 Missing in Action Attack on the Philippines Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines Harlan Mr. & Mrs. Martin ANDERSON  
ARKFELD, Francis Felix
MMM 2-C		 Navy 21 8-Jun-44 Missing in Action Normandy-Invasion of Omaha Beach Tablets of the Missing at Normandy American Cemetery, France Panama John & Mary ARKFELD  
ARMENTROUT, Russell M.
PFC		 Army   20 Mar.44 Missing in Action Admiralty Islands Buried by friendly forces-other then his own   Marion & Nettie ARMENTROUT  
BLOCK, Ernest
SSGT		 Army 25 29-Jul-44 Killed in Action Battle at St. Lo-France Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France Earling Herman & Elizabeth BLOCK  
BRANSITITER, Daniel
ENSIGN		 Naval Air Corps 22 17-Jul-44 Collision of two training Planes Millerstown, Pennsylvania Shelby Cemetery Shelby Mr. & Mrs. Daniel BRANSTITER  
BROWN, Bernard C.
SGT		 Army 28 24-Sep-43 Army plane crash Port Angel, Washington Elk Horn Cemetery Kimballton Mr. &Mrs. Martin O. BROWN  
BROWNING, William
T-SGT		 Army   5 Apr.45 Killed in Action Somewhere in Germany Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France   Mr.& Mrs. J. C. BROWNING  
CAMPBELL, Sheldon
PFC		 Army   1945 Died in a Hotel Fire Shikakei, Japan   Harlan Mr. & Mrs. George CAMPBELL  
CARLEY, Albert B.
T-5		 Army   1-Apr-45 Killed in Action   Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands      
CARTER, Meridith
LT		 Army   23 Jan.-45 Killed in Action Somewhere in Germany   Harlan Mr. & Mrs. Earnest CARTER Marian Dahl
DEA, James David
ENSIGN		 Navy Air Corps 22 31-May-44 Naval Patrol Plane crash Creeds Field, Virginia Catholic Cemetery near Avoca Shelby Mr. & Mrs. William B. DEA  
DELPH, Everett M.
PVT		 Army     Killed in Action          
DINESEN, Harold N.
SGT		 Army 23 15-Mar-45 Wounds in Action Hospital in France American Military Cemetery, France Harlan Mr. & Mrs. Jacob C. DINESEN  
FRAHM, Leonard C.
SGT		 Army   26-Mar-45 Killed in Action Somewhere in Germany Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg   Mr. & Mrs. John FRAHM  
GERDTS, Luther C.
PVT		 Army     Killed in Action          
GETTYS, Joe L.
T-SGT		 Army   9-Dec-44 Missing in Action Italy   Harlan Mr. & Mrs. Joe L. GETTY  
GRETT, Gerald
SSGT		 Army Air Corps 24 Aug. 43 B-17 Bomber crash-Missing in Action Allied Raid on Ploesti, Rumania oilfields   Harlan Mr. & Mrs. Calvin GRETT  
HABERBERGER, Leonard
PFC		 Army   16-Dec-44 Killed in Action   Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France Earling George & Barbara HABERBERGER  
HANSEN, Lawrence
CPL		 Army   10 Jan 1945 Wounds in Action Belgium Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Harlan Mr. & Mrs. George HANSEN  
HOOGENSEN, Earl
SSGT		 Air Corps   16-Jan-44 Airplane crash British Guiana, South America   Harlan Nels H. HOOGENSEN  
HULSEBUS, William Lyle
1st CLASS		 Navy 24 9 Oct, 44 Truck accident Hawaiian Islands Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii-Memorial Stone, Union TWP. Cemetery, Defiance Defiance Rudy & Ella HULSEBUS  
IMRIE, Donn H.
PVT		 Army   30-Nov-44     Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands      
JENSEN, Waldo Chris
T-SGT		 Air Corps 34 30 Dec. 41 Army bomber plane crash-MIA Cajon Pass in California Buried at Leavenworth, Kansas Harlan Mr.& Mrs. Chris JENSEN Loretta DYER
JOHNSON, Arthur B.
Room Steward		 Marines   23 Nov.-44 POW   Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines Harlan Brother-Bryon JOHNSON  
JORGENSON, Everett
PFC 		Army   15 Apr. 45 Killed in Action Luzon in the Philippines   Harlan Mr. & Mrs. P. H. JORGENSON  
JUHL, William D.
CPL		 Army 23 11 May, 42 Malaria Fever & Starvation (POW) Cabatuan Prison Camp, Philippines Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery Manila, Philippines Harlan William & Flora JUHL Sr.  
KLOEWER, Eugene J.
PFC		 Army   15-Sep-44 Killed in Action Invasion of Southern France Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France, Memorial Stone. St's Peter and Paul Cemetery, Defiance Defiance Frank & Anna KLOEWER  
KNAPP, Rex
1ST CLASS		 Navy   Nov. 30-1942 Killed in Action Naval engagement in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific First buried in Hawaii, in 1947 the body was brought back and buried in Union Township Cemetery, Defiance, Iowa Harlan Edward & Julia KNAPP  
KRASCHEL, James N.
CPL		 Army Air Corps 21 24-Sep-45 P-24 Airplane Crash Okinawa Jima Ryukyu Island   Harlan Nelson G. & Agnes KRASCHEL  
KROMAN, Albert
LT		 Army 30 3 Jun, 44 Killed in Action Liberating Rome Netune, Italy-later in the family plot at the Elk Horn Cemetery Elk Horn Andrew & Christina KROMAN  
McCRACKEN, James N. Army   25-Feb-45   Iwo Jima     Newton & Milda McCRACKEN  
McCUEN, Walter Ray Navy   16, Oct. 1944 Killed in Action On a Jap prison ship that was sunk off the China Coast   Formerly of Harlan Mr. & Mrs. W. B. McCUEN  
McGEE, Victor Howard
PVT.		 Army 21 1 May, 1945 Killed in Action Okinawa, Ryukus, Islands.
Battle for Shuri Line 		Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA Formerly Kirkman Mr. & Mrs. W.F. "Frank" McGEE  
McGRAW, Willis
PVT.		 Army 32 30 April, 1945 Killed in Action   On the Island of Cebu in the South Pacific Irwin Mr. & Mrs. Wm. McGRAW Helen Rold
McLAURIN, William H.
Radio Officer		 Navy   Jun-44 Ship was sunk while on convoy duty North Atlantic Memorial Tablet at Gallups Island near Boston, MA. Formerly Harlan Mrs. Elmer SUTTON  
MILLER, Max Myles
COXSWAIN		 Navy   Oct-43 Missing in Action Sea battle in the South Pacific Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery Manila, Philippines Shelby Helen MILLER  
MILLER, Melvin
PVT		 Army   27 Nov.-44 Killed in Action Germany Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Irwin Mr. & Mrs. Anna MILLER  
NIELSEN, Nils
PFC		 Army   14-Dec-44 Killed in Action France Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France   Parents lived in Denmark  
NOEHREN, Edward H.
SGT		 Army 27 26-Sep-44 Bazooka rocket explosion Camp Carson, Colorado Harlan Cemetery Harlan Helen NOEHREN Mary Moylaw
OCEAN, Floyd
CPL		 Air Force 23 16 Oct 45 Drowning Maraquina River, Philippines   Harlan Ellis & Oda OCEAN  
PAULSON, Vernon
LT		 Army 33 8 Dec. 44 Killed in Action Strasbourg, France   Jacksonville Mr. & Mrs. Nels P. PAULSEN  
PEDERSEN, Silas C.
LT		 Army   5 Oct. 44 Killed in Action Italy Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France Jackson Twp Meta PEDERSEN  
PETERSEN, Jack S.
2C		 Navy 18 6 Apr. 43 Swept overbroad Atlantic Ocean Tablets of the missing, East Coast Memorial New York Harlan Mr.& Mrs. Harlan PETERSON  
RATIGAN, Michael D.
T-5		 Army 26 15 Feb.-43 Missing in Action Battle in the area of Sidi Bau Zid, Tunisia   Panama Michael D. & Catherine RATIGAN  
REINIG, Walter H.
SGT		 Army 26 31-Jan-44 Killed in Action Italy Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy Portsmouth Mr. & Mrs. Matt REINIG  
RIHNER, John
PFC		 Army   3-Sep-44 Killed in Action France   Shelby    
RINK, Paul
LT		     17-Aug-44 Killed in Action Buried in France-Body returned in 1951 and buried in Shelby Cemetery In a bombing raid over the Ploesti, Rumania, Oil Fields. Shelby Mrs. Judson PERKINS  
RUDY, F. Math
Major		 Army 32 Mar-46 Car Accident St. Petersburg, Florida Carroll, Iowa Formerly Harlan Mr. & Mrs. Frank MAYR Ruth Collison
SCHMITZ, William
CPL		 Marines 23 25 Sep, 46 Amputation of leg-Naval Hospital Long Beach, California His home in Panama Panama Cemetery Panama Peter and Catherine SCHMITZ Frances Fredericks
SCHOMERS, Jerry
PVT.		 Army 20 9 Mar.-45 Wounds received in Action Luzon Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines Panama Mr. & Mrs. Mike SCHOMERS  
SCHRAM, Edward N.
SGT		 Army   12-Jun-44 Killed in Action Italian Front   Earling Nicholas & Josephine SCHRAM  
SMITH, Norman F.
PFC		 Army     Killed in Action       Mr.& Mrs. Chas SMITH  
SOE, PETER F.
LT 2nd 		  31 22 Aug, 42 He was with the Engineer Regiment England   Kimballton Dr. Peder & Ella SOE  
SORENSON, Robert H. Navy 22 29 Jan.45 USS Serpens, was torpedoed by Japs Guadalcanal American Cemetery, Guadalcanal Harlan Mr. & Mrs. Harry SORENSON  
STARNER, Russell L.
PVT		 Army   13 Feb.-45 Killed in Action Siegfried Line,Germany Luxembourg Shelby Mr. & Mrs., Bert STARNER  
STINN, Richard T.
PFC		 Army 27 23 Aug. 43 Shell Explosion while in combat training North African area North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia Earling Anthony & Josephine STINN  
STOELK, Leon H.
PVT		 Army   23 Jul. 43 Killed in Action Invasion of Sicily Manning Cemetery Botna Albert & Elsie STOELK  
SUMMERS, Vernon
PFC		 Army 30 4-Jun-44 Killed in Action Anzio Beach, Italy Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy Harlan Charles & Myrtle SUMMERS  
WEIHS, Alfred Peter F.
1st Class		 Navy 25 7 Apr.-43 Killed in Action In the Pacific Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery in Manila, Philippines Jacksonville Mr. & Mrs. Tony WEIHS  
WIGNESS, Kenneth E.
LT		 Army   Apr. 44 Bomber crashed at sea East Coast   Harlan . Cornelius & Sina WIGNESS  
WUNDER, Edmund
1st Class		 Navy   14-Nov-43 Missing in Action Southwest Pacific Area Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery in Manila, Philippines Harlan Mr. & Mrs. Herman WUNDER  
ZANGERLE, John
SGT		 Army   15-Feb-45 Killed in Action Battle of Manilla   Portsmouth Frank & Crescentia ZANGERLE  


Transcribed and Contributed by Phyllis A. Heller, copyright 2004, All Rights Reserved

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