Service Records A-Be

Service Records A-Be

 Veteran

Anderson, Bruce Jay

 

War WW II  
Branch  US Army Air Corps  
Company/Outfit  448th Bomb Group, Heavy  8th Air Force
Military Occupation  Pilot  Completed 35 missions as a pilot of a B-24 Liberator
Entered Service/Discharged  Jan 31, 1943- July 7, 1945 foreign service: July 14, 1944- April 28, 1945
Entered Service Jefferson Barracks, MO  
Where Served  European Theater  
Wounded    
Killed In Action    
POW    
Date of Birth  Nov.8, 1923 Terril, IA
Date Deceased Nov. 9, 2014 -Bettendorf, IA Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Rock Island, IL
Medals    

  Information on the 448th Bomb Group can be found here:

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 Veteran

 Anderson, Charles Oscar

 

War WW II  
Branch    
Company/Outfit  Transportation Corp ASF  
Military Occupation    
Entered Service/Discharged  Aug 12, 1942 Camp Dodge, IA
Period Served  Aug 27, 1942-Feb 13, 1946  
Where Served  Ft. Levenworth, KS; Wood Island Park, Boston, MA;Camp Miles Standish;Camp Gordon Johnson, FL;Ft. Benning, GA;  
Wounded    
Killed In Action    
POW    
Date of Birth  Feb 11, 1919 Rodman, IA
Date Deceased  Jan 29, 1991  Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
Medals    

Information on the Army Service Forces can be found here:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Service_Forces


 Veteran

Anderson, Donald Francis

 

War WW II  
Branch  Marine Corps  
Company/Outfit    
Military Occupation    
Entered Service/Discharged May 23, 1944 – March 16, 1946  
Period Served  1944-1946  
Where Served  Japan  
Wounded    
Killed In Action no  
POW    
Date of Birth April 16, 1919 Graettinger, IA
Date Deceased  Jan 23, 2007 Appleton, Wisconsin
Medals    


 

Anderson, John Henry

PFC

War WW II  
Branch Army  
Company/Outfit 355 Infantry, 89th Infantry Divison  
Military Occupation    
Entered Service/Discharged Jan 2, 1944  
Period Served   foreign service: December 1944 – May 1945
Where Served    
Wounded    
Killed In Action Killed in Service Ernstroda, Germany
POW    
Date of Birth Oct 20, 1925 Twelve Mile Lake Twnsp. Palo Alto Co, IA
Date Deceased May 14, 1945 Ernstroda, Germany;  Lakeview Cemetery, Windom, Minnesota
Medals    

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  Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

 Anderson, “J.D.” John Dwight

 

War WW II  
Branch Army  
Company/Outfit    
Military Occupation    
Entered Service/Discharged May 5, 1944  – Camp Dodge, IA Jan 26, 1946
Period Served May 5, 1944-Jan 26, 1946 Stateside
Where Served Camp Barkeley, Texas – 11 months; Camp Crowder, Missouri – 10 months  
Wounded    
Killed In Action    
POW    
Date of Birth June 17, 1916 Hinsdale, Illinois
Date Deceased March, 1985 Florissant, Colorado
Medals    

 Veteran

 Anderson, Paul John

 

War WW II  
Branch Army  
Company/Outfit    
Military Occupation    
Entered Service/Discharged Oct. 1, 1945 Ft. Levenworth, KS
Period Served    
Where Served    
Wounded    
Killed In Action    
POW    
Date of Birth  Sept 12, 1927  Terril, IA
Date Deceased  Sept 19, 2014 North Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio
Medals    


 Veteran

Terril Resident

Arganbright, Earl John

Sgt 1st Class

War WW II, Korea, Vietnam  
Branch Army  
Company/Outfit 147th Field Artillery Regiment 1798th Service Command Unit Station Compliment HQ Detachment
Military Occupation    
Entered Service/Discharged

Feb 24, 1941, Sioux Falls, SD- Feb 3, 1946

Released July 31, 1969

Foreign Service; Nov 22, 1941 – Aug 10, 1942
Period Served    
Where Served    
Wounded    
Killed In Action    
POW    
Date of Birth Oct 23, 1916 Waterville, KS
Date Deceased Aug 31, 2003 Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk, VA
Medals    
Arganbright marker in Norfolk, VA. Woodlawn Memorial Gardens

  Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

Arthur,
Duaine E.

 Corporal

War WW II  
Branch Army  
Company/Outfit Btry B 38th FA BN  Camp Carson, Colo.
Military Occupation Clark General (0550)  
Entered Service/Discharged  Ft. Snelling, Minn. Camp Carson,Colo.
Period Served May 23, 1947-Nov. 12, 1947  
Where Served  Okinawa  
Wounded  No  
Killed In Action  No  
POW  No  
Date of Birth  Nov. 27, 1927  
Date Deceased  Aug. 8, 1982  
Medals Japanese Occupational Ribbon, WW2 Victory Medal  


Veteran

Austin, Ned Lisle

CPL

War WW II  
Branch Army  
Company/Outfit Co C 643 TD BN 152 Field Artillery, 43rd Division, 643rd Tank Destroyer
Military Occupation    
Entered Service/Discharged Aug 5, 1941-Dec 24, 1944 Ft. Des Moines, IA
Period Served    
Where Served USA  
Wounded    
Killed In Action    
POW    
Date of Birth Sept 5, 1917 Terril, IA
Date Deceased Feb 2, 1972 Fairview Cemetery, Langdon, IA
Medals    
Austin marker, Langdon, IA cemetery

  Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

Baedke, Ernest Leroy

Pvt.

War WW II  
Branch Army  
Company/Outfit 24th Infantry Div 32nd Div; 34th Inf 
Military Occupation    
Entered Service/Discharged Jan 25, 1945 Ft. Snelling, MN – Nov. 30, 1946 Foreign Service: Aug 11, 1945 – Oct. 1, 1946
Period Served    
Where Served Philippines; Occupation of Tokyo, Japan  
Wounded    
Killed In Action no  
POW no  
Date of Birth September 7, 1926 Terril, IA
Date Deceased May 11, 2012 Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA
Medals    


 

Bair, Lewis John

Seaman 2nd Class

War WW II  
Branch Navy  
Company/Outfit Task Force 38, Third Fleet  
Military Occupation    
Entered Service/Discharged March 11, 1944 died in Service
Period Served    
Where Served Radio School, Madison, WI

USS Spence

Pacific

Wounded    
Killed In Action

yes

Philippine Sea

USS Spence capsized and sank in Typhoon Cobra (Halsey’s Typhoon.) Only 24 of 336 survived.  Also lost were the USS Hull and USS Monaghan.  790 total US fatalities.
POW    
Date of Birth April 16, 1913 Wibaux, MT
Date Deceased

Dec 18, 1944

Missing at Sea

Monument at Manila American Cemetery & Memorial, Ft. William McKinley, Manila, Philippines

Family marker Wibaux Cemetery, Wibaus, MT

Medals/ Notes married to Goldie Marie Patten Bair McBreen, who was a sister to Mrs. Herman Fairchild of Terril Sioux Rapids, IA resident

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Bassett, Wyatt Dean

Sgt

War WW II  
Branch Army  
Company/Outfit 10th Engineers Battalion, 3rd Division  
Military Occupation    
Entered Service/Discharged Sept 1940 Killed in Service
Period Served    
Where Served Italy  
Wounded    
Killed In Action yes  
POW    
Date of Birth Feb 27, 1918 Liberty Twp, IA Estherville resident
Date Deceased Feb 22, 1944

Sicily-Rome American Cemetery & Memorial; buried Nettuno, Italy

J Block, Row 1, Grave 40

Medals Purple Heart
Bassett marker Nettuno, Italy

  Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

1979 Post Commander

Bailey,
Lyman Adrian

 1st LT.

War  WW II  
Branch  Army Air Force #0723770
Company/Outfit  438th Bomb Squad  319th Bomb Group/12th Air Force
Military Occupation  Bombardier-Navigator  
Entered Service    
Period Served  Sept 1, 1942 – April 28, 1944; April 29, 1944 -Oct 28, 1945 Foreign Service: Sept 29, 1942 – Jan 25, 1945
Where Served  E.T.O. Based on Corsica  
Wounded  No  
Killed In Action  No  
POW  No  
Date of Birth  Nov. 6, 1919 Letts, IA
Date Deceased August 4th, 2006  
Medals Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster .

Beesaw, Obe S.

 Sgt.

War WW II  
Branch Army #37 045 189
Company/Outfit Co. M. 133rd Inf. Regiment  34th “Red Bull” Division
Military Occupation    
Entered Service    
Period Served May 25, 1941-July 2, 1944 Died in Service
Where Served Trained in Louisiana; North African & Italian Campaigns (Africa, Sicily, Italy)  
Wounded Yes  
Killed In Action Yes Cecina, Italy
POW No  
Date of Birth January 17, 1915 Graettinger, IA
Date Deceased July 2, 1944 – Italy High Lake Jack Creek Cemetery, Wallingford, IA
Medals Purple Heart

 Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

Benson, Darrel Wratten

 CPL

War WW II  
Branch Army Air Corps  
Company/Outfit SQ E 350Sth  AAF BU  Medical Corpsman 657
Military Occupation    
Entered Service    
Period Served June 21, 1945-Nov. 13, 1946  
Where Served In the States  
Wounded No  
Killed In Action No  
POW No  
Date of Birth July 11,1926 Estherville, IA
Date Deceased Jan 10, 2001 Ft. Ridgely Cemetery, Fairfax, MN
Medals   WWII Victory Medal .

 Veteran

 Berger, Jerry

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 Veteran

 Bettin, Wesley

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