Enderson, Dale Marvin
Staff Sgt
War
WW II
Branch
Army Air Corps
# 39 214 165
Company/Outfit
13th Air Force, 13th Command, 370 Bomb Squadron, 307 Bomb Group (Heavy)
Military Occupation
B-24 crewman
Entered Service
Oct 1, 1943
drafted while working in Washington state in as a welder in a defense factory
Period Served
Oct 1, 1943 – March 15, 1946
Foreign Service: June 6, 1944 – March 15, 1946
Where Served
Larado, TX; Rurnasour Airfield, Noemfoor Island, Balikpapan, Borneo
Wounded
Killed In Action
Yes
Plane exploded in midair over Makassar Strait about 25 miles NW of Balikpapan, Borneo
POW
Date of Birth
August 26, 1922
Terril, IA; Son of Adolph & Agnes Enderson
Date Deceased
March 15, 1946
Manila American Cemetery, Fort William McKinley, Manila, the Philippines
Medals/Notes
Purple Heart; Air Medal; additional Army awards
Brother of WWII Vet, Duane Enderson, Nephew to WWII Vets, Melvin & Selmer Enderson; Cousin to WWII Gold Star Serviceman, Leonard Moore
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Manila American Cemetery, Fort William McKinley, Manila, the Philippines
Enderson, Duane Eugene
RM3
War
WW II
Branch
Navy
# 859 92 72
Company/Outfit
USS Dade; USS Harris
Military Occupation
radio operator
Entered Service
Dec 10, 1943
Camp Dodge, IA
Period Served
Dec 10, 1043 – May 17, 1946
Foreign Service: Jan 20, 1945 – Dec 17, 1945; Jan 28, 1946 – Feb 16, 1946
Where Served
Boot Training, Farragut, ID; Radio operators school, Moscow, ID; Amphib training school, Amphib Operating Base, San Diego, CA
Communication beach party on USS Dade & USS Harris
Wounded
No
Killed In Action
No
POW
No
Date of Birth
March 24, 1925
Terril, IA; Son of Adolph & Agnes Enderson
Date Deceased
August 12, 1986
Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA
Medals/Notes
Brother to WW II Gold Star Serviceman, Dale Enderson; Nephew to WWII Vets, Melvin & Selmer Enderson; Cousin to WWII Gold Star Serviceman, Leonard Moore
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Enderson, Melvin Raymond
Tec 4
War
WW II
Branch
Army
#37428710
Company/Outfit
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Aug 21, 1942
Camp Dodge, IA
Period Served
Sep 5, 1942 – Nov 12, 1945
Foreign Service: April 30, 1943 – Aug 12, 1944; June 6, 1945 – Nov 2, 1945
Where Served
Truax Field, Madison, WI; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Atlantic City, NJ; le Shima, Japan
Wounded
Killed In Action
No
POW
No
Date of Birth
May 31, 1907
Spencer, IA; Son of Hans & Gertrude Enderson; Terril resident; brother of Mrs. Wm. Moore (Elma) of Terril; brother of WWII Vet, Selmer Enderson
Date Deceased
May 11, 1974
Springfield National Cemetery, Springfield, MO
Medals/Notes
Uncle of WW II Gold Star Serviceman, Leonard Moore; Uncle to WW II Gold Star Serviceman, Dale Enderson
Enderson, Selmer Merle
Pvt
War
WW II
Branch
Army
Company/Outfit
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Nov 21, 1942
Period Served
Nov 21, 1942 – June 19, 1943
Honorably discharged/Hard of hearing
Where Served
Wounded
No
Killed In Action
No
POW
No
Date of Birth
June 14, 1911
Spencer, IA; Son of Hans & Gertrude Enderson; Terril resident; brother of Mrs. Wm. Moore (Elma) of Terril; brother of WWII Vet, Melvin Enderson
Date Deceased
May 3, 1988
Belview Cemetery, Belview, MN
Medals/Notes
Uncle of WWII Gold Star Serviceman, Leonard Moore; Uncle to WW II Gold Star Serviceman, Dale Enderson
Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire
Erickson, Carroll Donald “Don”
Tech/4c
Tech Sgt
War
WW II
Branch
Army
Company/Outfit
752 Tank Battalion
Military Occupation
Tank Driver/Medium 2736
Entered Service
March 5, 1943
Ft. Crook, NE
Period Served
March 12, 1943 – Dec 2, 1945
Foreign Service; 2 yrs, 3 mos, 2 days – Almost 2 yrs on front line
Where Served
General Order 33, War Dept 1945: Naples, Foggia, Rome, Arno, North Apennines, Po Valley
Discharged: Ft. Leavenworth, KS
Wounded
Yes – March 2, 1945
European African Middle Eastern Theater
Killed In Action
No
POW
No
Date of Birth
January 30, 1924
Burwell, NE; Longtime Terril, IA resident
Date Deceased
January 26, 2002
North Lawn Cemetery, Spencer, IA
Medals/Notes
Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart, Distinguished Unit Badge
Walsh Post 432 Parade of Flags
Evans, Lowell Winston
LT JG
War
WW II
Branch
Navy
# 384241
Company/Outfit
USS Fortune AVS 2; USS Keokuk AKN 4; USS Achilles ARL 41
Military Occupation
deck officer
Entered Service
Dec 14, 1942
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Period Served
July 1, 1943 – Feb 17, 1946
Foreign Service: Oct 20, 1944 – Oct 17, 1945; Dec 4, 1945; Dec 5, 1945; Dec 21, 1945 – Feb 4, 1946
Where Served
Oxford, Ohio; Asbury Park, NJ; Great Lakes, IL; Pacific Theater
Wounded
no
Killed In Action
no
POW
no
Date of Birth
May 21, 1923
Dickens, IA; son of Lester & Virginia Evans
Date Deceased
July 21, 1976
Pacific View Memorial Park, Corona del Mar, CA
Medals/Notes
Terril resident
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The second USS Fortune (IX-146) was built in 1921 by Doulett and Williams, New Orleans, La., as City of Elwood ; acquired by the Navy 16 February 1944; and commissioned 19 February 1944, Lieutenant Commander K. H. Carlson, USNR, in command. She was reclassified AVS-2 on 25 May 1945. Commissioned at Pearl Harbor , Fortune sailed 16 May 1944 for Kwajalein , her base for cargo operations to Eniwetok , Manus , and Ulithi until 10 January 1945, when she became fleet issue ship at Ulithi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Fortune_(IX-146)
Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire
Fairchild, Daniel Milton
F1
War
WW II
Branch
Navy
# 764 40 00
Company/Outfit
USS Bexar (APA 237)
Military Occupation
Entered Service
July 1, 1944
Minneapolis, MN
Period Served
July 1, 1944 – June 17, 1946
Foreign Service: June 25, 1945 – June 17, 1946
Where Served
NACSB, Minneapolis, MN; Navy V 12 Unit, Dubuque, IA; USNTC Great Lakes, IL; Japan
Wounded
No
Killed In Action
No
POW
No
Date of Birth
September 16, 1926
Terril, IA; son of Enos & Bessie Fairchild
Date Deceased
February 6, 1982
Calvary Cemetery, Milford, IA
Medals/Notes
Walsh Post 432 Parade of Flags
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VFW Post 3388, Estherville, IA
Faisst, Joseph
Tech 5
War
WW II
Branch
Army
# 37 435 015
Company/Outfit
76th General Hospital
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Sept 24, 1942
Camp Dodge, IA
Period Served
Sept 24, 1942 – June 17, 1945
Foreign Service: Feb 28, 1944 – June 11, 1945
Where Served
Vancouver, WA; British Isles; France; Belgium; Germany
Wounded
No
Killed In Action
No
POW
No
Date of Birth
June 7, 1902
Cologne, Stadtkreis Köln (Cologne) , Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia) , Germany
Date Deceased
April 20, 1976
St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery, Estherville, IA
Medals/Notes
Terril resident; Served in German army in WWI and volunteered for the US Army in WWII
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Ferguson, Tommy Vernon
WT2c
War
WW II
Branch
Navy
# 621 30 73
Company/Outfit
USS Bernadou (DD153) (Destroyer); USS General O.H. Ernst (AP-133) (Transport)
USNR V6
Military Occupation
Water Tender
Entered Service
Oct 15, 1942
Period Served
Oct 15, 1942 – Feb 9, 1946
Foreign Service: Jan 26, 1943 – Feb 21, 1944; July 21, 1944 – Jan 31, 1946
Where Served
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean
Wounded
No
Killed In Action
No
POW
No
Date of Birth
September 21, 1921
Estherville, IA; son of Wm Earl & Charlotte Ferguson
Date Deceased
December 8, 1994
Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA
Medals/Notes
Good Conduct
Walsh Post 432 Parade of Flags
Glen Pedersen Post #1
Ficken, Ervin Gerhart
Sergeant
War
WW II
Branch
Army Air Corp
#37 432 917
Company/Outfit
15th Air Force, 737 Bomb. Sq. (H)
Military Occupation
B-24 engine mechanic
Entered Service
Sept 27, 1942
Camp Dodge, IA
Period Served
Sept 27, 1942 – Oct 4, 1945
Foreign Service: Dec 14, 1943 – July 29, 1945
Where Served
Shepphard Field, Wichita Falls, TX, Indianapolis, IN; Italy
Wounded
No
Killed In Action
No
POW
No
Date of Birth
August 25, 1920
Terril, IA
Date Deceased
March 4, 1999
Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, IA
Medals/Notes
.
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Stallings-Williams Post #206
Fliss, William Kenneth
FC2c
War
WW II; Korea
Branch
Navy
#620-72-74
Company/Outfit
USS Evarts DE-5 (1943); USS O’Neill (DE-188)
Military Occupation
Fire Controlman
Entered Service
July 13, 1942
Spencer, IA
Period Served
July 18, 1942 – Dec 21, 1945
Sept 13, 1951 – Nov 25, 1952
Where Served
USNTS Great Lakes, IL; NRL-GBA North Beach, MD; Adv. Fire Control School, Washington, DC;
Wounded
No
Killed In Action
No
POW
No
Date of Birth
November 23, 1916
Terril, IA
Date Deceased
October 23, 1989
Southern Memorial Gardens, Dunkirk, MD
Medals/Notes
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Kenneth Fliss
Kenneth Fliss
VFW member
Fox, Arlo George
1st Sergeant
War
WW II
Branch
Army
#37 037 422
Company/Outfit
135th Infantry, 34th Div.; 1st Ranger Battalion; 3rd Ranger Battalion
Military Occupation
Ranger/Infantry
Entered Service
April 24, 1941
Omaha, NE
Period Served
April 24, 1941 – Aug 24, 1945
Foreign Service: April 30, 1942 – June 10, 1945
Where Served
Trained in Scotland/Ireland
North African/Italian Theater: Algeria French Morocco, Sicily, Naples, Rome,
Wounded
Killed In Action
No
POW
Yes
Captured by Germans at Cisterno, Italy; Held in Stalag B2 Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17
Date of Birth
January 28, 1917
Spencer, IA
Date Deceased
December 8, 1990
Spirit Lake Memorial Gardens, Spirit Lake, IA
Medals/Notes
Spirit Lake area resident
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Fries, Thomas
Private
War
WW II
Branch
Army
Company/Outfit
Field Artillery
Military Occupation
Entered Service
Aug 21, 1942
Camp Dodge, IA
Period Served
Aug 21, 1942 – Sept 21, 1943
Foreign Service: Dec 27, 1942 – Sept 1, 1943
Where Served
Wounded
Killed In Action
no
POW
no
Date of Birth
February 16, 1916
Spencer, IA
Date Deceased
May 26, 1997
St. Paul’s Cemetery, Graettinger, IA
Medals/Notes
Resident of Terril