Service Records Mat-Moore

Service Records Mat-Moore

Mathis, Robert Dodds

2nd Lt.

War WW II  
Branch Army Air Forces #0-826245
Company/Outfit 20th Air Force – 444 Group – 678 Squadron  
Military Occupation    
Entered Service Jan 30, 1943  
Period Served Jan 30, 1943 – Dec 27, 1944  
Where Served Pacific Theater  
Wounded    
Killed In Action Yes near Chenghn, China
POW    
Date of Birth September 1, 1919 Bondurant, IA
Date Deceased December 27, 1944 Group Internment Aug 16, 1949; Keokuk National Cemetery, Keokuk, IA
Medals/Notes   married to Pauline Stroh, granddaughter of M.M. & Sarah Martin of Terril, IA

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McBain, Robert Lloyd

PFC

War WW II  
Branch Army  
Company/Outfit    
Military Occupation    
Entered Service April 16, 1942 Portland, OR
Period Served April 16, 1942 – Dec 9, 1945  
Where Served European Theater  
Wounded    
Killed In Action No  
POW    
Date of Birth March 11, 1921 Eagle Corners, WI; Son of Oscar & Mattie McBain
Date Deceased March 22, 1984 Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, OR
Medals/Notes   resident of Terril/Milford, IA area; brother of Albert McBain of Terril, IA

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McBain, Russell Dean

Seaman 2cV6

War WW II  
Branch Navy #869 16 36
Company/Outfit

USS Rudyerd Bay CVE-81 (1944 – 1945); USS YMS 441 (1946)

 
Military Occupation    
Entered Service Aug 1943  
Period Served    
Where Served Pacific Theater  
Wounded    
Killed In Action No  
POW No  
Date of Birth May 11, 1924 Richland Co., WI; Son of Oscar & Mattie McBain
Date Deceased January 22, 2005 Virginia Beach, VA
Medals/Notes   resident of Terril/Milford, IA area; brother of Albert McBain of Terril, IA

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USS Rudyerd Bay
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USS YMS 441 (USS Pelican)
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American Legion Post 384

McCoy, Gerald William “Jerry”

Captain

War WW II  
Branch Army Air Forces  
Company/Outfit 7th Air Force  
Military Occupation B24 pilot Liaison officer between Air Force & Civil Air Patrol
Entered Service Jan 3, 1942 Ft Crook, Omaha, NE
Period Served  July 26, 1942 – June 13, 1953 Foreign Service: Aug 23, 1942 – Nov 3, 1943
Where Served Bakersfield, CA; Oxnard, CA; Victorville, CA; Pacific Theater North Dakota
Wounded    
Killed In Action    
POW    
Date of Birth January 27, 1921 Ruthton, MN
Date Deceased August 23, 2001 Okoboji Cemetery, Arnolds Park, IA
Medals/Notes   Terril High School graduate; son of Frank & Kathyrn McCoy

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McCoy, Kenneth Wayne

PFC

War WW II  
Branch Army  
Company/Outfit 27th Div, 165th Infantry Regiment, Co B  
Military Occupation Infantry  
Entered Service Sept 12, 1944 Ft. Snelling, MN
Period Served Sept 12, 1944 – May 23, 1945  
Where Served Camp Hood, TX; Ft, Ord, CA; Oahu, HI, Marianna Islands; Okinawa  
Wounded    
Killed In Action Yes Okinawa, Japan
POW No  
Date of Birth April 3, 1923 Terril, IA; Son of WWI Vet, Orph & Era McCoy
Date Deceased May 23, 1945 Clarkfield Cemetery, Clarkfield, MN
Medals Purple Heart

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McCoy, Walter Edgar

 

War WW II  
Branch Army  
Company/Outfit    
Military Occupation    
Entered Service Sept 30, 1942  
Period Served Sept 30, 1942 – Sept 15, 1945  
Where Served    
Wounded    
Killed In Action    
POW    
Date of Birth June 7, 1921 Spencer, IA; Son of James & Leah McCoy of Terril, IA
Date Deceased December 23, 1999 Crown Hill Cemetery & Mausoleum, Twinsburg, OH
Medals   Terril, IA resident

Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

McKean, Roy Robert

Sgt.

War  WW II  
Branch  Army  
Company/Outfit Company I, 379th Infantry 95th Division
Military Occupation  infantryman  
Entered Service  July 17, 1942-Nov 4, 1945  Ft. Des Moines, IA
Period Served foreign serv. Aug. 9, 1944 – July 1, 1945  
Where Served Northern France, Rhineland  
Wounded  No  
Killed In Action  No  
POW  No  
Date of Birth  Feb 19, 1921  Maple Hill, IA
Date Deceased  Dec. 20, 1984 East Side Cemetery, Estherville, IA

Medals 

 3 Bronze Stars,1 Silver Star

Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

1962 Post Commander

McVicker,
Lawrence Virgil

 1st LT

War  WW II  
Branch Army #17112148
Company/Outfit Hdqs. Bat. 171st Fld Art. Bat. Hdqs. Bat. 382nd FA Bat.  
Military Occupation reconnaissance pilot  
Entered Service Sept. 23, 1942 Des Moines, IA
Period Served Sept. 23, 1942 – Jan. 3, 1946 Foreign Service: Oct. 6, 1944 – Sept. 12, 1945
Where Served  European Theater; Germany  
Wounded  Yes  
Killed In Action  No  
POW  No  
Date of Birth  February 10, 1917 Eagle Grove, IA
Date Deceased  Sept 21, 2003 Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA
Medals   European Theater, 4 Air medals, Purple Heart

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Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire, 

1960 Post Commander;

Milford Post 384 

Mehan, William Joseph “Bill”

AOM 3c

War WW II  
Branch Navy #859 65 91
Company/Outfit    
Military Occupation aviation ordinance  
Entered Service Sept 17, 1943  
Period Served Sept 17, 1943 – Jan 12, 1946 Foreign Service: April 1944 – Nov 1945
Where Served NTS Farragut, Idaho; USS Acorn 28, Port Hueneme, CA; Acers 24; Naval Air Base Navy 3205 Admiralty Islands, South Pacific
Wounded No  
Killed In Action No  
POW No  
Date of Birth June 18, 1925 Emmetsburg, IA
Date Deceased November 21, 2004 Milford Cemetery, Milford, IA
Medals/Notes    Terril, IA resident

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Meyers,  William Christopher

Lt. Col.

War WW II  
Branch Army Air Forces US Air Force
Company/Outfit Training Command, 20th Bomb Group  
Military Occupation Pilot, flight instructor  
Entered Service May 31, 1941 Ft. Snelling, MN
Period Served  Jan 9, 1942- June 14, 1946 Oct 31, 1947 – Feb 28, 1969
Where Served Ontario, CA; Greenville, MS; Clovis Army Airfield, NM; Guam; Tacoma, WA Foreign Service: May 31, 1945 – Oct 13, 1945
Wounded    
Killed In Action    
POW    
Date of Birth May 15, 1919 Milford, IA; son of Wm. & Evelyn Meyers; son-in-law of Ben & Frances Miller of Terril, IA; husband of Charlotte Miller Meyers
Date Deceased May 24, 1982 Ruddell Pioneer Cemetery, Lacey, WA
Medals Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Air_Medal_front-75x150.jpg

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Miller, Maurice Myson

 1st LT.

War  WW II  
Branch  US Army Air Corp.  
Company/Outfit 10th Bombardment Squadron, 25th Bomb Group  
Military Occupation  Pilot  
Entered Service West Point Military Academy, Fall 1935, Class of 1939  
Period Served  Active Duty: Sept 1939; Foreign Serv. July 1940  
Where Served Air Corps, Lincoln, NE; Randolph Field & Kelly Field, TX; Langley, VA; Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico  
Wounded  No  
Killed In Action  Yes Pilot, Lost at sea approx. 70 miles NW of Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico aboard B-18B Bolo #37-601.
POW  No  
Date of Birth Jan 3, 1915 Lodgepole, SD 
Date Deceased Dec. 11, 1941 Lost at Sea;  East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, NY
Medals/Notes West Point graduate 1939 Son of Ben & Frances Miller of Terril, IA

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Miller, Merle Joseph

PVT

War WW II  
Branch Army #36972879
Company/Outfit 330th Infantry Regiment,  83rd Infantry Division  
Military Occupation    
Entered Service April 26, 1944 Ft. Sheridan, IL
Period Served April 26, 1944 – Jan 6, 1945 Foreign Service: Dec 1944 -Jan 6, 1945
Where Served Belgium  
Wounded    
Killed In Action Yes Killed in the Battle of the Bulge; Liernieux, Belgium
POW    
Date of Birth November 11, 1916 Ruthven, IA
Date Deceased January 6, 1945

Interred: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial,  Henri-Chapelle, Belgium

Memorial: Calvary Cemetery, Ruthven, IA

Medals/Notes

Purple Heart

son of Leonard & Anna Dodge Miller; husband of Lorraine Miller Keehner; father of Michael A. Miller

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Miller, Walter Nelson

Major

War WW II  
Branch Army Air Corps US Air Force
Company/Outfit Eighth Air Force Fighter Command, 55th Fighter Group (P-51 single engine)  39th Tactical Recon Sqaudron, 412th Fighter Group (P-80 jet)
Military Occupation mechanic; squadron engineering officer, maintenance supervisor of P-51 fighters  
Entered Service Jan 1940 Des Moines, IA
Period Served Jan 1940; Commisioned, Feb 29, 1944 – Aug 31,1963 Foreign Service: Sept 1943 – Nov 1945
Where Served Chanute Field, Bellville, IL; Hamilton Field, CA; Portland, OR; Indianapolis, IN;  McChord Field, WA; England, March Field, CA; Germany, Guam, New Mexico, Mississippi
Wounded No  
Killed In Action No  
POW No  
Date of Birth October 1, 1919 Terril, IA; Son of Ben & Frances Miller
Date Deceased July 2, 1990 Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA
Medals European Theater Ribbon with 6 Battle Stars, Presidential Unit Citation with on Oak Leaf Cluster,  Good Conduct Medal, Pre-Pearl Harbor Ribbon, American Theater Ribbon, Victory Ribbon

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Moore,
Carlyle Clinton, M.D.

 1st. LT.

War  WW II & Korea  
Branch  Infantry Medical Corps.  
Company/Outfit ( WW2) 5th ASTP Regt. Ft. Benning, GA; 222 Inf. Regt. 42nd Inf. Div., Camp Gruber, OK; Co. M. 112 Inf. Reg. 28th Inf. Div. 45  Infantry Unit and M.D. Letterman Army Hospital(1950-51)
Military Occupation  Medical  
Entered Service    
Period Served Jan 21, 1944-Jan. 31, 1946 (WW2) ; foreign serv. Aug. 17, 1944 – Aug 3, 1945  June 23, 1950-June 30, 1951 (Korea)
Where Served Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe  
Wounded  Yes  
Killed In Action  No  
POW  No  
Date of Birth  Nov. 13, 1921 Terril, IA; Son of William A. & Elizabeth Moore
Date Deceased  May 12, 1983 Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA
Medals European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal w/3 Bronze Stars, American Campaign Medal, Bronze Star, Victory Medal/WW II, Purple Heart  

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 Moore, Leland Arthur “Lee”

  1st LT

War  WW II  
Branch  Army Air Corps  
Company/Outfit Central Flying Training Command 12th Bomber Command  321st Bombardment Group
Military Occupation Pilot – 50 combat raids over Rome, Tunisia, Pantelleria, Lampedusa, Sardinia and Sicily;   pilot in a medium B-25 (Mitchell) bomber group; Flight Instructor, Pampa Army Air Field, Pampa, Texas
Entered Service Dec. 18, 1941  
Period Served Dec. 18, 1941- Aug. 7, 1945 foreign serv Feb. 23, 1943 – Oct. 28, 1943
Where Served North African Theater  
Wounded  No  
Killed In Action   No  
POW   No  
Date of Birth  Nov. 17, 1919 Terril, IA; Son of William A. & Elizabeth Moore
Date Deceased May 5, 2007 Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA
Medals  Air Medal and Eight Oak Leaf Clusters This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Air_Medal_front-75x150.jpg

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Moore, Leonard Eugene

Seaman 2nd Class

 SeaWar  WW II  
Branch  Navy  
Company/Outfit    
Military Occupation radioman  
Entered Service Dec 15, 1941  
Period Served Dec. 1941 – Aug 9, 1942  
Where Served USS Vincennes, Pacific Theater  Great Lakes Naval Station; New York
Wounded    
Killed In Action Yes  
POW No  
Date of Birth May 11, 1920 Terril, IA; Son of Wm E. & Elma Moore
Date Deceased Aug. 9, 1942

Lost at Sea on USS Vincennes;  Memorial at East Side Cemetery, Estherville, IA

Medals/Notes

Purple Heart

Graduate of Superior High School

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 Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

1961 Post Commander

Moore, Leslie John, Dr.

 Captain

War  WW II  
Branch  Army  
Company/Outfit  41st Evacuation Hospital, Veterinary Corps  
Military Occupation  Veterinary – Food Inspector  
Entered Service    
Period Served  Aug. 21, 1942-May 15,  1946  
Where Served USA; Ft. Leavenworth, Ft. Bragg, New York Port of Embarkation  
Wounded  No  
Killed In Action  No  
POW  No  
Date of Birth  Nov. 17, 1919 Terril, IA; Son of William A. & Elizabeth Moore
Date Deceased  March 24, 2013 Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA
Medals   .

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Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

 

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