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
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
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