Service Records L-Mar

Service Records L-Mar

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 Larson, Joseph Arthur “Bob”

 Cpl.

War WW II  
Branch Army Air Force #37 428 591
Company/Outfit 1st Aircraft Repair Unit  
Military Occupation    
Entered Service   Emmet Co. IA
Period Served Sept 5, 1942-Dec 5, 1945 Foreign Service: Oct 10, 1944 – Nov 26, 1945
Where Served Birmingham & Mobile, AL; Pacific Theater  
Wounded  No  
Killed In Action  No  
POW  No  
Date of Birth Feb 6, 1916 Mohall, ND; Son of Joseph & Mabel Larson of Estherville, IA
Date Deceased Oct. 22, 1953 Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA 
Medals Good Conduct, Marksman-Rifle husband of Arlene Olson; Son-in-law of Leon & Helen Olson of Terril, IA

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Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

Loudermilk, Teddy Lee

Staff Sgt.

War WW II  
Branch Army #37 039 615
Company/Outfit Infantry Co B, 423 Reg, 106th Inf Div  
Military Occupation Infantry  
Entered Service Feb 4, 1941 Ft. Des Moines, IA
Period Served Feb 4, 1941 – Aug 10, 1945 Foreign Service: Oct 17, 1944 – May 15, 1945
Where Served European Theater, Ardennes-Alsace Campaign, Battle of the Bulge Ft. Snelling, MN; Camp McCoy, WI; Ft. Riley, KS; Ft. Custer, MI; Chaffie, AR
Wounded    
Killed In Action No  
POW Yes – Dec 20, 1944 – April 13, 1945 Germany: Stalag 4-B Muhlberg Sachsen 51-13; Stalag 7-A
Date of Birth September 26, 1918 Chatsworth, IL
Date Deceased December 4, 2003 Windom, MN
Medals/Notes   Terril, IA resident

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Click here to read the Wikipedia article on the 106th Division in WWII

Click here to read the online posting of the POW diary of John Blanck who was also held in Stalag 4-B Muhlberg at the same time as Ted Loudermilk

Click here to read the Wikipedia article on Stalag 4-B

Click here to read the Wikipedia article on Stalag 7-A


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Layman, Ralph Engle

Ensign

War WW II  
Branch Navy #262631
Company/Outfit Seabee  
Military Occupation    
Entered Service March 23, 1942  
Period Served March 23, 1942 – Jan 15, 1945 Foreign Service: Sept 27, 1943 – Feb 22, 1944
Where Served NTS, Norfolk, VA; Seabee, Davisville Naval Construction Battle Center, RI; Hawaiian Sea Frontier  
Wounded No  
Killed In Action No  
POW No  
Date of Birth August 22, 1917 Fonda, IA; Son of Ralph, Sr. & Gae Layman
Date Deceased August 11, 1977 Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, CO
Medals/Notes   Terril, IA resident

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Click here to read the Wikipedia article on the Hawaiian Frontier

Ralph Layman

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Lewis, Forest Tillman “Bunk”

Sgt

War WW II  
Branch Army #37140573
Company/Outfit 260th Coast Artillary (AA); 39th Coast Artillery Brigade; 4th Anitaircraft Command; 204th CA Searchlight Battalion
Military Occupation    
Entered Service Jan 21, 1942 Ft. Leavenworth, KS
Period Served Jan 21, 1942 – Dec 6, 1945  
Where Served Camp Callen, CA; McChord Field, WA; Seattle,WA  
Wounded No  
Killed In Action No  
POW No  
Date of Birth May 3, 1915 Buffalo Center, IA; Son of Roy & Berdelia Lewis
Date Deceased    
Medals/Notes   Terril, IA resident

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Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

Lewis,
James “Weldon”

 PHM 1st Class

War  WW II  
Branch  US Navy and Marine Corps #656-74-20
Company/Outfit NTS, NOB, Norfolk, VA; USNH, Parris Island, SC; 24th Rep. Bn., Camp Elliot, CA Co D, 2nd Med Bn, 2nd Marine Div. FMF; USS YMS 119
Military Occupation  US Combat Corpsman (medic) Corpsman on a  hospital ship stationed just off Betio during Tarawa
Entered Service Aug 8, 1942 Wilmington, NC
Period Served Aug 8, 1942 – Dec 28, 1945 Foreign Service: July 14, 1943 – March 25, 1945; June 1, 1945 – Dec 20, 1945
Where Served American Area; Asiatic, Pacific  
Wounded  No  
Killed In Action  No  
POW  No  
Date of Birth November 24, 1920 Terril, IA; Son of Walter & Hazel Lewis
Date Deceased January 15, 2017 Mankato, MN; Body donated to Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Medals/Notes Victory-World War II,  Good Conduct, American Campaign, 2nd Marine Division Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign with 3 battle stars American Campaign: he was a sailor on a minesweeper (USS YMS 119) on patrol out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign: as a troop-ship corpsman during the battle of Tarawa, and as a combat corpsman during the Saipan and Tinian battles

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Weldon Lewis

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Lewis, Meryl Allen

Sgt.

War WW II  
Branch Army #37445741
Company/Outfit 3rd Bn, 46th Armored Reg, 13th Armored Division; 43rd QM RLND Co  
Military Occupation Tank Driver  
Entered Service Nov 28, 1942 Camp Dodge, IA
Period Served Nov 28, 1942 – Nov 26, 1945 Foreign Service: Oct 30, 1944 – Nov 22, 1945
Where Served Camp Beal, CA; Ft. Dix, NJ; European Theater  
Wounded No  
Killed In Action No  
POW No  
Date of Birth November 25, 1905 Terril, IA; Son of James Lewis
Date Deceased June 19, 1978 Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA
Medals    

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Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

Past Commander

 Lewis, Roger Sylvan

Command Sgt. Major

War  WW II, Korea, Vietnam  
Branch  Army #17068976
Company/Outfit WW2: Co. B, 353 Infantry, 89th Division; 25th Traffic Regulating Station  
Military Occupation    
Entered Service  Oct. 1, 1942 Camp Dodge, IA
Period Served  Oct 1, 1942- March 13, 1946; 1947 – 1966 WW II Foreign Service: Jan 10, 1945 – March 7, 1946
Where Served European Theater; Multiple Tuoel, France; Ft. Riley, KS; Camp Gordon, GA; Great Lakes, IL; Edgewood, MD; Louisiana
Wounded No  
Killed In Action No  
POW No  
Date of Birth  Febrary 15, 1921 Terril, IA; Son of Roy & Berdelia Lewis
Date Deceased  February 6, 1996 Prairie Ridge Cemetery, Polo, MO
Medals/Notes

Many; Served as Post Commander for Walsh Post in 1946

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Liddle, George Lee

Sgt.

War WW II  
Branch Army Air Force #37661942
Company/Outfit Air Corps Training Command, Miami Beach, FL, Sheppard Field, TX; 15th Air Force, 742nd B Sqdn, 455th B Co, ; WFTC Las Vegas, NV; 3211 Eng FF Co, Rowan Fld, ID  
Military Occupation gunner in B-24   
Entered Service Feb 24, 1943 Camp Dodge, IA
Period Served Feb 24, 1943- Sept 30, 1945 Foreign Service: June 27, 1944 – Dec 15, 1944
Where Served European Theater  
Wounded No  
Killed In Action No  
POW No  
Date of Birth August 29, 1924 Estherville, IA; Son of Arthur & Elmira Liddle
Date Deceased November 15, 2011 Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA
Medals/Notes He flew 49 B-24 bombing missions against the Germans in World War II and was decorated 6 times. Terril, IA & Superior, IA resident

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Click here to read George Lee Liddle obituary


Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

 Lundstrom, Lynn Alfred

 1st LT.

War  WW II  
Branch  Army Air Forces #0775440
Company/Outfit  15th AAF, 483rd Bomb Group, 817th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Air Force Training Command
Military Occupation 1st Pilot B-17  
Entered Service Feb 10, 1943 Fresno, CA
Period Served Feb 10, 1943 – Jan 9, 1946 Foreign Servive: Dec 3, 1944 – Sept 23, 1945
Where Served  Italy  
Wounded  No  
Killed In Action  No  
POW  No  
Date of Birth  April 18, 1919 Jackson Co, MN
Date Deceased  June 16, 1984 Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA
Medals/Notes European-African-Middle Eastern Ribbon w/6 Bronze battle stars; Air Medal This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Air_Medal_front-75x150.jpg

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Maas,
Vernon Venill

 T/4

War  WW II  
Branch  Army #39 225 074
Company/Outfit    
Military Occupation ordinance  
Entered Service Nov 19, 1940  Los Angeles, CA
Period Served Nov 19, 1940 – Nov 17, 1945 Foreign Service: Aug 30, 1941 – Feb 12, 1943; May 12, 1943 – Feb 4, 1944; April 28, 1945 – Nov 12, 1945 
Where Served Fort Ord, CA; Alaska; Aberdine, Maryland  
Wounded  No  
Killed In Action  No  
POW  No  
Date of Birth  September 5, 1912 Terril, IA
Date Deceased  June 7, 1948 Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA
Medals/Notes   Son of Charles & Margaret Maas of Terril, IA

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Mann, Marvin Laverne

BM2c

War WW II  
Branch Navy #621 20 93
Company/Outfit USS Rigel AR11  
Military Occupation    
Entered Service Sept 30, 1942  
Period Served Sept 30, 1942 – Jan 4, 1946; June 15, 1954 Foreign Service: Dec 1942 – Dec 7, 1944; Nov 1945 – Dec 1945
Where Served Pacific Theater  
Wounded    
Killed In Action No  
POW No  
Date of Birth November 24, 1924 Correctionville, IA
Date Deceased January 8, 1960 Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, IA
Medals   Son of Ed & Ila Wright Mann of Milford

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Click here to read the Wikipedia article on the USS Rigel

Click here to read campaign history of USS Rigel in WWII

USS Rigel
photo courtesy of Navsource.org

Glen Pedersen Post 1 Legionnaire, Spencer, IA

Marsh, Harold “Dale”

PVT

War WW II  
Branch Army #17 117 042
Company/Outfit 3rd Training Command 3rd Air Force; Second Air Force, 7th  
Military Occupation    
Entered Service July 1, 1944 Ft. Leavenworth, KS
Period Served  July 1, 1944 – June 7, 1946  
Where Served USA; Amarillo, TX; Kingman, AZ;  
Wounded No  
Killed In Action No  
POW No  
Date of Birth May 19, 1926 Spencer, IA; Son of Orlando & Maggie Marsh
Date Deceased December 21, 2002 Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, IA
Medals/Notes   Terril, IA resident

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Marsh, Orville Dwight

PVT

War WW II  
Branch Army  
Company/Outfit    
Military Occupation    
Entered Service Aug 8, 1945 Ft. Leavenworth, KS
Period Served    
Where Served Sheppard Field, TX  
Wounded    
Killed In Action No  
POW    
Date of Birth December 13, 1916 Terril, IA; Son of Orlando & Maggie Marsh
Date Deceased December 21, 2004 Memorial Park Cemetery, Hutchinson, KS
Medals   Dickens & Terril, IA resident

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Martin, Gaylord

Staff SGT

War WW II  
Branch    
Company/Outfit    
Military Occupation    
Entered Service/Discharged    
Period Served    
Where Served    
Wounded    
Killed In Action    
POW    
Date of Birth May 6, 1920 Terril, IA; Son of Marion & Ella Martin
Date Deceased    
Medals   .

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