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Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

 Wyland, Fred Elliott, Jr.

CSK(AA)

War WW II  
Branch Navy #321 52 04
Company/Outfit USS Indus (AKN-1)  
Military Occupation chief storekeeper  
Entered Service March 11, 1941 Ft. Dodge,  IA
Period Served March 11, 1941- May 27, 1945  Foreign Service: June 12, 1941-Oct 5, 1943; Oct 15, 1943-Aug 1, 1945; Sept 27, 1945-Jan 29, 1946; Feb 10, 1946-May 4, 1946
Where Served trained at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, IL; Norfolk, VA; Panama Canal Zone; Pacific Theater  
Wounded    
Killed In Action no  
POW    
Date of Birth November 26, 1919 Terril, IA; Son of Dr. Fred & Ruth Wyland
Date Deceased February 24, 1995 Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, CA
Medals   This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is flag-icont-5.jpg

Click here to read The Terril Record news of Fred Wyland

Click here for Wikipedia article on the USS Indus

Click here for more information & photos of the USS Indus


Wyland, Jerry Dale

Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2-C

War WW II  
Branch Navy  
Company/Outfit USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) Essex Class Aircraft Carrier
Military Occupation aviation mechanic  
Entered Service Nov 26, 1940  
Period Served Nov 26, 1940 – May 11, 1945  
Where Served Great Lakes Naval Training station; Naval base & Lee Air Field, Jacksonville, FL; Naval Base, Miami, FL; Naval base, San Diego, CA; South Pacific  
Wounded    
Killed In Action Killed in Action in Japanese attack on the USS Bunker Hill off Okinawa by suicide planes The Bunker Hill lost 383 in dead, 19 missing, and 284 wounded
POW    
Date of Birth January 21, 1923 Terril, IA; Son of Dr. Fred & Ruth Wyland
Date Deceased May 11, 1945 – buried at Sea Name is honored at the Honolulu Memorial , National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii
Medals Purple Heart

Click here for Jerry Wyland letters and news articles

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Click here to see slide show of USS Bunker Hill courtesy of World War Photos website

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Wyland, John Jefferson

SC2c

War WW II  
Branch Navy #620 99 27
Company/Outfit USS Chicago; USS YMS-434  
Military Occupation ship’s cook  
Entered Service Sept 2, 1942 Des Moines, IA
Period Served Sept 2, 1942 – Sept 27, 1945, NRS,  Foreign Service: Dec 1942 – Sept 1944
Where Served V6 USNR; NRTS, Des Moines, IA; USNTS Great Lakes, Ill; ; USNAB Noumea, New Caledonia; Rec Ship, San Francisco, CA; SCTC Terminal Island, CA; Rec Ship PSNY Bremerton, WA; NTC, San Diego, CA Pacific Theater
Wounded    
Killed In Action no  
POW no  
Date of Birth October 25, 1917 Terril, IA; Son of Dr. Fred & Ruth Wyland
Date Deceased March 24, 1975 Cook County, IL
Medals   .

Click here for Wikipedia article on cruiser USS Chicago which was sunk in Jan 1943

Click here for Warfare History Network article (with photos) of the Bettle of Rennell where USS Chicago was lost

Click here for NavSource.org article on minesweeper USS Parrakeet YMS-434

USS Chicago
Northampton Class Cruiser
Photo courtesy of Warfare History Network website
USS Parrakeet YMS 434
minesweeper
photo courtesy NavSource.org


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Wyland, Ralph Eugene

T Sgt

War WW II  
Branch Army Air Corps #17026614
Company/Outfit 399 Bomb Group (M); 12th AF, 57th Bomb Wing, 340th Bomb Group (M)  
Military Occupation Intelligence detachment; clerk  
Entered Service March 14, 1941 Ft. Des Moines, IA
Period Served March 14, 1941 – Sept 10, 1945 Foreign Service: Feb 15, 1943 – June 7, 1945
Where Served Columbia, SC; Africa, Sicily, Italy, Corsica  
Wounded Yes  
Killed In Action No  
POW No  
Date of Birth Nov. 4, 1920 Terril, IA; Son of Dr. Fred & Ruth Wyland
Date Deceased May 31, 1985 Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO
Medals Purple Heart, Distinguished Unit Citation for sinking the cruiser Taranto in Italy This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is purple-heart-i.jpg

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Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

Youell, E.W. Jr.

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Zehnder, Carl

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Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

Zehnder, Emil Andrew

T-3

War WW II  
Branch Army  
Company/Outfit 517 ORD Co.  
Military Occupation    
Entered Service Oct 13, 1942  
Period Served Oct 13, 1942 – Aug 2, 1945  
Where Served Luzon, New Guinea; Philippines  
Wounded No  
Killed In Action No  
POW No  
Date of Birth June 6, 1905 Battle Creek, IA
Date Deceased Nov 21, 1980 Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA
Medals Pacific Service Medal; Good Conduct Medal  

Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

1949 Post Commander

Zehnder, Samuel William

 PFC

War  WW II  
Branch  Army  
Company/Outfit    565th A.A.F.  B.U.
Military Occupation    
Entered Service    
Period Served  Nov. 21, 1942-Oct. 12, 1945  
Where Served  State Side West Coast  
Wounded    
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POW    
Date of Birth  Aug. 20, 1910 Battle Creek, Iowa
Date Deceased  May 22, 1997 Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA
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Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

Zelinsky, Donald

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Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

Zelinsky, Francis Fred

 PFC

War  WW II  
Branch  Army  
Company/Outfit  T42A  Co. E.  283th QM Refrig. Co.
Military Occupation    
Entered Service    
Period Served  Sept. 4, 1942-May 21, 1943  
Where Served  Camp Grant, Ill, Ft. Benning, GA.  
Wounded  No  
Killed In Action  No  
POW    
Date of Birth Aug. 30, 1921  
Date Deceased Aug. 20, 1961  Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA
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Zenor, Charles

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Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

Zitterich,
Everett William

 Technician/4th Grade

War  WW II  
Branch  Army  
Company/Outfit  Co. C. 40th Battalion  Camp Crowder, Missouri
Military Occupation Signal Corps- Automotive Mechanic-Second Echelon-(014)  
Entered Service    
Period Served  Oct. 2, 1941-Oct. 14, 1945  
Where Served Aleutian Islands;  England Feb. 11, 1942-Feb. 1945
Wounded  No  
Killed In Action  No  
POW  No  
Date of Birth  June 28, 1920  
Date Deceased  Sept. 26, 1978  Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA
Medals

 

 

 

Military Qualifications

Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Ribbon;  Mechanics Badge,RifleM1, MKM Rifle, Mi-SS, Sub MG Expert .

Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

1974 Post Commander

Zitterich,
Leonard H.

 Cpl.

War  WW II  
Branch  Air Force  
Company/Outfit    
Military Occupation Radio and Radar Maintenance & Instructor;  Air Force Bomber  
Entered Service    
Period Served  Jan 14, 1944-May 14, 1946  
Where Served Amarillo AA Field;  Chanute Field, Illinois;  272nd AAFB, Topeka, KN Truax Army Air Force Field, Madison, Wisconsin;  Boca Raton Field, Florida;  482nd AAFB, Merced, CA
Wounded  No  
Killed In Action  No  
POW  No  
Date of Birth  Nov. 19, 1925  Terril, IA
Date Deceased    
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Walsh Post 432 Legionnaire

Zitterich,
Willard C. “Bill”

 T/3

War  WW II  
Branch  Army  
Company/Outfit 237th Ord. Medium Maintenance Co.  
Military Occupation    
Entered Service  Jan 18, 1943 Camp Dodge, Iowa
Period Served  Jan. 18, 1943-Dec. 5, 1945  
Where Served  Pacific  
Wounded  No  
Killed In Action  No  
POW  No  
Date of Birth  Nov. 3, 1922  Terril
Date Deceased  May 9, 1984  Fairview Cemetery, Terril, IA
Medals Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, WW2 Victory Medal .

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