Wellman, Washington Co., IA World War II Veterans This information was extracted from "Wellman, Iowa Centennial 1879-1979" edited by the late Marge Griffith and uploaded with the generous permission of the Wellman Town Clerk and Town Council. Please report additions and corrections to Amalea Anderson, amalea@aol.com Transcribed and submitted by Amalea Anderson to the USGenWeb Archives Project on September 27th, 1998. Copyright(c)1998 by Amalea Anderson. ************************************************************************* USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for their private use as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. 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ETO 1941-1945 Purple Heart Ashby David Navy BMI ATO 1944-1948 Ashby Eben Army T/4 ATO 1944-1945 Atkins George Army S/Sgt. ETO & Korea 1942-1945 Atkins Shirley Navy Lt. So. Pacific 1942-1945 Ayers Gilbert Ayers Kenneth Army T/5 ETO 1943-1945 Ayers Maynard Army Cpl. ETO 1943-1945 Barber Stanley USAF 2/Lt. USA 1942-1945 Belcher Lewis USAF 1/Lt. USA 1939-1946 Bell Donald Army Cpl. Bell Richard Bender Neil Navy AP/S USA 1942-1943 Berry Robert Bidwell Donald USAF S/Sgt. USA 1943-1946 Bidwell Robert Navy AM1/c ETO & Iceland 1941-1945 Bidwell William Navy MM1.c So. Pacific 1942-1945 Bishop Marvin Bishop Meredith Bishop Warren USAF So. Pacific Bronze Star Bissey John USAF T/Sgt. So. Pacific 1942-1945 Blumenstein Mearl Army T/Sgt. So. Pacific 1944-1946 Blumenstein Wayne Army S/Sgt. ETO 1942-1945 Blum Clarence Army Pfc. ETO 1941-1945 Bronze Stars - 3 Blum Donald Army S/Sgt. ETO 1942-1946 Bontrager Cecil USAF Sgt. ETO 1942-1945 Bontrager Elton Brenneman Daniel Army T/5 ETO 1943-1946 Brenneman David Army Sgt. ETO 1944-1946 Brenneman Glen Brenneman Harold USAF Cpl. So. Pacific 1945-1947 Brenneman Raymond Army T/4 ETO 1942-1945 Brenneman Willard USAF T/5 So. Pacific 1942-1945 Brenneman Virgil Pfc. Bringman Ralph Navy RS/2c So. Pacific 1942-1945 Brown Donald Army 1/Lt. So. Pacific & ATO 1940-1945 Brown Lawrence USAF Cpl. ATO Brown Louis Brown William Marines T/Sgt. ATO 1942-1945 Buck Homer Bull Delmar Army Sgt. Africa 1942-1945 Silver Star Bull Galen Navy LCDR So. Pacific 1942-1962 Bull Lester Navy BTG2 ETO & ATO 1936-1972 Bull Marvin Army Sgt. ETO 1942-1945 Burkenbine Lynn Army Pvt. Africa & ETO 1942-1945 Bronze Star Butterbaugh Dairld Army Pfc. ETO 1942-1945 Bronze Star Butterbaugh Francis Army Pfc. ETO 1944-1946 Butterbaugh Lester Army Pfc. Africa & ETO 1942-1945 Butterbaugh Paul Army Pvt. ETO 1943-1945 Canott Francis USAF Cpl. So. Pacific 1942-1946 Canott John USAF T/5 ETO 1942-1945 Capper Claude USAF Sgt. Africa & ETO 1942-1946 Capper John Marines Pfc. ATO 1942-1945 Carr Orin USAF Cpl. ETO 1941-1945 Carr Morton USAF M/Sgt. So. Pacific 1941-1945 Carris William Christianson Gilbert USAF S/Sgt. ETO 1943-1945 Christiansen Gunther USAF Pfc. ETO & ATO 1943-1945 Chorpening Everett USAF S/Sgt. Bermuda & USA 1942-1945 Coffey Francis Navy Lt/JG ATO 1942-1946 Coffey Jean Army Africa & ETO 1943-1946 Coffey James Army Capt. USA 1946-1948 Coffey Hubert Navy Lt/Comm USA 1943-1945 Cortum Raymond Navy QM/2c So. Pacific 1942-1945 Crossett Joseph Army Pvt. So. Pacific 1944-1945 Purple Heart Curl Raymond Navy RT/2c ATO 1942-1946 Curl Harold Army T/Sgt. So. Pacific 1943-1945 Bronze Star Curl Robert USAF Sgt. ETO 1942-1945 Davis Cliff Davis Virgil Army Pfc. ETO 1941-1945 POW Davisson Rodney Army T/5 ETO 1943-1945 Davisson Ross Navy So. Pacific 1944-1945 Davisson Verl Army T/5 ETO 1942-1945 Bronze Star Dawson Arden Army Cpl. So. Pacific 1944-1946 Bronze Star Duttweiler Dale Navy S/1c So. Pacific 1944-1946 Dill Fred Army T/4 ETO & ATO 1941-1945 Silver Star Droz Jack Navy 1/Lt. ETO & So. Pacific 1943-1945 Durian Kenneth Navy AOM/1c USA 1943-1947 Durian Howard Navy PM/3c Alaska 1945-1947 Durian Leo Army S/Sgt. ETO 1942-1945 Purple Heart Durian LaMont Navy Coxswain So. Pacific 1942-1945 Durst Marion Army 2/Lt USA 1945-1946 Eckhardt Roy Eimen Paul Navy PharM USA 1943-1945 Embree Harry Army T/4 So. Pacific 1942-1945 Emde David Army T/3 ETO 1942-1946 Emde Vernon Navy M/Mate ATO 1942-1946 Enfield Howard Navy MM/3c ATO & ETO 1943-1945 England George Navy BM/2c ATO 1944-1947 Evans Carl USAF T/Sgt. ETO 1942-1964 Evans Walter Army T/4 ETO & So. Pacific 1942-1945 Fabor Gordon Army Sgt. ETO 1949-1952 Fehlberg William Army Pfc. USA 1942-1946 Flanders Anthony Flanders Bernard USAF 1/Lt USA 1942-1946 Flanders Omar Army Sgt. So. Pacific 1940-1945 Flanders Raymond Navy EM/3 USA 1946-1947 Fleming John Army T/5 ETO 1942-1945 Flynn Victor USAF F.O. ETO 1943-1946 Fosse Marvin Foster Henry Army Cpl. USA 1943-1946 Foster Lloyd Fountain Enos Army Pfc. ETO 1940-1945 Purple Heart Fountain Harold Fountain Robert Freel Marie Freel Richard Army Sgt. ETO & Africa 1942-1945 Bronze Stars - 2 Freel Wayne Freese Baxter Navy S/2c ATO 1944-1946 Fry Arlo Army S/Sgt. ETO 1945 Fuller Lyle Army Sgt. So. Pacific 1941-1945 Fuller Howard Army M/Sgt. So. Pacific 1942-1945 Fuller Ralph (Jr.) Army USA Fuller Richard Army Cpl. USA 1942-1945 Furman George Furman Gerald Army Pvt. USA 1942-1943 Furman Roy Gardner Harold ETO 1943-1946 Bronze Star Gardner Richard Gascho Roy Army Cpl. USA 1942-1945 Geyer Harlan Marines Sgt. So. Pacific 1941-1962 Gingerich Glenwood Army S/Sgt. ETO 1943-1945 Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart Gingerich Kenneth USAF S/Sgt. ATO 1943-1946 Glick Harold Glider Carl Army T/Sgt. ETO 1941-1945 Bronze Star Godber Merle Sgt. ATO Godber William USAF Godlove Robert Army 1/Lt ETO 1945-1946 Silver Star, Bronze Star-3, Purple Heart, Battlefield Commission Godlove Walter USAF S/Sgt. ATO 1942-1946 Goodwin Arden USAF Cpl. USA 1942-1945 Goodwin Junior Marines Cpl. ATO & So. Pacific 1942-1945 Purple Heart Goodwin Vernie Marines Cpl. ATO & So. Pacific 1942-1945 Goschke Amil USAF 1/Lt USA 1940-1945 Greiner Howard USAF 2/Lt ETO 1944-1945 POW, Purple Heart Griffith Calvin USAF Sgt. ATO 1943-1945 Groff Milford USAF S/Sgt. So. Pacific 1942-1945 Hale Merlyn Army Pfc. ETO 1945-1946 Hall Cleo Army Sgt. ETO 1941-1945 Bronze Star Hall Leo Army T/4 ATO 1943-1946 Haller Joseph Army Pvt. USA 1942-1943 Hartzler Ellis Navy AM/1c USA 1942-1945 Hartzler Maurice USAF 1/Lt USA 1943-1945 Hazelton Wayne Navy DC/3c ATO 1944-1948 Henderson Junior Navy S/1c ATO 1944-1946 Heiserman George Navy CPM ATO & ETO 1939-1958 Hershberger Reaford Army T/Sgt. 1942-1946 Hess George Hightshoe Clarence USAF Lt. Col. ETO 1942-1946 Hightshoe Wayne Navy S/3c ATO & So. Pacific 1944-1946 Hicks Darwin Navy S/2c Hicks Marvin Navy S/2c Hill Arthur Army T/5 ETO & Africa 1940-1945 Bronze Stars - 3 Holcroft Alice Navy USA 1944-1945 Hole Lester Navy LT/JG So. Pacific 1937-1967 Houseal Robert Navy RM/1c So. Pacific 1942-1945 Bronze Stars - 2 Hradek Orvil Hradek Wilber USAF Lt. ETO Hubbell Ralph Hubbell Richard Huber Everette Marines 2/Lt USA 1942-1945 Huber Herbert USAF T/Sgt. ETO 1943-1945 Huber Richard Army S/Sgt. ETO 1942-1945 Bronze Star Hudson Edward Navy S/2c So. Pacific 1943-1946 Hukill Elwin Army Cpl. USA 1942-1946 Hukill Rolla Army T/Sgt. ETO & Africa 1940-1946 Humphrey Vaughn Huntsberger Donald USAF M/Sgt. USA 1941-1945 Ihrig Helen USAF A/3c USA 1952 Jaynes Owen USAF M/2c So. Pacific 1943-1945 Jackson Walter Army T/5 ETO 1942-1945 Silver Star Jacob Robert Army Cpl. ETO 1942-1945 Jirsa Charles Army Pfc. ETO & Africa 1942-1945 Johnson Roger Army Pfc. So. Pacific 1943-1946 Johnson Wayne Army T/4 So. Pacific 1944-1946 Jones Oren Army T/5 ATO & So. Pacific 1943-1945 Kaefering Cletus Karr Wayne Navy S/2c Karr George Karr Keith Navy S/2c 1944-1945 Karr Paul Army T/4 ATO 1942-1945 Bronze Star Karr Verneal Navy Kauffman Harvey Kehoe Joseph Marines Capt. Canal Zone 1945-1947 Kelley Arlo Navy SF/2c So. Pacific 1942-1945 Kelley Merwin Army T/3 ETO 1942-1946 Kempf Russell USAF T/5 ETO & Africa 1942-1945 Bronze Star Kempf Warren Army Pfc. ETO 1942-1946 Kempf Walter Army Pfc. ETO 1942-1945 Kinsinger Clifford Army Cpl. ETO 1942-1945 Kinsinger Ray Army T/Sgt. ETO 1941-1945 Kleinschmidt Joseph Army Pfc. ETO 1941-1945 Purple Heart, Bronze Star Knowling William Kos Raymond Navy P/1c USA 1942-1945 Kraft Dean Kraft Kay Navy QM/1c ATO 1942-1946 Kraft William Navy R/3c ATO 1944-1946 Kuipers A. C. Army Cpl. ETO 1942-1945 Lampe Ernest Army Pfc. USA 1942-1943 Lantz Carl Army Maj. ETO 1937-1955 Lawrence Stanley LeFever Burrell Navy SA/USNI USA 1943-1945 LeFever Joe Army Cpl. ETO & Africa 1941-1945 LeFever John Army S/Sgt. ETO 1943-1945 Lemley Leo Army Pfc. Lester Edward Lewis Floyd Army Sgt. ETO 1942-1945 Lewis Wayne Marines T/Sgt. USA 1942-1945 Long Donald USAF Lt. Love Francis Livezey Roscoe USAF S/Sgt. USA 1943-1946 Lutz Jim Army Sgt. ETO & Africa 1942-1945 Mann Seth Marek Everette Marek William Marner Dale Marines Cpl. ATO 1941-1945 Marner Donald USAF S/Sgt. ETO 1942-1946 Marner Ray USAF S/Sgt. ETO 1942-1945 Marner Sam Army T/Sgt. ETO 1942-1945 Martin Earl R. Navy GM/3c ATO 1944-1946 Martin Earl K. Army T/4 ATO 1942-1946 Martin Robert Army Sgt. USA 1944-1946 Martin Russell Marines Sgt. ATO 1942-1945 Matthes Marlo Army Sgt. ETO 1941-1945 Bronze Star, Purple Heart Mayer Helmut McClellen Dave Army T/5 ETO 1942-1945 McDowell Austin McKinsey Matt McKray Russell Milam Eugene Navy S/1c USA 1944-1945 Miller Alvin Navy S/1c ATO 1946-1954 Miller Chester Army Pfc. USA 1942-1945 Miller Clarence Army Cpl. USA 1942-1945 Miller Daniel Miller Eldon Army Pvt. USA 1945 Miller Elmer Miller Glen Army S/Sgt. ETO 1941-1945 Purple Heart Miller Howard Army Pfc. So. Pacific 1943-1946 Purple Heart Miller Kohl Miller Jay R. Army Capt. ETO 1943-1946 Purple Heart Miller Max Albert Miller Mervin USAF T/5 ATO 1945-1946 Miller Melvin C. USAF T/Sgt. ETO 1942-1945 Miller Ralph Navy CMOMM(T) USA 1942-1945 Miller Ray E. USAF S/Sgt. ETO 1941-1945 POW, Purple Heart Miller Weldon Army Pvt. USA 1943 Miller Roger USAF Lt. Col. ETO 1942-1965 Miller Violet Navy Y/3 USA 1943-1945 Millice Bertha USAF Pfc. USA 1944-1948 Moffit Kathryn Navy DKI USA 1944-1948 Moothart Harold Navy F/1c So. Pacific 1942-1945 Moothart Irvin Army T/5 So. Pacific 1942-1946 Moothart Robert Army Cpl. ETO 1943-1946 Morgan Oscar Army Sgt. USA 1945-1946 Morgan Raymond Morrison Eugene Moyer Raymond Army Cpl. USA 1945-1946 Neis Elmer Army Pfc. Neis Everette Army Pfc. USA 1942-1944 Nelson Hal USAF Lt. Col. ETO & So. Pacific 1941-1965 POW Netser Darold Netser Keith Army Sgt. ETO Norris W. W. O'Brian L. E. Army T/Sgt. ETO 1943-1945 Oldfield Leo Army T/Sgt. ATO 1942-1946 Orr Donald Ott Walter Navy Y/2c ATO 1943-1946 Palmer Evertt Palmer Howard Army Capt. ATO 1946-1948 Patterson Dean Patterson Earl Patterson Galen Army Pfc. ETO & Africa 1941-1945 Patterson Willard USAF 1/Lt ETO 1942-1946 Pence James Army Pfc. ATO Perrin Donald Army Pfc. ETO Perrin Cora Army 2/Lt ETO 1945-1946 Perrin Jack Perrin Earnest Army Pfc. ETO 1942-1945 Perrin Wilford Army T/5 So. Pacific 1943-1946 Plank Dave Army Pfc. ETO 1944-1945 Popham Lynn Army Pfc. Canada 1942-1946 Potsander Daryl Army Sgt. ETO 1942-1946 Pruess Kenneth Pyle Vincent Navy CSK(PA) USA 1942-1945 Reber Lester Reber Robert Redlinger Bernard (Jr.) Navy GM/2c ETO & So. Pacific 1942-1945 Redlinger Ival Navy AM/3c ETO 1942-1946 Redlinger Rodney Army T/4 USA 1946-1947 Reif Harley Reif Keith Rice Quincy Roberts Marion Robertson Loren Army T/5 USA 1942-1943 Robertson Myrtle Army T/4 Sgt. USA Romine Hubert Ross Russell Navy Lt. So. Pacific 1942-1945 Rowe Keith Navy CM/3c Japan 1943-1946 Rugg Walter Schauf Leon USAF Pfc. So. Pacific 1942-1946 Silver Star Schauf Richard Navy CB Schauf Wilbur Army Pfc. ETO 1942-1945 Bronze Stars - 3 Schlabaugh Donald Army Capt. ETO & Africa 1940-1946 Purple Heart Schreiber Edwin Schroeder Charles USAF S/Sgt. ETO 1942-1945 Bronze Star Schwab John Seitsinger Harold USAF Sgt. ETO 1942-1945 Bronze Star Semler Donald Army T/5 ATO 1942-1946 Severt Rex Navy MM/2c USA 1944-1946 Shetler Milford Army Pfc. ATO 1943-1945 Bronze Star Sitler Carrol Army Pfc. ETO 1941-1945 Sitler Galen Army Pvt. USA Sitler Kenneth Army T/5 ETO 1945-1947 Slockett Fred Army T/Sgt. ETO 1942-1945 Smith Glenn Army Sgt. ETO 1943-1945 Purple Heart Smith Harold Smith Waldo Army Pvt. USA 1942-1943 Smith Ralph Snider William C. USAF M/Sgt. ATO 1942-1948 Speas Arthur Stagner Donald Army T/5 ETO 1945-1947 Steiner Harold USAF T/Sgt. ETO & Africa 1942-1945 Steninger M. C. Streed Edwin Streed Leon Stricker Wilma Army 1/Lt. USA 1942-1945 Stutzman Harold Army T/3 So. Pacific 1942-1945 Stutzman Duane Army Pfc. Purple Heart Swartzendruber Floyd Swartzendruber Kenneth Navy Y/2c ATO 1944-1946 Swartzendruber Willard Army Tadlock Gaines Tadlock Harold Army Sgt. ETO 1944-1946 Bronze Star Tadlock Talbert Tandy Roger Taylor Donald Navy ACETM USA 1942-1946 Taylor Roy Navy R/3c So. Pacific 1945-1946 Taylor William Navy S/1c So. Pacific 1943-1945 Teeple Robert Navy So. Pacific 1942-1945 Testroet Wayne Thrapp Charles USAF T/Sgt. ETO 1942-1946 Timmins Marion Townsend Cecil Army T/4 So. Pacific 1943-1946 Purple Heart Turnipseed Richard USAF Pvt. USA 1943-1944 Ulin Cedric Navy CMOMM ATO 1942-1947 Ulin James USAF Pfc. ETO 1942-1945 Ulin Ivan Navy S/1c ATO 1944-1946 Ulin Oral Army T/5 ATO 1943-1945 Ulin William Marines Cpl. So. Pacific 1942-1945 Purple Heart Wade Calvin Navy P/M So. Pacific Wade Olin Army Sgt. USA 1943-19146 Wade Dean AM/1c So. Pacific Wade Darrel Army Sgt. USA 1943-1946 Wade Duane Navy Wade Elwin Army Cpl. So. Pacific 1944-1946 Bronze Star Wagamon Al Wagamon Arvid USAF S/Sgt. USA 1940-1945 Wagamon John Wagamon William Army Sgt. USA 1946-1947 Walker Howard Army Pfc. So. Pacific 1944-1945 Purple Heart, Bronze Star Wasson Leonard Wasson Jasper Navy MMM/2c So. Pacific 1942-1945 Wasson Wayne Navy S/1c So. Pacific 1944-1946 Webster Frank Wehrle Leonard Army Capt. ETO 1941-1945 Wehrle Robert USAF 2/Lt. USA 1943-1945 Weidlein Harold Pfc. Welcher James Marines Pfc. ATO 1942-1945 Purple Heart Wells Everette USAF Sgt. ATO 1942-1946 West Harry Army Sgt. Azores 1948-1972 Winegarden Richard Army Pvt. USA 1945-1965 Wetrich Roy USAF Sgt. USA 1942-1945 Wetrich Ward USAF Sgt. So. Pacific 1942-1945 Whetstine Arthur Army S/Sgt. ATO 1941-1945 Whetstine Austin Army Pvt. ETO & Africa 1942-1945 Silver Star, Bronze Star Whetstine Charles Army T/Sgt. ETO Purple Heart, Bronze Star Whetstine Clifford Army Pfc. Whetstine Dale Army Pfc. ETO 1942-1945 Purple Heart Whetstine Emery Army T/5 ATO 1945-1946 Whetstine George Army Pvt. USA 1942-1945 Whetstine Harold Army Pfc. ETO 1942-1945 Whetstine Mearl Army Pfc. ATO 1943-1945 Purple Heart Whetstine William Army Pvt. USA 1947-1948 Wilkins Dean Army Cpl. ATO Williams Peter Wilson Delbert Army S/Sgt. USA 1942-1945 Wilson George Navy SF/3c USA 1941-1945 Wilson Oscar Wilson Paul Wilson Robert Army Pfc. ETO 1943-1946 Windrem Emery Woods Raymond Army Pvt. 1941-1945 Purple Heart Woods Don Woods Clayton USAF Pfc. ATO 1942-1945 Young Albion Army T/5 ATO 1946-1947 Young Richard Yeggy Robert Yoder Albert Marines T/Sgt. So. Pacific 1942-1945 Yoder Carrol USAF Lt. ETO 1943-1945 Yoder Clifford Army Pfc. USA 1944 Yoder Cecil Army T/Sgt. ATO 1943-1946 Bronze Star Yoder Delmar Army Pvt. ETO & Africa 1942-1945 Yoder George Navy C/CM So. Pacific 1942-1945 Yoder George N. Yoder George W. Army Sgt. USA 1942-1945 Yoder Howard Yoder Eva "Sue" Navy USA Yoder Marvin Army T/4 ATO 1943-1946 Yoder Merle Army USA Yoder Orville Yoder Stanley Army USA 1943-1946 Yutzy Lester Zillmer Darrel Army Pfc. Italy 1944-1946 Zillmer Walter Zillmer William