Webster County, Iowa WWII Casualties as reported in the Fort Dodge Messenger Fort Dodge Messenger, 2 Jul 1976, page 2 Adams, John -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Alaska 29 May 1943 Aldrich, James -- Fort Dodge, killed in action Europe 16 Nov 1944 Algoe, Merlin -- Duncombe, prisoner of Japanese lost in sinking of Japanese ship by U. S. submarine. Anderson, Dale -- Dayton, killed in action in France. Anderson, Elmer -- Harcourt, died of pneumonia in California May 1943. Anderson, Vernon -- Fort Dodge, died in Texas auto accident in 1944. Armstrong, Robert -- Fort Dodge, declared dead after missing in action over Europe since 18 Apr 1945. Antolik, John -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in France 31 Jul 1944. Ashford, Robert -- Fort Dodge, declared dead after missing in action over Cebu Island 13 Sep 1944. Back, Gus -- Duncombe, killed in action in France 10 Jun 1944. Barkley, Fred -- Gowrie, killed in action over Italy 23 Mar 1944. Belthius, LaFern -- Fort Dodge, went down on aircraft carrier Yorktown, sunk during Midway engagement 08 Jun 1942. Berg, Erick -- Gowrie, killed in action in Sough Pacific 1943. Blanck, Dale -- Fort Dodge, died of wounds received in action in Italy 22 Oct 1944. Brooks, Howard -- Otho, killed in action over Germany 14 Feb 1945. Brooks, Paul -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Germany 07 Apr 1945. Brown, George -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in South Pacific 11 Jul 1943. Broz, Albert -- Fort Dodge, killed in action on Okinawa 08 May 1945. Burd, Ross -- Fort Dodge, missing on New Guinea and presumed dead 13 Oct 1943. Burnett, Carl -- Fort Dodge, killed in training plane crash in Florida 16 Sep 1943. Cahill, Bernard -- Fort Dodge, died from injuries received in North Africa 19 Feb 1943. Cain, Mervin -- Barnum, killed in Normandy invasion 06 Jun 1944. Carlson, Warren -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Germany 08 Oct 1944. Clements, John -- Fort Dodge, killed in midair collision over Illinois 10 Feb 1944. Collins, Donald -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in North Africa 20 Oct 1944. Collins, James -- Fort Dodge, killed in midair collision over South Carolina 03 Aug 1945. Cox, Marvin -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in North Africa 02 Feb 1943. Croft, Dale -- Fort Dodge, killed in action 10 Feb 1944. Davidson, Arthur -- Fort Dodge, killed on Normandy 16 Jun 1944. Davis, Jess -- Fort Dodge, killed on Lexington in Coral Seas 08 May 1942. Davis, Merle -- Fort Dodge, killed while on maneuvers in Scotland 27 Aug 1942. Dean, Miles -- Fort Dodge, died of heart attack at Tucson, AZ 22 Aug 1943. Delanoit, Robert -- Badger, killed in aerial action in China-Burma area 18 Jan 1945. Demery, Robert -- Fort Dodge, missing and presumed dead in Europe 19 Jan 1945. Dennery, James -- Fort Dodge, killed in plane crash at Canute, OK 01 Dec 1943. Derrig, Donald -- Fort Dodge, died in vehicle accident in Germany 03 Jul 1945. Dixon, Russell -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in invasion of Sicily Jul 1943. Dunbar, Darle -- Duncombe, killed in training fight accident 27 Jan 1945. Eaton, Robert -- Duncombe, declared dead after reported missing on convoy duty in North Atlantic 18 Aug 1943. Eckstein, Leon -- Stratford, prisoner of war reported dead Oct 1945. Edwards, Robert -- Gowrie, killed in airplane crash at sea 07 Feb 1943. Essig, Dwayne -- Fort Dodge, killed in action 07 Aug 1945. Fitzgerald, Robert -- Duncombe, died when destroyer USS Leary was sunk in North Atlantic 24 Dec 1943. Fleetwood, Donald -- Fort Dodge, first Fort Dodger to die in WWII, was killed while serving aboard destroyer USS Arizona when it was sunk in Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 07 Dec 1941. Flynn, Douglas -- Fort Dodge, killed at army air base at Pyote, TX., 17 Sep 1943. Folvag, Luverne -- Badger, killed in action when USS Vincennes was sunk 09 Aug 1942. Fortney, Raymond -- Otho, no information. Frette, Roy -- Badger, killed in plane crash near San Francisco 1942. Fridell, Maurice -- Gowrie, killed in action on Iwo Jima 20 Feb 1945. Germinder, Albert -- Fort Dodge, killed in action Gesperowicz, John -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Germany 12 Apr 1945. Gill, John -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Central Pacific area 13 Nov 1944. Greenfield, Laurence -- Harcourt, killed in action in Germany 20 Dec 1944. Grimes, Edward -- Fort Dodge, prisoner of Japanese since the fall of Corregidor, died in Japanese prison of war camp Jan 1945. Grimes, Jack Edward -- Fort Dodge, killed in accidental ship explosion 1944. Gunnerson, Harley -- Callender, declared dead after bomber on which he was navigator was damaged and lost at sea, declared dead 12 Jul 1946. Habhab, Oscar -- Fort Dodge, killed in plane crash in Pacific 01 Apr 1945. Hansen, Henrick -- Fort Dodge, killed when USS Quincy was sunk 09 Aug 1942. Haraldson, Palmer -- Gowrie, killed in action during Tarawa invasion 22 Nov 1943. Harper, Donald -- Lehigh, killed in action in Germany 03 Mar 1945. Hartquist, Bert -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Germany 28 Mar 1945. Hauser, Graydon -- Gowrie, killed in plane crash in South Carolina 1943. Helferich, Thomas -- Fort Dodge, missing, declared dead serving on USS Bullhead 22 Aug 1945. Henton, Kenneth -- Fort Dodge, killed in plane crash in Texas 13 Mar 1946. Highland, Robert -- Fort Dodge, killed in plane crash 12 Sep 1944. Hillesland, Peter -- Fort Dodge, died of polio on Luzon 08 Nov 1945. Hinsch, William -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Germany 12 Dec 1944. Horner, Warren -- Fort Dodge, Japanese prisoner since fall of Corregidor killed 24 Oct 1944. Hurley, Walter -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Italy 21 Sep 1944. Johnson, Chandler -- Fort Dodge, killed in action on Iwo Jima Johnson, James -- Harcourt, died of pneumonia in Massachusetts 09 Jun 1943. Johnson, Merlin -- Gowrie, killed in plane crash over China 25 Aug 1944. Johnston, Robert -- Fort Dodge, missing in Italy, presumed dead Apr 1945. Jones, Paul -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Marshall Islands 22 Feb 1944. Kallansrud, Robert -- Fort Dodge, missing and presumed dead 1945. Kallin, Edward -- Fort Dodge, killed in action 29 Apr 1945. Kearns, Thomas -- Fort Dodge, died in motor accident in North Africa 12 Jun 1943. Kelly, Carlyle "Bus" -- Fort Dodge, lost at sea in typhoon Dec 1944. Kudron, Steve -- Fort Dodge, killed in plane crash in Nevada 04 Jan 1944. Larson, Glenn -- Badger, killed in action in Europe 06 Jun 1944. Law, Edward -- Clare, declared dead after missing in action over Japan 02 Apr 1945. Lawler, Thomas -- Clare, died after being wounded on Okinawa 27 Jun 1945. Lehman, Everett -- Fort Dodge, died of illness in Rhode Island 01 Apr 1946. Lennon, Catherine -- Duncombe, in Marines, died in auto accident in South Carolina 1945. Lindsey, Darrell -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in France 09 Aug 1944. Linn, John -- Lehigh, killed in action in France 16 Feb 1945. Little, Melvin -- Barnum, died of illness Sep 1942. Lizer, James -- Fort Dodge, killed when plane was shot down over Pacific 23 May 1944 Maberry, Ralph -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Germany 13 Mar 1945. McCoy, Lloyd -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Germany 01 Mar 1945. McDonnell, Robert -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Germany 19 Mar 1945. MacKenzie, Ronald -- Fort Dodge, declared dead after missing in France since 09 Jul 1944. McLaughlin, William -- Fort Dodge, killed in accident in California May 1945. McMahon, John -- Fort Dodge, killed in action 22 Jan 1945. Messerly, Julian -- Fort Dodge, killed in action over Germany 30 May 1944. Meyer, Leo -- Fort Dodge, died from injuries in California auto accident 1943. Miller, Raymond -- Fort Dodge, declared dead after missing on flight from Burma to India Jun 1944. Moreland, Clarence -- Fort Dodge, killed in action over France 18 Sep 1944. Muenster, Wilhelm -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in France 15 Jun 1944. Munn, Donald -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Germany 06 Apr 1945. Murphy, Dennis -- Fort Dodge, killed in action over Germany 20 Dec 1944. Newsom, William -- Fort Dodge, killed in action 20 Nov 1944. Nitzel, Billy -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Pacific 30 Oct 1944. Oberg, Oscar -- Dayton, killed in invasion of Southern France 1944. Oppold, Allan -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Europe 16 Feb 1945. Owen, Gla -- Fort Dodge, declared dead after missing in action Jan 1944. Patton, Shirley -- Gowrie, killed in action in France Peed, Richard -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in the Pacific Pessica, Charles -- Fort Dodge, killed in action over Germany 08 May 1944. Reinartson, Robert -- Fort Dodge, declared dead after missing in action over Germany Mar 1945. Reuben, Eugene -- Fort Dodge, killed in plane crash in California 20 Sep 1944. Reynolds, Dudley -- Fort Dodge, killed in action (drowned in ship engine room) 30 Nov 1942. Rhoades, Harold -- Fort Dodge, killed in action on Saipan 16 Nov 1944. Rice, Robert -- Fort Dodge, killed in plane collision over France 23 Jul 1945. Ricks, Jack -- Fort Dodge, died in Virginia Jan 1943. Rowland, William -- Fort Dodge, killed in plane crash in Texas 09 Sep 1943. Sampson, Walter -- Fort Dodge, killed in plane crash in Georgia 03 Jan 1944. Sandahl, Carl -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Belgium 28 Dec 1944. Sapp, Earl -- Fort Dodge, died in Philippines 26 Apr 1945. Saxton, Glenn -- Barnum, lost in flight near Australia 22 Dec 1943. Schmadeke, Donald -- Callender, killed in action in Belgium 18 Dec 1944. Schmaker, Gerald -- Duncombe, killed in action in India-Burma Theatre 15 Jan 1945. Schwendemann, Ronald -- Lehigh, missing in action since 08 Apr 1945. Scully, John -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Germany 27 Mar 1945. Sheehy, David -- Fort Dodge, killed in action 18 May 1945. Sill, Robert -- Fort Dodge, killed in action over Germany 20 Feb 1945. Sindlinger, Arnold -- Fort Dodge, killed in plane crash in AZ 1942 Smith, Archibald -- Lehigh, killed in action in France 10 Aug 1944. Smith, Arthur -- Fort Dodge, declared dead after missing in action 04 Jan 1945. Stagman, Wilfred -- Fort Dodge, killed in action over Romania 04 Apr 1944. Steburg, Don -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Germany 06 Apr 1945. Steburg, Frank -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Pacific 24 Oct 1944. Stiles, Dale -- Fort Dodge, died in the Philippines 16 Nov 1945. Stillman, Roland -- Fort Dodge, killed when air craft carrier was bombed 19 Mar 1945. Swanson, Walter -- Fort Dodge, died while trying to save sailor from drowning 10 Mar 1944. Taylor, Dean -- Fort Dodge, killed when freighter was sunk 07 Sep 1944. He had been Japanese prisoner three years. Thatcher Orville -- Fort Dodge, killed over France 22 Jun 1945. Thomas, Freddrick -- Dayton, killed in action in raid over Europe 21 Jun 1944. Thompson, Conrad -- Clare, killed in action in New Guinea 05 Jun 1944. Thompson, Junior -- Fort Dodge, died when USS Maddox was sunk 10 Jul 1943. Thompson, Robert -- Clare, killed in action during raid over Germany 29 Apr 1944. Toth, Alexander -- Fort Dodge, declared dead after missing in fighting in Burma 05 Dec 1942. Van Alstine, Nathan -- Fort Dodge, declared dead after being missing over Germany 07 Oct 1944. Van Eps, Clair -- Moorland, killed when hit by Japanese sniper fire on Iwo Jima 24 Mar 1945. Van Winkle, Donn -- Fort Dodge, died of polio in Korea 25 Aug 1946. Vevle, Floyd -- Fort Dodge, killed over Europe 14 Jan 1945. Vevie, Lloyd -- Fort Dodge, killed in action over Europe 28 Sep 1944. Vinson, Marvin -- Fort Dodge, died in France 27 Jun 1943. Weiss, John -- Fort Dodge, killed in action on Luzon 11 Apr 1945. Whalen, Robert -- Fort Dodge, died in plane crash in GA 17 Aug 1943. White, John -- Coalville, killed in action on Luzon 03 Mar 1945. Williams, Newton -- Lehigh, killed when ammunition ship exploded 10 Nov 1944. Willits, Richard -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in France Dec 1944 Wise, Wallace -- Fort Dodge, killed in action over Italy 28 Feb 1945. Wolfe, John -- Fort Dodge, killed in action in Belgium 07 Jan 1945. Submitted by Kim Torp Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.