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Name	Residence	Notes
Dahlstrom, Alto E.	Clayton co. / Waukon	US Army, served from 1942-1945 in northern France & Rhineland. Awarded a Purple Heart, 2 Bronze stars & the Good Conduct Medal. He was born in Giard twp. Clayton co. but lived in Waukon for many years. Obituary
Damon, James R.	Harpers Ferry	U.S. Navy. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos E. Damon, Harpers Ferry
Damon, Victor M.	Harpers Ferry	Private first class, USMCR. Killed in South Pacific November 20, 1943. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos E. Damon, Harpers Ferry The photo was taken at Camp Elliott. Burial is in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Territory of Hawaii. He was only 20 years old when he died. This letter was written to my great grandmother Nellie Daman (Mrs. Amos E. Daman) regarding the loss of her son Victor Daman. The name of the author has unfortunately been lost to time.  The message, however, is timeless..... bringing history alive for us all and to reflect on the kindness and compassion of neighbors. (click the letters to read) ~Additional info., photo & letter were contributed by Jody Howard, his grand-niece. Obituary
Danaher, Marcellian R.	Dorcester
Danaher, Thomas A.	Waukon
Darling, Douglas Ray 'Jake'	New Albin	US Army. Sergeant, 101 Infantry, 26th Infantry Div. Reported Missing in Action on March 16, 1945 in the Ruhr Valley, Germany (see news clipping below). It wasn't until Sept. 29, 1949, that it was confirmed he'd been killed in action. He was first buried in the United States Military Cemetery near Liege, Belgium, in April 1950, his remains were reinterred in the New Albin cemetery. Obituary ---- Mrs. Clara Darling was in receipt of the following telegram from the War Department under the date of April 5th: "The Secretary of War desires me to express his deep regret that your son, Sgt. Douglas R. Darling, has been missing in action in Germany since March 16, 1945. If further details or other information are received you will be notified." 'Jake,' better known to us, enlisted in the army Sept. 29, 1943 and has served overseas since April 5th, 1944, as an infantry replacement in the 26th Division of Gen. Patton's Third Army. He took his basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas, and was home in March, 1944 for a 9 days furlough. On his return he resumed his duties at Camp Meade, Md., and went from there overseas, first to England, then to France, and his last letter home was dated March 6th from Germany. ~undated newspaper clipping, contributed by Errin Wilker
Darling, Robert	New Albin
Dasher, Mary Lou	Waukon	US Medical Corps Nurse, Lieutenant. Stationed at several military hospitals in Texas treating combat-injured G.I.s from all theaters of war. Married Arthur Wiegand in 1946. Obituary & photo.
Davenport, Donald 'Don'	Postville	US Army, commissioned Lieutenant, 1943. Attended Radio School at Madison, WI. Stationed in England with a US Air Force group
Deal, Marlin J.	Waukon
DeBuhr, Calvin H.	Waukon
DeBuhr, Victor W.	Waukon
DeGarmo, Clifford Wesley	Postville	Captain, US Army. Obituary
Decker, Milo G.	Postville
Deeney, Bernard	Waukon	US Navy
Deeney, Delbert J.	Waukon	U.S. Navy, Motor Machinist's Mate. Buried St. Mary's Lycurgus
Deeney, Duane E.	Waukon	Sgt. US Army; served in the Pacific theatre
Deeney, Joseph	Waukon
Deeney, Vernon J.	Waukon
Dempsey, George W.	Lansing
Devitt, Harold	Waukon Junction	U.S. Army, served in Hawaii
Devitt, Martin	Waukon Junction	U.S. Coast Artillery, served 2 years in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Diersen, Marvin	New Albin
Doerring, Charles	Luana Clayton co.	T. Sgt., crew member of a B-24 Liberator bomber.  Shot down April 2, 1944.  Held in POW camp Luft III and Stalag 17B in Germany until May 3, 1945.  He died on June 8, 1947. Obituary * More about Charles Doerring on the Clayton co. IAGenWeb
Donahue, Gerald	New Albin
Donahue, James J.	Waukon
Donahue, John C.	Waukon
Donaldson, Wayne LeVern	Fayette / Lansing / Postville	US Army Air Corps, serving from 1940-45. He was an airplane mechanic and spent part of his active duty in Kun Ming, China. Born in Fayette county, Iowa, he lived for many years in Lansing & Postville. Obituary
Dougherty, James F.	Waukon
Dougherty, Jean	Waukon
Dresselhaus, Carl W.	New Albin	U.S. Army Air Force; Staff sergeant, 15th AAF, 460th heavy bombardment group; served in Germany, Northern Italy & the Balkans; enlisted 02/18/1943, reeived special army training at Sioux Falls Radio School & the Yuma Aerial Gunnery school; New Albin HS graduate with class of 1934, also attended Iowa State Teachers college.
Dresser, Fred F.	New Albin
Drew, Lawrence D.	Waukon
Drew, Francis J.	Waukon Junction
Duffy, Joseph Leslie	Dorchester	US Army. Son of William & Loretta Duffy. Obituary
Duffy, William C. JR	Waukon	US Army, Tec 5. Son of William & Loretta Duffy. Gravestone photo. Obituary
Duncan, Edward	Lansing
Dundee, Alfred	Postville
Dundee, Cecil	Jefferson twp.	Son of Henry & Ella Dundee. Obituary
Dundee, LeLand	Waukon	U.S. Army Air Forces, S-Sgt. Buried in Oakland cemetery
Dundee, Roland Lee	Postville/Waukon	US Army. Son of John H. & Clara B. Dundee. Obituary
Dunlevy, Jerry J.	Lansing
Dunlevy, Thomas M.	Lansing
Dunn, Arthur	New Albin
Duvel, Milton Fred	Waukon	US Marine Corp, Corporal. Served from 1943-1945 and saw active duty in the South Pacific at Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands. Obituary
Dwyer, William D.	Waukon
Dyke, Melvin W.	Postville	US Army, Pvt 1st Class. Served in the Alaska campaigns, in several Pacific island invasions and then was stationed in Hawaii. Son of Mr. & Mrs. John Dyke.
Easley, Donald E.	Harpers Ferry
Easley, Earnest	Lansing
Eaton, Robert K.	Waukon
Ebner, Charles	Waukon	Army Air Corps; stationed in Orlando, Fla. 1942/3
Echard, Kenneth L.	Waukon
Eckert, John JR	Waukon
Eischeid, Victor W.	New Albin
Elbner, Jonathan C.	Lansing
Ellefson, R. Truman	Waterville	US Navy, Radar 3rd Classman. Son of Roy & Alice Ellefson. Obituary
Ellefson, Verdun E.	Waterville
Ellingson, Carl J.	Waukon	US Army. Served in Africa. Wounded in the Mediterranian theater, 1944. Obituary
Ellingson, Clifford	Waterville
Ellingson, Kermit	Waukon	Seaman 2-c. US Navy. Served aboard the USS Memphis, a troop transport. Son of Kenneth Ellingson. Obituary
Ellingson, Nathan C.	Waukon
Ellingson, Orren O.	Waukon
Ellingson, Tilford Odell	Waterloo twp.	US Army, Tech-5. Buried in Waterloo Ridge cemetery
Ellis, Lloyd G. 'Curly'	Postville	US Navy. Gunners Mate. His ship was one of the group known as the 'Unholy Four'. Son of John P. & Carrie J. Ellis. Obituary
Ellis, Lyle Edward	Postville	US Army. Son of Clifford & Dorothy Ellis. Obituary & photo
Ellis, Murry P.	Postville
Elsheimer, Arlyn V.	Waukon
Enyart, Leo Carlton	Postville	US Army. Obituary
Enyart, Russell C.	Waukon
Erickson, Earl	Waukon
Erickson, Ellsworth L.	Waukon
Erickson, Merlin T.	Waukon
Erickson, Roland Millard	Postville	Seaman first class, USNR. Died January 7, 1945, aboard the USS California. Mother, Mrs. Olive Gulsvig, Postville. Father, Peter Erickson. Burial is in Postville cemetery. ~Additional info. & the photo was contributed by C. Boyers, his grand-niece. Gravestone photo
Erickson, Vernon E.	Waukon	US Marines, Platoon Sergeant. Served in campaigns on Bougainville, Guam and Iwo Jima.
Estep, Ray	Waukon	US Army. Obituary
Evans, Chester	Postville
Evans, Earl A.	Rossville	Paratrooper. Son of Carl & Leta Evans. Obituary
Evans, Harold Durant	Waukon	US Army, 734th Ordnance Company, 34th "Red Bull" Infantry Division in Northern Africa and Italy. Obituary
Evans, Harris J.	Postville
Evans, Kenneth L.	Postville / Waukon	US Navy. Pacific Theatre. Recipient of the Purple Heart. Obituary
Evans, Otto	Waukon
Evenmoe, Carl E.	Spring Grove, Minnesota	U.S. Army. Corporal. Buried in the Waterloo Ridge cemetery
Ewing, Arthur W.	Postvllle
Ewing, Arvid M.	New ALbin
Ewing, James Edward 'Jim'	Forest Mills	U.S. Army. Buried Postville cemetery. Obituary & photo
Ewing, Kenneth Milton	Forest Mills	Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army. Also served during the Korean war. Buried Oakland cemetery. Obituary & photo
Ewing, Melvin J.	Waukon
Faegre, James L.	Waukon
Farnham, Milton R.	Waukon
Feldstein, Bernard B.	Waukon
Feldstein, William	Waukon
Ferguson, Mathew Armstrong	Waukon	U.S. Navy, enlisting in 1941; he flew PBY's and PBY-3A's. Buried Oakland cemetery. Obituary & photo
Ferring, Frank L.	Lansing
Feuerhelm, Carl L.	Harpers Ferry	US Navy. Obituary
Feuerhelm, John H.	Lansing
Fichtel, Dale NaNais	Postville	US Navy. He was born in Westgate, Iowa and lived in Postville for many years. Obituary
Fink, Delbert F.	New Albin	s/o John Fink
Fink, Laverne A.	Lansing / New Albin	Staff sergeant, US Army Air Corps. He served in the China-Burma-India theater. Radio gunner on a B-29 bomber, he was killed in action, in China, December 7, 1944. Son of Leo and Lydia Fink, he was born 11/21/1921 in New Albin -- Among the first of the bodies of the Iowa World War II dead returned aboard the Army ship, Honda Knot. The ship carried 3,012 caskets and 16 urns when she returned. On the vessel with next-of-kin was S/Sgt. Lavern A. Fink, Leo L. Fink, Lansing. ~Oelwein Daily Register, October 10, 1947 -contributed by S. Ferrall -- Obituary & photo contributed by Errin Wilker
Fink, Leslie C.	Lansing or New Albin	Merchant Marine
Fischer, Kenneth	Postville	Private Kenneth Fischer, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Fischer, of Janesville, Wis., former Postville residents, has been awarded the World War II victory medal for his wartime service with the armed forces. He is now stationed at the First Field Command of the American Graves Registration command in the U. S. occupation zone of Germany. The award was made in Paris. Kenneth, who attended the Postville schools before the family moved to Janesville, Wis., is a grandson of Fred Dreier. ~Postville Herald, March 1948 - contributed by Mary Durr
Fischer, Martin Christ	Castalia / Postville	US Navy, Machinists Mate First Class in the Amphibious force in the South Pacific theater. Obituary
Fischer, Ralph	Postville	Killed in action on Bougainville, in the southwest Pacific area, on November 8, 1943; son of Mr. and Mrs. William Fischer, of Janesville, Wis., former Postville residents, grandson of Fred Dreier of Postville.
Fischer, Venita	Postville	US Air WAC; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Fischer, of Janesville, Wis., former Postville residents, she graduated from Janesville HS, granddaughter of Fred Dreier of Postville.
Fish, Leo M.	Lansing
Fitz, Charles A.	Des Moines / Lansing	US Army. Retired to Lansing. Obituary
Fitzgerald, John T.	New Albin
Fitzpatrick, John	Lansing
Flack, Manford H.	Harpers Ferry
Florin, Ervin J. REV	New Albin
Foels, Leo Frederick Adolph	Postville	US Army. Served in the Philippines. Son of Arthur & Elizabeth Foels. Buried in the Postville Cemetery; Obituary
Folsom, Donald Lee	Postville	US Army Military Police Battalion. Served 17 months in the Panama canal zone. Son of Richard & Mabel Folsom. Obituary & photo
Folsom, John Francis	Postville/Waukon	US Navy. Served in the Pacific Theater of war on various ships (more details are in his obit). Obit & photo
Folsom, Lester C.	Waukon	US Navy. Served in the South Pacific with the Second Marine Division. Obituary
Folsom, Wayne G. 'Bud'	Postville	US Army Air Corps, aircraft mechanic and flight engineer. Served in combat participating in campaigns in Tunisia, Sicily, and Naples-Foggia. He was discharged in 1945, but reenlisted. In November, 1947, he was crew chief on a C-53 transport aircraft that crashed in the Alps. He was severly injured, but rescued after several days. Obituary
Ford, Earl A.	Waukon
Forde, Beverly C.	Waukon Junction
Forde, Wayne A.	Waukon	US Navy. Death notice
Fredendall, Donald JR	Waterville
Fredendall, Lester	Waterville
Fredendall, Verdon H.	Waterville
Fredrickson, James D.	Lanslng
French, Ralph Lee	Postville	US Navy. Son of Roy Lee French & Florence (Baldwin) French. Obituary
French, Robert W.	Postville	US Navy. Was aboard the USS New Orleans in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked; also saw action in the Coral Sea and at Midway Island
Fritz, Charles J.	Waukon	US Navy for 25 years, serving in WWII & Korea. Son of Herbert & Marie Fritz. Obituary

Surnames A-C * Surnames G-J * Surnames K-M * Surnames N-R * Surnames S-T * Surnames U-Z

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~The original 875 names on this list were published in the Allamakee Journal, Lansing, Iowa, September 15, 1943. The names were on Honor Roll Bulletin Board at Waukon. ~transcribed by Errin Wilker

Other sources used to compile this honor roll, in addition to the contributed information:
~information from news clippings, obituaries, photos & funeral memorials in a WWII scrapbook compiled by Nina Harris Swenson, g-grandmother of Sharyl Ferrall, Allamakee co. IAGenWeb coordinator
~Postville High School Alumni Service Roster, published by the Postville Herald, May 1945
~State Summary of War Casualties from World War II for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel from Iowa, 1946
~information from obituaries posted to the Allamakee co. Obituary Board
~information sent by Allamakee co. contributors as credited with the entry

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