Military Involvement
| Servicemen - W surnames | KIA | POW | DNB | Pic/s |
| Webb, Leslie | ||||
| Wilson, Gerald Wayne | X | |||
| Wolfgram, Elmer A. | X | |||
| Woodruff, James Orval Jr. | X | |||
| Wright, Erwin | X | |||
| Wright, Klair Lemar | X |
Lloyd Ward Waddingham was born Nov. 14, 1922 to Ralph J. and Minnie J. Hartwig Waddingham. He died Aug. 17, 1997 and is buried in North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, ND.
Sgt. Waddingham served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 5th Airways Communications Group and 68th Airways Communications System Squadron.
Source: ancestry.com
Mark Ray Wait was born Oct. 8, 1921 to Osgood and Maude Haviland Wait. He died Apr. 13, 1988 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Nashua, IA.
Pvt. Wait served in World War II with the U.S. Army 93rd Gun Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Arthur George “Bud” Walsh was born Nov. 6, 1922 to George J. and Mary K. Kraft Walsh. He died May 2, 2005 and is buried in Sunnyside Memory Gardens, Charles City, IA.
Pvt. Walsh served in World War II with the US. Army in Seoul, Korea.
Source: ancestry.com
Russell Burdell Warye was born June 18, 1914 to Lew W. and Hattie E. Tracy Warye. He died May 14, 2003 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
Col. Warye served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps at Guadalcanal.
Source: ancestry.com
James H. Watkins was born Dec. 17, 1923 to Clyde Ralph and Hazel R. Speedling Watkins. He died Feb. 26, 1987 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Nashua, IA.
James served in World War II with the U.S. Navy 111th, 96th and 29th Seabees.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Edward Watts was born Aug. 17, 1920 to Ralph E. and Gladys Doris Cagley Watts. He died Mar. 2, 1974 and is buried in Johnson County Chapel and Memorial Gardens, Overland Park, KS.
Donald served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 73rd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group and became a POW.
Source: ancestry.com
Joseph Michael Weigel was born Oct. 20, 1916 to Michael and Mary Fitzgerald Weigel. He died June 16, 1949 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, New Hampton, IA.
Joseph served with the U.S. Army Infantry in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Claude Leroy Wenthe was born Sept. 1, 1922 to Chris and Blanche Olander Wenthe. He died Oct. 25, 1944 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines and has a cenotaph in Rose Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg, IA.
Petty Officer Wenthe served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS St. Lo (CVE-63) and was MIA/FOD/KIA when that vessel was sunk following a kamikaze attack in the Battle of Leyte Gulf off Samar. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Harvey E. Wilson, Jr. was born in 1921 and died Jan. 6, 1945 and is buried in Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg.
Pvt. Wilson served in World War II with the U.S. Army 347th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division and was KIA in Belgium and awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Bernard William Winter was born Jan. 9, 1916 to Joseph and Mary Deiderick Winter. He died Feb. 21, 1944 and is buried in Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy.
Sgt. Winter served in World War II with the U.S. Army 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division and was KIA in Italy. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Jens C. Winther was born Oct. 18, 1922 to Edward and Mabel Winther. He died June 28, 1975 and is buried in Woodbine Cemetery, Puyallup, WA.
Petty Officer Winther served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Adolph Alfred “Dutch” Wolff was born Nov. 29, 1918 to Alfred G. and Amelia Gutzmer Wolff. He died June 16, 2000 and is buried in Sunnyside Memory Gardens, Charles City, IA.
Pvt. Wolff served in World War II with the U.S. Army 153rd and 138th Infantries.
Source: ancestry.com
Russell Kenneth Wright was born Feb. 28, 1918 to Guy W. and Lena Sudal Wright. He died Aug. 28, 1999 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery. Nashua, IA.
Sgt. Wright served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 418th Bomb Squadron.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019; updated Mar & Aug 2020