Military Involvement
| Servicemen - P surnames | KIA | POW | DNB | Pic/s |
| Pieper, Philip Y. | X | |||
| Pithan, Vincent Cyrill | X | X | ||
| Polzien, Donald Leroy | X |
Harold Leslie Pace was born Apr. 24, 1921 to Andrew Jackson and Cora Ellen Fisher Pace. He died Oct. 28, 2007 and is buried in North Lawn Cemetery, Fort Dodge, IA.
Sgt. Pace served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps in the European Theater of Operations in Africa, Italy and Germany before he became a POW for 13 months. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Wayne Paup was born Mar. 1, 1923 to Arthur W. and Ida N. Jones Paup. He died Nov. 23, 1999 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Denison, IA.
Sgt. Paup served in World War II with the U.S. Army in the European Theatre of Operations. He was awarded the Bronze Star.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert P. Pearson was born Aug. 27, 19221 to Leslie E. and Viva Esther Howe Peterson. He died Oct. 1, 1991 and is buried in Saint Rose of Lima Cemetery, Denison, IA.
Robert served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Ralph Edward Paul Peters was born Jan. 19, 1925 to William H. and Rosa Bohnsen Peters. He died Feb. 22, 2014 and is buried in Crawford Heights Memory Gardens, Denison, IA.
Ralph served in World War II with the U.S. Army in Germany.
Source: ancestry.com
Wilbur Lavern Petersen was born Mar. 15, 1919 to Leslie T. and Rilla Steig Petersen. He died Feb. 4, 2003 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Denison, IA.
Wilbur served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Boise (CL-47) and USS Astoria (CA-34).
Source: ancestry.com
Carl Wilford Peterson was born Oct. 1, 1916 to Charley and Alice Peterson. He died May 12, 1944 and is buried in Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy.
Sgt. Peterson served in World War II with the U.S. Army 337th Infantry, 85th Division and was KIA in Italy. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
John Joseph Pithan was born Aug. 17, 1922 to Joseph Christian August and Bula Margaret Hover Pithan. He died Feb. 27, 1967 and is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA.
Sgt. Pithan served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 8th Transportation Carrier Squadron.
Source: ancestry.com
Carl Heinrich Fritz Plough was born Apr. 27, 1909 to Ernst and Emilie Schroeder Plough. He died Feb. 19, 1989 and is buried in Marysville Cemetery, Marysville, WA.
Sgt. Plough served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Marvin Elwin Polzien was born Sept 18, 1924 to Elmer Herman and Cora Agnes Macumber Polzien. He died Dec. 18, 1968 and is buried in Mount Olive Cemetery, Healdton, OK.
Marvin served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Leon Walter “Wally” Powers was born Sept. 24, 1926 to Leon Walter and Bland Lally Powers. He died June 17, 1947 and is buried in Saint Rose of Lima Cemetery, Denison, IA.
Leon served with the U.S. Army in World War II in the Pacific.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Nov 2019; updated Mar & Dec 2020 & Jul 2023 & Aug & Oct 2023