*last update 3/26/2024

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - B surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Bennett, Alvin Leon        
Billmeyer, John J.        
Boone, William Elmer X     X

Robert Joseph Bardtman was born May 17, 1922 to Thomas J. and Pearl E. Lewis Bardtman. He died June 22, 1970 and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, San Diego, CA. 

LCDR Bardtman served with the U.S. Navy in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. 

Source: ancestry.com 


Harold William Benda was born Aug. 19, 1914 to John William and Amy L. Mortenson Benda. He died Nov. 7,1984 and is buried in Pine View Cemetery, Delaware, IA. Harold served with the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com 


John Ambrose Benke was born May 22, 1913 to Albert H. and Caroline Nefzger Benke. He died July 5, 2010 and is buried in Saint Francis Cemetery, Dyersville, IA.

John served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


Donald Dean Boone was born Feb. 17, 1923 to Doyle D. and Mildred Bryan Boone. Donald served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com 


Homer Weston Brockmeyer was born Apr. 14, 1923 to Edward Reuben and Emma Louise Hartbeck Brockmeyer. He died June 21, 1945 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 5, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii and is buried in Zion Cemetery, Colesburg, IA.

Ensign Brockmeyer served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps Bombing Squadron Sixteen and was MIA/FOD/KIA as a result of operations against the enemy fleet in the Western Pacific Ocean. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.

Source: ancestry.com


Marwan Louis Burns was born Dec. 8, 1919 to Otto A. and Lula V. Griffin Burns. He died Apr. 1, 2014 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Manchester, IA.

Marwan served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


Edgar Wayne Bushnell was born Jan. 24, 1907 to Earl Henry and Reba Spitler Bushnell. He died Aug. 30, 1943 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Manchester, IA.

Edgar served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


Harland George Bushnell was born Apr. 19, 1915 to Wayne Clark and Mabel Marie Miller Bushnell. He died Oct. 13, 1969 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Manchester, IA. 

1st Lt. Bushnell served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps in World War II. 

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Leo Dwight Bushnell was born Mar. 16, 1918 to Wayne Clark and Mabel Marie Miller Bushnell. He died July 15, 1991 and is buried in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Omaha, NE. 

Sgt. Bushnell served with the U.S. Army in World War II.  

Source: ancestry.com 



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019; updated Jul 2020; updated Sep 2021 & Jul 2023 & Mar 2024

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