*last update 11/18/2023

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - P surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Palidas, James X     X
Perry, Arvel Duane       X
Pierce, Albert MIA     X
Power, Roy W. X     X

David Gillespie Parsons was born Mar. 14, 1918 to Asaph W. and Hazel H. Hillary Parsons. He died Dec, 16, 2005 and is buried in Long Grove Cemetery, Maynard, IA.

Sgt. Parsons served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.


Leo R. Pierce was born Feb. 23, 1916 to Walter Howard and Inice Entwisle Pierce. He died Aug. 27, 1986 and is buried in Alpha Cemetery, Alpha, IA. Leo served with the U.S. Army in World War II 

Source: ancestry.com


Donald James Powers was born in 1923 to Arnold James and Lilas Rose Cocum Powers. He died Mar. 17, 1945 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 1, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii and has a cenotaph in Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, IA.

Petty Officer Powers served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and was MIA aboard the USS YMS-341 which was lost in a typhoon in the Saipan area.

Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Aug 2019; updated Feb 2021 & Nov 2023

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