*last update 4/4/2024

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - B surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Baird, Alfred Ray, Jr.       X
Baird, Charles Allen       X
Baker, John Franklin   X   X
Baker, Raymond Russell        
Baker, Wesley Carrel        
Baldus, Frank Raymond        
Ballantine, Gailord        
Ballantine, Merle W.        
Barkema, Donald DeVere        
Barquist, Clifford Merle "Kip"       X
Barr, Merle Douglas       X
Barr, Russell Willard       X
Bashford, Eugene       X
Bashford, Francis Edward       X
Bashford, Joseph McCaulley        
Bashford, Laverne Franklin        
Bashford, William Thomas        
Batcheller, Kenneth Worthan       X
Bateman, Jack Leonard       X
Bates, Walter Laverne       X
Bauer, Curtis        
Baxter, Marvin Verne       X
Beard, Burrus Everett       X
Becker, Darrell Lee        
Becker, Kenneth John        
Beckner, Raymond I.        
Beckwith, Robert Oliver       X
Bedford, Don        
Bedford, Frank B. Jr.        
Bedford, Glenn Frederick        
Bedford, Robert L.        
Beem, Robert Harry        
Beermann, Richard Harold       X
Behrens, Laverne Myron        
Beightol, Duane A.       X
Beightol, LeRoy Earl       X
Beightol, Ward Weldon       X
Beightol, Willis E.       X
Belding, Arthur Richard        
Bell, Everette Lyle        
Bell, John Raymond        
Bell, Marion Richard 'Mike'        
Bell, Maurice Whitfield        
Bell, Melvin Sidney        
Bell, Thomas Dale        
Benson, Arnold Gaylord        
Benson, Edwin Stanley       X
Benson, John Donald        
Benson, Leonard L.        
Bentley, Harold E.        
Benton, George Edward        
Beougher, Marvin Ellis        
Beougher, Richard D.        
Berg, Alvin A.        
Berg, Erwin Arthur       X
Berg, Omer Edward        
Berg, Sylven I.        
Bergeson, Leonard M.       X
Berggren, Ray Reuben        
Berglund, Berkeley A.        
Berglund, Carl W.       X
Berglund, Marvin Leroy       X
Bergman, Alvie Arthur        
Bergman, Edwin Arthur        
Bergman, Robert Cecil        
Bergman, Rudy Myron        
Bergsten, Victor Clarence        
Berleen, John Edward        
Berleen, William Floyd        
Bernard, Francis Walter       X
Berry, Claude Eldon       X
Berry, Donald Lowell       X
Berry, Gerald Otto       X
Berryhill, Howard       X
Berryhill, Russell       X
Bertholet, Gaston Roger        
Berven, Boyd Lester       X
Berven, Homer D.       X
Berven, Lyle George       X
Bever, Everett Dean       X
Bever, Franklin Robbins        
Bever, Gerald Weldon       X
Bever, Guy        
Bibler, Orlo Oscar       X
Bickford, Joseph Ezra        
Bickford, Neil Eldon        
Bickford, Robert Lloyd   X   X
Biggs, John Harmous       X
Biggs, Harold Thomas        
Biggs, Marvin Eugene       X
Biggs, Melvin O.       X
Billings, Lester Leon        
Billingsley, Dennis M.        
Bisbee, David LuVerne        
Bishop, Alan Ray        
Bishop, Kenneth Wesley        
Bishop, Robert Marion        
Bixler, Robert Mark        
Bjustrom, Godfrey Lawrence        
Black, Francis Gunnel       X
Black, Harvey Herbert       X
Black, Richard Calvin        
Black, Russell Harvey       X
Black, Vernon Galen        
Blair, Edwin Myron        
Blair, Elmer R        
Blair, James Daniel       X
Blake, Dale Sheldon       X
Blodgett, Marcus Sterling        
Bloomquist, Norman Albert        
Blough, Orval Roscoe        
Blue, Walter A.       X
Bly, Wilburn        
Bly, Winfred        
Boal, Joseph Fotsch        
Boe, Clifford Jacobson        
Boeye, John F.       X
Boeye, Robert B.        
Bole, Delmar Paul       X
Boling, Marvin Henry        
Bolt, Lewis Garwin        
Bonsall, Levi Ivan        
Boone, Max Edward        
Borcherding, Ralph Clarence George        
Borcherdt, Carl Christian        
Borg, Jerold Ardin       X
Borg, Oscar Arnold       X
Borwick, Harold Lenard        
Boss, William Dale       X
Boston, Howard B.        
Bosworth, Guy Harvey        
Bosworth, Perry Franklin        
Bosworth, Ronald Clyde       X
Bottorff, Kenneth Lyle        
Boucher, Robert Leonard       X
Boughton, Merlyn Edward        
Bourne, Ellis Wayne        
Bourne, Roy S.        
Bourne, Russell W.        
Bowman, Arthur Paul        
Boyd, Morris Kent        
Boyd, Orville George        
Boylan, Oliver Joseph       X
Brackett, Donald Leon        
Brackett, Robert Milton       X
Braden, Phillip Leroy       X
Braden, Rex Dale        
Bradshaw, Donald Lee        
Brady, John Michael       X
Braland, Mervin Everett        
Branch, Nelson A.   X   X
Branch, Willard Alvin       X
Brandrup, Gale Kit        
Brandrup, Maris Donald Jr.        
Brandt, Darrell Max        
Brandt, Donald Helmer       X
Brandt, Ordean Albert        
Brandt, Vernon Keith        
Brant, Robert Dale       X
Brant, Ronald Lyle       X
Branyord, Arnold Lyle       X
Branyord, Kermith Raymond       X
Brattebo, John Henry        
Brattebo, Norman Benjamin        
Braund, Donald J.        
Bray, James Edward       X
Breitenkamp, Howard Eldo        
Brekken, Burdell W.        
Brekken, Burdette G.        
Brekken, Judean        
Brenneman, Charles Todd        
Brewer, Herbert Roland        
Brewer, Joseph Kiester        
Brewer, Lee Edward        
Bricker, Frank I.        
Briggs, Hugh Carpenter       X
Briggs, Ulis Charles   X    
Brighton, Chester LeRoy        
Brighton, Harold William        
Brighton, Thomas A.        
Brill, Elton Orville        
Briles, Kenneth Ellsworth        
Brim, Bob L.       X
Brim, Ivan Dale        
Bringolf, Floyd Milton       X
Bringolf, Raymond Clair X      
Bringolf, Robert William        
Brinkema, Ernest Junior       X
Brinton, Robert Donald        
Brinton, Wayne       X
Britson, Everett Sidney        
Britson, Wallace Eugene        
Brock, Franklin Dick X     X
Brock, John LeRoy        
Brock, Marion Lester        
Brock, Roger Roscoe       X
Brock, Victor Harding        
Brooks, Kenneth R.        
Brooks, Melvin L.       X
Brooks, Riley H.        
Brooks, Stewart Lee       X
Broome, Clifford Harold        
Brower, Donald Chester        
Brown, Charles M.        
Brown, Francis D.        
Brown, George Burton Jr.        
Brown, Harry Albert        
Brown, Henry Lewis       X
Brown, Howard Andrew       X
Brown, Melvin Harry        
Brown, Ralph Everett       X
Brown, Robert D.       X
Brown, Roy Jacob        
Brown, Walter E.       X
Brownell, Robert Day        
Brownfield, Estelle Van        
Brownfield, George Gilbert        
Brownfield, Louis A.        
Brugioni, Deno        
Bruner, Bill       X
Bruner, Raymond       X
Bruner, Robert       X
Bryan, Harold Edward        
Bryan, Irvin J.        
Bryan, Kenneth Wayne        
Bryan, Zell Leroy        
Bryant, John Dee        
Buckels, William F.        
Buckles, Richard Dwight        
Buckles, Wilbur Dean        
Buckley, Wendell Dean        
Budde, Richard James       X
Buehler, Frederick George        
Buell, Herbert Joseph Jr.        
Buettner, Carl William        
Bullock, James Bert        
Buntenbach, Harley William       X
Buntenbach, Virgil Richard        
Burcham, Franklin Homer        
Burcham, Kenneth Harold       X
Burckle, Alfred Arthur       X
Burckle, Ralph        
Burgin, Carl H.       X
Burke, Donald Hugh       X
Burke, Virgil P.        
Burkett, George Arthur       X
Burkhart, Raymond Eugene        
Burnett, Don        
Burnett, James Everett       X
Burnett, Ross Willard        
Burr, Claude I.        
Burr, Clyde Charles        
Burrows, Donald William        
Burrows, Kenneth Allison        
Burtnett, Duane Howard        
Burton, Keith H.        
Burton, Ralph Leroy       X
Burton, Robert Lyle        
Busch, Irvin Carl        
Busing, Leonard Ellis        
Butler, Albert Franklin       X
Butler, Alvin H.        
Butler, Arthur        
Butler, Bernard        
Butler, Gale Maynard       X
Butler, Gilbert C. Sr        
Butler, Harold Howard        
Butler, Maurice        
Butler, Ralph L.        
Butler, Thomas Runyon        
Butler, William Francis        
Buxton, O. C.   X   X
Buzick, Gerald D.       X
Buzzetti, Romaine J.       X

Leonard Fred Bailey was born Aug. 6, 1923 to Fred S. and Dialpha Bond Bailey. He died Feb. 24, 1992 and is buried in Eldora City Cemetery, Eldora, IA. 

Pvt. Bailey served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com 


James Marvin Baker was born Sept. 29, 1926 to Irvin H. and Mary B. Wooster Baker. He died Mar. 2, 1997.

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

Source: ancestry.com


Frank Raymond Baldus was born May 11, 1915 to John C. and Rosa Leininger Baldus. He died Apr. 21, 1999 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jewell, IA.

Frank served in World War II with the U.S. Army 866th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion.

Source: ancestry.com


Joe Reed Banghart was born Oct. 21, 1921 to Albert and Bertha Adelaide Dennis Banghart. He died Jan. 22, 1964 and is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, CA. 

Sgt. Banghart served in World War II with the U.S. Army 188th Parachute Infantry. He was awarded the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart. 

Source: ancestry.com 


Frederick Stuart “Stuart” Barkema was born Mar. 6, 1915 to Hans and Mary Christina Albert Barkema. He died Oct. 24, 1992 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jewell, IA.

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

Source: ancestry.com


Peter Fredrick Barkema was born Oct. 10, 1901 to Tim and Katrina Caroline “Kate” Wessels Barkema. He died Dec. 5, 1972 and is buried in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, OR. Cpl. Barkema served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.

Source: ancestry.com 


Thomas Eugene Barr was born May 29, 1924. He died in 2005 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, IA. Thomas served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. 

Source: ancestry.com 


Vincent Jerome Barry was born Mar. 30, 1911 to William P. and Anna S. Gaffney Barry. He died Feb. 16, 1985 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Stratford, IA.

M/Sgt. Barry served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 1379th Base Unit.

Source: ancestry.com


James Allen Bartlett was born Mar. 17, 1916 to Herbert Gallup and Maude A. James Bartlett. He died May 24, 2001 and is buried in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, TX. Pvt. Bartlett served with the U.S. Army.

Source: ancestry.com 


Guy Leland Batcheller was born Nov. 18, 1924 to Guy William and Georgia Mae Worthan Batcheller. He died Apr. 23, 1999 and is buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO.

Sgt. Batcheller served in World War II with the U.S. Army in Burma and India.

Source: ancestry.com


Duane Samuel “Sam” Bedford was born Apr. 1, 1924 to Fred Conrad and Johanna Alice Lundquist Bedford. He died Aug. 28, 2013 and is buried in Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, CA. Duane served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com 


Smiley Austin Beightol was born June 13, 1904 to William Austin and Amy Belle Ford Beightol. He died July 1, 1994 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, IA. Smiley served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com 


Russell Edward Bishop was born Mar. 6, 1920 to George Emmit and Theresa Adelia Lunning Bishop. He died Dec. 1, 2008 and is buried in Grandview Memorial Park, Rock Hill, SC.

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

Source: ancestry.com


Merle Edwin Boatman, Sr. was born Oct. 16, 1916 to Samuel Richard and Pearl Margaret Smith Boatman. He died Dec. 17, 1958 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, IA. 

Cpl. Boatman served in World War with the U.S. Army 490th Field Artillery, 11th Armored Division.

Source: ancestry.com 


Carroll Vernon “Hook” Bordwell was born Nov. 2, 1921 to Ace C. and Irene Riley Bordwell. He died Feb. 2, 2006 and is buried in Union Cemetery, Livermore, IA.

Hook served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Sable (IX-81) and USS Charger (CVE-30).

Source: ancestry.com


Wayne Floyd Braden was born Sept. 25, 1916 to Raymond Loren and Lela Whitley Braden. He died Apr. 11, 1950 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, IA.

Wayne served with the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


William J. Brower was born Oct. 15, 1908 to Harry and Mary Brower. He died Apr. 4, 1972 and is buried in Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, AZ. 

Chief Petty Officer Brower served with the U.S. Navy in World War II and Korea. He retired in 1970 after 25 years of service.

Source: ancestry.com 


Kenneth Paul Buck was born Mar. 21, 1926 to Theodore Herman and Anna M. Heidenreich Buck. He died Feb. 5, 2017 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jewell, IA.

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

Source: ancestry.com


William Buckels was born Feb. 19, 1920 to William F. and Genevieve Willis Buckels. He died Oct. 17, 1986 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jewell, IA.

William served in World War II with the U.S. Army in the Tunisian, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, and Sicilian campaigns and was awarded 4 Bronze Stars and the Good Conduct Medal.

Source: ancestry.com


Willard G. Burris was born May 16, 1919 to Guy W. and Jessie Taylor Burris. He died Aug. 4, 2006 and is buried in Lawn Hill Cemetery, Stanhope, IA.

Willard served in World War II with the U.S. Navy. He also served in Korea.

Source: ancestry.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Nov 2019; updated Feb 2020; updated Apr & Aug 2021 & Mar & Apr 2024

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