*last update 3/6/2024

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - H surnames KIA POW Died/nonbattle
Hadden, George Jackson X    
Harland, Don Wood   X X
Helms, Eddie X    
Hicks, Delbert Merwin     X
Higgins, Laurence B.   X  
Hilgerson, Frank F.      
Hixson, Oda R.   X X
Hudsonpillar, Franklin R. X    
Humphrey, Richard Leo X    

Richard Dee Harness was born Oct. 11, 1926 to Henry Everett and Nettie May Walkinshaw Harness. He died Dec. 15, 1957 and is buried in Blanchard Cemetery, Blanchard, IA. 

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

Source: ancestry.com 


Jack Alan Henshaw was born Nov. 19, 1921 to Nathan S. and Helen R. Davis Henshaw. He died Dec. 30, 1999 and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, IA.

Jack served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps as airplane commander on B-29 bombers, flying missions over the Japanese Empire.

Source: ancestry.com


Arthur Lee Hickman was born Aug. 2, 1920 to Arthur S. and Anna America Haynes Hickman. He died Dec. 7, 1941 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 3, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii and at the USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Petty Officer Hickman served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Arizona (BB-39) and was MIA/KIA when that ship was attacked at Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov


Robert Lee Hopkins was born Feb. 28, 1923 to Charles O. and Maggie Cato Hopkins. He died Apr. 28, 1944 and is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England and has a cenotaph in Rose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, IA. 

Sgt. Hopkins served in World War II with the U.S. Army 3206th Quartermaster Survey Company and was KIA in the English Channel. He was awarded the Purple Heart. 

Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov 


Cyril Paul Hurst was born Oct. 7, 1919 to Don and Nell Lines Hurst. He died Apr. 29, 1991 and is buried in Clarinda Cemetery, Clarinda, IA.

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

Source: ancestry.com


Thaddeaus C. Hurst was born Feb. 27, 1919 to Don and Nell Lines Hurst. He died Dec. 24, 1981 and is buried in Clarinda Cemetery, Clarinda, IA.

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

Source: ancestry.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Jul 2019; updated Mar 2020 & Jun 2022 & Jan & Mar  2024

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