Military Involvement
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Clarence Jobe, Sr. as born Feb. 6, 1919 to Henry and Ada L. Hall Jobe. He died Aug. 8, 2005 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Petty Officer Jobe served with the U.S. Navy in World War II. He was married to Dorothy Violet Gasperi. Petty Officer Dorothy Jobe also served with the U.S. Navy in World War II. Dorothy was born July 19, 1924 and died June 8, 2008. She is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
Iner Carl Joelson was born May 9, 1903 to Alfred and Amanda Esther Nilson Joelson. He died Jan. 6, 1948 and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, IA. Iner served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Richard Wayne “Dick" Johansen was born July 16, 1925 to Ludwig C. and Anna M. Viersen Johansen. He died Dec. 6, 2004 and is buried in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, Colleyville, TX.
Richard served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Jack Victor Johnson was born July 2, 1923 to Everest Waggoner and Helen Kathryn Hammond Johnson. He died Dec. 12, 1944 and is buried in Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium. Capt. Johnson has a cenotaph in New Altoona Cemetery, Clay Township, Polk County, IA.
Capt. Johnson served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 384th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group and was MIA/KIA in Germany and awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters and Purple Heart.
Source: abmc.gov
John August Johnson was born Oct. 10, 1903 to John and Kristina Norgren Johnson. He died Nov. 8, 1947 and is buried in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
John served in World War II with the U.S. Navy 50th Seabees.
Source: ancestry.com
Ralph Lee Johnson, Jr. was born Jan. 24, 1922 to Ralph L. (Sr.) and Juanita Lynch Johnson. He died Sept. 15, 1948 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Petty Officer Johnson served with the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Russell Carl Johnson was born May 13, 1923 to Adolph and Viola Anna Kjellberg Johnson. He died Oct. 28, 2011 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA. Petty Officer Johnson served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
George Jerry Jones was born Mar. 21, 1906 to Charles C. and Clara Ferris Jones. He died Aug. 24, 1945 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA. Petty Officer Jones served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Herman Jones was born Nov. 12, 1925 to John H. and Elsie Mae Stahr Jones. He died Aug. 29, 2005 and is buried in Jordan Cemetery, West Des Moines, IA.
Petty Officer Jones served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
John Aloysius Jordan, Jr. was born Apr. 2, 1920 to John A. (Sr.) and Lydia May Hanrahan Jordan. He died Nov. 25, 1944 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 3, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Petty Officer Jordan served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) which was sunk in the Pacific as the result of an attack by a Japanese submarine. He was MIA/FOD/KIA and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Gordon DePue Joslin was born Apr. 18, 1920 to Chauncey D. and Eva J. Kopplin Joslin. He died May 3, 2007 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Sgt. Joslin served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart, Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr & Oct 2019; updated Jul 2020 & Jun & Jul 2022 & Jul 2023 & Feb & Mar 2024