Military Involvement
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Robert Monroe “Bobby” Temple was born Jan. 15, 1922 to James Monroe and Elizabeth Jane Temple. He died Dec. 7, 1941 and is buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii. His remains were identified through DNA testing in Mar. 2017. He is also memorialized at the USS Oklahoma Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Petty Officer Temple served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Oklahoma and was MIA/KIA in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Leonard Junior “Len" Templeton was born Oct. 29, 1924 to Leonard Earl and Rose Mae Sewell Templeton. He died Jan. 7, 2006 and is buried in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Len served in World War II with the U.S. Army 17th Airborne Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Daniel Tenerelli was born Aug. 29, 1918 to Machelangelo A. “Michael" and Teresa Biglardi Tenerelli. He died Jan. 7, 1945 and is buried in Highland Memory Gardens, Des Moines, IA.
Pvt. Tenerelli served in World War II with the U.S. Army A Company, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd and 17th Airborne Divisions and was KIA in Belgium.
Source: ancestry.com
Thomas William Textor was born Apr. 15, 1926 to William Bryan and Thelma Thies Textor. He died May 31, 2014 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
CDR Textor served with the U.S. Navy in World War II. He was a pilot flying Stearmans, SNJ Texans, SBD Dive Bombers, Corsairs, P2V Neptunes and TV-2 Jets while serving his country. After active service he continued with the Naval Reserves, retiring with the rank of Commander.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Charles Tezak was born Feb. 18, 1924 to John Alexander and Jean M. Tezak. He died June 15, 2014 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Ens. Tezak served with the U.S. Navy in World War II, serving as a pilot on submarine patrol in the Atlantic.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Sep 2019; updated Jun & Jul 2022