Military Involvement
| Servicemen - P surnames | KIA | POW | Died/nonbattle |
| Parks, Edward L. | |||
| Parks, George H. | X | ||
| Paulsen, LaVerne H. | X | ||
| Pedersen, Roy M. Jr. | X | ||
| Peterson, Harry E. | X | ||
| Peterson, Norman | |||
| Petrus, J. B. Jr. | |||
| Petrus, Richard M. | X | ||
| Petry, W. Earl | |||
| Pettie, Vernon Gerard | X | ||
| Phinney, Bob | |||
| Phinney, Russell D. | X | ||
| Pilling, Alan W. | |||
| Plagge, Harold W. | X | ||
| Pleas, Claude L. | |||
| Plummer, Kenneth F. | X | ||
| Pogge, George H. | X | ||
| Pratt, Leonard E. | X | ||
| Profeda, Louis A. "Lou" | X | ||
| Punteney, Charles E. | X |
Mac A. Palmer was born Nov. 30, 1911 to Leonard Lee and Anna E. Morey Palmer. He died May 23, 1977.
Maj. Palmer served in World War II with the U.S. Army 6th Engineer Special Brigade - HQ as Waterproofing and Recovery Officer. He was awarded the Bronze Star. He also served in Korea.
Sources: ancestry.com; americandday.org
Francis L. Parker was born Nov. 1, 1922. He died July 30, 1971 and is buried in Crescent Cemetery, Crescent, IA.
Petty Officer Parker served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Gordon R. Penewit was born Sept. 29, 1923 to Jesse Herman and Clela Ida Wilson Penewit. He died Oct. 22, 1943 and is buried in Carson Cemetery, Carson, IA.
Pvt. Penewit served in World War II with the U.S. Army 168th Infantry, 34th Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Elmer Lee Petersen was born Sept. 5, 1919 to H. Carl and Anna Schroeder Petersen. He died Mar. 4 , 2014 and is buried in Grange Cemetery, Honey Creek, IA.
Elmer served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
John T. J. Petersen was born May 28, 1916 to Oswald S. and Minnie Shipley Petersen. He died Jan. 6, 1946 and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Omaha, NE.
Petty Officer Petersen served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert D. Peterson was born Sept. 2, 1924 to Benjamin and Edna P. Gardner Peterson. He died May 12, 1993 and is buried in Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, NE. Robert served with the 775th Tank Battalion in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Clark Pierce was born Dec. 14, 1913 to Charles and Winnie Lulu Rude Pierce. He died Nov. 22, 1942 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Cpl. Pierce served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 7th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group and was MIA and became a Japanese POW and died in Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Philippine Islands.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
Frank L. Pitt was born July 5, 1900 to Milton Bird and Caroline Jane Gilson Pitt. He died May 5, 1987 and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia, IA.
Frank served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
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Perry Pitt was born Oct. 16, 1911 to Milton Bird and Caroline Jane Gilson Pitt. He died Jan. 9, 1992 and is buried in Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, CA.
Capt. Pitt served with the U.S. Army 179th Infantry in World War II.
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Sidney Bird Pitt was born Dec. 20, 1901 to Milton Bird and Caroline Jane Gilson Pitt. He died July 11, 1948 and is buried in Crescent Cemetery, Crescent, IA.
Sidney served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
John T. Poulos was born Nov. 11, 1925 to Theodore J. and Olga T. Poulos. He died May 2, 2017 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Pvt. Poulos served with the U.S. Army in World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Edward Putnam was born Oct. 6, 1921 to Ernest W. and Marie Wilhelmina Greve Putnam. He died Nov. 19, 1945 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Avoca, IA.
Robert served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr, Jun & Aug 2019; updated Mar, Jun & Sep 2020 & Jul 2022 & Jul & Nov 2023 & Jan 2024