Military Involvement
| Servicemen - M surnames | KIA | POW | DNB | Pic/s |
| Madlom, Floyd Morris | DOW | |||
| Matt, James L. | X | |||
| McDonald, Martin C. | ||||
| Montour, Gilbert E. | X |
John Carl Maehl was born Feb. 2, 1924 to John Henry and Helene Fredrika Louise Koehn Maehl. He died Dec. 27, 2012 and is buried in Elkader Cemetery, Elkader, IA.
Sgt. Maehl served in World War II with the U.S. Army 85th Infantry Division in Italy, taking part in the Rome-Arno Campaign, Northern Apennines Campaign and the Po Valley Campaign.
Source: ancestry.com
Orville Charles “Bud” Maker was born Feb. 1, 1919 to Arthur Frederick and Emma Martha Block Maker. He died Jan. 27, 1992 and is buried in Postville Cemetery, Clayton County, IA. Pvt. Maker served in World War II with the U.S. Army in the North African and European Campaigns.
Source: ancestry.com
Carlton Russell Martin was born Dec. 3, 1916 to Archie and Elsie Wilhelmina Margaretha Roeder Martin. He died Mar. 29, 1996 and is buried in Elkader Cemetery, Elkader, IA. Chief Warrant Officer Martin served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
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Virgil Clyde Martin was born Sept. 5, 1921 to Archie and Elsie Wilhelmina Margaretha Roeder Martin. He died Apr. 27, 2016 and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Grundy Center, IA. Virgil served in World War II with the U.S. Army 155th Infantry Regiment as the company baker where he baked breads, cakes and pastries in field ovens and set up portable gasoline kitchens working in combat areas in New Guinea and the Southern Philippines.
Source: ancestry.com
Delbert John Martins was born Apr. 13, 1922 to Leska Charles and Alta W. Brandtman Martins. He died Nov. 30, 2000 and is buried in Marion Lutheran Cemetery, Gunder, IA.
Pvt. Martins served in World War II with the U.S. Army 2nd Calvary Brigade and was stationed in Japan.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Henry May was born Mar. 9, 1922 to Herman and Lucille M. Digmann May. He died in 2013 and is buried in Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael, CA.
Robert served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Norbert Cyrus McCauley was born Feb. 7, 1922 to Cyrus H. and Mary Tschohl McCauley. He died Aug. 25, 1979 and is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Dubuque, IA.
Sgt. McCauley served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 95th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force in England as a radio operator gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress. He was presented the Air Medal.
Source: ancestry.com
Lawrence R. “Larry” McGuire was born Aug. 14, 1914 to Peter E. and Roanna Mae Riley McGuire. He died Apr. 24, 1983 and is buried in Saint Marys Catholic Church Cemetery, McGregor, IA.
Sgt. McGuire served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 28th Bomb Squadron at Clark Field, Manila, Philippine Islands when they were taken over by the Japanese and spent 40 months as a Japanese POW.
Source: ancestry.com
Alexander Meyer was born Apr. 19, 1912 to Peter and Marie Katherine Klein Meyer. He died Dec. 15, 1996 and is buried in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Omaha, NE.
Capt. Meyer served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Virgil Paul Meyer was born July 14, 1923 to Henry J. and Erma Mae Bolsinger Meyer. He died Dec. 6, 1991 and is buried in Bolsinger Cemetery, Clayton County, IA
Petty Officer Meyer served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Kingsbury (APA-177) and at the Naval Base in Guadalcanal and in New Zealand. He was awarded the Presidential Citation for combat duty on Guadalcanal.
Source: ancestry.com
Veryl Henry Minger was born June 19, 1903 to Henry and Augusta Catharine Kords Minger. He died June 10, 1945 and is buried in Guttenberg Cemetery, Guttenberg, IA.
Pvt. Minger served with the U.S. Army 1771st Reception Center in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Francis Montgomery was born Jan. 1, 1915 to George and Anna A. Holly Montgomery. He died Sept. 5 1982 and is buried in Saint Patricks Cemetery, Monona, IA.
Petty Officer Montgomery served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Thomas Raymond Morris, Jr. was born Feb. 6, 1919 to Thomas R. (Sr.) and Martha McTaggart Morris. He died Jan. 9, 2007 and is buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO.
Chief Warrant Officer Morris served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps as a power turret and automatic computing sight specialist on a Flying Fortress group which participated in over 260 combat missions in France, North Africa, Italy, Sicily, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Romania and Greece and was the squadron non-commissioned section head. He was awarded a Good Conduct ribbon, three Battle Stars for European Theater campaigns and an American campaign ribbon for Pacific Coast Patrol. He also served in Korea.
Source: ancestry.com
Howard James Moyle was born Nov. 5, 1919 to Edward James and Jessie Smith Moyle. He died Oct. 31, 2004 and is buried in Mederville Cemetery, Elkader, IA.
Pvt. Moyle served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Orval Marvin Mueller was born Oct. 8, 1919 to Marvin and Amanda M. Kluth Mueller. He died Dec. 23, 1986.
Orval served in World War II with the U.S. Army 168th Infantry, 34th Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Russel Leroy Murphy was born Apr. 12, 1926 to Royce L. and Mabel Blanche Bowman Murphy. He died July 2, 1945 and is buried in Mount Harmony Cemetery, Elkport, IA.
Petty Officer Murphy served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Jenkins (DD-447) and died in the South Pacific in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019; updated Sep 2019 & Mar 2020 & Nov 2021 & Nov 2023 & Jul 2025