Platte Co., NE - WWII Vets NEGenWeb Project
PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA VETERANS

WORLD WAR II - THROUGH MAY 1977

These veterans are listed in order of date of death. If you do not know the approximate date of death of the veteran, use the find option to search for the name.
* Denotes death while on active military duty.
# Denotes additional Platte Co. name not included in the list compiled by the Veteran's Office

Theodore S. Kula Trooper Armoured Corps, Canadian Army   14 Jun 1942 St. Stanislaus, Duncan
*William B. Gray 1st Lt. Ferry Command USAAF 17 Jul 1942 Not recovered
*John J. Connell Tec 4 Quartermaster Corps Army 2 Sep 1942 St. Bonaventure
*Eugene H. Letterman PFC Co. H, 60th Inf., 9th Division Army 8 Nov 1942 Tunisia, Africa
*Henry T. Tworek PO2 USS North Hampton Navy 1 Dec 1942 Missing in action
*Frank J. Kopecky Cpl Co. A, 862nd Tank Battalion Army 23 Feb 1943 Nat'l Cemetery, Honolulu
*Michael F. Kula Pvt Co. H, 4th Armored Division Army 3 Mar 1943 St. Bonaventure
*William D. Howell PFC 4th Student Squadron USAAF 20 May 1943 Columbus
*Dominick Niedbalski Pvt 141st Infantry, 36th Division Army 18 Sep 1943 St. Bonaventure
*Carroll G. Lusche SSgt 2nd Tank Bn, 2nd Marine Div. USMC 20 Nov 1943 Missing in action
*Leo J. Wielgus PFC 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Div. USMC 23 Nov 1943 St. Bonaventure
*John P. Langan PFC Co. C, 6th Marines USMC 23 Nov 1943 Missing in action
*Leland T. Christensen AM3c USS Liscome Bay Navy 24 Nov 1943 Missing in action
*Lambert T. Smollen PFC 1st Parachute Regiment USMC 9 Dec 1943 Manila, P. I.
*Melvin L. Hamner SSgt 71st Bomb Squadron USAAF 21 Dec 1943 Missing in action
*Martin Crantz Lt 457th Bomb Squadron USAAF 4 Feb 1944 Hope, Newman Grove
*Arthur B. Jenny MSgt 409th Air Base Squadron USAAF 13 Feb 1944 Roselawn, Columbus
Jerome J. Schmitt Pvt Quartermaster Corps Army 29 Mar 1944 Creston
*Allen Kluck SSgt 754th Bomb Squadron USAAF 9 Apr 1944 Roselawn, Columbus
*Robert V. Moseley MSgt 7th Bomb Group USAAF 5 May 1944 St. Bonaventure
*Clifford R. Galley 1st Lt 389th Bomb Group USAAF 4 Jun 1944 Cambridge, England
*Clinton R. Farrar Pvt Co. C, 85th Infantry Army 6 Jun 1944 Friends, Monroe
*Ralph M. Polzin Pvt Co. I, 361st Inf., 96th Div. Army 9 Jun 1944 Holy Family, Lindsay
*Leonard J. Sliva PFC Co. L, 357th Inf., 90th Div. Army 10 Jun 1944 Normandy, France
*Erhardt Boettcher Pvt 359th Infantry, 90th Division Army 11 Jun 1944 Hope, Newman Grove
*Arthur M. Loseke PFC 359th Infantry, 90th Division Army 12 Jun 1944 Christ Luth'n, Columbus
*Cyril A. Micek PFC 359th Infantry, 90th Division Army 14 Jun 1944 St. Stanislaus, Duncan
*Ludwig J. W. Pieper RM2 USS LST 523 Navy 19 Jun 1944 Normandy, France
*Julius H. O. Pieper RM2 USS LST 523 Navy 19 Jun 1944 Missing in action
*Edwin J. Smollen 2nd Lt 53rd Bomb Squadron USAAF 24 Jun 1944 Brookwood, England
*Leonard F. Preister Pvt 313th Infantry, 79th Division Army 7 Jul 1944 Normandy, France
*John J. Wielgus SSgt 134th Infantry, 35th Division Army 14 Jul 1944 Normandy, France
*Herbert S. Brinell SSgt 758th Bomb Squadron USAAF 15 Jul 1944 Nat'l Cemetery, Missouri
*Bernard B. Fletcher TSgt 840th Bomb Squadron USAAF 15 Jul 1944 Arlington Nat'l Cemetery
*Anthony F. Diederich 2nd Lt 370th Bomb Squadron USAAF 15 Jul 1944 Not recovered
*Richard H. Wieser TSgt 134th Infantry, 35th Division Army 17 Jul 1944 Normandy, France
*Walter F. Placek SSgt 134th Infantry, 35th Division Army 19 Jul 1944 Normandy, France
*Ervin P. Bodewig Sgt 1st Armored Amphibian Bn. USMC 21 Jul 1944 St. Francis, Humphrey
*Eugene E. Messersmith SSgt 358th Infantry, 95th Division Army 23 Jul 1944 Normandy, France
*Jerome G. Sokol TSgt 134th Infantry, 35th Division Army 23 Jul 1944 St. Stanislaus, Duncan
*Mark L. Shorts, Jr. 2nd Lt 150th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 27 Jul 1944 Not recovered
*John M. Speicher, Jr. 2nd Lt 169th Infantry, 43rd Division Army 3 Aug 1944 Manila, P. I.
*David M. Speicher AS   Navy 6 Aug 1944 St. Bonaventure
*Arnold W. Sivers Pvt 121st Infantry, 8th Division Army 17 Aug 1944 Rennes, France
*Clinton E. Polark PFC   USAAF 23 Aug 1944 Roselawn, Columbus
*Carl Behle Sgt 3rd Armored Division Army 27 Aug 1944 Saint James, France
*William H. Gaspers SSgt Signal Corps Army 1 Sep 1944 Holy Family, Lindsay
*Dwight F. Marquiss Cpl 215th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 14 Sep 1944 Roselawn, Columbus
*Robert C. Bender PFC 1st Marines, 1st Marine Div. USMC 19 Sep 1944 Manila, P. I.
*George A. Justensen 2nd Lt 1330th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 24 Sep 1944 Nat'l Cemetery, Missouri
*Phillip Kudron Cpl 3rd Armored Division Army 27 Sep 1944 Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
*Lambert V. Wieser 2nd Lt 3rd Armored Division Army 15 Oct 1944 Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
Gerald D. Higgenbotham PFC 184th Infantry Army 20 Oct 1944 Roselawn, Columbus
*George D. Applegate Pvt 104th Infantry, 26th Division Army 12 Nov 1944 Columbus
*Harold B. Galley Pvt 16th Infantry, 1st Division Army 17 Nov 1944 Columbus
*Vernon W. Pillen PFC 116th Infantry, 29th Division Army 3 Dec 1944 St. Patrick, P. Center
*Sylvester H. Sueper PFC 184th Infantry Army 8 Dec 1944 St. Francis, Humphrey
*Edward A. Siebler PFC 359th Infantry, 90th Division Army 14 Dec 1944 Zion Lutheran, Pl. Center
*Jerry K. Stillinger Cpl 421st Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 22 Dec 1944 Columbus
*Emil A. Veik Tec 5 983rd Field Artillery Army 8 Jan 1945 Manila, P. I.
*Melden V. Werner PFC 698th Ordnance Company Army 9 Jan 1945 Not recovered
*Irvin Schimmelpefennig Col 11th Airborne Division Army 4 Feb 1945 Manila, P. I.
*John J. Jasper PFC 63rd Infantry, 6th Division Army 5 Feb 1945 St. Bonaventure
*Howard C. Nelson PFC Co. G, 11th Infantry Army 8 Feb 1945 Hope, Newman Grove
*Robert H. Greisen Cpl 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Div. USMC 26 Feb 1945 Not recovered
*Allen E. Korte PFC 345th Infantry, 87th Division Army 28 Feb 1945 Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
*Raymond Vanderheiden Pvt 317th Infantry, 80th Division Army 13 Mar 1945 Luxembourg
*Richard F. Kolm SSgt 128th Infantry, 32nd Division Army 18 Mar 1945 St. Bonaventure
*Norman R. Olson Pvt 12th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Div. Army 31 Mar 1945 Zion Lutheran, Leigh
Charmis G. Pose PFC   Army 16 Apr 1945 Roselawn, Columbus
*Lordall A. Nelson Pvt 32nd Infantry Army 21 Apr 1945 Hope, Newman Grove
*Leonard E. Wilke PFC 184th Infantry, 7th Division Army 22 Apr 1945 Christ Luth'n, Columbus
*Emmett J. Kelly 1st Lt 317th Fighter Squadron USAAF 1 May 1945 Not recovered
*Kenneth K. Laudenklos Pvt 22nd Marines, 6th Marine Div. USMC 10 May 1945 Columbus
*Gerald W. Gehr Tec 5 32nd Infantry, 7th Division Army 10 Jun 1945 Not recovered
*Conrad W. Robak Pvt 19th Infantry, 24th Division Army 15 Jun 1945 St. Stanislaus, Duncan
*Edward J. Jaspers PFC 942nd Field Artillery Army 4 Jul 1945 Luxembourg
Dean A. Wiebold Ensign   Navy 14 Aug 1945 Roselawn, Columbus
*Steve J. Ryba S1c U.S. Navy Armed Guard Center Navy 15 Oct 1945 St. Bonaventure
Floyd D. Trautman Cpl 320th Transportation Squadron USAAF 19 Jan 1946 St. Joseph, Missouri
Carroll M. Meyer 2nd Lt   Army 6 Sep 1946 Columbus
Herbert C. Eilers Pvt 502nd Parachute Infantry Army 22 Nov 1946 Columbus
Lawrence J. Savage TSgt 341st Engineers Army 23 Jan 1947 St. Bonaventure
Donald H. Loseke Tec 5 44th General Hospital Army 29 Jan 1947 Calvary, Columbus
Leo J. Drog Tec 5 22nd Infantry, 90th Division Army 2 May 1947 St. Stanislaus, Duncan
Dennis H. Sokol PFC 1906th Engineer Aviation Bn. Army 28 Jul 1947 St. Stanislaus, Duncan
Carrol S. Barnas PFC 911th Signal Company Army 1 Sep 1947 St. Michael, Tarnov
Leo F. Theillen S1c   Navy 29 Sep 1947 St. Bonaventure
John D. Carrig PhM3   Navy 29 Sep 1947 St. Patrick, Pl. Center
John F. Bruckner SSgt 557th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 19 Jan 1948 St. Patrick, Pl. Center
Lester Larson FC3   Navy 26 Apr 1948 Looking Glass, Lindsay
Francis H. Wendt Pvt 7th Replacement Depot Army 26 May 1948 St. Paul, Leigh
Fred B. Dillman     USAAF 16 Jun 1948 Hope, Newman Grove
Myron A. Johnson Sgt Army Medical Department Army 19 Nov 1948 Roselawn, Columbus
Edward E. Stachura Pvt Station Complement #1751 Army 6 Mar 1949 St. Stanislaus, Duncan
Kenneth E. Zimmerman SSgt 2nd Photo Reconnaissance Sqdn. USAAF 7 Dec 1949 Columbus
Clarence M. Schroeder Tec 5 78th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Army 25 Dec 1949 St. Patrick, Pl. Center
Adam Olsufka PFC 3860th Army Unit Army 29 Apr 1950 St. John, Lindsay
Virgil E. Walsh Tec 4 331st Engineer Construction Bn. Army 8 May 1950 St. Bonaventure
Glen E. Ewing WOJG 245th Army Ground Forces Army 11 May 1950 Columbus
James A. Gaver Tec 5 46th Engineer Construction Bn. Army 13 Jun 1950 Columbus
Dale F. Ernst CM3   Navy 7 Oct 1950 Roselawn, Columbus
William M. Shea WOJG Japan Air Material Area USAAF 18 May 1951 St. Bonaventure
Robert L. Moss PFC 505th Parachute Infantry Army 15 Aug 1951 St. Bonaventure
Carroll D. Lueke PFC 729th Railway Operation Bn. Army 21 Aug 1951 Columbus
Edmund J. Stachura PFC 86th Mountain Infantry Army 13 Sep 1951 St. Bonaventure
George A. Braun Sgt 444th Signal Battalion Army 24 Sep 1951 St. Bonaventure
Leland H. Olson RD3   Navy 22 Dec 1951 Roselawn, Columbus
Charles W. Rice Tec 5 529th Ordnance Company Army 31 May 1952 Columbus
Deryl D. Smith Tec 5 98th Ordnance Company Army 8 Jun 1952 Not recovered
Richard Senske MM3   Navy 4 Sep 1952 St. Francis, Humphrey
Peter A. Loveless Sgt 724th Railway Operations Bn. Army 21 Feb 1953 Roselawn, Columbus
Frederick C. Staub CM3   Navy 1 Apr 1953 Columbus
John O. Schroeder MSgt 807th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 16 Jun 1953 St. Patrick, Pl. Center
Robert E. Walsh S1c   Navy 5 Jul 1953 Columbus
*Theobald J. Brudney Captain WWII & Korean Service USAF 2 Oct 1953 St. Patrick, Pl. Center
Joseph L. Bernecki PFC   Army 2 Oct 1953 St. Bonaventure
John Sebek Pvt 1495th Engineer Maintenance Co. Army 10 May 1954 St. Bonaventure
David V. Mackey Cpl 860th Army Postal Unit Army 19 May 1954 Columbus
Eugene F. Rohatsch SSgt 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion Army 13 Sep 1954 Roselawn, Columbus
Frank J. Sliva PFC 704th Military Police Battalion Army 29 Sep 1954 St. Bonaventure
John W. Spencer PFC 2117th Area Service Unit Army 20 Mar 1955 Hope, Newman Grove
Julius Egger Cpl 35th Transportation Corps Group Army 9 Apr 1955 Roselawn, Columbus
Edward J. Modelski BM2   Navy 5 Jun 1955 St. Bonaventure
Leonard A. Danielski SSgt 3536th Maintenance Squadron USAAF 7 Jul 1955 St. Mary, Humphrey
Basil E. Wallis WT3   Navy 29 Oct 1955 Columbus
Richard E. Reifenrath Cpl 405th Armored Field Artillery Army 18 Nov 1955 St. Bonaventure
Elmer A. Wachal Tec 5 94th Field Artillery Battalion Army 25 Feb 1956 Roselawn, Columbus
Henry W. Sieh Sgt 1380th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 25 Feb 1956 Roselawn, Columbus
Rudolph Bruhn Tec 4 Service Command Unit 1911 Army 21 May 1956 Roselawn, Columbus
Edmund R. Pearson PFC 29th Evacuation Hospital Army 25 Aug 1956 Friends, Monroe
Fritz P. Myers TSgt 11th Tank Battalion Army 22 Sep 1956 Kansas
Marvin L. Biggs Cpl 10th Reconnaissance Company Army 3 Oct 1956 Roselawn, Columbus
Billy J. Coles EM3   Navy 30 May 1957 Roselawn, Columbus
James E. M. Thomsen BM2 USS Tippecanoe Navy 20 Aug 1957 St. Bonaventure
Tony Gasper SSgt   USMC 6 Oct 1957 Holy Family, Lindsay
William E. Held SFC WWI & WWII Army 8 Oct 1957 Columbus
John E. Matya S2c   Navy 9 Dec 1957 St. Patrick, Pl. Center
James F. Burns PFC WWII & Korean War Serv. Army 19 Jan 1958 St. Bonaventure
Dale D. Sweenie Pvt   USMC 26 Jun 1958 Columbus
Alex J. Liss SSgt 26th Training Group Army 29 Jan 1959 St. Bonaventure
Albert E. Badstieber Tec 4 1024th Engineer Treadway Co. Army 11 Mar 1959 St. Bonaventure
Frederic C. Kramer 1st Lt   USAAF 24 Aug 1959 Columbus
Byron O. Benson Tec 3 Co. B, 115th Medical Battalion Army 14 Oct 1959 Hope, Newman Grove
Adolph J. Podgurski SSgt 357th Infantry Army 14 Jan 1960 Columbus
Dorrance Gibson Cpl Branch Post Office, Ft. Bragg Army 19 Jan 1960 St. Francis, Humphrey
Leo L. Paproski Cpl 1050th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 11 Feb 1960 St. Bonaventure
Jules F. Jouvenat Cpl 3028th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 12 Feb 1960 Roselawn, Columbus
Reynold S. Buresh Pvt 1928th Service Command Unit Army 7 Mar 1960 Clarkson, Nebraska
Isadore S. Barnas PFC 3rd Infantry Division Army 6 May 1960 St. Michael, Tarnov
Stanley J. Lassek PFC 749th Military Police Bn. Army 11 May 1960 St. Bonaventure
Daniel S. Kavanaugh Major   USAAF 9 Jul 1960 St. Bonaventure
James R. Walters Pvt Troop B, 7th Cavalry Army 30 Jul 1960 Columbus
John W. Ernst Tec 5 323rd Infantry Regiment Army 2 Sep 1960 Columbus
Jerome Cockson Tec 4 133rd Ordnance Battalion Army 7 Oct 1960 St. Bonaventure
John P. Bell Pvt Co. I, 383rd Infantry Army 28 Oct 1960 Calvary, Columbus
Chester E. Kroeker Tec 5 220th Medical Battalion Army 3 Dec 1960 York, Nebraska
John W. Steffes Tec 4 Headquarters, 10th Army Army 8 Jan 1961 St. Francis, Humphrey
Marcin P. Czapla CM3   Navy 10 Jun 1961 St. Stanislaus, Duncan
Alvin N. Scissors SSgt WW II & Korean War USAF 16 Jul 1961 Roselawn, Columbus
Marvin J. Bruns TSgt 335th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 1 Aug 1961 Roselawn, Columbus
Marvin M. Branigan Sgt Motor Pool Det., Fort Sill Army 26 Aug 1961 St. Bonaventure
Paul J. Senske Tec 4 210th Ordnance Company Army 30 Aug 1961 St. Francis, Humphrey
Donald Rominger Cpl 1852nd Unit, 8th Service Cmd. Army 2 Oct 1961 Roselawn, Columbus
Anthony Schefcik Pvt 1864th Unit, Army Serv. Forces Army 19 Oct 1961 St. Bonaventure
Orville Hoppenstedt Cpl 374th Signal Training Battalion Army 3 Jan 1962 Marysville, Kansas
Ezra E Koebbe (MD) Captain WWI & WWII Service Navy 21 Jan 1962 Michigan
Donald W. Rosso Sgt 252nd Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 27 Jan 1962 St. Bonaventure
Lloyd J. Williams Cpl   USMC 1 Feb 1962 Omaha, Nebraska
Peter P. Sturek Pvt 845th Guard Squadron Army 30 May 1962 St. Bonaventure
Michael Nickolite Tec 5 386th Field Artillery Army 2 Sep 1962 St. Bonaventure
Carl W. Barnes Tec 5 13th Mountain Medical Bn. Army 26 Nov 1962 Columbus
Charles D. Hagel Sgt HQ, 42nd Bomb Group USAAF 25 Dec 1962 St. Bonaventure
Arnold R. Kruse Pvt Infantry, Unassigned Army 26 Dec 1962 St. Patrick, Pl. Center
Harley R. Mueller PFC 45th Medical Battalion Army 19 Jan 1963 Roselawn, Columbus
Ferdinand V. Rumery Tec 4 Co. E, 393rd Infantry Army 31 Jan 1963 Columbus
Jesse C. Olcott CPO 109th Naval Construction Bn. Navy 19 Mar 1963 Roselawn, Columbus
Charles F. Elias YN3   Navy 26 May 1963 Columbus
Milo R. Keeler Pvt 80th Infantry Training Bn. Army 21 Jul 1963 Albion, Nebraska
Leonard G. Narans PFC 1918th Service Command Unit Army 24 Aug 1963 Oregon, Missouri
Alfred W. Becher Lt jg   Navy 12 Sep 1963 Columbus
Frank M. Kuta PFC 205th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Army 10 Oct 1963 St. Stanislaus, Duncan
Wallace E. Barr Tec 4 209th Field Artillery Battalion Army 12 Nov 1963 Roselawn, Columbus
Aubrey W. Foster Tec 4 77th Infantry Division Army 9 Jan 1964 Beatrice, Nebraska
Cecil E. Potter Tec 5 88th Dental Prosthetic Team Army 13 Feb 1964 Roselawn, Columbus
Louis F. Borys Pvt 27th Evacuation Hospital Army 19 Feb 1964 St. Stanislaus, Duncan
Clarence S. Swanson Pvt Co. C, 94th Signal Battalion Army 5 Mar 1964 Salem, St. Edward
Edward C. Dreier Sgt 4000th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 13 Mar 1964 St Mary Magdalene, Omaha
Glenn V. Bunker Tec 5 Service Command Unit 1915 Army 23 Mar 1964 Humphrey
Leo H. Bock Tec 3 3819 QM Cas Supply Battalion Army 1 Jun 1964 St. Bonaventure
Charles E. Macklin Cpl Co. I, 363rd Infantry Army 14 Jun 1964 Roselawn, Columbus
Richard A. Reese Tec 5 202nd Station Hospital Army 31 Jul 1964 Columbus
Adolph Teterus PFC 162nd Medical Battalion Army 3 Aug 1964 St. Michael, Tarnov
Hugh W. Mahon Colonel Army Medical Corps, WWII & Korean   24 Nov 1964 Hope, Newman Grove
Andrew S. Pytel PFC 102nd Signal Construction Bn. Army 1 Feb 1965 St. Michael, Tarnov
Frank J. Rupprecht Tec 4 1886th Engineer Aviation Bn. Army 14 May 1965 St. Bonaventure
George J. Werner Tec 4 31st Signal Company Army 8 Jun 1965 St. Edward, Nebraska
Wesley C. Hoffman SSgt 1505th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 27 Jul 1965 Roselawn, Columbus
Leonard S. Bator SSgt 251st Quartermaster Company Army 11 Oct 1965 St. Bonaventure
Andrew Mikkelsen PFC Coast Artillery Corps Army 13 Oct 1965 Roselawn, Columbus
Julius C. Legenza Tec 4 951st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Army 7 Jan 1966 St. Bonaventure
Donald F. Selander MM1   Navy 11 Jan 1966 Salem, St. Edward
Harold M. Babel Cpl 897th Signal Company Army 17 Apr 1966 Sacred Heart, Cornlea
Felix A. Legenza PFC 110th Infantry Army 2 May 1966 St. Bonaventure
John S. Bednarz PFC Sta. Comp., Camp Flora, Miss. Army 25 Jun 1966 St. Michael, Tarnov
Lawrence L. Mimick S1c WWII & Korean War Navy 11 Jul 1966 St. Bonaventure
Clifford D. Kruse Tec 4 85th Ordnance Battalion Army 15 Aug 1966 Columbus
Virgil W. Plageman Cpl 3rd Engineer School Regiment Army 24 Aug 1966 Roselawn, Columbus
Joe Grek PFC Army Medical Department Army 31 Aug 1966 Columbus
Tony F. Frey Pvt   Army 2 Sep 1966 St. Francis, Humphrey
Byron W. Reed SSgt 903rd Signal Company Army 24 Jan 1967 Roselawn, Columbus
Maurice G. Brockhaus MM3   Navy 9 Mar 1967 St. Francis, Humphrey
Glen W. Olsen S1c   Navy 6 Apr 1967 Greenwood, Nebraska
Ted J. Polzin PFC Co. L, 317th Infantry Army 26 May 1967 Holy Family, Lindsay
John B. Preston Tec 4 136th Machine Record Unit Army 31 May 1967 Roselawn, Columbus
Louis J. Glur Tec 4 231st QM Salvage Company Army 1 Jun 1967 St. Bonaventure
Walter H. Welch Sgt 20th Infantry Army 16 Jun 1967 Calvary, Columbus
Dorothy Ann Bell Tec 3 Women's Army Corps Army 7 Jul 1967 Bellwood, Nebraska
Henry M. Shemek PFC 79th Air Service Squadron USAAF 11 Jul 1967 St. Bonaventure
Robert R. Zabawa Tec 4 3181st Signal Service Battalion Army 4 Nov 1967 St. Bonaventure
Leo A. Flakus PFC 1878th Unit, 8th Service C. Army 5 Nov 1967 St. Bonaventure
Raymond L. Langan Sgt 9th Chemical Depot Company Army 1 Jan 1968 St. Bonaventure
Frederick C. Harris LCMDR   Navy 2 Feb 1968 Okay, Monroe
Anthony A. Wessel Tec 5 103th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Army 12 Feb 1968 St. Francis, Humphrey
Delos G. Coover Pvt 2527th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 7 Apr 1968 Roselawn, Columbus
Frank H. Bade Pvt Army Ordnance Department Army 27 Apr 1968 St. Paul, Creston
George Loseke PFC 338th Escort Guard Company Army 10 May 1968 Calvary, Columbus
Elton H. Hellbusch PFC 30th Infantry, 3rd Division Army 28 May 1968 Roselawn, Columbus
Everett D. Plantz Tec 5 Service Troop, 115th Cavalry Army 1 Jul 1968 Omaha, Nebraska
Floyd T. Carlson     Navy 6 Oct 1968 Hope, Newman Grove
Wesley E. Kruse PFC 361st Infantry Army 15 Oct 1968 Roselawn, Columbus
Arol C. Sipes ET3   Navy 16 Oct 1968 Roselawn, Columbus
Leo F. Torczon Pvt 498th Armored Field Artillery Army 16 Nov 1968 St. Michael, Tarnov
Richard P. Golden CCS   USCG 10 Dec 1968 St. Bonaventure
Edward E. Rogan Tec 4 727th Railway Operating Bn. Army 22 Dec 1968 St. Patrick, Pl. Center
Glenn Koenig Tec 5 3596th Quartermaster Truck Co. Army 15 Jan 1969 Hope, Newman Grove
Minnie K. Franzen 1st Lt Station Hospital, Ft. Robinson Army 26 Jan 1969 Leigh, Nebraska
Wallace M. Gagnon Pvt 4th Guard Detachment Army 2 Feb 1969 St. Bonaventure
Clayton Saalfeld PFC 748th Railway Operating Bn. Army 3 Apr 1969 Roselawn, Columbus
Ernest L. Letterman MSgt 994th Ordnance Company Army 15 Apr 1969 Hope, Newman Grove
Ralph Dohmen PFC 20th Infantry Army 18 Apr 1969 Holy Family, Lindsay
Sylvester M. Kruse Tec 5 505 Ordnance Company Army 3 May 1969 St. Francis, Humphrey
Raymond H. Boettcher Tec 5 Sta. Comp., Camp Blanding, Fla. Army 21 May 1969 St. Bonaventure
John W. Epp Pvt 89th Armored Reconnaissance Bn. Army 25 May 1969 Roselawn, Columbus
Michael H. Romanek Tec 5 765th Field Artillery Army 15 Jul 1969 St. Bonaventure
Walter J. Nebosis SSgt 48th Engineer Combat Battalion Army 27 Sep 1969 Bellwood, Nebraska
Richard L. Sliva PFC Co. L, 411th Infantry Army 7 Nov 1969 St. Michael, Tarnov
W. Kenneth Marty Tec 4 365th Ordnance Army 10 Nov 1969 Christ Luth'n, Columbus
Reinhart P. Benke Pvt 803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion Army 18 Nov 1969 Columbus
Virgil Civish Cpl 1961st Quartermaster Truck Co. Army 21 Nov 1969 Roselawn, Columbus
Thomas P. Mostek PFC 842nd Engineer Battalion Army 1 Dec 1969 Grand Island, Nebraska
Herbert R. Schmidt Pvt 395th Infantry Army 19 Dec 1969 Columbus
Mark L. Ruppbrecht Pvt 5th Infantry Division Army 26 Jan 1970 St. Bonaventure
Henry S. Jensen Pvt 3rd Provisional Training Regt. Army 30 Jan 1970 St. Edward, Nebraska
Joseph P. McPhillips Sgt 565th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 3 Feb 1970 St. Bernard, Lindsay
Robert D. Cannon F1c   Navy 7 Apr 1970 Greeley, Nebraska
Fred N. Peterson Pvt Infantry Trng Center, Camp Hood Army 18 Apr 1970 St. Bonaventure
Oswald E. Bernt, Jr. PFC 5th Infantry Regiment Army 3 May 1970 St. Bonaventure
Louis T. Zelasney Tec 3 883rd Ordnance Company Army 1 Jun 1970 St. Bonaventure
Frederick O.H. Retke Cpl 696th Field Artillery Bn. Army 30 Jul 1970 Alliance, Nebraska
Calvin L. Gay Tec 3 10th Constabulary Squadron Army 26 Aug 1970 St. Bonaventure
Carroll P. Gaver PFC 2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Army 4 Sep 1970 Columbus
Frank L. Bukacek Cpl   Army 1 Oct 1970 St. Bonaventure
Bernard T. Lindbloom Tec 4 3rd Armored Field Artillery Army 6 Oct 1970 Genoa, Nebraska
Jerome W. Schroeder BT3   Navy 15 Oct 1970 Roselawn, Columbus
Harlan J. Keyes Pvt 9136th Technical Service Unit Army 4 Nov 1970 Roselawn, Columbus
Ted E. Gertsch PFC 91st Infantry Regiment Army 13 Nov 1970 Roselawn, Columbus
Charles O. Stoeber Tec 4 Medical Det., 164th Infantry Army 25 Nov 1970 Norfolk, Nebraska
Henry W. Bender Sgt 443rd Sub Depot Army 10 Dec 1970 Sacred Heart, Cornlea
Leonard J. Szuedlo Tec 5 1776th Engineers Army 11 Dec 1970 St. Michael, Tarnov
Ewald H. Muth Cpl 157th Field Artillery Army 18 Dec 1970 St. John, Creston
Lawrence W. Rupp Cpl 1st Infantry Regiment Army 3 Jan 1971 Gruetli, Duncan
James (Joe) Belford Sgt Co. E, 16th Infantry Army 14 Jan 1971 St. Bonaventure
Arthur F. Eller S1c   Navy 25 Jan 1971 St. Stanislaus, Duncan
Lonnie Valasek Pvt 1850th Service Unit Army 3 Mar 1971 St. Bonaventure
Russell B. Lane Pvt WWI & WWII Army 5 Mar 1971 Roselawn, Columbus
Matt J. Ernst PFC 202 General Hospital Army 23 Mar 1971 St. Bonaventure
Raymond R. Schrieber MM3   Navy 8 Apr 1971 Coleridge, Nebraska
Gene J. Abegglen Tec 4 248th Signal Operation Company Army 18 Aug 1971 Columbus
Roger E. McChristy Sgt 1853rd Signal Corps Unit Army 27 Aug 1971 Columbus
D. Emory Staub SSgt 1564th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 18 Sep 1971 Columbus
Paul T. Fuchs PFC 410th Infantry Army 26 Sep 1971 St. Francis, Humphrey
James N. Knudson PFC 320th Infantry Army 28 Sep 1971 Oakdale, Nebraska
Joseph A. Schefcik Tec 5 503rd Port Battalion Army 11 Oct 1971 Columbus
Louis C. Schutt TSgt 3502nd Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 24 Oct 1971 St. Bonaventure
William A. Goetz CWO 96th Infantry Division Army 8 Nov 1971 Columbus
William H. R. Karlin 1Lt 3541st Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 27 Nov 1971 Roselawn, Columbus
George F. Glenn PFC 223rd Engineer Combat Battalion Army 6 Jan 1972 St. Bonaventure
Louis J. Nickolite PFC 351st Infantry Army 7 Feb 1972 St. Bonaventure
Carroll J. Shockey PFC 309th Infantry, 78th Division Army 16 Mar 1972 Hope, Newman Grove
James W. Scribner TM2   Navy 27 Mar 1972 Roselawn, Columbus
John E. Koenig Pvt Station Complement #1751 Army 28 Mar 1972 St. Bonaventure
Clement M. Barnas MSgt 84th Infantry Training Bn. Army 31 Mar 1972 St. Michael, Tarnov
George W. Wolf Captain 584th Quartermaster Laundry Co. Army 11 May 1972 Roselawn, Columbus
George J. Cockson PFC 820th Signal Service Company Army 15 May 1972 St. Bonaventure
Roberta J. Dineen HA1c   Navy 6 Jun 1972 St. Bonaventure
William J. Svoboda SSgt 1040th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 8 Jun 1972 Roselawn, Columbus
Ernest F. Hruska PFC 740th Railway Operation Bn. Army 16 Jun 1972 Linwood, Nebraska
Lawrence J. Cromer Sgt 775th Tank Battalion Army 21 Jun 1972 Creston
George L. Karges Pvt 543rd Field Artillery Army 22 Jun 1972 Roselawn, Columbus
Thomas W. Gleason PFC 123rd Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 14 Jul 1972 St. Patrick, Pl. Center
William J. Ingold SSgt 704th Engineer Petroleum Co. Army 4 Aug 1972 St. Bonaventure
Errol H. Tredway Tec 5 339th Finance Detachment Army 13 Aug 1972 Roselawn, Columbus
Ira Bell Sgt 137th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 19 Aug 1972 Bellwood, Nebraska
Arthur C. Moschenross MM1   Navy 2 Sep 1972 St. Bonaventure
Peter J. Dischner Pvt Co. F, 110th Infantry Army 16 Sep 1972 St. Bonaventure
John Ligenza Tec 5   Army 1 Oct 1972 Columbus
Ernest L. Jaworski MSgt WWII & Korean War Army 5 Oct 1972 Ft. McPherson Nat'l Cem.
Elno M. Schacher SSgt 743rd Tank Battalion Army 9 Oct 1972 Columbus
Delayne W. Bruns Tec 5 433rd Signal Construction Bn. Army 15 Oct 1972 Roselawn, Columbus
#Kenneth F. Johnson GM1CUSS OklahomaNavy11 Nov 1972Glendora, CA
Paul H. Johannes Pvt 1770th Service Unit Army 20 Nov 1972 Roselawn, Columbus
Edward S. Wozny PFC 128th Infantry Army 21 Nov 1972 St. Bonaventure
Howard C. Johnson SSgt WWII & Korean War USAF 22 Nov 1972 Hope, Newman Grove
Elvin R. Kant PFC 6th Engineer Construction Bn. Army 12 Dec 1972 Roselawn, Columbus
Joseph A. Sliva Pvt 12th Field Artillery Trng. Regt. Army 6 Jan 1973 St. Bonaventure
Robert E. Hurner FT3   Navy 22 Jan 1973 Roselawn, Columbus
Herman W. Otte, Jr. EM3   Navy 22 Jan 1973 Roselawn, Columbus
David M. Welch Cpl Air Transport Service USAAF 26 Jan 1973 Calvary, Columbus
Edwin R. Novak PFC Co. M, 126th Infantry Army 26 Jan 1973 Roselawn, Columbus
Ralph H. Backes Cpl 743rd Tank Battalion Army 26 Feb 1973 St. Bernard, Lindsay
Charlie Williamson Tec 4 119th General Hospital Army 5 Mar 1973 Grand Island, Nebraska
Edward F. Micek PFC 348th Engineers Army 25 Mar 1973 St. Bonaventure
Lee Dean Merry MM3   Navy 15 Apr 1973 Columbus
John Bilstein Pvt 60th Armored Infantry Bn. Army 18 Apr 1973 Roselawn, Columbus
Donald D. Drozd QM3   Navy 14 May 1973 Genoa, Nebraska
W. Allan Dericks PFC 148th Field Artillery Army 14 May 1973 Shelby, Nebraska
William C. Ernst SSgt 3447th Signal Detachment Army 1 Jul 1973 Columbus
Herman H. Hespe Tec 5 776th Ordnance Company Army 20 Aug 1973 Columbus
Alex F. Slovinski TSgt 690th Quartermaster Base Depot Army 23 Aug 1973 St. Michael, Tarnov
Floyd E. Cramer BM1 WWII, Korean War & Vietnam War Navy 13 Oct 1973 Ft. McPherson Nat'l Cem.
Clyde D. Simpson Captain 8th Air Force USAAF 27 Oct 1973 Columbus
William F. Cejka MM2   USCG 8 Nov 1973 Roselawn, Columbus
Oscar Don Hurst PFC 76th Air Service Squadron USAAF 13 Nov 1973 Marlow, Oklahoma
Thaddeus (Ted) Bator PFC Co. F, 11th Infantry Army 19 Nov 1973 St. Bonaventure
Leo J. Kinzer Cpl WWI & WWII Army 5 Dec 1973 Roselawn, Columbus
Edward M. Fischer Sgt   USAAF 28 Feb 1974 Humphrey
Donald M. Walla TSgt 67th Infantry Training Bn. Army 23 Mar 1974 Schuyler, Nebraska
Vincent A. Long Sgt 1580th Service Command Unit Army 5 Apr 1974 Roselawn, Columbus
OrRange L. Layton SSgt 110th Medical Battalion Army 11 Apr 1974 Humphrey
Gene C. Smith 1Lt 38th Bomb Group, 71st Squadron USAAF 27 Apr 1974 Schuyler, Nebraska
John F. Loveless Tec 4 751st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Army 12 May 1974 Roselawn, Columbus
Allan C. Herrmann Sgt 67th Fighter Squadron USAAF 18 May 1974 Roselawn, Columbus
Delmar C. Kay PM1 USS Zeilin (APA 3) Navy 18 Jul 1974 Minden, Iowa
Bernard Szudlo Tec 5 828th Army Anti-Aircraft Arty. Army 3 Oct 1974 St. Michael, Tarnov
Oliver L. Johnson Pvt 12th Field Artillery Trng. Regt. Army 17 Nov 1974 Palestine, St. Edward
Frank N. Boruch S2c   Navy 8 Dec 1974 St. Bonaventure
Thomas (Creek) Pensick PFC 50th Armored Infantry Army 15 Dec 1974 St. Bonaventure
Charles M. Rouillard Sgt 57th Bomb Wing USAAF 2 Jan 1975 Plainview, Minnesota
Vernon S. Johnson SSgt 314th Fighter Squadron USAAF 20 Jan 1975 Salem, St. Edward
William R. Simpson Tec 4 4025th Signal Service Group Army 22 Jan 1975 Columbus
John F. Clausen Pvt 59th Armored Infantry Army 22 Jan 1975 Roselawn, Columbus
Richard W. Carlin (OD) SSgt U.S. Strategic Air Forces USAAF 28 Jan 1975 Spalding, Nebraska
Harold H. Hessenflow Flt Lt Royal Canadian Air Force   21 Jan 1975 Ft. McPherson Nat'l Cem.
Gilbert A. Asche Tec 4 693rd Engineer Equipment Co. Army 2 Mar 1975 Columbus
David McNair, Jr. S1c   Navy 3 Mar 1975 Columbus
Dominic J. Szeliga Sgt 40th Photo Recon Squadron USAAF 4 Mar 1975 St. Michael, Tarnov
Joe G. Bartushock Pvt Infantry Army 13 Mar 1975 St. Bonaventure
Eddie P. Stickney PFC 137th General Hospital Army 12 Apr 1975 Columbus
Fred R. Irwin Tec 4 80th Chemical Battalion Army 15 Apr 1975 St. Bonaventure
Walter M. Warnick PFC Co. L, 424th Infantry Army 17 Apr 1975 St. Bonaventure
Thomas J. Ryba Pvt 3rd Engineers Battalion Army 19 May 1975 St. Bonaventure
Clarence G. Hemmer Tec 4 35th Quartermaster Company Army 30 May 1975 Holy Family, Lindsay
Theodore A. Robak Sgt 420th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 7 Jun 1975 St. Stanislaus, Duncan
Melvin Grotelueschen Tec 4 Service Company, 10th Infantry Army 22 Jun 1975 Roselawn, Columbus
Bennie R. Meierding SSML3 USS Sterett Navy 10 Jul 1975 Ft. McPherson Nat'l Cem.
Elmer Ben Trofholz Tec 5 313th Infantry Army 11 Aug 1975 Richland, Nebraska
Michael H. Murray PFC   USAAF 23 Aug 1975 St. Bonaventure
Arnold K.F. Boettcher BM2c Const. Bn. Maint. Unit 620 Navy 6 Sep 1975 Columbus
Bernard Staub SSgt 329th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 11 Sep 1975 Columbus
Harold E. Swanson Tec 5 29th Replacement Depot Army 15 Sep 1975 Columbus
Theodore S. Barnas Tec 5 743rd Tank Battalion Army 24 Sep 1975 St. Michael, Tarnov
Byron A. Wilberger Pvt   USAAF 29 Sep 1975 Crown Hill, Madison
Louis J. Turek Tec 5 Merrill's Marauders Army 19 Oct 1975 St. Bonaventure
Floyd H. Arasmith, Sr Pvt 1498th Service Command Unit Army 2 Nov 1975 St. Bonaventure
Edward F. Borke Cpl 353rd Bombardment Squadron USAAF 8 Nov 1975 St. Bonaventure
Wayland W. Berry SSgt 241st Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 7 Dec 1975 Columbus
Eril A. Johnson Pvt 194th Ordnance Company Army 9 Dec 1975 Roselawn, Columbus
Raymond L. Dodendorf Lt jg   Navy 28 Dec 1975 St. Bonaventure
Everett J. Smith PFC 463rd Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 29 Dec 1975 Columbus
Irving H. Sorensen GM2c   Navy 6 Jan 1976 St. Ansgar, Lindsay
Chester Frederick Tec 4 15th Tank Battalion Army 24 Jan 1976 St. Bonaventure
William K. Sessler Tec 4 1475th Engineer Maintenance Co. Army 9 Feb 1976 Meadow Grove, Nebraska
Henry A. Drueppel Tec 4 Medical Department Army 9 Feb 1976 St. Bernard, Lindsay
Frank V. Stradley Cpl 570th Bombardment Squadron USAAF 11 Feb 1976 Roselawn, Columbus
Allen C. Anderson Sgt 110th Medical Battalion Army 15 Feb 1976 Columbus
Arthur H. Preister Tec 5 157th Infantry, 45th Division Army 19 Feb 1976 Holy Family, Lindsay
Alfred M. Kuta SSgt 15th Infantry, 3rd Division Army 10 Apr 1976 St. Bonaventure
Victor J. Uphoff EM2c USS Redfin Navy 5 May 1976 Madison, Nebraska
Emil W. Prososki Tec 4 67th Engineer Topogrphic Co. Army 25 May 1976 St. Stanislaus, Duncan
Earl C. Schmitt Pvt Trans. Co., Camp Myles Standish Army 4 Jun 1976 Creston
Joseph L. Noble CM3   Navy 4 Jun 1976 Columbus
Cyril S. Boesch PFC 156th Infantry Army 12 Jun 1976 St. Francis, Humphrey
Carroll D. Boswell PFC 321st Infantry Army 23 Jun 1976 Columbus
Philomena J. Jarecki PFC 591st Army Air Force Base Unit Army 25 Jun 1976 St. Patrick, Pl. Center
William A. McDaniel PFC 1822nd Service Unit Army 28 Jun 1976 Columbus
Floyd C. Stanley PFC 1552nd Army Air Force Base Unit Army 10 Jul 1976 Hope, Newman Grove
Henry E. Reese Pvt 2nd Signal Service Battalion Army 18 Aug 1976 Columbus
Edward J. Steiner Tec 5 330th Infantry Army 21 Aug 1976 St. Bonaventure
Harold B. Bock Tec 5 4612th Quartermaster Truck Co. Army 26 Sep 1976 Roselawn, Columbus
Felix J. Kaipust Pvt 714th Railway Operations Bn. Army 29 Oct 1976 St. Patrick, Pl. Center
James J. Matuazewicz PFC 710th Tank Battalion Army 13 Nov 1976 Lesterville, S. D.
Everett D. Bowen Mus2 USS Trenton Navy 18 Nov 1976 O'Neill, Nebraska
Kenneth L. Klug Tec 5 6th Division Artillery Army 3 Dec 1976 Calvary, Columbus
Edward Pieters Cpl 243rd Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 7 Dec 1976 St. Bonaventure
Wilbur G. Souders S1c USS Ramsay Navy 10 Dec 1976 Roselawn, Columbus
Luverne R. Carlson PFC 354th Infantry, 89th Division Army 31 Dec 1976 Roselawn, Columbus
Marion D. Luttman PFC Detached Enlisted Mens List Army 2 Jan 1977 Hope, Newman Grove
Edward J. Boss PFC 3028th Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 13 Jan 1977 Columbus
George D. Vogel Cpl 384th Service Squadron USAAF 13 Jan 1977 St. Bonaventure
Earl J. Warner AS   Navy 20 Feb 1977 Okay, Monroe
Forrest L. Graham PFC 5th Infantry, 71st Division Army 16 Mar 1977 Columbus
Maura L. Johnson 1st Lt Army Nurse Corps Army 29 Mar 1977 St. Patrick, Pl. Center
Allen E. Kluever MM3   Navy 5 Apr 1977 Columbus
Joseph J. Schlienz Cpl 5th Cavalry Regiment Army 10 Apr 1977 Madison, Nebraska
Richard J. Newmarker Tec 4 234th General Hospital Army 10 Apr 1977 Columbus
Jacque M. White 2nd Lt 3501st Army Air Force Base Unit USAAF 26 Apr 1977 Ft. McPherson Nat'l Cem.
Marion H. Bystrom PFC Quartermaster Corps Army 8 May 1977 St. Edward, Nebraska
James P. Berg PFC 608th Coast Artillery Army 10 May 1977 St. Francis, Humphrey
James G. Johnson 1st Lt 176th Labor Supervision Center Army 14 May 1977 St. Patrick, Pl. Center
William C. Bredehoft Pvt 3463rd Ordnance Company Army 16 May 1977 Columbus
Charles M. Beneke SSgt 120th Infantry Army 19 May 1977 Roselawn, Columbus
#Benjamin Ogle Perkins * * * 8 Aug 1994Roselawn, Columbus

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