WORLD WAR II GOLD STAR BOYS - VAN BUREN COUNTY IOWA
The World War II "Gold Star Boys" were service men who lost their lives during WWII. The term began during WWII when the families would place a Gold Star in their window after they lost their son.
| Albert A. ABEL |
| Clarence Raymond ANDERSON |
| (Bruce) Garland ANTHONY |
| Gilbert Harold AYERS |
| Robert W. AYERS |
| Robert Vincent BAIRD |
| Loren Joe BARKER |
| Charles W. BOGLE |
| Jacob LaVerne BRADY |
| Arlo Henry BROWN |
| Dale S. BROWN |
| Charles E. COLLINS |
| John A. COTTER |
| Stanley C. CRAWFORD |
| Chas. E. DAVIS |
| William S. DAVIS |
| Wallace Manuel DEWITT |
| Joe EARLEY |
| Samuel Dale EHRET |
| Joseph Darrell ELSENSOHN |
| Melvin FERGUSON |
| Laverne FOTSCH |
| Robert W. GARDNER |
| Forrest W. GIBSON |
| Madison E. GILLASPEY |
| Ernest Leroy GREGORY |
| Truman GREENFIELD |
| Neal Ritz HANEY |
| Albert L. HARWARD |
| John Richard HOAGLIN |
| Wendell L. HOENSHEL |
| Bede IRVIN |
| Lester Leroy JONES |
| Charles Edward KELLER |
| James Glenn KLISE |
| James LEDBETTER |
| Frank MARTIN |
| Robert Louis McMICKLE |
| Albert R. MILLS |
| Lester MINER |
| John H. MOORE |
| Keith MOUNCE |
| Clair Edward NORTHRUP |
| Claire A. OSWEILER |
| W.H. OWENS, Jr. |
| Cecil D. PECK |
| Cecil PUFFINBARGER |
| William F. RICKERT |
| Clair Eugene ROBERTS |
| Keith E. ROUSH |
| Glenn M. SCABERY |
| Kenneth D. SMITH |
| Willis SONDAG |
| Theron J. (Ted) STOOKESBERRY |
| Oren William STOTT |
| Patrick Joseph STRABALA |
| Matthew Dale STRAIT |
| Wayne J. SUTTON |
| Kenneth SWAFFORD |
| Gordon K. SWYGARD |
| Donald Bryant TADE |
| Dale H. WALLENTINE |
| Alden R. WATTS Jr. |
| Clifton WATTS |
| Robert L. WHITELEY |
| Lloyd WILKINSON |
| John M. YOUNG |
Sources:
World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel from: Iowa
Service Record
Book of Men and Women of Keosauqua and Community
Sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary and Keosauqua and Community Business
Men
- Date of publication not
given but list of officers suggests 1948-49. Addresses shown with
servicemen's names would be their residence at time information was
gathered for publication.
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