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William James Adams was born on July 14, 1947 in Cincinnati, Ohio, home base for the Proctor & Gamble Company where his father worked. Bill was half of a set...

Year at ISU: 1940-1943, graduated in 1952 with a BS in Industrial Administration Died: West Germany

Alfred Hiram Agan was born in Chariton, Iowa on July 6, 1919, to Samuel and Alda Agan. He had three older siblings, Maxine, Norma, and Donald. The whole family was...

Specialist 4th Class Dennis Lynn Ahrendsen exemplified the "All-American" young man. He was honest, loyal and true to his convictions. His passions were the farm where he was born and...

First Lieutenant Robert Austin Alexander was born January 12, 1921 to Robert Alexander and Joanna Lamp. He grew up in Davenport, Iowa. Robert went to Iowa State College as part...

Captain Carl R. Alfred was born in Barney, Iowa to Albia Alfred and Rozetta Dagget on January 31, 1917. For a time, he lived in Altwater, Ohio. Carl studied Dairy...

Robert Ward Allen was the son of W. M. Allen of Michigan. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1935 and received a Master's degree at the University of Michigan...

Leslie Lee Allen was born in Crowley, Colorado on October 5, 1925 to Robert L. Allen and Julia V. Andrews. For a time, he lived in Denver. He went to...

Harold Tracy Allen came from Sutherland, Iowa. He was the brother of Mr. Burt M. Allen of Rockford, Illinois. Harold came to Iowa State College to train with the Mechanical...

Year at ISU: 1939 Died: Romanian Reason: MIA

Second Lieutenant Raymond Arthur Anderson of the infantry was a part of the Iowa State College faculty. He died at home in Joliet, Illinois, possibly of influenza. He was related...

Matthew Keith Anderson was born April 16, 1972 to Joyce and Keith Anderson in Chariton, Iowa. He grew up with two brothers in nearby Lucas, a small town of about...

Sergeant James Agnew Anderson was born March 29, 1914 at Oak Park, Illinois to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Anderson. He was also related to Olive J. Reed. James worked...

Civilian Life Earl Granville Anderson was born in Joliet, Illinois and grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. While in high school, he developed a great dislike for everything pertaining to...

Captain Rollo C. Andross ("Andy") was born to John C. Andross and Addie E. Loving on May 5, 1918. He grew up in Granada, Iowa. Rollo graduated from Iowa State...

Michael Evan Antill was born on June 25, 1945 in Des Moines and grew up in Huxley, Iowa. He was the older of the two boys in Carrie and Hap...

James Albert Antram was the son of Mrs. A. L. Antram. He had a sister named Myrtle. James came to Iowa State College from Stuart, Iowa as part of the...

First Lieutenant Eugene Mortimer Armstrong was born May 19, 1919 to William B. Armstrong and Ruth S. Gallup. He had a brother named Bruce. They lived in Ames, Iowa. After...

Captain Don Armstrong was born to John Henry Armstrong and Eve Mae Crider on February 25, 1915. He grew up in Brooklyn, Iowa. Don was married to Helen Ruth Kubacky...

Lieutenant Donald Charles Arp came to Iowa State College from his hometown Marion, Iowa. He graduated in 1938 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and was employed at Deere and...

Year at ISU: 1947 Private First Class Steve Norman Aszalos was born on June 19, 1925 to Steve Aszalos and Irma Yhranik in Cleveland, Ohio. He had a brother-in-law named...

Year at ISU: 1944 Private First Class Edward Earl Augustine was born in Rose Hill, Iowa on December 7, 1922. He grew up in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Edward left Iowa State...

Year at ISU: 1941 Second Lieutenant Dwight Garfield Bacon was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on January 10, 1918. He was the son of Dr. L. F. and Violet Bacon....

Year at ISU: 1943 Ralph Warren Bailey was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1920 to Ray Bailey and Effie Ennis. After the deaths of both parents, he lived with...

Year at ISU: 1938 - Two Year Captain Phillip Wagner Bailey completed his flight training at Iowa State College for the Army Air Corps. As of December 31, 1942, he...

Sergeant Ner Jason Bailey was born on April 2, 1919 to Orlando Bailey and Gertrude Rankin, and grew up in Maquoketa, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State in 1941 and...

Civilian Life Dexter Edward Bailey received his bachelor's degree from Massachusetts Agricultural College. He earned a Master’s in Science at Iowa State College in 1917, majoring in Chemistry. After graduating,...

George Alexander Baker was born in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was eventually married to Ida Baker of Ames, Iowa. He received a B.S. in Ag. E. in 1917 from Iowa...

Year at ISU: 1942 George Winsel Baker was born in South Bend, Indiana on August 15, 1918. He was only six weeks old when his father, George A. Baker, died...

Our files contain only fragmented information about Dr. Robert Carl Banks. Robert's hometown was Tipton, Iowa. He went on to become part of the class of 1943, DVM. He died...

Second Lieutenant Donald W. Barger was born to William H. Barger and Margaret A. Bruce on November 28, 1917 in Grant Township, Ledyard, Iowa. He called Swea City, Iowa his...

Year at ISU: 1940 - Dairy Industries Our records contain only bare fragments of information on Robert J. Barney, who went missing in action sometime in September 1942 in India....

Sergeant Edwin Frederick Barnum was from Des Moines, Iowa and graduated from Iowa State College with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 1915. Edwin enlisted November 6, 1917 in Washington...

Year at ISU: 1944 - Civil Engineering Master Technical Sergeant Robert L. Bass was born to Vallie L. Bass and Frances Anderson in Stratford, Iowa on September 27, 1921, but...

Year at ISU: 1945 Captain Norbert Beckman was born in Jordan, Minnesota on April 2, 1923 to Frank and Katherine Beckman. When he went to Iowa State College, he pledged...

Corporal Clyde E. Beer was the son of Mrs. Flora C. Beer. His hometown was Keosauqua, Iowa. Clyde graduated from Iowa State College with the class of 1917 in Electrical...

Year at ISU: 1942 - Creamery Operations (two year) Major Don Merrill Beerbower was born on August 26, 1921 in Saskatchewan, Canada. His family later moved to Hill City, Minnesota....

Elson E. Behnke was born in Plymouth, Iowa to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Benke. They later moved to Ames, Iowa. Elson graduated from Ames High School an attended Iowa...

Year at ISU: 1945 Lieutenant Bruce H. Bell was born in Duluth, Minnesota to Bruce H. Bell, Sr. and Louella Wiggins on August 28, 1923. Bruce attended ISC from September...

Ensign James Robert Beneke was born to George Beneke and Marie Wollenberg on January 18, 1920 in Waltham, Minnesota. He grew up in Austin, Minnesota and he had a brother...

Ensign Herald Clark Bennion was born to his parents Edwin Bennion and Mary Clark on September 12, 1914. He grew up in Farmington, Utah with his brother, Hugh C. Bennion....

Dale Earl Benson was born in Waterloo, Iowa on March 19, 1947 to Grace and Earl Benson. Grace and Earl were both enrolled members of the Meskwaki, the Sac and...

In north-central Des Moines, just west of where 6th Avenue crosses the Des Moines River, is a small house located at 615 Hickman Avenue. Faced in red brick and situated...

Year at ISU: 1947 Private Edward Leon Biehunko was the son of Edward L. Biehunko, Sr. and Elisabeth Eissler. His birthday was September 13, exact year unknown. He grew up...

Charles Millard Bilderback was the son of Mr. J.E. Bilderback. He came from Adel, Iowa and graduated from Iowa State College in 1916. On June 16, 1918, Charles enlisted as...

First Sergeant Earl Brunson Bisbee was the son of S.N. Bisbee. His hometown was Los Angeles, California. Earl graduated with the class of 1913. He joined the Marines at Seattle,...

Second Lieutenant Bernard Sewell Black was born in Brooksville, Maine on June 25, 1923 to Eugene M. Black and Clemency Guttrich. He graduated from Iowa State College in Aerospace Engineering...

Captain Samuel R. Blackman was born in Parson, West Virginia on November 8, 1916 to Joseph F. Blackman and Myrtle Paugh. He received his second lieutenant commission upon graduating from...

Died: Quang Tri, Vietnam Reason: Killed in Action

Year at ISU: ca. 1943 Private First Class Robert Nichols Blume was born April 5, 1925 in Ithaca, New York to Adrian F. Blume and Jeanette A. Nichols. His last...

Alan Ransom Boone was born December 4, 1947 in Fort Meyers, Virginia, to Alex and Yvonne Boone. He spent his early years in Durham, North Carolina and when he was...

Private First Class Eldon Ralph Boots was born in Oelwein, Iowa on October 19, 1919. He attended Oelwein and New Hampton public school. In 1937, he enrolled at Iowa State...

Sidney Jasper Botts was born on January 26, 1930 on his family’s farm near Elliott, Iowa. He was named for a grandfather and a great-grandfather and was the second child...

Year at ISU: 1945 Private First Class A. Stripling Boynton was born on August 8, 1923 to Reuben R. Boyton and Ruth Stripling. He lived in Pleasant Plain, Illinois. A....

Year at ISU: 1921 Dale Troy Bradley was the son of Mr. Sidney Bradley, and grew up in Bedford, Iowa. He studied Agronomy at Iowa State College before enlistinginto the...

Platoon Sergeant William Brand was the son of Mr. Karl Brand. He grew up in New Hampton, Iowa and graduated from Iowa State College in 1914. William enlisted May 27,...

Year at ISU: 1944 - Dairy Industry Ensign Daniel Starr Branstiter came from Sumner, Nebraska. He was born on January 21, 1922 to Daniel Elsie Branstiter and Blanche M. Snodgrass....

Captain Hugh Wallace Breakenridge was born in Traer, Iowa on July 19, 1919 to William J. Breakenridge and S. Edith McMillan. His hometown was Dinsdale, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa...

Year at ISU: 1945 Second Lieutenant Edwin Gordon Breaw was born to Rev. Walter L. Breaw and Elva A. Cullen on March 26, 1923, and grew up in Alden, Iowa....

Year at ISU: 1944 First Lieutenant LaVerne Roy Breman was born on September 29, 1921 to Earl M. Breman and Millie M. Campfield. He had a sister named Sarah Breman....

Berry Brevik (Civil Engineering 1918), letter to the Alumni Association, August 28, 1945: "Attention: "Red" Barron Our son, Richard Stanley Brevik, ex '47, in Aeronautical Engineering, enlisted in the Army...

Year at ISU: 1941 Private First Class Richard J. Bridgeman was born September 18, 1919 to Roy Bridgeman and C. Jeronimus. He grew up in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Richard...

Ensign Donald C. Briggs was born in Ames, Iowa on January 11, 1916 to Jane Briggs. While attending Iowa State College, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity....

Year at ISU: 1940 First Lieutenant William Frederick Brinkman was born to his parents Dr. W.F. Brinkman and Inez Essick on January 1, 1920. He grew up in Pochantas, Iowa....

Year at ISU: 1942 First Lieutenant Omer Kingston Brokaw was born on June 6, 1920 to Omer L. Brokaw and Marguerite D. Jennings. He attended Iowa State College with his...

Wheeler D Brooks was born in Ollie, Iowa, a small town in Keokuk Country in the southeastern portion of the state. He was born to Harold and Frieda Brooks on...

His only record in his file comes from the February 1947 issue of the Iowa State College Alumnus: "No word has been at the College concerning the death of Private...

Presley Estel Brown grew up in Walker, Iowa. He was the son of Mrs. Sarah E. Brown. Presley came to Iowa State College as part of the Student Army Training...

Year at ISU: 1939 Died: Subic Bay, Phillipines

Year at ISU: 1941 Citation: "Cairo, Egypt August 19, 1942 CHARLES O. BROWN, JR. 1st Lieut., AAF is herewith cited for gallantry in action with the enemy. On June 15,...

Andrew James Brown grew up in Red Oak, Iowa. He was the son of Mr. F. C. Brown and Mrs. Sarah E. Brown. He graduated from Iowa State College in...

Year at ISU: 1933 Died: Germany

Year at ISU: 1916 Died: Germany

Charles Buffington was born on September 26, 1919 to Charles Rollin Huffington and Irene Griggs. He grew up in Glennwood, Iowa. While at Iowa State College, he was friends with...

Robert Burchard was born on January 20, 1919 to Frederick A. Burchard and Stella M. Johnson. He had one sister, Evelyn Spencer, who graduated from Iowa State in 1938. Staff...

Second Lieutenant Robert LeRoy Burnett was born on September 9,1923 in Fairfield, Iowa to parents Roy C. Burnett and Mary E. McCormick. They raised Robert in nearby Batavia, Iowa. Robert...

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: Phillipines

Year at ISU: 1946 Died: Germany

Year at ISU: 1945 - Aerospace Engineering Captain William Howard Butler was born to Thomas A. Butler and Corinne Cox on March 31, 1919. He grew up in Indianola, Iowa....

Cheney was the son of Mr. D. E. Byam. He was formerly of the Class of 1911, Civil Engineering. He had come to Iowa State College from his hometown of...

We would like to thank Douglas Michael Cain’s brothers and sisters - Tom, Phil, Kelly and Annie - for collaborating to tell Doug’s story. Douglas Michael Cain was born on...

Year at ISU: 1943 First Lieutenant William J. Caldwell Jr. was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on July 1, 1921 to William Caldwell and Stella Selacek. William graduated from McKinley...

Neal Dow Campbell came to Iowa State College from his hometown Grand River, Iowa. He graduated in 1915 with an Animal Husbandry degree. On June 26, 1918 he joined the...

Corporal Robert F. Carlon was born on June 29, 1912 to Harry F. Carlon and Lulu M. Evans. He grew up in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Robert married Helen Rillihan in February...

Died: Florida

Thomas was the son of Bob and Shirley Carrington. Tom was a smart, energetic person who loved swimming, waterskiing, fishing and working with his dad who was an electrician. A...

Roger Eugene Carroll was born July 26, 1949 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was the second oldest of eight children, born to John and Audrey Carroll. His brothers and sisters...

Year at ISU: 1943 Died: Midway

Private Laurence Frederick Gustave Casper grew up in Hinton, Iowa. He was somehow related to Dr. Percy Ellis and Alfred J. Bogen. Laurence came to Iowa State College as part...

Year at ISU: 1946 Died: Germany

Year at ISU: 1947 Died: France

Year at ISU: 1943

Died: California

Jerry Prosper Clark grew up in Davenport, Iowa and was the second youngest of the four children in the Clark family. At Davenport High School, he pursued many interests –...

Private Everett Tracy Clark came to Iowa State College from his hometown of Cedar Falls, Iowa, as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company B. He died of influenza...

Year at ISU: 1940 George Howard Clarke was born on October 20, 1916 to John Clarke, who founded the Clarke Hybrid corn company in Grundy County, and Ruth Hauser. George...

Carl Jacob Claus was born on April 17, 1928 on his parent's farm, two miles south of Plymouth, Iowa. He joined an older sister, Pauline and when he was four...

Sergeant Jay William Clayton was born and raised in Monroe, Wisconsin. He was the son of Mr. W. D. Clayton. Jay graduated from Iowa State College in 1916 and enlisted...

Gerald was born on August 7, 1921 and raised by his parents, Harry Alfred Cleckner and Mildred Lela Blue, in Webster City. He graduated from Webster City High School in...

Year at ISU: 1945 Corporal Charles Claire Clow was the son of Charles Claire Clow from Lisbon, North Dakota. Charles pledged to Sigma Nu fraternity at Iowa State College on...

Year at ISU: 1938 Guy was the son of Mr. G. L. Clubb. Guy died on January 16, 1944. Our information on Guy Leon Clubb is incomplete. If you have...

Year at ISU: 1947 Gordon was born on October 11, 1924, in Los Angeles to Mary Bohr. He grew up in Grosse Point, Michigan with two sisters - Joan and...

Year at ISU: 1939 Edwin was from Grand Junction, Iowa. He was the son of John Cody and Sarah Lipke - his date of birth is unknown. Private First Class...

Eugene Willard Colburn was the son of Mrs. Dora S. Colburn. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown of West Union, Iowa, as a member of the Mechanical...

Year at ISU: 1946 Private First Class Donald Edward Cole was born in Waterloo, Iowa to Robert A. Cole and Mary Louise Peek. He grew up in Moline, Illinois, and...

Year at ISU: 1945 - General Engineering George was from Elgin, Illinois. His mother was Irma S. Coleman. First Sergeant George R. Coleman gave his life during the Battle of...

Sergeant Hugh D. Colgan was born June 19, 1912. His hometown was Corning, Iowa, but he graduated from Des Moines Catholic High School in 1929. Hugh earned a Bachelor of...

Died: South Korea Reason: non hostile - crashed F-86E

Charles Emery Collins was born September 25, 1930, three years after his parents, Violetta and Emery Collins were married in Fort Dodge, IA. The family lived for a while in...

Robert was born September 13, 1923 to Albert M. Compton and Addie Mae Hubbard. Aviation Cadet Robert Douglas Compton came to Iowa State College from his hometown, West Des Moines,...

Died: Thua Thien, Vietnam Reason: Helicopter Crash

Died: Teyninh, Vietnam Reason: Killed in Action

Second Lieutenant Guy Hallett Conger was born in Roulea Saskatchewan, Canada, May 23, 1922 to Guy R. Conger and LaVere Hallet. His last home address was in Sac City, Iowa....

Jerry Leroy Converse was born on June 11, 1943 to Phyllis and Melvin Converse in Puyallup, Washington. Melvin was a pipefitter who worked in the shipyard there until the end...

Year at ISU: 1944 - Electrical Engineering Second Lieutenant Donald W. Copeland was born at Newcastle, Wyoming, on September 17, 1921 to Wayne H. Copeland and Mabel Norgard. His last...

Staff Sergeant Raymond Joseph Corbesia was born in Faribault, Minnesota on March 17, 1919 to Emil and Grace Simon Corbesia. Robert had a brother, Sergeant First Class Floyd Corbesia, stationed...

Romeo Willis Cox was the son of Mrs. W. C. Cox. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown of Childress, Texas. Romeo graduated ISU in 1918 and soon...

Year at ISU: 1946 - Engineering Staff Sergeant William Bruce Croft was born in Marshalltown, Iowa on June 21,1923 to Leroy W. Croft and Gladys A. Cronk. For a time,...

Died: Virginia Reason: Air crash On June 19, 1921, Robert Wayne Crosley became part of the Iowa State community as he was born nearby on 113 South Russell. His parents...

Died: Binh Dinh, Vietnam Reason: Non hostile air crash

Sergeant Dean Carleton Culbertson was born in Nevada, Iowa, on March 5, 1915. He grew up in Fayette, Iowa. Dean graduated from Fayette High School and attended Upper Iowa University...

Year at ISU: 1946 Died: Utah | Reason: Murdered

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: Phillipines

Year at ISU: 1942 - Pre Vet Second Lieutenant John Wallace Currie was born in Odebolt, Iowa, on August 22, 1915 to John Currie and Nellie Smith. He entered the...

Year at ISU: 1946 Died: Over Austria

Anton Dahl came to Iowa State College from his hometown Cherokee, Iowa, as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company B. He was somehow related to Gust Carlson of...

Wrote by John Landon, who served with Larry in Mobile Construction Battalion-74. Larry Albert Dahms was Born, June 6, 1947 to Albert and Gretchen Dahms of Garwin, Iowa. He arrived...

Second Lieutenant O. Dean Davidson was the brother of Warren C. Davidson. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science...

Year at ISU: 1932 Died: Middle East

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: Italy

Died: Suchon, North Korea Reason: MIA Captain Ramon Roderick Davis was a veteran of two wars serving in both World War II and the Korean War as a fighter pilot....

Year at ISU: 1945

Year at ISU: 1941

Year at ISU: 1940 The Davis family was a devoted family to both Iowa State and our nation’s armed forces. Going back to Harry K. Davis Sr who was a...

Years at ISU: 1956-1960 (Aerospace Engineering) 1969-1971 (Electrical Engineering) Francis received a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering on May 28, 1960 and received a Masters of Engineering in Electrical Engineering on...

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: Japan

Year at ISU: 1946 Died: Kansas

Thomas Henry Delamore left Iowa to join the United States Army on December 1, 1939. During World War II, as his primary placement, he served in the Philippines at the...

Year at ISU: 1945 Died: Burma

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: New Guiena

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: Guadal Canal

Sam had five brothers - one of which who was present during the fall of the Philippines in 1942. Dobervich graduated from North Dakota State College in Fargo, North Dakota....

Year at ISU: 1947 Died: France

Year at ISU: 1938 Died: Moemfoor Island

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: South Pacific

Year at ISU: 1941

Year at ISU: 1938 Died: Germany

Year at ISU: 1937 Died: South China Sea Reason: POW

Year at ISU: 1947 Died: Oregon

We would like to express our thanks to Robert’s younger sister, Janita Loftus, who wrote to us about memories of her brother. Here is Bob’s story, using mostly in Janita’s...

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: Florida

Year at ISU: 1944

Year at ISU: 1945 Died: Austria

Matthew Dale Ackerman was born to A. H. Eckerman and Lula Ackerman. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Des Moines, Iowa. He would have graduated in 1918...

Earle Edwards was born to Mr. J S. Edwards and was the brother of Carrie B. Edwards. His hometown was Nevada, Iowa. Earle graduated from Iowa State College in 1915...

Year at ISU: 1939 Died: France Awards: Silver Star

Joseph "Joe" Mull Eldridge was a popular student at Iowa State College. Mr. Eldridge had lived practically all his life at Ames, where he graduated from the Iowa State College...

Year at ISU: 1938 Died: New Caledonia

Year at ISU: 1938 Died: Paulu

Thomas Winford Ellis came to Iowa State College from Spencer, Iowa. He was the son Mrs. Lillian L. Ellis of Raymond, Washington. He was also married. Thomas was a member...

All of we know of Joseph Frank Ellis, according to his scant record, was that he came from Eau Claire, Wisconsin and was formerly of the class of 1945. His...

Mark Allen Ellsworth was born January 22, 1947, to Marjorie and Lloyd Ellsworth in Waterloo, Iowa. He was 7 1/2 years younger than brother Jim, 17 months older than Kathy...

Year at ISU: 1940 Died: North Sea

Ernest was born on June 6, 1922 to Benjamin F. Engeman and Emma Heisen Engeman. He grew up in Fort Madison, Iowa. After studying Aerospace Enginneering for a time at...

Year at ISU: 1941 First Lieutenant Burton Clyde English was born in Lake View, Iowa Mr. and Mrs. Thomas English on March 14, 1920. His last home address was in...

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: San Diego

Year at ISU: 1940 Died: Sicily, Italy

John's father, Edward Estel, raised him and his two sisters in Waterloo, Iowa. After graduating from Iowa State College in 1938 with a Bachelor of Science, John worked for the...

Volney LuVerne Evans came to Iowa State College from his hometown, Emerson, Iowa. He was the son of Mr. Marion L. Evans. He graduated in 1917 with a degree in...

Died: California

Allen was born in Gleghorn, Iowa, on January 5, 1916 to Emil Ewoldt and Sarah Hyndman, but grew up in Hartley, Iowa. He left Iowa State College to be inducted...

Died: South Vietnam Reason: Killed in Action

Miles Dension Felton was the son of Mr. William Felton. He came to Iowa State College from Neola, Iowa as part of the Student Army Training Corps. Miles died of...

Died: Off Shore, Vietnam Reason: Non Hostile Helicopter Crash

Paul John Finken grew up in the small Iowa town of Earling in Shelby County. He was the youngest of Charles and Edna Finken’s 10 children, and a twin. He...

Second Lieutenant Byron J. Fisher was born to Guy and Ida Fisher on November 19, 1920. He grew up in Danbury, Iowa. While at Iowa State College, Bryon studied Civil...

Year at ISU: 1943 Died: Sicily, Italy

Year at ISU: 1946 Died: France

Year at ISU: 1943 Died: Australia

Emmett Floyd was the son of Mrs. Ester E. Floyd. He came to Iowa State College from here in Ames, Iowa as a member of the Student Army Training Corps....

Year at ISU: 1938 Died: Italy

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: Phillipines

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: France

Died: Off Shore, Vietnam Reason: Non hostile air crash

We are grateful to Dean’s sister, Ruth Hannah, for beautifully handwriting Dean’s story so it could be shared. Dean Edward Fredericks was born on October 24, 1926 to Edward and...

Galen Sturman Freel was the son of Dr. C.O. Freel and Mrs. Carrie M Freel. He grew up in Murray, Iowa with two brothers. The eldest, Elden Leo Freel, served...

Year at ISU: 1947 Died: Germany

Jack's Story The Gold Star Hall at Iowa State University contains many extraordinarily brave men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service to the United States. But it...

Daniel was born in Ottumwa, Iowa to Mr. J. R. Fulton. He came to Iowa State College as part of the the Student Army Training Corps. Daniel died of influenza...

Year at ISU: 1940 Died: New Hampshire Reason: Accident

Year at ISU: 1934

Year at ISU: 1937 Died: Michigan Reason: Cancer

John Noble Garth, Jr. was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Garth. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown of Webster City, Iowa as a member...

Year at ISU: 1941 First Lieutenant James Philip Geiger was known as "Phil" to his friends and family. He was born to Ralph S. Geiger and Marie A. O'Neill on...

Year at ISU: 1944 Second Lieutenant Robert Geoffroy was born to Howard Oscar Geoffroy and Eva E. Williams on January, 27th, 1922. He grew up an only child in Sterling,...

Year at ISU: 2003 - ISU ROTC member Died: Iraq

Year at ISU: 1927 Captain Leslie B. Gilbert's hometown was Madison, Wisconsin. His mother was Esther Gilbert, and he had two brothers: Army Captain Gerald Gilbert who served in the...

Born on August 30, 1921, Gilbert was the son of Daniel Gilbert and Henrietta Gonder of Polo, Illinois. The family eventually moved to Rippey, Iowa. Dwight graduated from Grand Junction...

Year at ISU: 1946 Richard was born on May 5, 1924 to Elliot E. Gilmore and Hazel Evans Gilmore. He grew up in Omaha, Nebraska with his brother, Elliot Eugene...

Second Lieutenant Sontus John Gjellefald was the son of Mr. A. O. Gjellefald. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown, Forest City, Iowa. He was formerly part of...

Died: North Sea

First Sergeant Frank Lewis Glick was the son of Mr. A.G. Glick and the nephew of Mr. L. C. Abbott. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Marshalltown,...

Reason: Killed in Action

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: Ohio

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: Hollandia

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: Germany Reason: POW

Sergeant Harry Robert Gray was married to Mrs. H. R. Gray and related to Mrs. Jerome Class. Harry enlisted August 14, 1918 at Elkader, Iowa. He came to Ames and...

Galen Dean Grethen was born February 17, 1943 in Emmetsburg, Iowa, to Earl and Romola Grethen. His peers described him as likable, pleasant and quiet with a friendly smile. Growing...

Second Lieutenant Clyde Irving Griffith was born in Ames, Iowa to Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Griffith. He graduated from Iowa State College with Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering....

On April 28, 1943, the United States Navy commissioned the USS Griswold, an Evarts-class destroyer escort ship. Deployed to the Pacific theater that summer, the ship was named for a...

Wayne Gross was a kind, caring, and spiritual person who was always ready to do something for others. After Wayne’s death, an Iowa State alumnus and one of Wayne’s fellow...

Year at ISU: 1942 Richard graduated from Iowa City High School in 1938, and had attended Iowa State College for three years before joining the Army Air Corps in March,...

Year at ISU: 1939 Died: France

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: Southwest Pacific

Myron DeFrance Hahne was the son of Fred and Clarissa A. Hahne. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Webster City, Iowa as a member of the Student...

Bruce Charles Halbach was born on October 4, 1949 and grew up in Stacyville, Iowa, one of 10 kids in Ron and Hildegard Halbach’s big family of 5 boys and...

Year at ISU: 1940 Died: Netherlands

Joseph was born April 30, 1983 to Mary Ellen and John Hamski in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He joined two older sisters in the family, Jennifer and Nicole, and eventually had a...

Years at ISU: 1961-1963 Died: Crashed into Mediterranean Sea and was never found Reason: MIA - Name added 2003, NROTC

Year at ISU: 1947 Died: Luxemburg

Year at ISU: 1943 Died: Arizona

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: South Carolina

Year at ISU: 1947 Died: Florida

Year at ISU: 1942

Year at ISU: 1940 Died: South Carolina

Clarence Hayden was the son of F. D. Hayden. He came to Iowa State College from Monticello, Iowa as part of the Student Army Training Corps program. Clarence died here...

Year at ISU: 1938 Died: Texas Reason: Illness

William F. Hedges was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up on the lower east side near the Indiana border. He attended Iowa Sate College from Fall 1942 to Winter...

Year at ISU: 1940 Died: Bahamas

Died: Quang Tri, Vietnam Reason: Killed in Action

Private Ledru Harvey Hendrix was the brother of W. C. Hendrix. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Letts, Iowa to study Animal Husbandry with the Class of...

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: Iowa Reason: Train Accident

Died: Laos Reason: MIA

Year at ISU: 1944 - Chemical Engineering; may have been a member of Beta Theta Pi, Tau Sigma chapter Second Lieutenant John H. Hickey was known as "Jack." Other records...

Year at ISU: 1940 Corporal Joseph Lee Higgins was born on October 11, 1916 to Joseph Fosse Higgins and Ruby Rose Greene. He grew up in Keswick Iowa. Joseph entered...

Year at ISU: 1945 Private First Class Jack W. Hill was born in Sioux City, Iowa, but grew up in Woodbine, Iowa. He enlisted at Fort Crook, Nebraska on March...

Edwin Emmet Hites graduated from Iowa State College in 1915 in Veternary Medicine. He enlisted June 12, 1917 as a second lieutenant. He was then assigned to the 6th Field...

Year at ISU: 1942 Edward G Hodgson came from Hawarden, Iowa and was the son of Mr. Guy Hodgson. A single note in his file reads: "Edw. Hodgson died Dinjau...

Earl Hebert Holden was the son of J. W. Holden. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Scranton, Iowa as a member of the Student Army Training Corps....

Frank Holland was related to Reverend W.A. Phillips of Gladbrook, Iowa. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Kingsley, Iowa. Frank died of influenza at Iowa State on...

Year at ISU: 1942

Former students are eligible for name-placement in Gold Star Hall if they graduated or attended Iowa State full time for one or more semesters, and died while in military service...

Year at ISU: 1940 Awards: Distinguished Service Cross

Veteran of World War I Entered service at Toledo,IA. Entered Camp Dodge; first entered Co. B, 350th Inf. In France in August 1918. Was wounded in the side Oct 12;...

Joe Anton Hora was the son of Mr. James Hora, Sr. He grew up in Clutier, Iowa. Joe studied electical engineering at Iowa State before leaving the Class of 1919...

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: England

Private First Class John Ferris Hufford was the son of Mr. E. M. Hufford.His hometown was Toledo, Iowa. John graduated from Iowa State College in 1917 with a degree in...

Darold Edward Hughes was the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hughes. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown of Nashua, Iowa. Darold was a member of...

Year at ISU: 1946 Died: Lahoma, Oklahoma

Year at ISU: 1933 Died: Phillipines

Year at ISU: 1946 Died: France

Harry Eugene Hutchinson was the son of Mr. F. J. Hutchinson and somehow related to Emma Hutchinson. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Montezuma, Iowa as part...

Years at ISU: 1942 Died: Singapore

Year at ISU: 1945 Died: France

Year at ISU: 1939 Died: Florida

Year at ISU: 1939 Died: Sitka, AK

Year at ISU: 1938

Second Lieutenant Robert Samuel Johnson was the son of Mr. Donald G. Johnson. He grew up in Ireton, Iowa and graduated from Iowa State College in 1914 with a Bachelor...

Year at ISU: 1943 Died: North Africa

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: Alaska

Year at ISU: 1943 Died: Atlantic

Year at ISU: 1941 Robert was from Virginia and he died on February 22, 1944. Our records on Second Lieutenant Robert W. Jones are very scant. If you have any...

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: China

Year at ISU: 1940 Died: Phillipines Sea

Year at ISU: 1943 Died: Phillipines

Lowell Vernon Kellogg was the son of Mr. H. F. Kellogg. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Iowa Falls, Iowa as part of the the Student Army...

Year at ISU: 1920 Died: Newfoundland, Canada

Died: United States Reason: Training Accident

Glenn Ray Kennedy was the son of Mr. H. V. Kennedy and Mrs Martha J. Kennedy. He came to Iowa State from his hometown of Newton, Iowa. He would have...

Year at ISU: 1949 - Farm Operations Died: Near Woodbine, Iowa Reason: Crashed into a farm field

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: South Pacific Ocean

Lieutenant Leo Albert Kiburz was the brother of J. L. Kiburz. He came to Iowa State College from Cedar Rapids, Iowa and graduated in 1916. Leo was a lieutenant in...

Year at ISU: 1939 Died: New Guinea

Major Matthew Leander King came to Iowa State College from his hometown Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated in 1906 in B.M.E. He was also the husband of Mrs. M. L. King....

Private Fred Allen King was the son of Mr. W. E. King and Mrs. Cora King. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Corning, Iowa as part of...

Charles Douglas “Doug” King was born on March 29th, 1946 in Muscatine, Iowa to Charles and Darlene King. Doug has an older sister, Sherry, and two younger half-brothers. Doug’s father,...

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: South Pacific Ocean

Private Ralph Hull Kirk was from Dunlap, Iowa. He had three siblings: Ruby M. Kirk, Florence Kirk Notson and Mildred Kirk Hart. Ralph graduated from Iowa State College in 1916...

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: Germany

Year at ISU: 1935 Died: North Africa - He was an Army Ranger

Year at ISU: 1941-1943 Died: Ottumwa, Iowa Former prominent athlete killed at Ottumwa Spirit Lake Beacon – September 23, 1943 Dayle B. Klett, the son of Charles and Mabel Klett,...

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: North Carolina

Year at ISU: 1947 Died: Japan

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: Tunisia

Dennis Benjamin Kouhns was born on August 3, 1946, in Ogden, Iowa. He was the much-loved only child of Ben and Mabel Kouhns and grew up amid the comfort and...

Died: Bryan, Texas From the Ord Quiz - Thursday, May 21, 1951. Pg 3, Col 1: Ferrying a jet aircraft from a factory at Van Nuys, California to Bryan Air...

Year at ISU: 1945 - Civil Engineering Merle Kratzer was from Manchester, Iowa. He died February 2, 1945 in Italy. Our record of Second Lieutenant Merle T. Kratzer is incomplete....

If you have any information on Albert Kresie, please contact the Memorial Union.

Year at ISU: 1940 Lieutenant Commander Jeffrey Krommenhoek was an Iowa native, born and raised in Sioux City. Born on October 27, 1940, Jeff was the eldest of three. Jeff...

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: Mediterranean Sea

Died: Nellis AFB, Neveda

Year at ISU: 1945 Died: Arizona

Donald Gary Lammers was an unforgettable man, son, brother, husband, friend, and classmate. His sister, Diane Rasmussen, described Don as “the glue that held their family together” while growing up....

Year at ISU: 1940 Died: New Guinea

Major William Gladstone Langwill was from Rockford, Illinois. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1908 with a degree in Dairy Industries, and eventually married Caroline M. Langwill. William enlisted...

Henry Larson was the son of Iver Larson, and grew up in Story City, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1914, but returned in 1918 as a member...

Year at ISU: 1944

Year at ISU: 1943 Died: Austria

Died: Binh Dinh, Vietnam Reason: Killed in Action

Year at ISU: 1937 Died: Non-battle death

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: France

Year at ISU: 1952 - Industrial Education Died: Near Naha Air Base, Okinawa Reason: Aircraft accident

Captain Leo Parrot LeBron was the son of Elizabeth H. LeBron. He was formerly of the class of 1895, but left Iowa State College to pursuit other interests. Leo enlisted...

Donald Ralph Ledlie was born in Des Moines, Iowa on December 8, 1947 to Ralph and Ethelda Ledlie. Don grew up on the family farm south of Des Moines. He...

Michael Keith Lewis was born in Rock Valley, Iowa on March 20, 1946 and grew up in Lake City, starting his school career at Lincoln Elementary School. His father, A.J....

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: France

Private Frederic William Lieberknecht was from Letts, Iowa. e was the brother of William Lieberknecht and somehow related to Henry Lieberknecht (father?). He graduated from Iowa State College in 1914...

Harold Augustus Lieser was the son of Mr. W. L. Lieser and Mrs. Ada Lieser. He was roommates with H. L. Trimble while he was at Iowa State College. Harold...

Year at ISU: 1944

David Glen Lovitt was born on December 13, 1947, in Clarinda, Iowa. His parents were farming north of Bedford, Iowa, where David grew up with his younger sister, Patti. David...

We have little information on Roy Lund. He went missing in action during a flight over the Solomon Islands on February 13, 1943. Only a single photocopy of a card...

Wendal Harlan Macy was the son of Harlan and Lou Macy. He came to Iowa State a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment Company B. He was from Searboro, Iowa....

Year at ISU: 1947 - Army Student Training Program Our record of Theodore Wyman Magruder is scant. His hometown was Winfield, Missouri. His father was A. B. Magruder. Theodore was...

Died: Japan Reason: Air Training Accident

Year at ISU: 1945 First Lieutenant Charles Maring, Jr. was born on October 18, 1922 to Charles E. Maring and Ruth Copeland. He grew up in Grinnell, Iowa. Charles graduated...

We are extremely grateful to Del Marks for providing an exceptional number of artifacts and memories about two of our honorees - his classmate and friend, Galen Dean Grethen, and...

Private William Francis Martin was from Odebolt, Iowa and a member of the Student Army Training Corps. He was related to Mr. Ed Martin, who was formerly of the Class...

Died: Tay Ninh, Vietnam Reason: Helicopter Crash (Hostile)

Years at ISU: 1966-1967 Died: Bien Hoa, Vietnam Reason: Vehicle accident (Non-hostile)

Everett Melvin Marvin was a friend of Frank McClain of Waterloo, Iowa. He came to Iowa State College as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company B. He died...

Year at ISU: 1942 - Ceramic Engineering Lieutenant Russell Leonard Mathern was from Gladbrook, Iowa and had a mother who lived in Waterloo, Iowa. Russell died on Thursday, August 9,...

John Terry Mathers, formerly of the Iowa State College Class of 1920, enlisted inot the Navy on April 21, 1917. He was sent to the Great Lake Training Station in...

Year at ISU: 1913

Year at ISU: 1946 Private First Class LeRoy Davidson McCall was born to Mr. and Mrs. L. D. McCall. His father was a deputy sheriff. He had one sister and...

Died: Quang Ngai, Vietnam Reason: Killed in action

Private Harold Green McGee was the son of Mr. M.G. McGee. His hometown was Council Bluff, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State in 1916 in the Two-Year Agricultural program. Harold...

James McGough was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa in 1951. He was raised along with his four siblings on a farm in Webster County. James was especially fond of his...

Died: France

Year at ISU: 1943 Lieutenant Junior Grade James O. Mcintyre was born January 25, 1921. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown of Cresco, Iowa. He studied Dairy...

Year at ISU: 1898

Year at ISU: 1942 Cadet Glenn J. McKean was from Doliver, Iowa. He was in the Creamery Operations two-year program at Iowa State College Glenn died sometime in early 1942....

Private James Herbert McKeegan was the son of John and Alvina McKeegan. He came to Iowa State College as a member of the Student Army Training Corps. He died of...

Rae Ambrose McKinistry was born October 25, 1898 to Mr. Ambrose and Vertie McKinstry. He grew up in North English, Iowa. Rae came to Iowa State College as a member...

Year at ISU: 1947 Died: Luxembourg

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: Japan

If you have any information on William McMannama, please contact the Memorial Union.

William Galen McMaster was the son of C. A. McMaster and related to D.C. McMaster. He studied Agronomy at Iowa State College but left the Class of 1921. He enlisted...

Year at ISU: 1946 Died: California

Private Glenn Wendell McNay was from Silver City, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State's two-year program in 1916. Glenn served with the Tank Corps, Company C, 308th Infantry. He died...

Private Leo Aphonsus McSweeney came to Iowa State College from his hometown Randalia, Iowa as a member of the Student Army Training Corps. He was related to Mrs. J. S....

Year at ISU: 1935-1940 Died: San Francisco Bay, California Howard Medin was born on December 2nd, 1917, in Algona, IA, the youngest of Rose and Samuel Medin’s four boys. He,...

Year at ISU: 1942

Jay Russell Melick was the son of Mrs. S.M. Melick and grew up in Ames, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State's two-year agriculture program in 1918. Mrs. Melick, circa 1922,...

Elvin Menno Mennenga was the son of Mr. M. Mennenga. He grew up in Hampton, Iowa. Elvin left Iowa State College in 1918. He enlisted on June 13, 1918 and...

Year at ISU: 1943 Died: Burma

Year at ISU: 1937 Awards: Distinguished Service Cross

Lieutenant James Lee Merrick, Jr. was born was born on Tuesday, September 21st, 1943, to James Lee Merrick, Sr. and Mary Watkins (formerly Merrick) right here in Ames, Iowa. As...

Private Ehrhardt Johann Michaelsen, Jr. was the son of Thomas Michaelsen. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown of Arion, Iowa as a member of the Mechanical Training...

First Lieutenant Mark Humbert Middlekauf was born in Sioux City, earned his undergraduate degree at Oregon Agricultural College and was a graduate student at ISC in Ames. He was the...

Ward Arthur Miller was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Miller. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Adel, Iowa and was a member of the...

Civilian Life Marshall Philo Miller graduated from Iowa State College in 1916 with a degree in Agronomy. He was known as a conscientious student who earned the respect and confidence...

On New Year’s Eve, December 31, 1938, James Lee Miller’s parents, Bill and Dorothy Miller, joined their lives together in marriage. Bill was born in Cresco, Iowa, in the northeast...

If you have any information on Harold Miller, please contact the Memorial Union.

Floyd Wesley Miller was the son of Mr. W. A. Miller. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1917, but then enlisted and joined Student Army Training Corps. He died...

Year at ISU: 1938 Died: Germany

Written by Charles sister, Mary Ann: Charles Claude Miller, named after his two grandfathers, was born January 27, 1945 on a cold snowy day in St. Peter, Minnesota. He was...

Year at ISU: 1935 Died: Germany

Year at ISU: 1940 Died: Germany

Year at ISU: 1945 Died: California

Year at ISU: 1946 Died: Okinawa, Japan

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: Phillipines

Year at ISU: 1960 - Industrial Administration Died: Western Turkey

Year at ISU: 1942 Captain Fred Albert Monthei was killed in action in Yugoslavia on March 24, 1944. Our record of Captain Monthei is far from completed - if you...

Corporal William Nixon Moore came to Iowa State College from his hometown Des Moines, Iowa to study Mechanical Engineering. He was part of the class of 1916, but left college....

Year at ISU: 1939 Died: France Awards: Silver Star

Harry Moran would have graduated in Animal Husbandry in 1919, but instead he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa in December 1917. He served as a construction quartermaster and government timekeep....

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: Germany

Lieutenant Colonel John Robert Morrison was born in Valentine, Nebraska on January 21, 1910. His last home address was in Clarksville, Tenessee. After graduating from Iowa State in Civil Engineering,...

Year at ISU: 1947 Died: France

Year at ISU: 1942

Private Philip Adam Mueller was the son of R. H. Mueller and grew up in Hudson, Iowa. He came to Iowa State as part of the third mechanical training detachment,...

Private Gerald Edmund Mull was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Mull. He grew up in Muscatine, Iowa and came to Iowa State College as a member of...

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: Germany

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: New Britain

Died: Quang Nam, Vietnam Reason: Helicopter Crash

Sergeant Arthur Myers was from Scotia, New York. He graduated ISU with a degree in Forestry in 1940. The Alumni Office received the following letter dated October 26, 1945: "This...

Year at ISU: 1926 Lieutenant Colonel William "Spike" Lester Nave was born to Clarence Anthony Nave and Elizabeth cable on August 2, 1903. He grew up near Cleveland, Ohio. He...

Cale Burdett Neal was the son of O. E. Neal. He came to Iowa State College as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company A. He died of influenza...

Private Laurence E Neff was born August 20, 1899 and grew up in Earlham, Iowa. He was the son of Nelle E. Neff. Laurence graduated from Earlham High School in...

Year at ISU: 1947 Private William Atlee Nelson was born in Gary, Indiana on August 11, 1925 to Forrest A. Nelson and Virginia K. Kelly. He later lived in Galesburg,...

Year at ISU: 1940 First Lieutenant Robert Johns Nelson was born in Pontiac, Michigan on August 24, 1916. He later lived in Red Oak, Iowa. His parents were Laurence A....

Year at ISU: 1945 Private First Class Homer Gurton Nelson was born to his parents, Gurton N. and Mildred Thompson Nelson on May 8, 1923. He had two sisters: Mrs....

Private Clarence Wilhelm Nelson was the son of Mr. Peter S. Nelson. He came to Iowa State College as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company B, from his...

Year at ISU: 1944 - General Engineering Second Lieutenant LeRoy George Nemmers was born September 27, 1922 Leroy G. Nemmers, Sr. and Blanche F. Agard. He grew up in Spencer,...

Captain Donald Newton Nibe was born in Jewell, Iowa on March 1, 1914. He also lived in nearby Story City. His parents were Helmer (?) J. Nibe and Christine Peterson....

Captain Edwin Charles Novak was born to Charles J. Novak and Mary F. Mittvalsky on May 19, 1912. He grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and graduated from Washington Senior...

Lloyd O'Dell was the son of Mr. Warren O'Dell. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1919 from the two-year agricultural program. He was from Gravity, Iowa, though he may...

James Joseph O'Neil was born in Ames, Iowa on September 8, 1921. He was the second eldest son of Patrick Henry O'Neil and Gertrude Allen Cooper of Ames, Iowa. His...

Charles henry O'Neil was born in Ames, Iowa on December 14, 1918. He attended St. Cecilia's Catholic School and Ames High School. Charles continued his education at Iowa State College...

Year at ISU: 1940 Died: Italy

Thomas Donald Odenbaugh was born on October 2, 1926 in Ottumwa, Iowa, where he grew up and graduated from high school. Things were not easy for Tom as a young...

Kenneth Norman Okeson was born in Wakefield, Nebraska on February 2, 1917 to Andrew and Marie Okeson. Wakefield is a bit west and south of Sioux City, just over the...

Private First Class J. Harold Olmstead's record is far from complete. Only a single note exists in his file: "Scranton, IA. J. Harold Olmstead, Sci (Ex 1944). Reported drowned, USS...

Year at ISU: 1945

In 2006, Mike Ostlund published the first edition of Find ‘Em, Chase ‘Em, Sink ‘Em, an expansive research monograph on the service and disappearance of the USS Gudgeon during the...

Died: USA Reason: Auto crash

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: Nevada

Year at ISU: 1935 Lieutenant Donald D. Patterson was born in Kelsey, Iowa, on April 23, 1913 to Elizabeth Fink. He he had three brothers and one sister. They grew...

Second Lieutenant Arthur Knox Patterson Lieutenant Patterson was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina on February 14, 1918 to S. Lee Patterson and Emma Ware Patterson. He had one sister...

Year at ISU: 1941 - Mechanical Engineering Captain Henry Clark Paul, Jr. was born in Mahwah, New Jersey on April 23, 1913 to Henry Clark Paul and Mildred Hahn. Henry...

From The DELTA - Sigma Nu magazine May 1944: "Lieutenant RICHARD HAMMOND PENDARVIS, Γ Σ (Iowa State) 382 USNR, was killed September 10, 1943 in an airplane accident at La...

A single note in his file reads: "Wesley Niles Perkins, ASTP Ex. '47. He is buried at Hamm, Luxembourg - Killed in Action Jan 1, 1945. C.E. Perkins (father)." If...

A single, brief note, in E Oakley Peterson's alumni file reads: "Lt. E. Oakley Peterson, Dike, Ia, Ex 1942, M.E. Killed in Action. Wife: Boone IA." If you have any...

Year at ISU: 1941 - Forestry First Lieutenant Sidney W. Peterson came from Fairmont, Minnesota. He was the son of Mr. Joseph S. Peterson. Sidney was first declared missing in...

Robert Duaine Peterson was born on September 17, 1925 in Lake Mills, Iowa. His father and mother, Wilmer and Ella, welcomed their first boy after a string of three girls....

Year at ISU: 1946 - Gen. Ag The mother of Gene Lundell Peterson wrote the following letter to the Alumni Association on November 1, 1945: "Dear Sir, In the Oct....

Second Lieutenant Emeric Andrew Nelson was the sone of Mr. A. G. Peterson and grew up in Farley, Iowa. He studed Architectural Engineering while at Iowa State College. Instead of...

We are grateful to Delbert’s brothers and sisters for sharing their family pictures and their warm memories of their big brother. Here is Del’s story, using many of their words:...

Year at ISU: 1927 Lieutenant Colonel John Clarence Petty was born in Adel, Iowa to Charles C. Petty and Mabel Spangler. His grandmother was Mrs. A.M. Spangler who lived in...

First Lieutenant Marshall L. Phillips was born in Jefferson, Iowa on March 20, 1920 to Ralph Sebastian Phillips and Florence Mae Morain.. He grew up in Boone, Iowa. Marshall went...

Year at ISU: 1945 Second Lieutenant Reed Lynn Pietscher was born on January 19, 1922 to Walter H. Pietscher and Hattie H. Schlotfeldt. He grew up in Princeton, Iowa. Reed...

Ronald Orville Pigg was born on September 13, 1910 in Massena, Iowa to Arthur R. Pigg and Myrtle Irons Pigg. He lived in Omaha, Nebraska for a time when he...

Year at ISU: 1947 Private Robert Page Ployhar was born October 26, 1925 to Percy Page Ployar and Margaret Mishelam Ployhar. He grew up in Valley City, North Dakota. Robert...

Private Carl Wilber Polson was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Polson. He had come to Iowa State College as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company...

Died: Binh Duong, Vietnam Reason: Non Hostile Accident

We are grateful to Tom Summerhauser, who wrote a story entitled "Thanksgiving Day Miracle," from which much of John Pooler’s story is taken. John Shelby Pooler and Ted Rule were...

Private James Joseph Powers was the son of Thomas Powers, Sr. He had come from his hometown Duncomb, Iowa as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company B. He...

Major Edwin Charles Pumroy died on his 37th birthday while leading a patrol near Champenoux, France on September 22, 1944. He had just earned the Silver Star just barely a...

Staff Sergeant Robert Vance Rannells, radio operator on a B-29 bomber the "Joltin' Josie - The Pacific Pioneer", was born January 9, 1918 to W. C. Rannells and Adah Crowe....

First Lieutenant Charles Henry Rannells II was born to Charles H. Rannells, Sr. and Winifred Huie. He may have been related to Robert V. Rannells, given that they were both...

Maurice Raskin was born in Woodbury, Iowa in 1919 and attended high school in Sioux City, Iowa. Maurice was part of a meatpacking family that had survived the depression and...

Maurice Raskin was born in Woodbury, Iowa in 1919 and attended high school in Sioux City, Iowa. Maurice was part of a meatpacking family that had survived the depression and...

Year at ISU: 1943 Died: Ohio

Year at ISU: 1943 Died: Italy

2d. Lt. Richard B. Reed '42 was a Boston native who lived in Chicago before coming to lowa State in 1943. He was with the U. S. Army Air Forces,...

George Edmund (Eddie) Reilly was born November 20, 1906 to James Reilly and Beatrice (Simon) Reilly. He grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and graduated from Iowa State College in...

The Memorial Union is grateful to Terry Reints, a descendent of Private William Albert Reints, for providing the following information. William Albert Reints was born January 23, 1897 in Stanton...

We are grateful to Charles’ brother, Wally, and his younger sister, Marilyn, for sharing their memories of their oldest brother – and to Keith Barnes, Charles’ best friend from college....

Year at ISU: 1940 Died: Texas

Died: North Africa

Hampton was born in 1917 in Virginia and served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on B-24D "Pistol Packin Mama" #42-40594, 321st Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army...

Private Ralpeh Weeks Richardson was the son of Mr. F. E. Richardson. He grew up in Manchester, Iowa. Ralph studied agriculture at Iowa State but left the Class of 1917....

Year at ISU: 1947 Died: France

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: Germany

Private Walter Henry Riess was the son of John Reiss. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown, North English, Iowa, as a member of the Student Army Training...

Private Russell Walter Rippey was the son of Mrs. F. J. Rippey. He grew up in Ira, Iowa. He was formerly of the class of 1918 in the two-year agricultural...

Second Lieutenant Richard Harrison Sistine was born in 1896 and grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He graduated from the two-year progrma at Iowa State College in 1916. He became...

Year at ISU: 1940 Died: Germany

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: Austria

Died: North Carolina Reason: Air Training Accident

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: France

Private First Class Homer Griffin Roland was the son of Mr. M.O. Roland and friend of Mr. G.K. Swift of Harlan, Iowa. He was formerly of the Iowa State college...

Year at ISU: 1946 Died: France

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: South Pacific

Year at ISU: 1942 We don't have much information on John H. Ronk. He was in the Dairy Plant Operations two-year program while at Iowa State College. A single photocopied...

Year at ISU: 1962 - Animal Science Died: Story City, IA Reason: Air Crash

Year at ISU: 1947

Died: Phillipines Reason: Air Crash

Marshall Lincoln Ruchte was from Dubuque, Iowa. He was the son of Mrs. Anne Ruchte. Marshall left Iowa State College before his expected graduation of 1917. He enlisted in June,...

Year at ISU: 1945 Died: Texas

Ted Rule was, by all accounts, an exceptional person and friend. His high school credentials were impressive and the impact he had upon his classmates was evident 50 years later...

Stephen Abram Rushing grew up in Live Oak, Florida and was the oldest of the four children in the Rushing family – two boys, two girls. In 1965 his father...

Second Lieutenant Henry Horace Russel grew up in Washington, Iowa. He was the son of Mr. H.W. Russell. "He spelled Russel, with one "L" only," - H.W. Russell, in a...

Captain Robert Cameron Russell was born to his parents, France W.H. and Ada C. Russell. He grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio with a sister named Jeanenne and a brother...

Died: Hau Nghia, Vietnam Reason: Killed in action

David Lynn Rutgers was born on November 19, 1946, in Holland, Michigan. The family later moved to Detroit, Des Moines and finally to Marshalltown, Iowa where his father took a...

William Allen Rutledge was born on November 12, 1917. He grew up in Sharpsburg, Iowa. While attending Sharpsburg High School, he played basketball and baseball. At Iowa State College, he...

Second Lieutenant Elmer D Rydberg's sister, Grace, wrote the following to the Alumni Assocition dated December 31, 1944: "Elmer enlisted April 1942 - called for training July 1942 - classified...

Private Peter John Sand was the son of Mr. John Sand. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Dubuque, Iowa as a member of the Mechnical Training Detachment,...

Second Lieutenant Merle Leander Sandal was born on March 16, 1918 to Martin A. Sandal and Alice E. Nelson. He grew up in Stanhope, Iowa. He died after 13 months...

Our record of George M. Saunderson is far from complete. We only have a single photocopied card in his file which reads: "Sioux City - George McCullough Saunderson. Gen E...

Russel was born to his parents, Conrad C. Scharnberg and Viola A. Matthiesen, on January 2, 1921. He grew up in Everly, Iowa, with one brother, First Lieutenant Robert Lee...

Year at ISU: 1942 - Dy. H. Lieutenant Junior Grade James Franklin "Frank" Scooby was born October 19, 1919 to Chester R. Schoby and Myrtle Brown. He also had a...

Private Lester Clifford was from Ottumwa, Iowa. He was the son of Walter Schoech. Lester came to Iowa State College as part of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company B. He...

First Lieutenant Charles Henry Schmacher was born October 13, 1888 and was the husband of Ruth Schumacher. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State...

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: South China Sea Reason: Died on U.S.S. Snook (Submarine)

Year at ISU: 1946 Died: France

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: Southwest Pacfic Ocean

Year at ISU: 1935 Died: Alaska Reason: Accident

Years at ISU: 1942 Died: Arkansas Reason: Died November 5 (Unknown Year)

Year at ISU: 1941 Lieutenant Charles Raymond Seitz grew up in Glenwood and studied General Engineering at Iowa State College. His father, Captain R. Seitz, Sr., had also attending Iowa...

Corporal Fred Alfred Sell was the son of Mrs. Rosa Sell. He came to Iowa State from Chelsea, Iowa. He was formerly of the Class of 1918, but enlisted April...

William Ward Sharp was born on July 16, 1931 to Ward and Hazel Sharp. His first year was lived on his Grandfather Sharp's farm 3 miles south of Plover, Iowa...

Only two cards exist in Lieutenant Colonel Charles P. Sheffield's file with the following information: #1. "Charles Paul Sheffield, Pout. H. Ex. '39." #2: "Lt. Col. Charles Paul Sheffield, Ex...

Lowell Louis Sheldon was the son of Mr. Frank S. Sheldon. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown of Eldora, Iowa as a member of the Mechanical Training...

Year at ISU: 1941 Second Lieutenant Rex Allen Shirk was born in Grundy County, Iowa on February 21, 1919 to Asa J. Shirk and Burdine Allen. He played football for...

Lt. J.G. Harold D. Shrider's brother, Gene Shrider Mills, sent the following letter to the Alumni Office, dated April 5, 1944: "Harold was born in Fremont, Nebraska, March 9, 1914....

Staff Sergeant Hilbert Steindler Siegel was born to Morris Siegel and Sadie Heindler in Butte, Montana, sometime in 1920. Later, he called Cedar Rapids, Iowa his home. Hilbert entered the...

Second Lieutenant Ross Sifford, Jr. was born to Ross Sifford (Ex. 1905) and Hazel Pickett at Wall Lake, Sac County, Iowa on July 25, 1917. He later called Caroll, Iowa...

Year at ISU: 1943 - Electrical Engineering First Lieutenant Curtis H. Sigler was born in Omaha, Nebraska on December 8, 1921 to John M. Sigler and Emma Johannsen-Sigler. He also...

Year at ISU: 1942 - Electrical Engineering Aviation Cadet Arnold Ernest Sindlinger was born to George and Edyth Sindlinger on August 8, 1919. He grew up in Fort Dodge, Iowa....

Private Earl Joseph Slattery died of influenza on January 21, 1918. He had come from his hometown Fort Dodge, Iowa as part of the Student Army Training Corps. He was...

Year at ISU: 1945 Died: California

Year at ISU: 1945 Died: Arizona

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: California Reason: Blimp Crashed

Year at ISU: 1947 Died: Luxemburg

Year at ISU: 1943 First Lieutenant Frank Allen Smith was born on January 23, 1919 to Harrison Smith and Mary Donnelly. He grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. Frank graduated...

Year at ISU: 1945 Air Cadet Donald Ray Smith was born on March 7, 1923 to Glen W. Smith and Edith Hubrecht. He grew up in Iowa Falls, Iowa with...

After learning from hometown Story City friends that Iowa State University was seeking information about Korean War veteran, Chadwick Boyd Smith, weekly phone conversations began between his stepsisters, Marilyn James...

Year at ISU: 1947 Died: Germany

Year at ISU: 1945 Private Loren Wilhoit Smock was born to his parents, Frederick L. Smock and Sabra Wilhoit on December 2, 1923. He grew up in Winona, Minnesota. His...

Year at ISU: 1928 Died: Japan | Reason: POW

Our only record of Harold A. Soper is a single photocopy of a card in his alumni file that reads: "2nd Lt. Harold Arthur Soper. Class: Dy Pl Op. '42...

We only have scanned notes on 2nd Lieutenant Sorensen which read: "LaVern R. Sorensen - '41. Engr. Ser. Deere Tractor Works. Waterloo, Iowa. Killed in Action." Father (?): Mr. Fred...

Ensign Anthony Francis Soukup grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and was the brotherof Anna Soukup. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1917 with the Bachelor of Science degree...

Alan Southworth was born to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Southworth, sometime in 1926. He had three sisters: Mrs. O. L. Smith, Undine Southworth (a Home Economics senior at...

Private Tracy Lewis Sparks was the son of Mr. Jerry Sparks. He came to Iowa State as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company B. His hometown was Kellogg,...

Donald Lee Sparks was born on November 7, 1946 to Calvin and Arloha Sparks in Carroll, Iowa. The family farmed southwest of Glidden, producing cattle, hogs, corn, soybeans and alfalfa....

Stanley was born in 1925 to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Steiner. He had two sisters and one brother, Vernon, who served as a chief petty officers in the Pacific. Robert...

Fred was born to Emmy Stenstrom in White Plains, New York, but grew up in Mount Vernon, New York. Fred graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in 1939....

Year at ISU: 1944 - Mechanical Engineering We have little information on Wilbur C. Steven. He was from Sexton, Iowa. Wilbur died aboard the U.S.S. Cowpens aircraft carrier on January...

Year at ISU: 1943 First Lieutenant John C. Stever was born in Fairfield, Iowa to Mr. Ralph H. Stever. John served in the Army Air Forces. Letter to Alumni Association,...

Year at ISU: 1945 Sergeant Frank Eugene Stewart was born in Boone, Iowa and later lived in Packwood, Iowa. His parents were George H. Stewart and Calista A. Clark. Frank...

Captain Edward Stewart's name was added to the Gold Star Hall in September 2003 because of his grandson, Matt Husby. Husby was sitting outside the Memorial Union by the fountain...

Private John Henry Stinogel was the youngest son of Henry and Mary Stinogel. He was born September 8, 1900 and grew up in Lohrville, Iowa. He was a member of...

Year at ISU: 1939 Died: Holland

Year at ISU: 1941-1943 - Chemical Engineering Stolp was from Aurora, Illinois. Our record of Foster S. Stolp is far from complete. If you have any information on Stolp, please...

Year at ISU: 1943 First Lieutenant Marc E. Strumpell came from Dubuque, Iowa. From the Des Moines Register, December 31 1943: "DUBUQUE - First Lieutenant Marc Strumpell, fighter plane pilot,...

Year at ISU: 1944 (two year) Lieutenant William Stump was born on January 21, 1924 to Webb Stump and Eula E. Summers, and was baptized as a Methodist in Denison,...

Year at ISU: 1944 Max was born to Mr. and Mrs. William Stump. He had considerable ability as an athlete. He played baseball in DeSoto and, on several occasions, with...

Wayne grew up in Burlington, Iowa and graduated from Burlington Junior College in 1935 and Iowa State College in 1937. He played football in high school and junior college, and...

Year at ISU: 1944 Thomas went missing in action, and the finding of his death was January 12, 1945. His mother was Mrs. Agnes Sutherland. He was friends with Captain...

Spoken by Phyllis Lepke, former classmate of Rickey’s On the day that we set aside to formally recognize the courage and sacrifice of the many women and men who have...

Died: Thailand Reason: Non hostile

John Daniel Swineyvwas the son of Mrs. Marie Swiney. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Davenport, Iowa. He graduated with a degree in Agronomy in 1917. John...

When an ROTC officer makes a phone call to the parent of a cadet, the reason for the call could be numerous. Was the young man promoted? Did he receive...

Private Ralph William Tawzer was from Sloan, Iowa. He enlisted on December 6, 1917 on his birthday and was a member of the 676th Aero Supply Squadron at Camp Dick,...

First Lieutenant Ilo Ivan Taylor received his Bachelor's of Science degree in Chemical Engineering at Iowa State in 1917. He was from Storm Lake, Iowa - the son of Mrs....

Year at ISU: 1945 Daniel was born on November 30, 1922 to Cecil C. Teeters and Grace Varley. He grew up in Madison Wisconsin. Daniel enlisted in the Army Air...

Year at ISU: 1941

Year at ISU: 1933 Died: Florida

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: South Pacific

Year at ISU: 1945 Died: Florida

Year at ISU: 1964 - Ag Business Died: Story City, IA Reason: Crash

Year at ISU: 1943 Died: Germany

Year at ISU: 1938 Died: England

Captain Burton C. "Stretch" Thomson '37. of Swea City, Iowa, played basketball two years for lowa State before earning his degree in veterinary medicine. He was stationed with the Army...

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: Alaska

Year at ISU: 1946 Died: Germany Awards: Silver Star

Year at ISU: 1947 Died: Luxembourg

Year at ISU: 1940 1st. Lt. Russell E. Trenary '40 was born in Platteville, Wisconsin and later lived in Cedar Rapids. He was in the US Army Air Forces. Trenary...

Year at ISU: 1939 Died: Japan

Private First Class Fred Dent Turner was from Atlantic, Iowa. He was the son of Mrs. R.R. Turner. Fred was formerly of the Class of 1920 at Iowa State College....

Charles H. Tustison was born in Yates Center, Kansas on May 11, 1910, the youngest of four children to Charles C. and Dora Tustison. He graduated from Yates Center High...

2ND LIEUTENANT US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II Ronald Thomas Twito enlisted in the Naval Air Cadet program at Iowa State University in the spring of 1942 from Lake Mills,...

Year at ISU: 1946 Died: France

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: North Carolina

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: Singapore

Year at ISU: 1943 Died: Germany

Year at ISU: 1945 Ensign Tom C. Van Alyea '45, of Park Ridge, Ill., earned his wings in February 1945. He was among 18 Navy flyers killed in the crash...

Year at ISU: 1939 Died: Texas

Second Lieutenant Merle E. Vanderhorst grew up in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He was the son of Bert Vanderhorst. Merle would have graduated with the Class of 1946 at Iowa State in...

Aviation Machinist Mate Second Rank James Richard Vawter's hometown was Des Moines, Iowa. He was the son of Dick Mavity and Susanna Faris. James left Iowa State College sometime before...

Russell Manning Vifquin Jr was born on April 1, 1918 in Ames, IA. He was the first of four children born to Iowa State Professor Russell Vifquain and his wife,...

First Lieutenant Marvin Vinson was the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Vinson. He had a brother named Robert who was an aviation cadet at the time of his...

Norman was born in St. Joseph, Missouri and lived for a time in Clearfield, Iowa. He graduated from nearby Blockton High School, where he was active in class plays and...

Little information is known about Gerald Wachal, Jr., who studied Chemical Engineering at Iowa State College sometime before 1945. His file contains only the following note, written by his mother,...

Maurice Wakefield was the son of Dr. F. L. Wakefield. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Heyworth, Iowa as part of the Student Army Training Corps. He...

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: Over Tennessee, USA | Reason: Parachute malfunction

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: Bougainville

Floyd Wambeam was the son of Mrs. J.H. Wambeam.His hometown was Miami, Oklahoma. He graduated in Science in 1915 and enlisted at Camp Funston in Kansas on October 8, 1917....

Year at ISU: 1940 Died: Normandy

Ralph Adelbert Warrington came to Iowa State College from his hometown Austin, Minnsota (though record indicate that St. Ansgar, Iowa, may have been his hometown). He was the son of...

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: Austria

Private Frank M. Waugh was the son of Mrs. Maude Waugh. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Pocahontas, Iowa as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment....

Died: Thailand Reason: Non hostile

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: Germany Awards: Silver Star

Donald Dennis Weyker was born October 8, 1946 in Marshalltown. Since his Dad was named Donald too, he went by Denny. Denny had an older brother, Gary, who also served...

Civilian Life Schuyler Bertrom Wheeler was born 11 August 1915 to Schuyler J. and Eva (Carlson) Wheeler on a farm near Boone, Iowa. He was graduated from Boone High School...

Year at ISU: 1946 Robert was born to Bernard Wheelock and Mary Maliet on May 11, 1925. He grew up in Zearing, Iowa. Robert had two brothers, Paul and Carl,...

Joe Horton White came to Iowa State from Des Moines, Iowa to study Animal Husbandry. He was the husband of Mabel Eaton White. Joe might have graduated with the Class...

Year at ISU: 1951 Died: Laos Reason: MIA

US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II Corporal Ole Wibholm was born in Demark along with his sister Esther. He had another sister named Ingebord. Their parents, Ole and Kathrin, came...

Year at ISU: 1946 - Engineering We only have scant information on First Lieutenant Harry J Widows. He was from Glenwood Iowa and his parents were Mr. and Mrs. N....

Died: Aboard Hospital Ship Donald Scott Wilkins was born in Ames on May 20th, 1922, to Eleanor and Franklin Scott Wilkins. Growing up, he was an older brother to his...

Corporal Hewitt Larrabee Williams came to Iowa State College from Postville, Iowa. He graduated in 1912 in Animal Husbandry. He enlisted into the Army on May 26, 1918 and was...

Year at ISU: 1942 2d. Lt. Louis H. Willson 44, of Ames, was the bombadier on a B-17G, 303rd Bomber Group and 360th Bomber Squadron, on a mission over Magdeburg,...

Private John B Wilmes came to Iowa State College from LaMotte, Iowa with the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company A. He was somehow related to Mrs. Catherine Wilmes (mother?) He died...

Died: North Carolina Reason: Air Crash

Usually, the Gold Star Hall Committee selects the honorees for each year’s ceremony. Once a name is chosen, we then try to contact family members and do extensive research to...

Died: Okinawa, Japan

Died: Colorado

Hortense Elizabeth Wind is the only woman listed in the Gold Star Hall. She was the daughter of Mary H. Wind and related to Vera B. Wind. She came to...

Civilian Life Meredith (Tim) DeRoy Winter was born on 26 February 1919 in Dysart, Iowa. He graduated as the valedictorian of his high school class in 1936 and enrolled at...

Died: Arizona Reason: Air Crash

Died: Off Shore, Vietnam Reason: Air Crash (Non Hostile)

Private Percy Eugne Wood was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Wood of Fonda, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1915 with an Animal Husbandry degree. Percy...

Years at ISU: 1997-1999 Died: Iraq - Medic

John Hubert Woodward was born on April 9, 1892 in the wide-open spaces of southwest Iowa to John and Sarah Woodward. The Woodwards lived in Hamburg, Iowa, in Fremont County,...

Year at ISU: 1930 Died: Virginia

Year at ISU: 1941 Died: Iwo Jima

Year at ISU: 1946 Died: Michigan

Died: North Vietnam Reason: Plane Shot Down

Private Pearl W. Yates was born in Mendota, Missouri and grew up in Albia, Iowa. He was the son of Nellie Yates. He came to Iowa State College in the...

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: Mediterranean Sea

Year at ISU: 1942 Died: Texas

We only have a single note in Paul C. Young's file: "We have had no word re. Paul C. young other than word from Beta House that he is dead....

Year at ISU: 1940 Died: North Africa

Year at ISU: 1940 Zeigler was born in Muscatine, Iowa to H. W. Zeigler and Geneva M Shiek on February 5, 1919, but grew up in Anamosa, Iowa. Lee entered...

Year at ISU: 1944 Died: California

Year at ISU: 1938 Died: Georgia

Frank was born to W. Leland Zink and Cynthia Mary McKibben on October 17, 1926 in Stuttgart, Arkansas. He grew up in Plano, Illinois. Frank was a member of Sigma...