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Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Omer Brokaw
Omer Brokaw - 1st Lieutenant
Date Of Death: Nov 13, 1944
War / Conflict: World War II
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, 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...

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Robert Burchard
Robert Burchard - Staff Sergeant
Date Of Death: Mar 19, 1943
War / Conflict: World War II
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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...

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William Caldwell
William Caldwell - 1st Lieutenant
Date Of Death: Jun 10, 1944
War / Conflict: World War II
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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...

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Leo Kiburz
Leo Kiburz - Lieutenant
Date Of Death: Nov 24, 1918
War / Conflict: World War I
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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...

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Dennis Martin
Dennis Martin - Sergeant
Date Of Death: Jul 10, 1970
War / Conflict: Vietnam
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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

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Edwin Novak
Edwin Novak - Captain
Date Of Death: Nov 9, 1942
War / Conflict: World War II
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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...

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George Reilly
George Reilly
Date Of Death: Jun 20, 2011
War / Conflict: World War II
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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...

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Richard Ristine
Richard Ristine - 2nd Lieutenant
Date Of Death: Jul 23, 1918
War / Conflict: World War I
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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...

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Hilbert Siegel
Hilbert Siegel - Staff Sergeant
Date Of Death: Jun 22, 1944
War / Conflict: World War II
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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...

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Anthony Soukup
Anthony Soukup - Ensign
Date Of Death: Dec 21, 1918
War / Conflict: World War I
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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...

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Allen Thurman
Allen Thurman - Private
Date Of Death: Dec 17, 1944
War / Conflict: World War II
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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

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Russell Trenary
Russell Trenary - 1st Lieutenant
Date Of Death: Dec 5, 1944
War / Conflict: World War II
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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...

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