World War II
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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: 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...
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...
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,...
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...