World War II Casualties from Decatur County, Kansas World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel from Kansas. (NWCTM-407-WWIICASARMY-KS); data obtained from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and transcribed and contributed by Kenneth Thomas, (C) 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. --------------------------------------------------------------------- This file contains a list of the men from Decatur County, Kansas that died while serving in the Army during World War II. Casualty codes are: KIA-Killed in Action; FOD: Finding of Death; DNB: Died, Not Battle; DOW: Died of Wounds. Due to the poor quality of the online record at NARA, some of the Names and Army Serial numbers may not be correct. ARMY NAME SERIAL NO. RANK CASUALTY CODE ANDERSON, WILMER J. 37336160 PFC KIA BELL, WAYNE R. 37705674 PVT KIA CHAMBERS, SILVER M. 17041238 SSG KIA CILEK, EDWARD E. 37336159 CPL KIA CLAUSSEN, VICTOR E. 37204113 SSG KIA COUNTER, GLEN C. 37343050 TEC5 KIA DOESCHER, HAROLD J. 37071898 PVT KIA GERMEROTH, ARTHUR C. 37705900 PFC KIA HARMON, REX E. 37335032 CPL KIA HOCKETT, JAMES A. 37004503 TEC4 KIA HUFF, JACK B. 37363048 PVT KIA JACKSON, FRANKLYN B. 17129377 PVT DNB LOHOEFENER, ERELL K. 37207243 AVC DNB MAZANEK, JOHN JR. 37201187 TEC5 DNB MC CHESSNEY, CARL L. 37361624 PVT KIA NICODEMUS, NEIL N. 37156277 SGT KIA PAVLICEK, RAYMOND J. 37707667 PVT KIA PETERSON, EVALD L. 37751390 PVT DNB RATHBUN, LEO M. 17011474 SSG KIA SAYLES, CARL D. 37335039 PFC DNB STEELE, WAYNE C. O-667115 1LT DNB URBAN, FRED 37119975 PVT DNB WILLCOXON, JOHN B. O-662616 1LT KIA ---------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------