World War II Casualties from Russell 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 



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This file contains a list of the men from Russell 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



AVERILL, PAUL C. JR.	37002988	AVC	DNB

BACHAR, CLARANCE L.	37010614	TEC5	KIA

BARRY, PERCY R.		 6790500	TSG	KIA

BROWN, JACOB O.		37525276	SGT	FOD

DANIELSON, GLEN E.	37523158	SGT	FOD



DOLECEK, VICTOR D.	O-697998	2LT	KIA

DOUGHERTY, ELMER W.	37730604	PVT	KIA

FOSTER, ELDON L.	37003074	SGT	KIA

GARLAND, JACK L.	18128876	SSG	FOD

GIER, ELDON D.		37750915	PVT	KIA



GUFFIN, DALE E.		37503381	CPL	KIA

HAMMERSCHMIDT, F.	37725036	CPL	DNB

HAMPL, FRANK E.		37205058	TEC5	KIA

HERBEL, BENJAMIN E.	37153632	SSG	DOW

HOFF, CLARANCE A.	37141749	SGT	KIA



HURLBUT, LEONARD R.	37241454	CPL	KIA

KARST, HERBERT		37003024	PFC	DNB

KVASNICKA, FARRELL D.	37750942	PFC	KIA

LAUBHAN, KARL R.	37528263	TSG	KIA

LETSCH, DWIGHT E.	37211544	SSG	FOD



LUNDGRIN, WILLIAM F.	37153777	SSG	KIA

MANSFIELD, WILBUR D.	O-721464	2LT	DNB

MARKEL, DAVID W.	17057259	CPL	DNB

MARNELL, GERARD P.	O1283806	CAPT	KIA

MICHEL, PAUL E.		37228232	SGT	DNB



MOULDER, GENE V.	O1013330	1LT	KIA

PRATER, HAROLD E.	37157580	PFC	KIA

REIN, HERMAN F.		37206783	PVT	KIA

RHODABARGER, BILL D.	O-684050	1LT	KIA

ROE, HERSCHEL H.	O-309109	1LT	DNB



ROGG, CARL W.		O-804405	1LT	DNB

SCHAFFER, VERNON R.	37730562	PVT	KIA

SCHWERDFEGER, ROY L.	37722117	PVT	KIA

SHAW, KENNETH D.	37017743	SSG	DNB

SMITH, LEROY W.		37004613	TEC4	KIA



SOWERS, DONALD P.	17058536	TSG	KIA

THACKER, ROBERT A.	37153681	SGT	KIA

THIELEN, GERALD F.	17059369	SSG	KIA

THOMAS, WALTER E.	37000684	CPL	KIA

WILLIAMSON, FLOYD M.	17057644	SSG	FOD



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