Photos sought of local veterans for inclusion on “Roll of Honor” wall in Allamakee County Veterans Museum

Organizers of the Allamakee County Veterans Museum are seeking help from family members, friends and the general public in locating good quality photos of a number of Allamakee County Veterans who were Killed in Action (KIA) or held as Prisoners of War (POW) during World War I, World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War. A full listing of the photos needed can be found below.

The photos are needed to help create a “Roll of Honor” wall in the new Allamakee County Veterans Museum. The photos are asked to be good, quality photos that can be enlarged or reduced to a 5”x7” size to become part of that “Roll of Honor”.

Original prints on photo paper are preferred, and all photos will be returned once they are copied. Photo copies or newspaper clippings will not work for this project, as they typically do not have enough resolution pixels to produce a clean, visible copy when enlarged. Organizers say they already have lower quality photos of many of the Veterans on the accompanying list but would prefer to have better quality photos in order to produce the best product.

Electronic or digital copies of high quality are acceptable to be sent by email or copied from a CD, DVD or flash drive, but only if they are in JPEG format. PDF copies cannot be accepted. Photos of these Veterans in uniform are preferred but in civilian clothes would also be accepted, if necessary.

For additional information or to make arrangements to share a photo for the wall, contact John Bauercamper of the Allamakee County Historical Society. He can be reached at johnbauercamper@gmail.com or 563-568-2772 or 563-568-7526.
Photos sought for placement in Allamakee County Veterans Museum

NAME    DATE    HOME

WORLD WAR I – KILLED IN ACTION (KIA)
PRIV. ROY C. BEALE    1917    WAUKON
PRIV. WILLIAM E. BECK    1918    LANSING
PRIV. FORREST W. M. BOCK    1918    NEW ALBIN
PRIV. GEORGE W. GLYNN    1918    LANSING
LT. HUGH P. KIDDER    1918    POSTVILLE
PRIV. MARTIN O. IVERSON    1918    DORCHESTER
PRIV. CARL H. KROEGER    1918    NEW ALBIN
PRIV. CLEMENT A. MCGEOUGH    1918    WATERVILLE
PRIV. RICHARD A. RAYMOND    1918    WAUKON
PRIV. HARRY H. SANDRY    1918    NEW ALBIN
PRIV. ROBERT R. STRONG    1918    LANSING
PRIV. JESSE THOMPSON    1918    NEW ALBIN

WORLD WAR II – KILLED IN ACTION (KIA)
CPL. GERALD J. A’HEARN    1944    ALLAMAKEE
WILLIAM W. BOTTS, JR.    1945    WAUKON/GA.
SGT. EARL B. BURNHAM    1944    ALLAMAKEE
2ND LT. ROBERT J. CARPENTER    1944    WAUKON
P.O. 2ND KENNETH E. CASEY    1942    NEW ALBIN
ENS. ROBERT E. CHRIST    1945    ALLAMAKEE
PFC. THOMAS A. COLLINS    1945    WAUKON
1ST LT. JOHN W. COLSCH    1944    NEW ALBIN
SGT. DOUGLAS R. DARLING    1945    NEW ALBIN
PFC. DONALD S. DREIVOLD    1944    ALLAMAKEE
S 1C ROLAND M. ERICKSON    1945    POSTVILLE
2ND LT. JAMES B. HAGEN    1945    WATERVILLE
PRIV. LAWRENCE G. HAMM    1944    ALLAMAKEE
MM 1ST ARTHUR C. HANSON    1943    WAUKON
CPL. HOWARD E. HEIM    194?    ALLAMAKEE
SGT. JOHN F. HEIM    1944    HARPERS FERRY
PRIV. JAMES W. HENDERSON    1945    ALLAMAKEE
SGT. EARL S. HERMANSON    1944    ALLAMAKEE
SGT. DWAYNE H. HUEBNER    1945    POSTVILLE
LT. HOWARD C. HUMPHREY    1945    POSTVILLE
SGT. HARRY J. JONES    1943    ALLAMAKEE
PFC. RUDOLPH H. KNAPP    1944    HARPERS FERRY
LT. ROBERT W. KNEELAND    1944    POSTVILLE
PFC. DANIEL P. KELLY    1944    NEW ALBIN
SGT. MAURICE R. KELLY    1944    ALLAMAKEE
GM 2ND CARLETON E. KENNEY    1943    POSTVILLE
ENS. GUSTAVE F. KERNDT    1942    LANSING
SGT. OTTO A. KRUEGER    1945    ALLAMAKEE
1ST LT. DALE J. LAUGHLIN    1943    WAUKON
S 2C FRANCES E. McDOUGAL    194?    WAUKON
ENS. JOHN S. McCURDY    194?    POSTVILLE
PRIV. JOSEPH R. MOHN    1944    ALLAMAKEE
STAFF SGT. DONALD L. OLLOFF    1942    NEW ALBIN
AS WENDLE A. PETERSON    1942    ROSSVILLE
S 1C HARRY T. PIERCE    1942    LANSING
PRIV. EARL E. QUILLIN    1945    ALLAMAKEE
AR 3C JAMES J. REGAN    1944    WAUKON
AR 3C JAMES J. RIKOS    1943    WAUKON
LT. ROBERT G. SPINNER    1944    LANSING
PRIV. ROBERT P. TEFF    1944    NEW ALBIN

WORLD WAR II – PRISONER OF WAR (POW)
PRIV. ALBERT J. BRITT    1943-45    LANSING
PFC DUWAYNE E. BULMAN    1943-45    ALLAMAKEE
PFC RICHARD R. CASSIDY    1944-45    ALLAMAKEE
1ST LT. MARVIN F. CHEVALIER    1944-45    POSTVILLE
PRIV. MERRILD L. FORTUNE    1943-44    HARPERS FERRY
TSGT. LEROY J. GASS    1943-45    POSTVILLE
LT. JOHN W. KAPPMEYER    1943-45    H. FERRY/OELWEIN
PRIV. CLEMENT J. KEENAN    1942-45    WAUKON
PFC JACK A. MESSLER    1944-45    ALLAMAKEE
STAFF SGT. DONALD L. OLLOFF    1942    NEW ALBIN
STAFF SGT. ROBERT J. O’MALLEY    1945    LANSING
SGT. DONALD R. PAEPER    1944-45    HARPERS FERRY
PRIV. CLETUS J. UNTERBERGER    1943-45    ALLAMAKEE

KOREAN WAR – KILLED IN ACTION (KIA)
SGT. DONALD P. BAXTER    1951    WAUKON
CPL. ROY M. VICKERY    1951    ALLAMAKEE

KOREAN WAR – PRISONER OF WAR (POW)
SGT. DONALD P. BAXTER    1951    WAUKON
CPL. DALE L. REEDER    1951-53    WAUKON
PFC. JOHN E. RYAN    1950-53    NEW ALBIN
CPL. ROY M. VICKERY    1951    ALLAMAKEE

VIETNAM WAR – KILLED IN ACTION (KIA)
CPL. DWAIN BRICKMAN    1971    NEW ALBIN
CPL. MARK S. DREIER    1969    POSTVILLE
CPL. ARLYN L. LAMPERT    1969    NEW ALBIN
PFC. ROBERT J. SIRES    1969    NEW ALBIN