The families of Leopoldville victims began to receive notifications that their relative was missing or deceased beginning in the middle of January 1945 until as late as April 1945.  Local newspapers often published those missing reports or obituaries and later after the war the return of bodies for burial in local cemeteries. The newspaper accounts on this page have mostly been made possible by the genealogy research of Danna Hoppes whose uncle T/5 Seth Reed was a Leopoldville victim.  The parents, brothers and sisters and fiancée of Sgt. Gerald Bosch published the above “In Appreciation” in the Sioux Center News, Iowa newspaper on March 29, 1945.

Pfc. Leonard F. Benda

Pfc. Benda was from St. Louis, Missouri.  His body was never found. The report is from the St. Louis Dispatch January 20, 1945.

Pvt. Gerald L. Boyer

Pvt. Boyer was from Elgin, Iowa. His body was never found. Report is from the Oelwein Daily Register January 19, 1945.

 

Pfc.  Bruce F. Brisendine

Pfc. Brisendine was from Pekin, Illinois. His body was never found. The report is from the Pantagraph newspaper April 6, 1945.

Pvt. Tez V. Campbell

Pvt. Campbell was from Pocatello, Idaho.  His body was recovered and returned to the United States after the war. The report is from the Caribou County Sun April 29, 1948.

Sgt. Richard A. Claybrook

Sgt. Claybrook was from Plainfield, New Jersey.  His body was never found. Report from The Courier Times May 24, 1947.

Pfc. Dean L. Cook

Pfc. Cook from Nevada, Iowa was 20 years old. Besides his parents he was survived by a brother & 2 sisters. His body was never found. Report is from The Daily Chronicle January 16, 1945.

Pvt. Jack C. Cummins

Pvt. Cummins was from Piqua, Ohio. His body was never found.  The report is from The Piqua Call January 31, 1945.

Pfc. Delmar L. Dalton

Pfc. Dalton was from Bloomington, Illinois. The report is from the Pantagraph newspaper January 21, 1945.

S/Sgt. Howard H. DeMartini

Sgt. DeMartini  was from Northvale, New Jersey. He was a right-handed baseball pitcher who had been signed to the NY Giants minor league teams. His body was never found. The report is from the Journal News May 12, 1945.

S/Sgt. William O. Donnelly

Sgt. Donnelly was from Cincinnati, Ohio. His body was never found. The Birthday Remembrance was printed in the Cincinnati Enquirer August 11, 1946.

Pfc. Armand E. Ensign

Pfc. Ensign was from Elyria, Ohio.  His body was recovered and buried in France. The report is from The Chronicle Telegram March 6, 1945.

2/Lt. Joseph R. Fierro

Lt. Fierro was from Manville, New Jersey.  His body was recovered and buried in Normandy American Cemetery, France. The report is from the Courier News January 18, 1945.

Pfc. David O. Grazier

Pfc. Grazier was from Tyrone, Pennsylvania.  The report is from the Harrisburg Telegraph February 1, 1945. His body was never found.

Pfc. Stanley E. Markowski

Pfc. Markowski from Larksville, Pennsylvania was born on November 29, 1925. He graduated from Larksville High School. His body was recovered and returned to the United States after the war. The report is from the Wilkes Bare Times Leader The Evening News January 16, 1945.

Pfc. Stanley E. Markowski

Pfc. Markowski’s body was returned home in 1948 and reported in the Wilkes Bare Times Leader.

Pfc. Charles W. Parry

Pfc. Parry from West Branch, Iowa was born on February 11, 1926. An only child, his body was never found. Report was from Muscatine Journal & Tribune March 10, 1945.

Pfc. Joe J. Quinonez

The mother of Pfc. Joe J. Quinonez from Trinidad, Colorado was honored as a Gold Star mother by her local newspaper following word of his death.

Pfc. Elmer D. Rowland

Pfc. Rowland was from Indianapolis, Indiana.  The report is from the Indianapolis Star newspaper January 17, 1945. Adding to the tragedy he had a brother who was killed in action in Holland in January 1944.

Pvt. Bulah Smith

Pvt. Smith was from Meadow Creek, West Virginia.  His body was recovered.

Pfc. Charles E. Swanson, Jr.

Pfc. Swanson was from Council Bluffs, Iowa. His body was never found. The report is from the Council Bluffs Nonpareil newspaper May 1, 1945.

Pvt. Robert J. Swanson

Pvt. Swanson was from Moline, Illinois. The report is from The Daily Times, Moline, Illinois January 16, 1945. His body was recovered.

Pfc. Carl F. Whittier

Pfc. Whittier was from Concord, New Hampshire. Married and the father of two small daughters, his body was never found.

T/Sgt. Joseph J. Wiedner

T/Sgt. Wiedner was from Dubuque, Iowa. His body was never found.

Pfc. George A. Yaeger

Pfc. Yaeger was from Portland, Indiana. The report is from The Star Press newspaper  January 17, 1945. His body was recovered.

Sgt. Charles E. Zeigler

Sgt. Zeigler was from Herndon, Pennsylvania.  His body was never found. The report is from the Mount Carmel Item March 14, 1945.