Virgil Vincent Helmrichs, age 19, from Delaware County Earlville, Iowa .
Parents: Michael H. and Wilma Cooper Helmrichs
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Tuesday, April 2, 1946
Death details: Died from injuries sustained when he was crushed between a tractor and a truck at the Naval base at Port Hueneme, California.
Cemetery: Oakland in Manchester
Source: Grave marker, Waterloo Courier, Oxnard Press Courier (1946)
Forrest James Diesch, age 24, from Delaware County Earlville, Iowa .
Parents: Martin Diesch Jr.
Service era: World War II
Schools: Iowa State College
Date of death: Tuesday, August 15, 1944
Death details: Killed in action; died in a plane crash at sea
Cemetery: Fairview
Source: National Archives, Telegraph Herald (1944), grave marker
Donald James Carpenter, age 22, from Delaware County Earlville, Iowa .
Parents: Ernest Carpenter
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, November 27, 1942
Death details: Killed in action in the Pacific Theater.
Cemetery: Fairview
Source: National Archives, grave marker, Telegraph Herald
Cyril E. Woerdehoff, age 21, from Delaware County Earlville, Iowa .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Tuesday, October 8, 1918
Death details: Died of disease, Camp Died of diseasee, IA
Cemetery: Saint Peter and Paul
Source: The State Historical Society of Iowa, Library & Archives Des Moines, grave marker