Independence Iowa

Boody, Clem Robert
Army Private 1st class

Clem Robert Boody, age 22, from Independence, Iowa, Buchanan county.

Parents: Dessie M. Boody

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On October 25, 2007, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal Clem Robert Boody, missing from the Korean War. Corporal Clem Robert Boody entered the U.S. Army from Indiana and served in Headquarters Company, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. CPL Boody was killed in action on or before November 2, 1950, during the Battle of Unsan, but the details of his loss are unknown. In 2007, the North Korean government returned to U.S. custody several boxes containing the remains of fallen American service members, and analysts were able to identify CPL Boody from among these remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Carroll Daily Times Herald (1954)

Tidball, David Franklin
Navy Seaman 1st class

David Franklin Tidball, age 20, from Independence, Iowa, Buchanan county.

Parents: Raymon F. Tidball

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Navy Seaman 1st Class David F. Tidball, 20, killed during World War II, was accounted for on March 3, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Tidball was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Tidball.

Source: National Archives, Waterloo Courier (1941)

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