Nov. 7, 2008
2008 Gold Star Honorees
World War II
William Franklin Hedges, Chicago
At Iowa State: fall 1942-winter 1943
Military: Tech. sergeant, Army Air Forces, South Pacific
MIA: Feb. 27, 1945
Korea
Thomas Donald Odenbaugh, Ottumwa
At Iowa State: fall 1943-fall 1945, fall 1948-winter 1950
Military: 2nd Lt., Marine Corps
MIA/POW: Sept. 29, 1950
Chadwick Boyd Smith, Story City
At Iowa State: fall 1947-spring 1948
Military: 1st Lt., Air Force
MIA: June 15, 1954
Vietnam
Dale Earl Benson, Tama
At Iowa State: Dec. 1965-May 1966
Military: Private first class, Army
Died: Jan. 15, 1967
Michael Evan Antill, Huxley
At Iowa State: Sept. 1963-Nov. 1966
Military: Private first class, Army
Died: Dec. 28, 1967
Dennis Ben Kouhns, Ogden
At Iowa State: Sept. 1964-May 1965
Military: Specialist 5, Army
Died: Jan. 30, 1968
Charles Claude Miller, Mt. Pleasant
At Iowa State: Sept. 1965-Feb. 1966
Military: Lance corporal, Marine Corps
Died: April 4, 1968
Douglas Michael Cain, Sioux City
At Iowa State: Sept. 1962-May 1967
Military: Corporal, Army
Died: July 14, 1968
Dennis Lynn Ahrendsen, Oxford Junction
At Iowa State: Sept. 1965-Feb. 1967
Military: Specialist 4, Army
Died: Sept. 6, 1968
Mark Allen Ellsworth, Waterloo
At Iowa State: Sept. 1965-Nov. 1966
Military: Sergeant, Army
Died: Sept. 25, 1968
Donald Dennis Weyker, Marshalltown
At Iowa State: Sept. 1966-May 1967
Military: Specialist 4, Army
Died: Dec. 5, 1968
David Lynn Rutgers, Marshalltown
At Iowa State: March 1967-Feb. 1968
Military: Private first class, Marine Corps
Died: Feb. 25, 1969
David Glenn Lovitt, Bedford
At Iowa State: Nov. 1966-Feb. 1967
Military: Specialist 4, Army
Died: March 6, 1969
William James Adams, Iowa City
At Iowa State: Sept. 1965-Feb. 1968
Military: Private first class, Army
Died: May 18, 1969
Roger Eugene Carroll, Avoca
At Iowa State: Dec. 1968-Feb. 1968
Military: Specialist 4, Army
Died: Oct. 30, 1969
Donald Ralph Ledlie, Des Moines
At Iowa State: Sept. 1966-May 1967
Military: Corporal, Army
Died: April 30, 1970
Larry Albert Dahms, Garwin
At Iowa State: Sept. 1967-August 1969
Military: "Seabee," Navy
Died: Nov. 17, 1970
Bruce Charles Halbach, Stacyville
At Iowa State: Sept. 1967-Oct. 1968
Military: Sergeant, Army
Died: Nov. 19, 1970
Alan Ransom Boone, Davenport
At Iowa State: June 1965-May 1967
Military: Captain, Army
Died: Oct. 19, 1971
Somalia (United Nations mission)
Matthew Keith Anderson, Lucas
At Iowa State:1990-1992
Military: Specialist 4, Army
Died: Sept. 25, 1993
