AHS Students Who Died in Military Service

The table below shows alumni from Ames High School who died during active military service.

If you have additional information, or know of other alumnus for this page, please email Jared Larson. The page was last revised on May 23, 2024.

Name	Rank	Branch	War	Class	Casualty Information
Floyd Wambeam	Private First Class	Army	World War I	1909	Killed in action, France
Thomas Delamore	Captain	Army Air Forces 	World War II	1930	At sea Oryoku Maru, Subic Bay, Philippine Islands
George Allen	Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class	Navy	World War II	1931	Airplane accident, Corpus Christi, Texas
Ralph (Pete) Miller	Technical Sergeant	Army	World War II	1933	Killed in action, Luzon, Philippines
William Foley	Technical Sergeant	Army	World War II	1935	Killed in action, Okinawa, Japan
Christ Frangos	Private First Class	Army	World War II	1935	Killed in action, Leyte, Philippines
Don Briggs	Ensign	Navy	World War II	1935	Drowned, Off the coast of England
Russ “Juny” Vifquain Jr.	Captain	Army Air Forces	World War II	1936	Missing in action
James R. Davis	Lieutenant	Army Air Forces	World War II	1936	At sea Oryoku Maru, Subic Bay, Philippine Islands
George Baker	Aviation Cadet	Navy	World War II	1936	Airplane accident, Pensacola, Florida
Eugene Armstrong	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	1936	Killed in action, Anzio, Italy
Ivan Sheahan	Corporal	Army	World War II	1936	Killed in action, Formerly Dutch New Guinea (Present day West Papua)
Raymond Minott	Second Lieutenant	Army Air Forces	World War II	1936	Airplane accident, Bielefeld, Germany
Charles O’Neil	Lieutenant	Army Air Forces	World War II	1937	Killed in action, Off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines
Glen Cunningham	Second Lieutenant	Army	World War II	1937	Stabbed, Brigham City, Utah
Donald Delamore	First Lieutenant	Army Air Forces	World War II	1937	Killed in action, Po Valley, Italy
Warren Jones	Sergeant	Marine Corps (Paratrooper)	World War II	1937	Killed in action, Iwo Jima
James Flack	Captain	Army Air Forces	World War II	1939	Killed in action, Sicily, Italy
James O’Neil	Lieutenant	Army Air Forces	World War II	1939	Airplane accident, South of Riverside, California
Carl Flogstad	Captain	Army Air Forces	World War II	1939	Airplane accident, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Randall Trotter	Private	Army Air Forces	World War II	1939	Died in prison camp, Japan
Robert Crosley	First Lieutenant	Air Force	Korean War	1939	Airplane accident, Near Langley Air Force Base, (Hampton City, Virginia)
Robert Warren	Staff Sergeant	Army Air Forces	World War II	1939	Missing in action, Višňová, Czechia
Harley Ellis	Sergeant	Army Air Forces	World War II	1940	Killed in action, China
Vern Lowman	Sergeant	Army Air Forces	World War II	1940	Killed in action, Metfield, England
Richard McCarthy	Lieutenant	Army Air Forces	World War II	1940	Killed in action, Italy
Hubert Ruggles	Cadet	Army Air Forces	World War II	1940	Training plane collision, Marfa, Texas
Donald Wilkins	Captain	Army	Korean War	1940	Polio
John Flahive	Private	Army	World War II	1941	Killed in action, France
Harold Johnson	Seaman First Class	Navy	World War II	1941	Died in prison camp, Japan
James Nichol	Lieutenant	Army Air Forces	World War II	1941	Killed in action, Germany
Wayne Cunningham	Lieutenant	Army Air Forces	World War II	1942	Killed in action, Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippines
Rodney Paulson	First Lieutenant	Air Force	Vietnam	1942	Airplane accident, Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington
Richard Ross	Corporal	Army	World War II	1942	Killed in action, England
Donald Routh	Private First Class	Army	World War II	1942	Killed in action, France
Louis Willson	Lieutenant	Army Air Forces	World War II	1942	Killed in action, Germany
Ramon Davis	Captain	Air Force	Korean War	1942	Missing in action, unaccounted for following war, Taedong River, North Korea
Robert Books	Fireman Second Class	Naval Reserves	World War II	1943	Illness, Australia
Edward Gibb	Private	Army Air Forces	World War II	1943	Missing in action, Ship torpedoed in Mediterranean
Fred Nagle	Sergeant	Army Air Forces	World War II	1943	Killed in action, Germany
Gerald Nagle	Private First Class	Army	World War II	1943	Killed in action, Okinawa, Japan
Wallace Olson	Private	Marine Corps	World War II	1943	Killed in action, Iwo Jima, Japan
Harold Ramsey	Seaman Second Class	Naval Reserve	World War II	1943	Killed in action, Philippines
Edward Miller	Private	Army	World War II	1944	Killed in action, Belgium
Kenneth Mayo	First Lieutenant	Air Force	Korean War	1944	Airplane accident, Tokyo, Japan
James Opheim	Aviation Radioman Third Class	Navy	World War II	1944	Missing in action
Harold Erickson	Private First Class	Army	Korean War	1946	Killed in action, North Korea
Conrad Harestad Jr.	Disbursing Clerk Second Class	Naval Reserve	N/A	1948	Illness, Italy
Norman Bear	Airman Second Class	Air Force	N/A	1950	Acute pancreatitis
Roger Carr	Second Lieutenant	Air Force	Vietnam	1957	Airplane accident – 11 miles north of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
Larry Bleeker	Second Lieutenant	Marine Corps	Vietnam	1961	Killed in action Quảng Trị, Vietnam
James Merrick	Lieutenant	Navy	Vietnam	1961	Killed in action, South China Sea
David Stone	Machinist’s Mate Second Class	Navy	Vietnam	1961	About 400 miles southwest of the Azores USS Scorpion
James Lasche	Private First Class	Army	Vietnam	1965	Killed in action, Binh Định Province, South Vietnam
Stephen Rushing	Sergeant	Army	Vietnam	1967	Killed in action,Binh Định Province, South Vietnam
Muriel MacBride	Fireman	Navy	N/A	1975	Believed to be first American woman lost at sea U.S.S. Norton Sound