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Veterans of World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
Photographs of these veterans' gravestones are given in alphabetical order. Most images show the back of the gravestone, which bears a plate with the veteran's name, rank, branch of service, decorations if any, and dates of birth and death. The first picture below shows the reverse of the gravestone for Milton J. Boehmer. The gravestone in the upper left corner is blank (not the grave of a veteran); the gravestone in the upper right corner is that of another veteran. A few men are buried with military gravestones. They include Jerome N. Freidhof, Elvoy M. Marr, and Frank S. Roethler.
This list is incomplete and some dates are missing. Eventually I will photograph the front of the gravestones and add those I have missed. Pictures of graves in Union Cemetery, Alta Vista, will also be added. The aim is to represent both sides of every stone, as has been done for Leon C. Recker.
A few veterans names are marked with * because they are mentioned in History of Alta Vista, Iowa 1894-1994, pp. 95-108, the centennial book published in 1994. Information from the book that refers to the men buried in the Alta Vista cemeteries will be added, as it has been for Jerome N. Freidhof and Paul Johann (he is buried in Union Cemetery and his gravestone is not shown here).
The "Find a Grave" website has more information. For example, see this link for Frank S. Roethler, who died in World War I in France. The website gets his middle initial wrong (it is S., not L.). See the note attached to his name, below. I have not searched all these names in this website as of January 2020. For some, such as Irving Roethler, there is no additional information.
who are buried in Calvary Cemetery include:
Boehmer, Milton J.
Dietrich, Justin Edward
Dietrich, Paul Joseph
Frantzen, Dennis R.
Freidhof, Jerome N.
Hentges, Reynold Joseph
Hentges, Elroy Francis
Hentges, Robert P.
Kolbert, Leo Nicholas
Kolbert, Linus J.
Kramer, Benjamin H.
Loes, John L.
Lutkenhaus, Rudolph J.
Mahoney, John F.
Mahoney, Thomas L.
Marr, Elvoy M.
Marvin, Virgil A.
McAvoy, Joseph Francis
Nehl, Robert J.
O'Donnell, J. William
Recker, Leon C.
Recker, Leonard
Roethler, Frank S.
Roethler, Irving
Webb, Lloyd D.
Webb, Raymond C.
Buried in Union Cemetery, Alta Vista: Paul Johann