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This list of Prisoner of War Camps, Italian Service Unit Camps, and Prisoner of War Hospitals is still being developed with new locations added as we work through the weekly reports located on NARA microfilm #66-538 (population lists June 1942-June 1946).
The POW Camps in Missouri during World War II included:
*Chesterfield #1, St. Louis County, MO (branch camp under Leonard Wood, MO)
*Chesterfield #2, St. Louis County, MO (branch camp under Leonard Wood, MO)
*Clark (Camp), Nevada, Vernon County, MO (base camp)
*Crowder (Camp), Neosho, Newton County, MO 64850, now Crowder College (base camp)
*Fulton, Callaway County, MO (branch camp under Weingarten, MO)
*Gasconade, Gasconade County, MO (branch camp under Weingarten, MO)
*Glasgow, Chariton and Howard Counties, MO (branch camp under Leonard Wood, MO)
*Grand Pass, Saline County, MO (branch camp under Riley, KS)
*Hannibal, Marion and Ralls Counties, MO (branch camp under Clarinda, IA)
*Independence, Jackson and Clay Counties, MO (branch camp under Leonard Wood, MO)
*Jefferson Barracks Military Post, Lemay, St. Louis County, MO (branch camp under Leonard Wood, MO)
*Kennett, Dunklin County, MO (branch camp under Weingarten, MO)
*Leonard Wood (Fort), Pulaski County, MO 65473 (base camp)
*Leonard Wood (Fort), Pulaski County, MO 65473 (PW Pat. Det., Italian Reg. Hospital)
*Lexington, Lafayette County, MO (branch camp under Riley, KS)
*Liberty, Clay County, MO (branch camp under Riley, KS)
*Louisiana, Pike County, MO (branch camp under Leonard Wood, MO)
*Malden, Dunklin County, MO (branch camp under Leonard Wood, MO)
*Marshal, Saline County, MO (branch camp under Leonard Wood, MO)
*Marston, New Madrid County, MO (branch camp under Leonard Wood, MO)
*New Madrid, New Madrid County, MO (branch camp under Clarinda, IA)
*O'Reilly General Hospital, Greene County, MO (branch camp under Weingarten, MO)
*Orrick, Ray County, MO (branch camp under Leonard Wood, MO)
*Parkville, Platte County, MO (branch camp under Clarinda, IA)
*Perryville, Perry County, MO (branch camp under Weingarten, MO)
*Portageville, New Madrid and Perniscot Counties, MO (branch camp under Weingarten, MO)
*Rosati, Phelps County, MO (branch camp under Clarinda, IA)
*Sedalia Army Air Field, near Warrensburg, Johnson County, MO (branch camp under Leonard Wood, MO), now called Whiteman Air Force Base
*Sikeston, New Madrid County, MO (branch camp under Weingarten, MO)
*St. Louis, MO (independent city) (branch camp under Weingarten, MO)
*Washington, Franklin County, MO (branch camp under Leonard Wood, MO)
*Weingarten (Camp), Sainte Genevieve County, MO (base camp)
Camp Weingarten had a branch camp (hospital) in KS.
Cemeteries:
Fort Leonard Wood Post Cemetery, Ft. Leonard Wood, MO
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, MO
Camp Weingarten, MO (5 Italian burials transferred to Jefferson Barracks Nat'l Cem. in MO on 10 October 1945)
For more information about these camps, please see:
www.denkmalprojekt.org
Fort Leonard Wood Cemetery
www.globalsecurity.org
www.kriegsgefangen.de
Jefferson Barracks Cemetery
www.volksbund.de
www.weltkriegsopfer.de
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