Army Lists Darting As Killed in Action
Wilton—Pvt. First Class Raymond Darting, aged about 21 years, was killed in action on Nov. 30, while serving with American forces somewhere in the southwest Pacific.
The message from the War Department was received this morning by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Darting of Wilton. No further details were available.
PFC Darting had been in the service since Jan. 3, 1942, and received his training at Camp Roberts, California, before being assigned to overseas duty.
Source: Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, January 25, 1943 (photo included)
Memorial Rites for Pvt. Darting Arranged Sunday
Wilton—A memorial service for PFC Raymond F. Darting, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Darting, who was killed Nov. 30, in New Guinea, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist church.
Source: Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, May 1, 1943
Pvt. Raymond Darting, 21, was killed in action on Nov. 30, while serving with American forces somewhere in the Southwest Pacific area, according to a message received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Darting of Wilton. He had been in service since Jan. 3, 1942, and received his training at Camp Roberts, Calif., before being assigned to overseas duty.
Source: Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, December 30, 1943
Iowa Honor Roll
These Iowans, like those pictured here on previous Sundays, have given their lives for their country. They were fatally wounded in combat or died in prison camps. The fourth line under each name designates the war area in which the man last served.
Source: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, March 5, 1944 (33 photos included)
BATTLE CASUALTIES SADDEN MORE HOMES
PVT. RAYMOND DARTING—While serving with American forces somewhere in the Pacific, Pvt. Raymond Darting, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Darting, of Wilton, was killed in action Nov. 30, 1942, his parents were informed. He had been in service since Jan. 3, 1942, and received his training at Camp Roberts, Calif., before going overseas.
Source: Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, December 29, 1944
140 Have Made Supreme Sacrifice in Muscatine Area In War Against Axis Powers; Many Reported Wounded
The names of those who have made the supreme sacrifice in World War No. 2, compiled from records maintained by The Journal, follow:
Pvt. Raymond Darting, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Darting, of Wilton, killed in action on Nov. 30, 1944, in the Pacific theater.
Source: Muscatine Journal, Victory in Europe Edition, May 7, 1945
Solemn Procession Continues Through 1948 as War Dead Are Returned Home
Flag-draped caskets, coming from the European and Pacific war theaters, were brought to Muscatine county and other neighboring communities at intervals throughout the year of 1948 as the solemn procession of the country’s war dead continued to move home.
As each casket carrying a soldier, sailor, marine or flier who died during World War II was returned, last honors were accorded to the servicemen at funeral and burial rites. Final interment was in the cemetery chosen by his next-of-kin.
This year was the second for the government’s program of returning the bodies of war dead to the United States for burial in keeping with the wishes of their family. Inaugurated in the fall of 1947, the program has to date seen the return from overseas cemeteries of more than 50 bodies of men from this vicinity who died in the service of their country during the war.
The list of war dead returned to Muscatine and surrounding counties includes the following:
Pfc. Raymond J. Darting of Wilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Darting, killed in New Guinea on Nov. 31, 1942. Burial at Oakdale cemetery in Wilton.
Source: Muscatine Journal, December 30, 1948
