Black Hawk County

Pfc. Russell L. Hinkel

 

 

 

Devere H. Knight of Malvern
Killed in European Action

WASHINGTON, (AP) – The war department Thursday listed seven Iowans as killed in action in the European and Mediterranean areas.

S. Sgt. Ray W. Magin, Wheatland, was killed in the European area.

The six Mediterranean casualties were S. Sgt. Harian D. Bohnsack, Marshalltown; Pfc. Clyde C. Bunce, Clinton; Pfc. John C. Durham, Larmont; Pfc. Russell L. Hinkel, Waterloo; S. Sgt. Devere H. Knight, Malvern; and Cpl. Roy J. Slezak, Iowa City.

Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Thursday, January 06, 1944, Page 5