93 Iowans on Army-Navy Casualty List
The names of 93 more Iowans were included in an army and navy casualty report made public Monday by the Office of War Information. Twenty are listed as dead, 62 wounded and 11 missing. The list follows:
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Army Dead (European)
ANDERSON, Donald J., Corp., Corwith.
DRYER, Arthur L., T4, Clarinda.
ENGLIN, Theodore M., Pfc., Davenport.
GETTINGS, Lawrence J. Tech. Sergt., Ottumwa.
HODSON, Lee A., T4, Salem.
LONGLEY, Eugene L., Pvt., Centerville.
McCARTER, Edward C., Staff Sergt., Creston.
MECK, John W., Pfc., Burlington.
MOORE, Walter D., Pfc., Council Bluffs.
TAYLOR, James I., First Lieut., Reinbeck.
Source: Quad City Times, (Davenport, Iowa), Monday, May 14, 1945
Donald J. Anderson was born Feb. 20, 1918 to James Casper and Merdith P. Eddy Anderson. He died Apr. 14, 1945 and is buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Lorraine, France.
Cpl. Anderson served with Co. K, 397th Infantry, U.S. Army and was severely wounded near Heilbronn, Germany and immediately evacuated to a hospital but died there of his wounds. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Sources: Renwick Hardy Vernon Veteran’s Memorial POWS & KIA - Renwick, IA; ancestry.com
