The Associated Press report, issued under a Washington dateline, follows:
Eleven of the men, including one officer, were killed in Africa and two were killed in the southwest Pacific.
Folllowing is the list of Iowans killed in Africa:
Capt. Edwin C. Novak, mother, Mrs. Mary F. M Novak (1035 Second street SE) Cedar Rapids;
Sgt. Otto P. Boettcher, mother, Mrs. Emma A. Boettcher, Storm Lake;
Pvt. Leland P. Christensen, mother, Mrs. Edith M. Christensen (1508 S. Maple) Sioux City;
Sgt. Noah J. Davis, wife, Mrs. Frances K. Davis, route 3, Centerville;
Sgt. Paul M. Denison, father, George E. Denison, route 3, Atlantic;
Pfc. Melvin J. Goecke (615 N. Eighth street), Estherville;
Sgt. Stanford S. Johnston, wife, Mrs. Doris S. Johnston, Box 3, Bridgewater;
Sgt. Robert J. Kliegl, route 1, Osgood;
Corp. Henry F. Ohlendorf, father, Henry H. Ohlendorf, route 1, Marcus; Corp. Ben B. Sanford, father, Wilford A. Sanford (29 Fifth street) Oelwein;
Sgt. Leon D. Stipe, mother, Mrs. Mabel Stipe, Clarinda.
Killed in the southwest Pacific:
Donald J. Carpenter, mother, Mrs. Hilda M. Carpenter, route 2, Estherville;
The War Department’s national list also included Pvt. Harold J. Doecher of Beemer, Neb., whose mother’s address is route 1, Beemer. He was killed in Africa.
Source: Carroll Times, Monday, January 4, 1943
Otto P. Boettcher was born Jan. 4, 1920 to Hubert O. and Emma Boettcher. He died Nov. 8, 1942 and is buried in Storm Lake Cemetery, Storm Lake, IA.
Sgt. Boettcher served in World War II with the U.S. Army 34th Infantry Division.
Source: ancestry.com
