IOWA HONOR ROLL
These Iowans, like those pictured in this section in previous weeks, have given their lives for their country. All have been killed in combat or have died in prison camps. The fourth line under each name shows where the man last served.
Source: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, April 30, 1944 (photo included)
80 Kossuth Men Officially Listed As Casualties In War
FIRST RELEASE OF STATE HISTORICAL DEATH SUMMARIES
Eighty men from Kossuth county lost their lives while in the service of their country in World War II.
KOSSUTH'S WAR DEAD.
Bormann, Irvin N., 1st Lt.
Died of wounds received in Italy, Feb. 1, 1944.
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bormann, St. Joe, Iowa, postoffice Bode, Ia.
Source: The Algona Upper DesMoines, Tuesday, January 22, 1946 – page 7.
Irvin Nicholas Bormann was born Aug. 11, 1919 to Michael and Philomena Elizabeth “Minnie” Kohlhaas Bormann. He died Feb. 1, 1944 and has a cenotaph in Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Bode, IA.
Lt. Bormann served in World War II with the U.S. Army 933rd Field Artillery and died in the service of his country.
Source: ancestry.com
