Iowa’s Honor Roll
Here are more Iowans who have been killed in action. The final line beneath each picture gives the geographical location in which the man was serving. Additional Honor Roll pictures will be carried on future Sundays.
Source: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, December 19, 1943 (photo included)
James Francis Burke was born Feb. 17, 1912. He died May 17, 1942 and is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Petty Officer Burke served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and died in the service of his country and was originally buried in Ipswich USAF Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia.
Source: ancestry.com
