Iowa’s World War II Honor Roll
These Iowans, like the ones pictured in this section last Sunday, have given their lives for their country. They came from all sections of the state, from all walks of life, and they rest today in strange and far away but never-to-be forgotten places. The final line beneath each photograph tells the geographical area in which the man was serving. Additional pictures of Iowans who have been killed in combat will be carried on future Sundays.
Source: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, December 12, 1943 (photo included)
James Warren Butler was born Feb. 17, 1921 to James P. and Esther Shearer Butler. He died Dec. 7, 1941 and is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Petty Officer Butler served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS California (BB-44) and was MIA/KIA when his ship was bombed and sank in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Source: ancestry.com
