FIVE ALGONA MEN HAVE LOST LIVES IN SERVICE.
ALGONA—The five soldiers from this community who have given their lives for their country are graduates of the Algona high school.
Thomas Wagner, who was graduated in 1938, served in the Navy and was killed in action.
Bill Turner, who was graduated in 1936, served in the Marines. He was wounded at Pearl Harbor and died five days later.
Bob Sellstron, who was graduated in 1934, served in the United States Navy air force, and died from burns.
Howard Medin, who was graduated in 1935, served in the United States Army air force and died when his plane crashed into San Francisco Bay.
Kenneth Durant, who was graduated in 1939, served with the Marines in the Solomon Islands and was killed in action.
Source: Mason City Globe-Gazette, February 1, 1943
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.
Durant, Kenneth Wm. Ph.M. 3-c.
Killed at Guadalcanal, Nov. 3, 1942.
Father: Solomon R. Durant, Algona, Ia.
Source: The Algona Upper DesMoines, Tuesday, January 22, 1946 – page 7.
Kenneth William Durant was born Mar. 2, 1919 to Solomon Raymond “S. R.” and Ida Minnie Redemske Durant. He died Nov. 3, 1942 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines and in Riverview Cemetery, Algona, IA.
Petty Officer Durant served in World War II with the U.S. Navy, attached to the Second Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force and was killed by enemy action in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country.
Source: ancestry.com
