IOWA HONOR ROLL
These Iowans, like those pictured here on previous Sundays, have given their lives for their country. They are men who have died in actual combat or in prison camps. The fourth line under each name designates the theatre of war in which they were serving. Other pictures will be published later.
Source: The DesMoines Register, Sunday, February 13, 1944 (photo included)
Louis H. Keightley was born Apr. 5, 1917 to Louis H. and Ruby Long Keightley. He died Feb. 8, 1942 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Sgt. Keightley served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 9th Bomber Squadron, 7th Bomber Group, Heavy and was MIA/KIA in the far east and awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
