Iowa Honor Roll
These Iowans, like those pictured here on previous Sundays, have given their lives for their country. They were fatally wounded in combat or died in prison camps. The fourth line under each name designates the war area in which the man last served.
Source: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, March 5, 1944 (33 photos included)
140 Have Made Supreme Sacrifice In Muscatine Area In War Against Axis Powers; Many reported wounded.
The cost of war runs high!
Word of the victory in Europe today brought a feeling of happiness and relief to thousands of families in the Muscatine area, but for others there were only sad memories. And for those who have sons, husbands, brothers or other relatives, fighting against the Japs in the second phase of the big world-wide conflagration the period of rejoicing was less pronounced.
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The names of those who have made the supreme sacrifice in the World War No. 2, compiled from records maintained by The Journal, follow:
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Staff Sgt. Andrew Malchau, son of Mrs. Hazel Malchau of Wilton, killed in action December of 1943 at Kiska Bay.
Source: Muscatine Journal, Victory In Europe Edition, Monday, May 7, 1945
Andrew Arlie Malchau was born Aug. 6, 1920 to Arlie Jacob August and Hazel Leona Scharff Malchau. He died Dec. 30, 1942 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Sgt. Malchau served in World War II with the U.S. Army and was MIA/KIA in defense of his country in the Alaskan area. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
