93 Iowans on Army-Navy Casualty List
The names of 93 more Iowans were included in an army and navy casualty report made public Monday by the Office of War Information. Twenty are listed as dead, 62 wounded and 11 missing. The list follows:
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Army Dead (European)
ANDERSON, Donald J., Corp., Corwith.
DRYER, Arthur L., T4, Clarinda.
ENGLIN, Theodore M., Pfc., Davenport.
GETTINGS, Lawrence J. Tech. Sergt., Ottumwa.
HODSON, Lee A., T4, Salem.
LONGLEY, Eugene L., Pvt., Centerville.
McCARTER, Edward C., Staff Sergt., Creston.
MECK, John W., Pfc., Burlington.
MOORE, Walter D., Pfc., Council Bluffs.
TAYLOR, James I., First Lieut., Reinbeck.
Source: Quad City Times, (Davenport, Iowa), Monday, May 14, 1945
Edward Charles McCarter was born Sept. 30, 1918 to Charles William and Ruth Cole McCarter. He died Feb. 10, 1945 and has a cenotaph in Greenwood Cemetery, Lexington, NE. He is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.
Sgt. McCarter served with the U.S. Army Air Corps 495th Bomb Squadron, 334th Bomb Group, Medium and was MIA (body not recovered). He was awarded the Air Medal with 9 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
