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)
Richard Burnette O’Donnell was born June 12, 1923 to William Patrick and Lulu Burnette O’Donnell. He died May 29, 1943, was buried at sea, and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 1, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Petty Officer O’Donnell served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and was KIA as the result of multiple injuries received while in the performance of his duties and in the service of his country.
Source: ancestry.com
