IOWA HONOR ROLL
These Iowans, like those pictured in this section in previous weeks, have given their lives for their country. All have been killed in combat or have died in prison camps. The fourth line under each name shows where the man last served.
Source: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, April 30, 1944 (photo included)
Thomas M. Purcell was born July 4, 1917 to Philip and Loretta Cosgrove Purcell. He died Oct. 21, 1943 and is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, IA.
Cpl. Purcell served in World War II with the U.S. Army 133rd Infantry, 34th Division and died in Italy in the service of his country.
Source: ancestry.com
