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)
Herman William Runge was born July 29, 1923 to John and Elsie Hobeck Runge. He died July 15, 1942 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 1, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Petty Officer Runge served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and died at sea in the Pacific while in the service of his country.
Source: ancestry.com
