Iowa’s World War II Honor Roll
These Iowans, like the ones pictured in this section last Sunday, have given their lives for their country. They came from all sections of the state, from all walks of life, and they rest today in strange and far away but never-to-be forgotten places. The final line beneath each photograph tells the geographical area in which the man was serving. Additional pictures of Iowans who have been killed in combat will be carried on future Sundays.
Source: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, December 12, 1943 (photo included)
William Ford “Billie” Sather was born Mar. 30, 1915 to Thomas O. and Amelia Volberding Sather. He died Dec. 7, 1941 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 1, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii and at the USS Arizona Memorial. He has a cenotaph in Indian Mound Cemetery, Humboldt, IA.
Petty Officer Ford served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Arizona (BB-39) and was MIA/KIA when that vessel was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
