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)
Wayne Ralph Shrimpton was born July 22, 1920 to Roswell R. and Martha Rhoades Shrimpton. He died Dec. 1, 1943 and is buried in Villisca Cemetery, Villisca, IA.
Pvt. Shrimpton served in World War II with the U.S. Army 168th Infantry Regiment and died of wounds received in North Africa.
Source: ancestry.com
