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)
Lavern August Charles Slater was born May 10, 1917 to Fred Charles and Sophia Pauline Thieking Slater. He died Aug. 9, 1942 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Petty Officer Slater served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and was KIA while in the service of his country in the Guadalcanal area.
Source: ancestry.com
