Iowa’s Honor Roll
Here are more Iowans who have been killed in action. The final line beneath each picture gives the geographical location in which the man was serving. Additional Honor Roll pictures will be carried on future Sundays.
Source: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, December 19, 1943 (photo included)
Vernon Wayne Kaster was born May 27, 1918 to Wayne and Ida Viola Glendenning Kaster. He died Jan. 29, 1943 (at sea) and was declared dead Jan. 30, 1944. He is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Petty Officer Kaster served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Chicago (CA-29) and was MIA/KIA during the Battle of Rennell Island and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
