Iowa Honor Roll
Like the men pictured here on previous Sundays, these Iowans have given their lives for their country. Each one was either killed in action or died in prison camp. The fourth line under each picture gives the area in which the man last served. The list will be continued in future weeks.
Source: The Des Moines Sunday Register, March 12, 1944 (photos included)
Gordon R. Penewit was born Sept. 29, 1923. He died Nov. 22, 1943 and is buried in Carson Cemetery, Carson, IA.
Pvt. Penewit served in World War II with the U.S. Army Co. I, 168th Infantry, 34th Infantry Division and was KIA in Algeria, North Africa in the service of his country.
Source: ancestry.com
