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)
WWII Navy, Marine Corps, & Coast Guard Casualties 1941-1945
PETERSON, Jack
Seaman 2c, USN.
Father, Mr. Harlan Peterson, 802 4th St.
Harlan, Iowa.
Source: ancestry.com
Jack Peterson was born Dec. 5, 1924 to Harlan and Ethalyn Ann Weimer Peterson. He died Apr. 6, 1943 and is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, East Coast Memorial, New York, NY.
Petty Officer Peterson served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Brownson (DD 518) and was MIA/FOD in the Atlantic area.
Source: ancestry.com
