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)
Bodies of S. W. Iowans Returning
The bodies of three southwest Iowa men are among those of 91 Iowans returned from Italy about the U. S. army transport Carroll Victory, the department of the army announced Tuesday.
Being returned for burial are: Cpl. William F. Thoreen, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Thoreen, 800 North Fifteenth street, killed in action at Anzio, Italy in 1944; Pvt. Leon H. Stoelke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Stoelke, of Manning, killed in action in Sicily in September, 1944, and Pfc. William F. Rethmeier, son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Rethmeier, Dunlap, killed in action in Italy.
NOTE: Further research reveals Pvt. Stoelke was KIA in 1943.
Source: Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Tuesday, July 6, 1948, p. 11
Leon H. Stoelk was born Mar. 6, 1921 to Albert and Elsie Clint Stoelk. He died July 22, 1943 and is buried in Manning Cemetery, Manning, IA.
Pvt. Stoelk served in World War II with the U.S. Army 753rd Tank Battalion and was KIA in Africa.
NOTE: The correct spelling for his last name is: Stoelk.
Source: ancestry.com
