| The Honor List of Dead
and Missing for the STATE OF IOWA
is published by the War Department for the information of
public officials, the press, the radio and interested organizations.
It contains the latest and most complete data available
on all military personnel who were killed or died, or became
and remained missing, between the President's declaration
of unlimited national emergency on May 27, 1941, and the
cut-off date of this report, January 31, 1946, and includes
both battle and non-battle dead or missing. The complete
work, of which this volume is a part, contains about 300,000
names of men and women who gave their lives while serving
in the Army of the United States.
GRADE: GEN, General (four star); LT G, Lieutenant
General, (three star); M G, Major General (two star); B
G, Brigadier General (one star); COL, Colonel; LT C, Lieutenant
Colonel; MAJ, Major; CAPT, Captain; 1 LT, First Lieutenant;
2 LT Second Lieutenant; C WO, Chief Warrant Officer; WOJG,
Warrant Officer, Junior Grade; FL ), Flight Officer; AV
C, Aviation Cadet; M SG, Master Sergeant; 1 SG, First Sergeant;
T SG, Technical Sergeant; S SG, Staff Sergeant; TECS, Technician
Third Grade; SGT, Sergeant; TEC4 Technician Fourth Grade;
CPL, Corporal; TEC5, Technician Firth Grade; PFC, Private
First Class, and PVT, Private.
TYPE OF CASUALTY: This is indicated by the symbol
at the far right of each column. An individual who was killed
in action, whether at the front or by enemy action in the
rear areas, or if a prisoner of war, whether by air bombardment
of his prison camp or by being shot while escaping, is designated
“KIA.” Persons who were wounded and later
died are marked “DOW”--died of wounds. Those
who suffered fatal battle INJURIES as opposed to WOUNDS,
in combat or in combat areas, and died in a line-of-duty
status, are designated “DOI”--died of injuries.
Other line-of-duty deaths, such as from sickness,
homicide, suicide or accidents outside combat areas (including
training and maneuver deaths) are listed “DNB"--died,
non-battle. Individuals who were determined to be dead under
Public Law 490 are designated “FOD”--finding
of death Missing persons are marked with the single
letter “M”.
For more information see: US
National Archives - WWII AAF Honor List for Iowa
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