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 (photo included)
Gerald Elwood Darling was born Dec. 25, 1914 to Cecil Raymond and Elizabeth Irene Clark Darling. He died June 17, 1943 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Chief Petty Officer Darling served with the U.S. Navy in World War II. He died in action in the Pacific near Ketchikan, Alaska.
Source: ancestry.com
