Scott County

 
Pfc. Theodore M. Englin

 

 


 

93 Iowans on Army-Navy Casualty List

The names of 93 more Iowans were included in an army and navy casualty report made public Monday by the Office of War Information.  Twenty are listed as dead, 62 wounded and 11 missing.  The list follows:
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Army Dead (European)
ANDERSON, Donald J., Corp., Corwith.
DRYER, Arthur L., T4, Clarinda.
ENGLIN, Theodore M., Pfc., Davenport.
GETTINGS, Lawrence J. Tech. Sergt., Ottumwa.
HODSON, Lee A., T4, Salem.
LONGLEY, Eugene L., Pvt., Centerville.
McCARTER, Edward C., Staff Sergt., Creston.
MECK, John W., Pfc., Burlington.
MOORE, Walter D., Pfc., Council Bluffs.
TAYLOR, James I., First Lieut., Reinbeck.

Source: Quad City Times, (Davenport, Iowa), Monday, May 14, 1945

Theodore M. Englin was born Apr. 10, 1925 to Gustave R. and Bessie M. Dorrance Englin. He died Apr. 17, 1945 and is buried in Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL.

Pvt. Englin served in World War II with the U.S. Army 398th Anti-Aircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion, Coast Artillery Corps and was KIA in Germany.

Source: ancestry.com