ALVIN N. HAIAR OKINAWA VICTIM
Bellevue Farmer Killed in Action on April 6
Bellevue, Ia. - Special: Pfc. Alvin N. Haiar, 25, father of two children, was killed in action on Okinawa on April 6, according to a war department message to his wife, Mrs. Viola Haiar. There were no details in the brief official notification.
Pfc. Haiar was born July 17, 1919, a son of Henry and the late Mary Ambrosy Haiar, in Lamotte, Ia. He was married to Viola Flammang on Sept. 30, 1941, and was the father of two children, Carol Ann, 2, and Gerald Alvin, seven months old.
He operated a farm when he was inducted into service in October, 1942, and took his basic training at Camp Adair, Ore. He went overseas in July, 1944.
He is survived by his wife and children; his father; and four sisters, Mrs. George (Laurina) Ludwig, Lamotte, Ia., and Mrs. Lester (Ottilia) Yaeger, Mrs. Walter (Virginia) Weis, and Mrs. Elroy (Viola) Yeager, all of Bellevue. He was preceded in death by his mother.
Source: Dubuque Telegraph Herald, April 26, 1945, pg. 15, col. 3
Alvin Norbert Haiar was born July 17, 1919 to Henry and Mary Ambrosy Haiar. He died Apr. 6, 1945 and is buried in Holy Rosary Cemetery, La Motte, IA.
Pvt. Haiar served in World War II with the U.S. Army 383rd Infantry and died of wounds received in action in Okinawa.
Source: ancestry.com
