Henry County

 

Sgt. Lee Albert Hodson

 

 

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

Lee Albert Hodson was born Dec. 30, 1905 to Albert D. and Bertha Hull Hodson. He died Apr. 2, 1945 and is buried in Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.

Sgt. Hodson served in World War II with the U.S. Army 90th Signal Company, 90th Infantry Division and was KIA in Germany and was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com