140 Have Made Supreme Sacrifice In Muscatine Area In War Against Axis Powers; Many reported wounded.
The cost of war runs high!
Word of the victory in Europe today brought a feeling of happiness and relief to thousands of families in the Muscatine area, but for others there were only sad memories. And for those who have sons, husbands, brothers or other relatives, fighting against the Japs in the second phase of the big world-wide conflagration the period of rejoicing was less pronounced.
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The names of those who have made the supreme sacrifice in the World War No. 2, compiled from records maintained by The Journal, follow:
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Lt. Leonard Edward “Bill” Kinnan, 32, son of Mrs. Mae Kinnan, 405 East Sixth street, killed in January of 1944 in a plane crash while in the performance of his duty.
Source: Muscatine Journal, Victory In Europe Edition, Monday, May 7, 1945
Leonard Edward Kinnan was born Apr. 13, 1911 to Edward and Mary Flavia “May” Parker Kinnan. He died Jan. 10, 1944 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Lt. Kinnan served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
