BODIES OF WAR DEAD RETURNED
Eighty-five Iowans are among the remains of 2,918 Americans who lost their lives during World War II and were due to arrive from Europe aboard the U.S. Army transport, Haiti Victory, Thursday.
Armed forces dead originally interred in temporary military cemeteries in northern France, Holland, and Luxembourg are among those being brought to their homes in this country.
North Iowans in the list include the following, the next of kin being indicated with each:
T/4 Loren J. Mayer; Arthur J. Mayer, Stacyville.
Source: The Mason City Globe-Gazette, Friday, March 18, 1949
Loren J. Mayer was born Apr. 20, 1919 to Arthur J. and Frances Meyer Mayer. He died Dec. 17, 1944 and is buried in Visitation Catholic Cemetery, Stacyville, IA.
Sgt. Mayer served in World War II with the U.S. Army 2nd Tank Battalion, 9th Armored Division and was MIA/KIA in Belgium.
Source: ancestry.com
