Linn County

S/Sgt Harold Muscoto

 

Iowa Honor Roll

Like the men pictured here on previous Sundays, these Iowans have given their lives for their country.  Each one was either killed in action or died in prison camp. The fourth line under each picture gives the area in which the man last served. The list will be continued in future weeks.

Source: The Des Moines Sunday Register, March 12, 1944 (photos included)

Harold Muscoto was born May 1915 to James and Florence Cramer Muscoto. He died June 23, 1943 and is memorialized at Tablets of the Missing - Army, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines.

Sgt. Muscoto served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 319th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomb Group and was MIA/KIA in Indonesia. He was awarded the Purple Heart, Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross.

[alt spelling perhaps is Muscato]

Source: ancestry.com