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
John Wilson “Jack” Meck was born Sept. 12, 1919 to John Henry and Sarah Jane Wilson Meck. He died Apr. 15, 1945 and Pvt. Meck is buried in Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands and has a cenotaph in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA..
Pvt. Meck served in World War II with the U.S. Army in a tank destroyer unit of the 9th Army and was KIA in Germany. He was awarded the Bronze Star.
Source: ancestry.com; fieldsofhonordatabase
