Iowa’s World War II Honor Roll
These Iowans, like the ones pictured in this section last Sunday, have given their lives for their country. They came from all sections of the state, from all walks of life, and they rest today in strange and far away but never-to-be forgotten places. The final line beneath each photograph tells the geographical area in which the man was serving. Additional pictures of Iowans who have been killed in combat will be carried on future Sundays.
Source: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, December 12, 1943 (photo included)
Edwin Nelson Odgaard was born Nov. 12, 1917 to Chris Nelson and Petra Jensen Odgaard. He died Dec. 7, 1941 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 1, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii and has a cenotaph in Union Cemetery, Humboldt, Iowa.
Petty Officer Odgaard served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Utah (AG-16) and was MIA/FOD/KIA in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He remains with his ship as a part of the USS Utah Memorial.
Source: ancestry.com
