Wounds Fatal To Stagner
Corp. Tech. Keith Eugene Stagner, 19, previously reported wounded in action in North Africa on Feb. 28 died of wounds on Mar. 2, his parents have been notified.
Corporal Stagner is the son of Clarence E. Stagner of Centerville, Ia., and Mrs. Ila Little, 2745 E. Market st., Des Moines.
He enlisted in the national guard in 1941 and after training at Camp Claiborne, La., and in North Ireland, was sent to North Africa. His last letter home, postmarked Feb. 2, was received on Mar. 4, two days after he had died.
Corporal Stagner attended the Centerville schools and before his enlistment was employed in a florist shop operated by his uncle, Victor Stagner.
Besides his parents and uncle, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Paul Ervin, Cincinnati, Ia., and Evelyn Stagner, Centerville; two half-brothers, Delbert and Donald Davis, Centerville; two grandparents, Mrs. Minnie Stagner, Centerville, and T. L. Patterson, Chariton, Ia.; and two other uncles, Arthur Stagner, Ottumwa, Ia., and Creed Patterson, Exline, Ia.
Source: Des Moines Tribune, March 27, 1943 (photo included)
Iowa Honor Roll
These Iowans, like those pictured here on previous Sundays, have given their lives for their country. They were fatally wounded in combat or died in prison camps. The fourth line under each name designates the war area in which the man last served.
Source: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, March 5, 1944 (honor roll photo included)
Keith E. Stagner was born Apr. 9, 1923 to Clarence and Ida Urcel Stagner. He died Mar. 2, 1943 and is buried in the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.
Sgt. Stagner served in World War II with the U.S. Army 133rd Infantry, 34th Division. He died in the North Africa area and was awarded a Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
