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)
Russell Otto Seaman was born Oct. 22, 1917 to George William and Lillian May Johnson Seaman. He died Dec. 7, 1941 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii, at the USS Arizona Memorial, and in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, IA.
Petty Officer Seaman served with the U.S. Navy in World War II aboard the USS Arizona (BB-39) and was KIA in the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
