The Associated Press report, issued under a Washington dateline, follows:
Eleven of the men, including one officer, were killed in Africa and two were killed in the southwest Pacific.
Following is the list of Iowans killed in Africa:
Capt. Edwin C. Novak, mother, Mrs. Mary F. M Novak (1035 Second street SE) Cedar Rapids;
Sgt. Otto P. Boettcher, mother, Mrs. Emma A. Boettcher, Storm Lake;
Pvt. Leland P. Christensen, mother, Mrs. Edith M. Christensen (1508 S. Maple) Sioux City;
Sgt. Noah J. Davis, wife, Mrs. Frances K. Davis, route 3, Centerville;
Sgt. Paul M. Denison, father, George E. Denison, route 3, Atlantic;
Pfc. Melvin J. Goecke (615 N. Eighth street), Estherville;
Sgt. Stanford S. Johnston, wife, Mrs. Doris S. Johnston, Box 3, Bridgewater;
Sgt. Robert J. Kliegl, route 1, Osgood;
Corp. Henry F. Ohlendorf, father, Henry H. Ohlendorf, route 1, Marcus; Corp. Ben B. Sanford, father, Wilford A. Sanford (29 Fifth street) Oelwein;
Sgt. Leon D. Stipe, mother, Mrs. Mabel Stipe, Clarinda.
Killed in the southwest Pacific:
Donald J. Carpenter, mother, Mrs. Hilda M. Carpenter, route 2, Estherville;
The War Department’s national list also included Pvt. Harold J. Doecher of Beemer, Neb., whose mother’s address is route 1, Beemer. He was killed in Africa.
Source: Carroll Times, Monday, January 4, 1943
Noah James Davis was born Dec. 4, 1919 to Jess and Edna Hunt Davis. He died Nov. 8, 1942 and is buried in Dale Cemetery, Centerville, IA.
Sgt. Davis served with the U.S. Army, 168th Infantry, 34th Division in World War II. He was KIA in Algeria, North Africa.
Source: ancestry.com
