IOWA’s HONOR ROLL
Here are more Iowans who have been killed in action. The final line beneath each picture gives the geographical location in which the man was killed. Additional Honor Roll pictures will be carried on future Sundays.
Source: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, January 2, 1944 (photo included)
Leo Priester was born Mar. 14, 1911 to William and Elizabeth Rink Priester. He died July 11, 1943 and is buried in Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy.
Pvt. Priester served in World War II with the U.S. Army 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division and was MIA/KIA and awarded the Purple Heart.
Sources: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
