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)
John William Roach, Jr. was born July 30, 1916 to John W. (Sr.) and Grace Ann Griffin Roach. He died June 23, 1943 and is buried in Saint Marys Cemetery, Muscatine, IA.
Sgt. Roach served in World War II with the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps and died in the North African area as a result of injuries.
Source: ancestry.com
