Humboldt County

 

Capt. Lawrence H. Devine

 

 

 

Lawrence H. Devine was born Dec. 6, 1916 to John G. and Clara S. Hanson Devine. He died Oct. 3, 1945 and has a cenotaph in Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Humboldt, IA.

Capt. Devine was a member of the 61st Bomber Squadron, 39th Bomber Group, 314th Bombardment Wing, serving with the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. He is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii. He was declared MIA/Lost at Sea near Guam. Capt. Devine was the recipient of the Air Medal.

Sources: World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel from Iowa; ancestry.com