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)
Henrick Rudolph Jeduthun Hansen was born Oct. 29, 1919 to Hans Peter Kristian and Dora Kathrine Nielsen Hansen. He died Aug. 9, 1942 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines and has a cenotaph in Danish Cemetery, Slifer, IA.
Coxswain Hansen served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Quincy (CA-39) which was lost at the Battle of Savo Island. He was MIA/FOD/KIA and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
