Jasper County

Seaman 1/c Adam Louie Kling

 

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)

Adam Louie Kling was born Feb. 14, 1920 to Philip and Margaret May Brunner Kling. He died June 9, 1943 and is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, East Coast Memorial, New York, NY.

Petty Officer Kling served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and died of drowning while in the performance of his duties and in the service of his country. His remains were not recovered. He was MIA/KIA.

Source: ancestry.com