Black Hawk County

Cpl. Harold I. Mapes

 

 

Iowa Honor Roll

These Iowans have given their lives for their country. Each man pictured here has been killed in combat or has died in a prison camp. This group includes the five Sullivan brothers of Waterloo, who went down with the Juneau. The fourth line under each picture indicates the area in which the man last served. Further Honor Roll photographs will be carried here later.

Source: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, February 27, 1944 (photo included)

Harold Ivan Mapes was born Mar. 7, 1920 to Orville and Edith Colvin Mapes. He died Apr. 8, 1943 and is buried in North Africa American Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia.

Cpl. Mapes served in World War II with the U.S. Army 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division and was KIA in North Africa.

Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov