Ray Wells Mardesen was born Dec. 5, 1917 to Thomas and Grace L. Wells Mardesen. He died Jan. 5, 1944 and is buried in the Exira Cemetery, Exira, IA.
Cpl. Mardesen served in World War II with the U.S. Army and was KIA in the European Theatre of Operations, Salerno, Italy.
Sources: ancestry.com
