Jefferson County

Lt. George McClain

 

 

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)

George Ogden McClain was born Dec. 5, 1917 to Frank L. and Charlotte I. Ogden McClain. He died June 11, 1943 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 4, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Lt. McClain served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps and died in an airplane crash at sea near Palmyra Island in the South Pacific.

Source: ancestry.com