Hardin County

Sgt. Maurice Meyer

 

 

 

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)

Maurice Bertram Meyer was born Mar. 10, 1914 to Ivan Ido and Sara Goldena Meyer. He died Jan. 5, 1943 and is buried in North Africa American Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia and memorialized in Union Cemetery, Iowa Falls, IA.

Sgt. Meyer served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps and was KIA in North Africa. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com