Wapello County

S/Sgt. Victor C. Saltzgaver

 

 

 

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)

Victor C. Saltzgaver was born July 17, 1920 to Lester E. and Bessie Bradshaw Saltzgaver. He died July 22, 1943 and is buried in North Africa American Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia and is memorialized in Eldon Cemetery, Eldon, IA.

Sgt. Saltzgaver served in World War II with the U.S. Army 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division and died in North Africa while in the service of his country.

Source: ancestry.com