Rotter, Ira F.

Fireman First Class, who had been previously listed as missing, is now listed as having lost his life on Dec 18, 1944, in the Southwest Pacific when his ship was wrecked in a typhoon according to word received by his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Rotter of Cardin Oklahoma. Survived also by two children, Bill Rotter, age 5 and Emma Jane Rotter, age 3; two sisters, Mrs. Henrietta Betts of Cardin and Mrs. Charlene Moreland of Oakland California and his mother Mrs. Emma Medley of Independence Missouri.

The Navy Department released Tuesday, Mar 13, 1945, a list of casualties of the US Naval forces, including the name of Ira Fredrick Rotter, Fireman First Class, US Naval Reserve, the husband of Mrs. Edna Evelyn Rotter, Cardin. The Navy Department id not state how or when the casualties occurred or give other detail.

Those of Picher for whom Gold Star citations were given [killed in action] : Clyde F. Davis, Ira Fredrick Rotter, Fred James Cooper, Charles Merle Culter, avid Rowe Shuck, John A. Messer, Jr., Leroy Bert Chazell, William Russell Cotter, Alfred Leon Browning, Lester Ervin Miner, Williard Matthew Jennings, Walter Earl Hance, Charles H. Post, James William Matthews, Duke Kingfisher, Jewell D. Spriggs, Wayne P. Benson, Charles Sappington and Edwin B. Allgood.