*last update 8/3/2023

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - S surnames KIA POW Died/nonbattle
Sandersfeld, Ernst Adolf X    
Sandersfeld, Victor      
Sayers, James Louis X    
Schaefer, Harold Henry X    
Sherman, Elmer Earl X    
Sperry, Clyde Oliver X    
Spratt, Leon F.      
Swain, Eugene A. X    
Swartzendruber, Carroll D. X    

Albert Leroy Simmons was born Oct. 31, 1923 to Chester Cornelius and Bertha Leona Grey Simmons. He died May 15, 2013 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.

Sgt. Simmons served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


Eldon Anthony Slager was born Jan. 23, 1921 to John F. and Hazel Margaret Figg Slager. He died Apr. 8, 1944 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands. He has a cenotaph in Oak Hill Cemetery, Williamsburg, IA. 

Sgt. Slager served in World War II as a Right Waist Gunner with the 8th Air Force, 787th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy. He was MIA/KIA on a bombing mission on B-24 #42-29365. 

Source: ancestry.com; fieldsofhonordatabase.com; abmc.gov 


Harry Hobart Slaymaker, Jr. was born May 29, 1925 to Harry Hobart (Sr.) and Mildred Elizabeth Hartgrave Slaymaker. He died Mar 7, 1945 and is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii. He was initially buried in the 3rd Marine Division Cemetery on Iwo Jim and returned for permanent burial in 1949.

Pvt. Slaymaker served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division and was KIA on Iwo Jima.

Source: ancestry.com


George Louis Smith was born Sept. 23, 1916 to William and Mary Lohe Smith. He died Oct. 28, 2000 and is buried in Victor Memorial Cemetery, Victor, IA.

George served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com


Oswald Willie Solbrig was born June 2, 1925 to Willie and Louise Solbrig. He died Apr. 7, 1945 and is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii. He was initially buried in USAF Cemetery Guam #2 Agat and returned to the U.S. in 1949.

Pvt. Solbrig served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division and was wounded in combat operations on Okinawa. He was evacuated to the USS Solace (AH-5) where he died of his wounds.

Source: ancestry.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019; updated Feb 2021 & Jun 2022 & Jul & Aug  2023

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