Military Involvement

Servicemen * Pr - surnames

John Letcher Propst was born Feb. 13, 1922 to John Letcher and Jennie Propst. He died Apr. 16, 1945 and is buried in East Lawn Cemetery, Sheldon, IA. He was initially buried in the 6th Marine Division Cemetery on Okinawa and returned to the U.S. in 1949.

Lt. Propst served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps 29th Marines, 6th Marine Division and was KIA in combat operations on Okinawa.

Source: ancestry.com

ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019