Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Sp - surnames |
LeRoy Speer was born Mar. 11, 1901 to William A. and Nettie May Meeker Speer. He died Aug. 24. 1947 and is buried in Geneseo Cemetery, Buckingham, IA.
Pvt. Speer served in World War II with the U.S. Army Service Command.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert C. and Amy Webster Speirs Family
Robert Wayne Speirs was born Feb. 10, 1918 to Robert C. and Amy Webster Speirs. He died Mar. 15, 1976 and is buried in Buckingham Cemetery, Traer, IA.
Robert served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
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Sandy Speirs was born Jan. 11, 1916 to Robert C. and Amy Webster Speirs. He died Apr. 7, 1994 and is buried in Buckingham Cemetery, Traer, IA.
Sandy served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
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Wilfred Speirs was born Nov. 7, 1914 to Robert C. and Amy Webster Speirs. He died July 16, 1997 and is buried in Buckingham Cemetery, Traer, IA.
Wilfred served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Glenn Wesley Spragle was born Mar. 6, 1917 to James Frederick and Mary McNeal Spragle. He died Mar. 1, 1942 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines and in Maplewood Cemetery, Vinton, IA.
Petty Officer Spragle served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Houston (CA-30) when that vessel was sunk during an engagement with enemy ships in the Sunda Straits. He was MIA/FOD/KIA and awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Keith Frederick Springer was born Mar. 24, 1925 to Fred L. and Bess E. Ferguson Springer. He died Jan. 14, 1945 and is buried in Epinal American Cemetery, Dinoze, France.
Pvt. Springer served in World War II with the U.S. Army 56th Armored Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Division. He was KIA and awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com; fieldsofhonordatabase.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Jun 2021; updated Jun 2023