Carroll County

Pvt. Oliver L. Wenck

 

 

OUR MEN IN SERVICE

AT MIAMI BEACH
Lidderdale (THNS)—Pvt. Oliver L. Wenck, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Wenck of Lidderdale, who was formerly at Buckley Field, Denver, now has the following address: Pvt. Oliver L. Wenck, 908 T.G., B.T.C. No. 9, A.A.F.T.C. Flight 821, Miami Beach, Fla.

Source: Carroll Times-Herald, July 24, 1943

Oliver Lavern “Ollie" Wenck was born Oct. 9, 1923 to Daniel M. and Freida Harmening Wenck. He died Jan. 15, 2013 and is buried in Immanuel Cemetery, Lidderdale, IA.

Oliver served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps as a clerk typist.

Source: ancestry.com