Cerro Gordo County

Corp. Merle Cripe

 

 

The War Department also announced the names of 11 Iowa soldiers who are prisoners of war interned by Italy. They are:
Pvt. Melvin Brue, Lake Mills;
Corp. Merle Cripe, Rockwell City;
Pvt. Alvin C. Crouse, Storm Lake;
Staff Sergeant Charles R. Gillespie, Red Oak;
Pvt. Eldon D. Patterson, Rockwell City;
Pvt. (f.c.) Merlene H. Rold, Avoca;
Corp. Earl F. Schenck, Villisca;
Pvt. Michael M. Stern, Sioux City;
Sergt. John W. Wagner, Council Bluffs;
Staff Sergeant Sam L. Willoughby, Cumberland;
Pvt. (f.c.) Francis X. Zembsch, Cherokee.

Source: The Des Moines Register, Tuesday, July 20, 1943

Merle Cecil Cripe was born July 27, 1918 to Charles Merle and Ora Mae Cecil Cripe. He died Sept. 22, 1989 and is buried Rosehill Cemetery, Rockwell City, IA.

Source: ancestry.com