Our Neighbors in the Services
Sheldon, Iowa –
Seaman Boyd P. Ellerbroek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ellerbroek, is home on furlough.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, July 12, 1943
Mrs. Boyd Ellerbroek has gone to New York City to be with her husband, until he is called back to overseas duty. Mrs. Ellerbroek is the former Charlotte Clabaugh.
Source: Webster City Freeman, Webster City, IA - Nov. 16, 1944
BOYD ELLERBROEK REPORTED KILLED IN SOUTH PACIFIC
Word has been received here of the death in the Pacific of Boyd P. Ellerbroek, F C 3-c, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ellerbroek, Jr., of Sheldon, Iowa.
Husband of the former Charlotte Clabaugh, of this city, the sailor was reported killed in action in the south Pacific while serving aboard a minesweeper.
He had served several months in the European theater of war before returning to the United States last October and being transferred to duty in the south Pacific.
Besides his parents, and his wife, he is survived by one sister living in California.
Source: Webster City Freeman, Webster City, IA - May 15, 1945
DEATH OF BOYD ELLERBROEK IN SOUTH PACIFIC
Boyd Ellerbroek, Fire Controlman, 3/c, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ellerbroek of near Sheldon, has been killed in action in the Pacific, according to a message from the War Department received last Friday afternoon. He was on a mine sweeper. –Sheldon Mail.
Source: The Sioux Center News, May 24, 1945
Application for Military Marker
Boyd P. Ellerbroek
Born: 16 Nov 1924
Killed in Action: 16 Apr 1945
Marker requested for East Lawn Cemetery, Sheldon, Iowa
Note: His wife was a W.C. native and living in Webster City while he was serving. He was serving aboard the minesweeper, USS Harding (DMS-28) at the time of his death.
