Grundy County

Pfc. Arnold Gelder

 

Iowa Honor Roll

These Iowans, like those pictured here on previous Sundays, have given their lives for their country. They were fatally wounded in combat or died in prison camps. The fourth line under each name designates the war area in which the man last served.

Source: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, March 5, 1944 (photo included)

Arnold Heinrich Gelder was born Mar. 28, 1919 to Dick and Marie Grau/Gray Gelder. He died July 22, 1943 and is buried in Wellsburg Reformed Church Cemetery, Wellsburg, IA.

Pvt. Gelder served in World War II with the U.S. Army 753rd Tank Battalion and was KIA in the North African area while serving his country.
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Dick Lammert Gelder was born Apr. 28, 1915 to Dick and Marie Grau/Gray Gelder. He died Jan. 22, 1978 and is buried in Wellsburg Reformed Church Cemetery, Wellsburg, IA.

Pvt. Gelder served in World War II with the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
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Stoffer Jans Gelder was born Apr. 29, 1917 to Dick and Marie Grau/Gray Gelder. He died July 17, 1996 and is buried in First Presbyterian Cemetery, Kamrar, IA.

Sgt. Gelder served in World War II with the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
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Gerrit George Gelder was born Feb. 28, 1923 to Dirk “Dick" and Marie Grau/Gray Gelder. He died Apr. 8, 2010 and is buried in Welsburg Reformed Church Cemetery, Wellsburg, IA.

Sgt. Gelder served in World War II with the U.S. Army 718th Railway Operating Battalion.
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Leonard Edwin Gelder was born Jan. 30, 1924 to Dick and Marie Grau/Gray Gelder. He died May 15, 2010 and is buried in Wellsburg Reformed Church Cemetery, Wellsburg, IA.

Sgt. Gelder served in World War II with the U.S. Army in the European Theatre of Operations.

Source: ancestry.com