Oliver Grant Sprau
| Entered Service: | November 27, 1943 |
| Branch of Service: | Infantry |
| Trained: | Camp Fannin, Texas |
| Camp Van Dorn, Miss. | |
| Embarkation: | August, 1944 |
| Theatre of Operation: | European |
| Engagements: | Northern France, Battle of the Bulge, Central Germany, Rhineland |
| Awarded: | Combat Infantry Badge, European Theatre Ribbon, Unit Presidential Citation, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Ribbon, 4 Campaign Stars |
| Returned to US: | August 21, 1945 |
| Discharged: | Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, October 22, 1945 |
| Rank: | Private First Class |
| Served: | 23 months |
| Parents: | Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. (Lydia) Sprau |
| Wife: | Evelyn M. Sprau |
Source: Service Record Book of Men & Women World War II, Meservey, Iowa, p. 21 (photo included)
Oliver Grant Sprau was born Apr. 4, 1909 to Frederick Clarence and Lidia Carolina Mayer Sprau. He died Mar. 16, 1983 and is buried in Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Latimer, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
