Polk County

 

Sgt. Dave Stearns

 

Dave Stearns was born Dec. 24, 1898 to Frank and Gussie Sammons Sterns. He died July 21, 1943 and was buried in Fort Des Moines Post Cemetery, Des Moines, IA. Fort Des Moines Post Cemetery is now defunct and remains from there were moved in June 1948 to Keokuk National Cemetery, Keokuk, IA.

Sgt. Stearns served in World War II with the U.S. Army Military Police Corps and died at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO while in the service of his country.

Source: ancestry.com