EDWIN G. EILERS RECEIVES PURPLE HEART FOR WAR WOUNDS
Pvt. Edwin G. Eilers, son of H. G. Eilers of Craig, returned from 24 months overseas in the European theater of operations on the U. S. Hospital ship, Larkspur. He is temporarily being treated at Stark General Hospital, Charleston, S. D., prior to being transferred to another Army hospital for definite treatment. He has been awarded the Purple Heart medal.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post,
February 12, 1945
***Further Research:
Edwin Gerhard Eilers was born Oct. 27, 1919 to Henry Gerhard and Talka Maria “Mary” Pageler Eilers. He died Oct. 10, 2001 and is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
