John Van Veen #2

VAN VEEN

Posted By: Jeanie Belding (email)
Date: 6/17/2021 at 19:00:17

Source: Pella Chronicle (Pella, Iowa, USA), January 16, 1919, pg. 1

Memorial Service
The first of the Pella boys to fall in the national service during the war was John Van Veen. He was a member of the famous 168th, which was so fearfully decimated in the fighting in the early part of the offensive, which began July 18. He was severely wounded July 28 and died of his wounds two days later. A memorial service in his honor will be held at the Second Reformed church Sunday evening, Jan. 19, at 7:30 o'clock. Men in uniform are especially invited and will be seated in a body after assembling in the Sunday school rooms.