BAKKUM, Glenn A. 1921-1951

BAKKUM

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/16/2009 at 12:24:00

#1:

LAST RITES HELD FOR
GLEN BAKKUM,
MITCHELL WORLD WAR II VET

Funeral services for Glen Bakkum, 28, World War II veteran and former resident of Mitchell who died at Mason City last Friday were held Tuesday, April 17, 1951 at the Lutheran Church in Osage with the Rev. T. P. Solem officiating.

Mr. Bakkum had been hospitalized repeatedly for the past eight years with an illness contracted while in the service.

Military honors and burial were conducted in the St. Ansgar Cemetery, in the family lot.

St. Ansgar Enterprise, April 1951 (St. Ansgar Museum Collection)

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#2: Headstone Application

Glen A. Bakkum
b: 23 AUG 1921
d: 13 APR 1951
Burial: First Lutheran Cemetery, St. Ansgar, Iowa

Enlisted: 8 AUG 1942
S/N: 37425916
Co. A. 348th Engineer Combat Bat., Corps of Engineers.
Birthplace: Mitchell County, Iowa
Technician Fifth Grade "T/5"
Transferred to Enlisted Reserve Corps 3 JUL 1943
Honorably Separated on 29 SEP 1944

(Source: Mil. Vet. 1925-1963 --- Ancestry.com)
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#3: 1930 CENSUS--

Glen A. Bakkum
Age: 7
b: abt 1923, Iowa

Father: Gilbert Bakkum - b: Norway
Mother Julia Bakkum

Household:
Gilbert, 55
Julia, 50
Birger, 26
Johan L., 22
Clarence G., 18
Gerhard J., 16
Anna M., 12
Glen A., 7
Evan L. Bakkum, 45

(Source: Ancestry.com)
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#4:

First Lutheran Cemetery listing on IaGenWeb, and the official First Lutheran listing, shows:

Glenn A. Bakkum 1921 -- 13 APR 1951 - (loc) 133-5