DeJager, Pfc. Norman 1925-1945

DEJAGER

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 9/23/2010 at 19:12:15

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Friday, May 3, 1945

NORMAN DE JAGER REPORTED DEAD IN PHILIPPINES
Last Week He Was Reported Wounded In Leyte

Mr. and Mrs. Ed DeJager, residing at 227 Second street SW., were notified by the War Department on Wednesday evening that their son, Pfc. Norman DeJager, died of wounds on Leyte on April 14.

Pfc. DeJager entered the service on October 3, 1943, at took his basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas. He went overseas in March, 1944.

Norman DeJager was born in LeMars on July 15, 1925, and was 19 years of age at the time of his death. He attended school in LeMars but left for service before completion of his studies.

Besides his parents, he is survived by one brother, Donald.

Mr. and Mrs. De Jager had been notified by the War Department last week that their son was recovering from shrapnel wounds in a hospital somewhere in the Philippines.