Military Involvement
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Frank Thomas Silk was born Dec. 1, 1918 to John Peter and Minnie May Kemling Silk. He died Feb. 18, 2012 and is buried in Griswold Cemetery, Pottawattamie County, IA.
Frank served in World War II with the U.S. Army 74th Field Artillery Battalion.
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Russell Edward Joseph James “Rusty” Silk was born May 14, 1913 to John Peter and Minnie May Kemling Silk. He died Feb. 8, 1985 and is buried in Pleasant Township Cemetery, Griswold, IA.
Sgt. Silk served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 65th Fighter Wing.
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Lee Francis Silk was born May 10, 1908 to John Peter and Minnie May Kemling Silk. He died Dec. 1, 1991 and is buried in Hillside Cemetery, Elliott, IA.
Lee served in World War II with the U.S. Army under Gen. Patton with the Third Army in the European Theatre. He was awarded the Purple Heart with three clusters.
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Harold John Silk was born Dec. 22, 1922 to John Peter and Minnie May Kemling Silk. He died July 3, 2007 and is buried in Hillside Cemetery, Elliott, IA.
Harold served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
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Elmer Charles Silk was born Nov. 28, 1924 to John Peter and Minnie May Kemling Silk. He died May 29, 1998 and is buried in Pleasant Township Cemetery, Griswold, IA.
Elmer served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Lester Ernest Silvey was born Nov. 17, 1917 to Austin and Alvina Turke Silvey. He died Mar. 18, 1972 and is buried in Atlantic Cemetery, Atlantic, IA.
Lester served in World War II with the U.S. Army. He also served in Korea and Vietnam.
Source: ancestry.com
Glen A. Simonton was born Dec. 26, 1915 to Melville C. and Anna Kenney Simonton. He died Nov. 26, 1976 and is buried in Anderson Cemetery, Anderson, MO.
Glen served in World War II with the U.S. Army 529th Engineer Light Pontoon Company, Camp Swift, TX and in the European Theatre of Operations.
Source: ancestry.com
Frederick Holland “Fritz” Simpson was born Oct. 31, 1927 to Frederick Deford and Gladys Ethel Holland Simpson. He died June 28, 2014 and is buried in Atlantic Cemetery, Atlantic, IA.
Fritz served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8).
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019