*last update 8/3/2023

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - S surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Schaefer, Arthur George X      
Schenke, Harold Benjamin X      
Shaffer, Charles Marion DOW      
Sheppard, Russell E. X     X
Sly, John D.       X
Synstelien, Carling        

Laurence John Schechtman was born Mar. 19, 1923 to Henry C. and Bertha T. Morman Schechtman. He died Mar. 31, 1945 and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Court 1, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii and has a cenotaph in Saint Josephs Cemetery, Greeley, IA.

Petty Officer Schechtman served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Bogue (CVE-9) and USS Anzio (CVE-57). He died while in the service of his country.

Source: ancestry.com


Earl Emory Schmidt was born Feb. 16, 1918 to Albert and Anna Martha Lynch Schmidt. He died July 19, 2000 and is buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Ryan, IA. 

Earl served with the U.S. Army in World War II. 

Source: ancestry.com 


Benjamin Thomas Sherman was born Apr. 15, 1917 to Eric Lyle and Ella Thomas Sherman. He died Apr. 16, 1973 and is buried in Grant View Cemetery, Greeley, IA. 

Petty Officer Sherman served with the U.S. Navy in World War II. 

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Kenneth Charles Sherman was born June 21, 1921 to Eric Lyle and Ella Thomas Sherman. He died Dec. 28, 1989 and is buried in Grant View Cemetery, Greeley, IA. 

MSgt. Sherman served with the U.S. Air Force in World War II and Korea. 

Source: ancestry.com 


Richard Edwin Swanson was born Oct. 6, 1918 to Axel W. and Ella Mattson Swanson. He died July 16, 1944 and is buried in Pine View Cemetery, Delaware, IA.

Pvt. Swanson served in World War II with the U.S. Army 117th Infantry.

Source: ancestry.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019; updated Jul 2020 & Jul 2022 & Jul & Aug  2023

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