LIST ONAWA OFFICER MISSING IN ACTION
WASHINGTON, (AP)—The War Department listed 16 Iowa soldiers as missing in action in the European, Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific areas. Among those missing in the European sector is 2nd Lt. Charles W. Beigel of Onawa.
Source: Council Bluffs Nonpareil, May 7, 1944
ONAWA SOLDIER HELD PRISONER OF WAR
WASHINGTON, (AP)—The War Department made public Monday the names of seven Iowa soldiers who are held prisoners of war by Germany.
Listed were 2nd Lt. Charles W. Beigel, Onawa; S. Sgt. Ralph P. Butler, Muscatine; T. Sgt. Mearl I. Cline, Waterloo; S. Sgt. Vern R. Lines, Rockford; 2nd Lt. Louis Oppenham, Des Moines; S. Sgt. Lloyd J. Roberts, Oskaloosa; and 2nd Lt. James H. Thomson, Storm Lake.
Source: Council Bluffs Nonpareil, May 29, 1944
SEVEN IOWANS HELD PRISONER
Washington, May 31—(INS)—The War Department today announced the names of 568 soldiers who are held as prisoners of war by Germany.
Iowans included: 2nd Lt. Charles W. Beigel, Onawa; S/Sgt. Ralph P. Butler, Muscatine; T/Sgt. Mearl I. Cline, Waterloo; S/Sgt. Vern R. Lines, Rockford; 2nd Lt. Louis Oppenham, Des Moines; S/Sgt. Lloyd J. Roberts, Oskaloosa; 2nd Lt. James H. Thomson, Storm Lake.
Source: Atlantic News Telegraph, Atlantic, Iowa, Wednesday, May 31, 1944
Charles Wayne “Wayne” Beigel was born Dec. 20, 1922 to John Steven and Lillian Douglas Charles Cummins Beigel. He died Dec. 17, 2019 and is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Steubenville, OH.
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