Plymouth County

Orville Bonnema
 

 

 

Bernard J. Geary, Vincent E. Geary, Bernard H. Mohan and Orville Bonnema enlisted in the marines at Des Moines, Wednesday. The first two named are brothers.

Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Sept. 25, 1942

ORVILLE BONNEMA--Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bonnema of LeMars, enlisted in the Marines in September. He was sent to San Diego, where he was assigned to a tank school. He writes home that he is highly pleased with his choice of the Marines as his branch of the service.

Source: LeMars Globe-Post, April 8, 1943 (photo included)

More Pictures of Plymouth Countyans In Service

Source: LeMars Globe-Post, January 1, 1945 (photo included)

***Further Research:

Orville Arthur Bonnema was born Aug. 14, 1922 to Harry and Dorothea “Dora" Mohlman Bonnema. He died Mar. 13, 1991 and is buried in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, OR.

Source: ancestry.com