25 Sioux County Young Men Get Induction Orders
The following named young men have been sent an Order to Report for Induction and they will leave for camp within the near future:
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2557 John R. De Groot, Ireton
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Source: Sioux County Index Mar. 26, 1942 p 1
Pvt. John R. De Groot, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ruert De Groot, expects a furlough soon. He left here last April and has been stationed at Camp Barkeley ever since. The past three weeks he has been out on maneuvers. His address is:
Pvt. John R. De Groot
Co. L., 358th Inf.
Camp Barkeley, Texas
P.S. Army
Source: Sioux Center News Nov. 19, 1942 p 2
PFC John R. De Groot, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ruert De Groot, was moved from Camp Barkeley, Texas to Shreveport, La. He will be out on maneuvers in the desert for 2 months. The boys there slept on the ground when it was 10 degrees above zero and almost froze. John’s address is: PFC John R. De Groot 37190272, Co. L. 358th Inf., APO 90, c/o Postmaster, Shreveport, La.
Source: Sioux Center News Jan. 28, 1943 p 10
Home On Furlough
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JOHN R. DE GROOT
John R. De Groot, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ruert De Groot, arrived home last Friday for a thirteen day furlough, the first since he entered the army a year ago last April. John has been stationed at Camp Barkeley, Texas, except for a few weeks in Louisiana on maneuvers. He is in the artillery. He is looking very good and has gained considerable weight since he entered the service.
Source: Sioux Center News Apr. 29, 1943 p 1
Pfc. John R. De Groot from a camp in Texas was a recent visitor at the home of his brother Dick De Groot.
Source: Sioux County Capital Aug. 19, 1943 p 7
MRS. RUERT DE GROOT
Mrs. Ruert De Groot nee Pietje Katze, 69, passed away suddenly last Wednesday evening Sept. 8 at her home in Sioux Center following a heart attack. She had not been ill previously and her passing away came very unexpectedly… Eight children survive. They are …; John R. De Groot at present in the service of the country;…
Source: Sioux County Capital Sept. 16, 1943 p 1
John R. De Groot, who was home last week following the death of his mother, has a new address, having just been transferred to California from Camp Barkeley, Texas. 37190272, Co. L. 358th Inf., APO 90, c/o Postmaster, Los Angeles, Calif. John has been in the service 19 months.
Source: Sioux Center News Sept. 23, 1943 p 2
Mrs. Peter Balkema feels sure she recognizes her brother, Pfc. John R. De Groot of Sioux Center, in a picture of U. S. injured on the Normandy beachhead awaiting transfer to hospitals in England. The picture appeared in the Sioux City paper June 10 and also in a California newspaper which her sister clipped and sent to her with a statement too that the injured soldier looked like John. No word has been received here that he is a casualty.
Source: Sioux County Capital June 22, 1944 p 2
WOUNDED IN ACTION
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PFC JOHN R. DE GROOT
Pfc. John R. De Groot, son of Mr. Ruert De Groot of Sioux Center has been wounded in action according to letters received by his father recently.
Mr. De Groot has not received any official word of his having been wounded. Friends recognized his picture in the June 10 issue of the Sioux City Journal among several boys who were wounded but were not sure it was him since no word was received of him.
It is supposed that he took part in the invasion because he wrote he was back in England. He also wrote that he had received a purple heart and at present was getting along well, though he made no mention of the nature of his wounds, nor where he had been.
Source: Sioux Center News July 13, 1944 p 2
Pfc. John R. De Groot, son of Mr. Ruert De Groot, who has been wounded in action and is now in a hospital in England has also a change of address which is on file at the News. His new APO number is 63, c/o Postmaster, New York City, N. Y.
Source: Sioux Center News July 13, 1944 p 8
Pfc. John R. De Groot has this new address:
Pfc. John R. De Groot
Det. of Patients
4150 U. S. Hospital Plant
APO 63, c/o Postmaster
New York City, N. Y.
Source: Sioux Center News July 20, 1944 p 2
Wounded Soldier Recovering
Pfc. John R. De Groot, son of Ruert De Groot, who was wounded in action recently writes from England that he is getting along fine and will be going back to active duty again soon. He received pictures of the June 16th storm which Mrs. Herb De Jong had sent him.
Source: Sioux Center News Aug. 17, 1944 p 1
BACK ON DUTY
After not having heard from his son for none weeks Mr. R. De Groot received a letter from Pfc. John R. De Groot the past week. John who was wounded in action the past summer was taken to the hospital in England and is now back with the same unit he was with before being wounded. His new address is:
Pfc. John R. De Groot 37190272
Prov. Def. Co. L., 358th Inf.
APO 50, c/o Postmaster
New York City, New York
Source: Sioux Center News Oct. 12, 1944 p 8
The new address of Pfc. John R. De Groot, 37190272, Hq. Co. 3rd Bn., 358th Inf., APO 90, c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y.
Source: Sioux Center News Aug. 16, 1945 p 4
BACK IN THE STATES
Pfc. John R. De Groot arrived in the states on Monday morning after being overseas for two years. He was also wounded in Germany during that time. He is expected home in the very near future.
Source: Sioux Center News Oct. 18, 1945 p 2
Servicemen Discharged
Servicemen who have filed discharges at the County Recorders Office at Orange City since Jan. 23 include:
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John R. De Groot, Ireton
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Source: Sioux Center News Jan. 31, 1946 p 12
Iowa, U.S. WWII Bonus Case Files 1947-1954 Claim Number 98364
John R. De Groot, ID# 37190272, was born August 16, 1907 at Ireton, Iowa and lived at RFD #3, Ireton, Iowa at the time he registered for the Selective Service. He entered active duty in the army on April 3, 1943 at Des Moines, Iowa, serving with Co. L 258th Infantry. He left for overseas duty on March 23, 1944 and returned on October 14, 1945. He was honorably discharged on October 30, 1945. His application for Bonus Pay was filed May 16, 1949, and he received $497.50 bonus pay for his service.
Source: ancestry.com
(Transcriber’s note: It is apparent from subsequent research, that the year John entered active service is incorrect, it should have been 1942, not 1943)
