MISSING IN WAR
Laurie J. Gillespie, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Gillespie, 1028 Hill avenue, has been reported missing in action in the Philippine islands where he saw service as an engineer in the aviation corps. He was a graduate of Central high school and attended Morningside college. Last word from him was a card sent February 14.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, June 2, 1942 (photo included)
TWO SIOUX CITY SOLDIERS HELD BY JAPANESE
Two Sioux Cityans, Private Laurie J. Gillespie, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Gillespie, 1029 Hill avenue and Private Charles W. Ellis, son of Mrs. Effie Ellis, 1303 12th street, were announced by the War Department at Washington Saturday as being prisoners of the Japanese.
Private Gillespie has been in the service since before the United States entered the war and was in the Philippine islands when the Japanese invaded. His parents received word May 30, 1942, that he was missing in action and recently were informed by Washington that he was held prisoner.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, April 24, 1943
