Plymouth County

S/Sgt. Jack Rickabaugh

 

 

FOUR RICKABAUGH BROTHERS SERVING IN ARMED FORCES

Dale Rickabaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Rickabaugh, left last week for San Diego, Calif., to take his boot training at the Naval training station. He notified his parents Monday that he had arrived at the station.
Mr. and Mrs. Rickabaugh have three sons already in service. Max Rickabaugh is in the Navy at the air base at San Diego, Calif., and is an aviation ordinance man second class. Private George Rickabaugh is at the San Diego Naval hospital. Staff Sergeant Jack Rickabaugh is in the Fifth Army somewhere in Italy. He was a member of Company K and left for service with the first contingent for camp and has been overseas since February, 1942.

Source: LeMars Sentinel, July 18, 1944

***Further Research:

Jack Wilson Rickagaugh was born Ssept. 20, 1918 to Claude Pat and Hazel Palmer Rickabaugh. He died Jan. 20, 2005 and is buried in Resthaven Cemetery, LeMars, IA.

Source: ancestry.com