MARCUS SOLDIER MISSING
Mrs. Roy Scherner Tuesday received word from the War Department stating that her brother, Eilert Seggerman, is “missing in the performance of his duty,” says the Remsen Bell-Enterprise.
Eilert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harm Seggerman of Marcus, formerly of Remsen, was a machinist mate, first class, in the Navy air corps and was on patrol duty between Nova Scotia and England.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, March 22, 1943
NEWS OF THE BOYS IN THE SERVICE.
Mrs. Roy Scherner of Remsen Tuesday received word from the War Department stating that her brother, Eilert Seggerman, is “missing in the performance of his duty.” Eilert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harm Seggerman of Marcus, formerly of Remsen, was a machinist mate, first class, in the navy air corps and was on patrol duty between Nova Scotia and England.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, March 23, 1943
SEGGERMAN, DEAD NAVY
Previously Reported Missing, He Is One of 17 Changed
Eilert William Seggerman, of Remsen, brother of Mrs. Alma Scherner of Remsen, who had been reported missing in a previous Navy casualty list, of March 19, 1943, is known to be dead, a revised list of casualties announced Monday makes clear.
Seggerman’s name was among 17 whose status was changed by later information received by the Navy department.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, April 8, 1943
News of the Boys in the Service
Eilert William Seggerman of Remsen, who was reported March 19 as missing as a Navy casualty, was this week reported as dead. He is a brother of Mrs. Alma Scherner of Remsen.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, April 9, 1943
Pfc. Leland Thill, who has seen much of the world since going into the Navy in September, 1940, arrived Thursday for a brief visit with his parents, reports the Remsen Bell-Enterprise. They are Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Thill. Leland took part in the memorial services for Eilert Seggerman at Christ Lutheran church Thursday afternoon [April 22, 1943.]
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, April 26, 1943
Plymouth County World War II Dead
Seggerman, Eilert Wm., Navy—Dead as of 4-5-43. Sister: Mrs. Alma Scherner, Remsen.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, January 4, 1946
Remsen Bell Enterprise: The body of Eilert W. Seggerman, hero of World War II who lost his life in Greenland March 3, 1943, while convoying airplanes to Ireland arrived in Remsen last Friday and will be laid to rest Sunday afternoon in the Remsen cemetery, with military honors. Eilert was born on a farm near Remsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harm Seggerman, who now make their home at Marcus. He enlisted in the Navy in October, 1937, at the age of 18, and for seven years saw duty at San Diego, Miami, the Panama Canal Zone, Greenland and Newfoundland. The body rested in a grave in the United States military cemetery in Newfoundland and along with others was brought to this country last month on the army transport Joseph F. Connolly, landing in New York harbor. The body was destined for burial in the Army memorial cemetery in Los Angeles but the parents applied for its transfer to his old home town. The request was immediately granted. Besides the parents in Marcus, the young Navy man is survived by four brothers and seven sisters. They are: Robert, Marcus; Herman, Kingsley; Harm Jr., Meriden; William, Los Angeles; Mrs. Roy Scherner, Mrs. John Ott and Mrs. Gilbert Wictor, Remsen; Mrs. Dale Dorr, Marcus; Mrs. Marvin Johnson, Paullina; Mrs. James Rexroat, Sioux City and Mrs. Albert Strand, Los Angeles.
Source: Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Nov. 25, 1947, page 1.
Eilert William Seggerman was born Feb. 7, 1918 to Harm Johnson and Grace M. Seggerman. He died Mar. 3, 1943 and is buried in Remsen Cemetery, Remsen, IA.
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