REMSEN MAN IS KILLED ON D-DAY IN NORMANDY
Former Iowa Public Service Employee In LeMars
Sgt. Floyd Corrington, a former employee of the Iowa Public Service company in LeMars and a brother-in-law of Mrs. Harold Kolker of this city, is the first to be reported killed from this county in the invasion of Normandy.
The Remsen-Bell Enterprise prints the following story of his death: “Mr. and Mrs. Anton J. Duster received word that their son-in-law, Sgt. Floyd (Bud) Corrington, a paratrooper fell before enemy fire on “D” day, June 6.
Sgt. Corrington, 31 years old, was the husband of the former Mildred Duster. Word of the fatality was received by the Dusters from their daughter who lives at Wilmington, N.C., where her husband was stationed in training before going overseas.
Sgt. Corrington was with the American forces in England, training for the big invasion opening and was one of the first to fall, presumably after landing from one of the fortresses. Mrs. Corrington was informed by the War Department which stated that further details are to follow but to date the local family have received no further information.
Before going into the armed services three years ago, Corrington was a lineman for the Bell Telephone Co. in Los Angeles, where the couple resided. Before going West he was a lineman for the Iowa Public Service Co., in LeMars, and was well known there and in the Remsen territory. Mr. and Mrs. Corrington were married seven years."
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, July 7, 1944
Floyd Jakob ”Bud” Corrington was born Mar. 31, 1915. He died June 6, 1944 and is buried in Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
Sgt. Corrington served with the U.S. Army 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and was KIA and awarded the Purple Heart. He jumped into Normandy from C-47 Skytrain #42-100843 as part of Stick 62, Serial 12, piloted by George H. Pender of the 91st Troop Carrier Squadron. Corrington’s jump-master and platoon commander on D-Day was Lt. Ronald C. Speirs.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
