Draft Board Minutes
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Minutes for October 5
Order No., Name, Previous Class., New Class.
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731 John De Vries 3-A _ 2A
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Source: Sioux County Capital Oct. 14, 1943 p 1 & 8
Inducted
The following men left Thursday, November 30, for Fort Snelling, Minn. for their pre-induction examination:
John Henry De Vries, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Source: Sioux County Capital Dec. 7, 1944 p 1
Inducted
The following men left Thursday, Jan. 4th, for Fort Snelling, Minn., where they will be inducted into the armed forces:
John Henry De Vries, Minneapolis, Minn
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Source: Sioux County Capital Jan 11, 1945 p 1
John De Vries, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. De Vries, leaves Thursday from Orange City for service in the army. John has been doing defense work at Minneapolis, Minn. for some time.
Source: Sioux Center News Jan. 4, 1945 p 1
Draft Board
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Minutes of January 16
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John Henry De Vries, ….., all from 1A to 1C Ind.
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Source: Sioux County Capital Jan. 25, 1945 p 1
Pvt. John De Vries, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. De Vries arrived home from Fort Knox, Kentucky on Thursday evening to spend a nine day furlough at the parental P. E. De Vries home. He will then report at Fort Ord, California, from where he expects to leave for service in the South Pacific.
Source: Sioux County Index May 31, 1945 p 8
ON FURLOUGH
Pvt. John De Vries, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. De Vries arrived home on his first (and last before he leaves the states) furlough having completed his training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. John entered the service in January of this year. He said he greatly enjoyed the News, and found that through it he was able to keep well informed on his friends in the service elsewhere as well as other home town events that interested him.
Source: Sioux Center News May 31, 1945 p 2
Furloughs
Name, Address and Expiration Date of Furlough
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John H. De Vries, Sioux Center 6-9-45
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Source: Sioux County Capital May 31, 1945 p 1
Wilmina De Vries, who is employed at Grand Rapids, Michigan, is enjoying a week’s visit at the parental P. E. De Vries home while her brother, Pvt. John De Vries is home on furlough from Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Source: Sioux County Index June 7, 1945 p 8
Pvt. John H. De Vries, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter De Vries, is now at Fort Ord, Calif. and has this address: 37783090, Co. A. 6th Regt. AGF-RC-Dep. No. 2, Fort Ord, Calif.
Source: Sioux Center News July 12, 1945 p 2
WAS IN ATOM BOMB AREA
John De Vries, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. De Vries, writes that he was recently in Hiroshima where the atom bomb first proved itself and he was able to judge for himself the extent of the destruction which he said was hard to believe without actually viewing it first-hand.
Source: Sioux Center News Jan. 3, 1946 p 5
Sunday visitors at the P.E. De Vries home included Mr. and Mrs. Ed De Groot and children of Edgerton, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. John De Beer and family of Carnes, and the William Huisman and Clarence Jonker families of Orange City. They all came home that day to see their brother John De Vries who had arrived home from overseas service in Japan on Saturday afternoon.
Source: Sioux Center News Sept. 26, 1946 p 4
Iowa, U. S., WWII Bonus Case Files 1947-1954, Claim No. 183501
John H. De Vries, SN 37783090, was born Oct. 1, 1912 in Orange City, Iowa, and lived at Box 266, Sioux Center, Iowa prior to entering the army on Jan. 5, 1945 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He departed for foreign service on Aug. 11, 1945 and returned on Sept. 11, 1946. He served with the 41st Division; 1874th Aviation Eng.; and Co. B, 240th Eng. while in service, and was discharged on Nov. 2, 1946.
Source: ancestry.com
