Notes About N.E. Iowans in the Service.
Ackley—Staff Sgt. Earl T. Folkers writes to friends in Ackley that he is slowly recovering from shrapnel wounds and jaundice, in a hospital somewhere in England. While he is feeling good he cannot leave the hospital. Earl was inducted in the spring of 1942 and went overseas last January. He was in Paris en route to the hospital. He has a brother, Staff Sgt. Calvin V. L. Folkers, in training at Ft. Jackson, S.C.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, December 6, 1944
Calvin VanderLas Folkers was born Feb. 18, 1908 to Benjamin F. and Adeline Augusta VanderLas Folkers. He died Sept. 15, 1957 and is buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA.
Sgt. Folkers serve with the U.S. Army Infantry in World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
