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
Earl Thornton Folkers was born Oct. 5, 1909 to Benjamin F. and Adeline Augusta VanderLas Folkers. He died Oct. 20, 1958 and is buried in Allison Cemetery, Allison, IA.
Sgt. Folkers served with the U.S. Army 357th Infantry in World War II. He was awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster.
Source: ancestry.com
