NEWS of the Boys in the Service
S. Sgt. Ralph Kellen is spending a month’s furlough in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Kellen. Ralph is a member of Co. K. and has been overseas with them since they left in 1942. He was in Italy when he received his furlough. He will report for reassignment at the end of his furlough.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, August 10, 1944
***Further Research:
Ralph Nicholas Kellen was born May 21, 1916 to Nicholas J. “Nick" and Clara Wenner Kellen. He died Mar. 21, 1992 and is buried in Saint Michael Catholic Cemetery, Sioux Falls, SD.
Source: ancestry.com
