NEWS of the Boys in the Service
Cpl. Kenneth Popken is spending a leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Popken, at their farm home near Craig. Cpl. Popken was seriously wounded in the right shoulder in the European fighting and will return to an army hospital for further treatment.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, June 12, 1945
***Further Research:
Kenneth Norman Popken was born Mar. 24, 1917 to Otto William and Emma Marienau Popken. He died Apr. 12, 1996 and is buried in Buttram Chapel Cemetery, Pea Ridge, Arkansas.
Source: ancestry.com
