Sioux Cityans Among Officers Given Promotions
Washington—The war department announced Tuesday temporary for 15 Iowans as follows:
First Lieutenant to Captain—Dores J. Riedeman, Alton and Chauncey E. Heffernan, Sioux City.
Second Lieutenant to First Lieutenant- Harvey N. Wilberg, Ringsted; Douglas E. Oakleaf, Sioux City.
The department also announced appointment of several Iowans as second lieutenants in the infantry reserve. They included Ward R. Swanson, Rockwell City, and Kenneth M. Clancy, Walker.
First Lieut. Thoburn Speicher, Early, Iowa has been ordered to report for active duty.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, October 12, 1943
Dores Johannes Riedeman was born Aug. 6, 1906 to Herman and Berdina Rexwinkel Riedeman. He died Jan. 1972 and is buried in Nassau Township Cemetery, Alton, IA.
Dores served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
