OUR NEIGHBORS in the SERVICE
Ute, Iowa—Sergeant Earl S. Tharp, formerly of Ute, has been missing in action since May 13. His wife and infant son reside in Omaha. He went to England, a tail gunner on a bomber.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, June 7, 1943
Earl Sherman Tharp was born June 4, 1920 to Marion and Elsie Churchill Tharp. He died May 13, 1943 and is buried in Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
Sgt. Tharp served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 365th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Sources: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
