IN UNIFORM.
Richard Vlaanderen, carpenter’s mate first class, accompanied by his wife, have departed for Norfolk, Va., after spending a 15-day furlough with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bauerly, 1423 Cook Street. For the last 18 months, he has been stationed in the Pacific on various types of ships, the last one being a transport. Three brothers are in the service.
Cpl. Maynard Bauerly is believed to be somewhere in the Philippines. Francis Bauerly, ship’s cook second class, is at Pearl Harbor, and Donald Bauerly, seaman first class, is stationed somewhere in the Pacific.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, February 11, 1945
***Further Research:
Richard Vlaanderen was born Aug. 18, 1915 to Jacob and Suzanne Meuleveld Vlaanderen. He died Jan. 19, 1996 and is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
