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51 GOLD STARS SHOW COUNTY LOSS IN
WAR
Observance
of Memorial Day was given double solemnity and increased understanding
in many Cherokee county homes this year as news has come from far flung
fighting fields recording the fact that 51 Cherokee county young men
have "given the last full measure of devotion" through sacrifice of
their lives in the present World War II.
A list of these 51 has been gathered through the painstaking efforts of
Ivan Zeigenbusch, who has charge of the County Services Board, on which
is being recorded the names of all Cherokee county men and women
entering the armed services.
The
list of Gold Star individuals is as following:
| Wesley Brown, Washta |
Ernest Crane, Cherokee |
Thomas Robert Dalton, Marcus |
| Forrest B. Johnson, Cherokee |
Delbert E. Johnson, Cherokee |
Henry F. Ohlendorf, Marcus |
| Lewis C. Stahl, Cherokee |
Wayne E. Stewart, Cherokee |
Daniel Rex Unger, Cherokee |
| John Ivan Ziegenbusch, Cherokee |
Veryl Weicht, Marcus |
Dale E. Barnes, Cherokee |
| James M. Garvin, Marcus |
Donald E. Ford, Cherokee |
Glenn Robert Mongan, Aurelia |
| John Daniel Fuller, Cleghorn |
Lynn Morrow, Cherokee |
Sgt. L. Negless, Cherokee |
| Floyd Corrington, Cherokee |
Marvin Wesley Day, Quimby |
Bruce Mahoney, Meriden |
| Vernon Stevenson, Quimby |
Leo Heinen, Meriden |
Dean Phipps, Cherokee |
| James Keith Stanford, Peterson |
Arnold Niemier, Quimby |
James L. Stivers, Cherokee |
| Robert Milton Glass, Cleghorn |
Floyd C. Johnson, Quimby |
John Frank Srock, Cherokee |
| Fred Mueller, Cherokee |
Elmer Meyer, Cleghorn |
Harold Crane, Aurelia |
| Robert G. Shove, Cherokee |
Roy Ervins Becker, Jr., Cherokee |
Warren D. Owens, Aurelia, Cherokee |
| Ernest Haley, Cherokee |
Paul E. Woodward, Cherokee |
William Charles Lochner, Meriden |
| Cletus J. C. Schmillen, Cherokee |
Werner J. Hurtig, Aurelia |
John Keegan, Jr., Marcus |
| Dean Weatherman, Cherokee |
Robert Schoer, Cherokee |
Leonard Leeds, Cherokee |
| William Cunningham, Cherokee |
James
Totman, Quimby |
Harley A. Thompson, Cleghorn |
Signifigance of the Gold Star Symbol
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Gold Star symbol began during World War I. At the start of the American
involvement in 1917, families hung banners with blue stars representing
family members in the services. If the service member died in combat
the family changed the blue star to gold. (Source: www.defense.gov) |
Source: Cherokee Daily Times,
May 31, 1945, pg. 1
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