*last update 7/22/2023

 

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Raymond Joseph Klassen was born June 24, 1917 to Ray C. and Frances Gillick Klassen. He died Aug. 9, 1981 and is buried in National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

MSgt. Klassen served with the U.S. Army in World War II and Korea.

Source: ancestry.com


Raymond Clair Klima was born Nov. 11, 1917 to Charles and Selesta Green Klima. He died Feb. 20, 1949 and is buried in Murdoch-Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA.

Petty Officer Klima served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com 


Theodore Alfred Kline was born Jan. 2, 1919 to Lawrence Lee and Mary Elizabeth Long Kline. He died Apr. 13, 1945 and is buried in Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium. 

2nd Lt. Kline served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps as a Co-Pilot with the 601st Bomber Squadron, 398th Bomber Group, Heavy on B-17G #43-39184. He was KIA on an Operational Bombing Mission near Bad Oldesloe, Germany and awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart. 

Source: ancestry.com; fieldsofhonordatabase.com



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Jul 2021; updated Jul 2023

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