NEWS of the BOYS in the SERVICE
Private First Class John L. Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bell, and Private First Class Herbert Erdman of Amboy, Minn., have returned to Salt Lake City, Utah, after spending their furloughs with relatives and friends.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, May 5, 1944
The following Plymouth County men have filed discharges from service with the local draft board since last Thursday afternoon:
John L. Bell, LeMars.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Dec. 4, 1945
***Further Research:
John Laughlin Bell was born Feb. 11, 1917 to Peter and Laura G. Keliher Bell. He died Apr. 14, 1989 and is buried in Buena Vista Memorial Park, Storm Lake, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
