Notes About N.E. Iowans in the Service
PLAINFIELD—Wayne Kelly, in the 37th division chemical composite platoon, writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Kelly, that he hopes to be home by Christmas. His unite, stationed for several months on Luzon, expects to leave there in November and will return by way of the Panama Canal. Kelly has been overseas since May, 1943. New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, Fiji and Philippine Islands are all familiar places to him. He has been in service since October, 1942, and has never had a furlough.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, October 17, 1945
Wayne Laverne Kelly was born Oct. 19, 1921 to Glen M. and Alice E. Gilland Kelly. He died Dec. 13, 2005 and is buried in Willow Lawn Cemetery, Plainfield, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
