Rex Knapp, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Knapp, who left here for military service, is in Jefferson Barracks, Mo., where he will received the six weeks basic training. Mrs. Knapp received a long distance telephone call from Rex Saturday night.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, July 8, 1943
SOLDIERS NEWS
Sgt. Rex C. Knapp, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fay E. Knapp, Perry Creek Road, Sioux City, and member of a well known western Plymouth County family, who has been missing in action over the German Reich since August 16, is a prisoner of the German government, his parents have been informed by the War Department. He was a turret gunner and armorer on a Liberator; arrived in England in July this year, and had completed two missions before his plane was shot down.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, October 5, 1944
Rex Charles Knapp was born July 1, 1924 to Fay Warren and Elizabeth Koenig Knapp. He died Feb. 2, 1982 and is buried in Rochester, IL.
Sgt. Knapp served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II and was a POW.
Source: ancestry.com
