More Men Leave Friday For Army
Were Accepted For Service Week Earlier
Twenty-four Plymouth county young men who were accepted for army service March 12 left Friday by bus for Fort Crook, Nebraska, to start their military service. Six men who had been accepted for the navy and marines at the time these men were examined report as called for those branches and some were already in service. The group leaving Friday included the following:
Raymond E. Fredricksen, Akron |
Robert E. Keene, Remsen |
Edward M. Marso, LeMars |
Virgil L. Knorr, LeMars |
Errol L. McCarty, Sioux Falls, S.D. |
Roman L. Kosse, Remsen |
Harley R. Hiemstra, Philadelphia, PA |
Ross H. King, LeMars |
Arthur G. Kellen, LeMars |
Robert J. Glaser, LeMars |
John L. Conover, LeMars |
James C. Miller, Jr., Merrill |
Ronald J. Meyers, Herrold |
Carroll S. Davis, Everett, Wash. |
Henry W. Ommen, LeMars |
Elwyn D. Woodley, Seattle, Wash. |
Clarence J. Miller, Merrill |
Anselm N. Scholer, Remsen |
Daniel E. Raub, Portland, Ore. |
Vernon C. Ewin, LeMars |
Virgil E. Campbell, Sioux City |
Arden W. Reemts, Sioux City |
Richard E. Albert, LeMars |
Kenneth W. Schweitzberger, Kingsley |
New orders received by the selective service board restrict release for publication of men called during any quota period and names of men cannot be given out by the board until they have been accepted for service. Dates of induction, induction center and mode of travel are also considered secret military information.
Source: LeMars Sentinel, March 23, 1943
NEWS of the MERRILL SERVICE MEN
From Merrill Service Men's News
James C. Miller, Jr., Pvt., has been somewhere in England for 8 months. His Christmas paper was returned, the only one returned so far. We have no recent word from “Gyke.”
Source: The LeMars Sentinel, Friday, April 14, 1944
***Further Research:
James Clarence Miller, Jr. was born May 7, 1924 to James Clarence (Sr.) and Alice W. Harker Miller. He died Feb. 12, 1999.
Source: ancestry.com
