Polk County

 
Cpl. Dorothea A. Loll

 

 

Dorothea A. Loll, formerly of 1420 E Forty-third st., recently left the WAAC training center at Fort Des Moines to report for duty at Camp Breckenridge, Ky.

Source: The DesMoines Tribune, May 6, 1943 (photo included)

LOLL KILLED IN NORMANDY

Pvt. Richard H. Loll, 19, was killed in action on July 7 in France, the war department Thursday informed his brother, Ernest E. Loll, of 1420 E. Twenty-third st., with whom Private Loll has made his home.

Private Loll was a graduate of North High school. He was inducted into the army in October, 1943, and had been overseas since last April. He was in the infantry.

Also surviving are his father, August Loll, Des Moines, another brother, Walter Loll of Sac City, Ia., and five sisters, Pvt (f.c.) Dorothea Loll, a WAC stationed in North Africa, Mrs. Ella Nehman of Fonda, and Mrs. Adela Hatfield, Pearlila and Wilma, all of Des Moines.

Source: The DesMoines Register, August 4, 1944

Cpl. Dorothea A. Loll, daughter of August Loll, 1341 Forest Ave., is a driver for a platoon of WACs who serve as communications workers for the signal corps in Italy.

Source: The DesMoines Tribune, February 21, 1945