Originally called Decoration Day, from the early tradition of decorating graves with flowers, wreaths and flags, Memorial Day is a day for remembrance of those who have died in service to our country.
This Memorial Day, be sure to stop whatever you are doing at 3:00 pm and take a minute or two to thank the brave men and women who are no longer around to enjoy the day with their families.
Below are those listed on Odebolt's Veterans Memorial Monument as "died in service"up until 2000.
| WORLD WAR I Robert F. Bernhardt George J. Bihrer Ernest J. Buller Iver H. Carlson William F. Martin Fred C. Meyer Andrew G. Norton Robert M. Pike Herman A. Roose ** Charles A. Wekmeister | WORLD WAR II Gerald R. Bauer Norbert B. Bengford Wayne W. Bernhardt Harry W. Briggle Donald C. Huebner John O. Hunt Delbert W. Lewis William C. Malone Glenn R. Pedersen Norman F. Petschauer Wendall D. Reinhart Joseph L. Simon Joe L. Sixon Edward H. Stauffer Edward N Walters William Walters | KOREAN WAR |
WAR IN VIETNAM Kenneth L. Boger Thomas J. Kelly Leonard E. Neville Robert F. Rex.**MIA Earle E. Schwaller |
** *Odebolt's American Legion Roose Post 313 was named after Herman A. Roose, the first soldier in Odebolt, and in Sac County, to die in the service of his country in World War I. Herman August Roose, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Roose, was born in Odebolt, Iowa, January 9, 1901, and died at Chaumont, France, December 31, 1917, at the age of 16 years, and 11 months.
Click to see all veterans listed on the monument
Click to see photos of servicemen lost in WWI
Click to see photos of servicemen lost in WWII (3 pages)
All the military history on the Odebolt History Pages
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