| Birth: | Feb. 1, 1919
Adams
Mower County
Minnesota, USA | | Death: | Oct. 25, 1943 | 
Sergeant, United States Marine Corps. Entered the service from Minnesota.
Obituary from the Adams Review, Adams, Minnesota, November 4, 1943:
"With this issue we commence our ninth year of publishing the Review and with it comes the hardest task we have yet endured, that of publishing the account of the death of one of Adams' finest youths and one of our best pals, Sgt. Sydney Torgerson of the U.S. Marine Corps.
"Monday evening Mrs. Clara Torgerson received a telegram from the War Department informing her of the death of her son, Sergeant Sydney Torgerson. Sydney was killed while heroically attempting to stop the advance of the enemy somewhere in the Solomon Islands. [Note: actual cause of death was accidental, not combat-related.]
"Sgt. Torgerson is Adams' second war victim, the first being his cousin, SSgt. Wilbur Koloen, and it is the second for the same family. They were both grandsons of Mrs. Betsy Lewison.
"To mourn his tragic passing he leaves his mother, Mrs. Clara Torgerson, one sister, Mrs. Aaron Huseby and one brother, Lt. Donald Torgerson who is stationed somewhere in the Pacific. Also two grandmothers, Mrs. Carrie Torgerson and Mrs. Betsy Lewison.
"As the news spread of his untimely death it seemed as though a blanket of gloom was placed over this entire community, each heart seemed to have been touched. As we attempt to express our sympathy to his bereaved mother, words seem to fail us, as it is with blurred vision that we watch the mats descend into the assembling elevator."
There is a cenotaph in his memory at Little Cedar Cemetery, Adams, Mower County, Minnesota.
Family links:
Parents:
Oscar Theodore Torgerson (1888 - 1937)
Clara Lewison Torgerson (1893 - 1987)
| | | Burial:
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
Manila
Manila City, Philippines
Plot: Plot H Row 9 Grave 105 |
Created by: Janet Stephenson
Record added: Mar 30, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 18680697 |
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In memory of my uncle, Syd. I never had the opportunity to know him, but from everything I heard he was a really great guy.
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Janet Stephenson
Added: Apr. 4, 2009 |
Sydney, your sacrifice has not been forgotten. Rest in peace.
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Jill
Added: Jan. 15, 2009 |
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