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John Peter Guertner II Veteran

Birth: 6 Jun 1917
Colorado, USA
Death: 2 May 1972 (aged 54)
Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
Burial: Days Cemetery

Osburn, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 15646959 View Source

Named after his father, John served the USA during World War II, as a PFC from Colorado in the US Army. He was one of the 91 miners who perished in the Sunshine Mine Disaster, the deadliest event in Idaho history. A memorial statue stands over twelve feet tall at exit 54 of I-90, at the base of the Big Creek Canyon, between the towns of Kellogg and Osburn, Idaho.

Sources: Shoshone County News, May 1972; Grave location & military service from Maggie Rail's contribution to www.internment.net accessed 2007; Parents' from findagrave contributor Penny Schrock shared 2013

Named after his father, John served the USA during World War II, as a PFC from Colorado in the US Army. He was one of the 91 miners who perished in the Sunshine Mine Disaster, the deadliest event in Idaho history. A memorial statue stands over twelve feet tall at exit 54 of I-90, at the base of the Big Creek Canyon, between the towns of Kellogg and Osburn, Idaho.

Sources: Shoshone County News, May 1972; Grave location & military service from Maggie Rail's contribution to www.internment.net accessed 2007; Parents' from findagrave contributor Penny Schrock shared 2013

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Alta Frances Don Carlos Guertner

1929–1993 (m. 1955)

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Created by: Contributor 2006
Added: Sep 6, 2006
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15646959/john_peter-guertner: accessed ), memorial page for John Peter Guertner II (6 Jun 1917–2 May 1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15646959, citing Days Cemetery, Osburn, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA; Maintained by Contributor 2006 (contributor 46847179).

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