Afton Star Enterprise
May 2013
East Union Community School honors our country's military service personnel by recognizing students from the high schools in the East Union communities who served in the military and were killed in action, taken as prisoners of war, or received a high military combat recognition award. A Military Service Recognition plaque on the east wall of the East Union Concourse contains a name plate for each person so recognized.
In 2013 East Union has recognized Loyd Everett Lewis, who lived in the Talmage area and graduated from Afton High School in 1939. East Union School Superintendent Pamela Vogel announced his selection during East Unon's Commencement Program on May 19. He is the eighth person recognized since the Military Service Recognition plaque was established in 2011.
Loyd and his twin sister Lena were born on a farm near Villisca, Iowa, to Willie and Etta (Williams) Lewis. In the 1930's the family moved to the "Nissen Place" north of Talmage. There were no buses in those days, and Loyd walked the five miles to school in Afton daily, while his sister stayed with their grandparents in Afton. Loyd and Lena graduated from Afton in May 1939.
In the spring of 1939, Loyd's father bought a farm south of Thayer, and the family moved there. After graduation, Loyd worked the first summer on a farm owned by his high school principal L. e. Mahaffy near Albia, Iowa, but then returned home to help on the family farm.
Loyd and several other young men around Lorimor became interested in Golden Gloves boxing and car-pooled to Des Moines to box there.
In April of 1941, Loyd enlisted in the U. S. Army at Camp Dodge in Des Moines. After basic training at Camp Alexandria, Louisiana, and a waiting period at Ft. Dix, New Jersey, his group was sent to Ireland for more training and then in May 1942 to North Africa where fighting was getting heavy. He was part of the Red Bull Division that pushed successfully across North Africa. After that, the army moved to Sicily and on into Italy to begn the push north. Loyd wrote home that the troops came out of Africa with warm weather clothing, and when they got into the mountains, they nearly froze before cold weather gear was supplied to them.
Loyd was killed July 17, 1944, near Florence, Italy, from a mortar blast. His remains were buried in an Italian cemetery and then returned to Iowa for reburial five years later. His services were held here on March 4, 1949, with burial in Graceland Cemetery in Creston, Iowa.
May 2013
East Union Community School honors our country's military service personnel by recognizing students from the high schools in the East Union communities who served in the military and were killed in action, taken as prisoners of war, or received a high military combat recognition award. A Military Service Recognition plaque on the east wall of the East Union Concourse contains a name plate for each person so recognized.
In 2013 East Union has recognized Loyd Everett Lewis, who lived in the Talmage area and graduated from Afton High School in 1939. East Union School Superintendent Pamela Vogel announced his selection during East Unon's Commencement Program on May 19. He is the eighth person recognized since the Military Service Recognition plaque was established in 2011.
Loyd and his twin sister Lena were born on a farm near Villisca, Iowa, to Willie and Etta (Williams) Lewis. In the 1930's the family moved to the "Nissen Place" north of Talmage. There were no buses in those days, and Loyd walked the five miles to school in Afton daily, while his sister stayed with their grandparents in Afton. Loyd and Lena graduated from Afton in May 1939.
In the spring of 1939, Loyd's father bought a farm south of Thayer, and the family moved there. After graduation, Loyd worked the first summer on a farm owned by his high school principal L. e. Mahaffy near Albia, Iowa, but then returned home to help on the family farm.
Loyd and several other young men around Lorimor became interested in Golden Gloves boxing and car-pooled to Des Moines to box there.
In April of 1941, Loyd enlisted in the U. S. Army at Camp Dodge in Des Moines. After basic training at Camp Alexandria, Louisiana, and a waiting period at Ft. Dix, New Jersey, his group was sent to Ireland for more training and then in May 1942 to North Africa where fighting was getting heavy. He was part of the Red Bull Division that pushed successfully across North Africa. After that, the army moved to Sicily and on into Italy to begn the push north. Loyd wrote home that the troops came out of Africa with warm weather clothing, and when they got into the mountains, they nearly froze before cold weather gear was supplied to them.
Loyd was killed July 17, 1944, near Florence, Italy, from a mortar blast. His remains were buried in an Italian cemetery and then returned to Iowa for reburial five years later. His services were held here on March 4, 1949, with burial in Graceland Cemetery in Creston, Iowa.
Afton Star Enterprise
May 2013
East Union Community School honors our country's military service personnel by recognizing students from the high schools in the East Union communities who served in the military and were killed in action, taken as prisoners of war, or received a high military combat recognition award. A Military Service Recognition plaque on the east wall of the East Union Concourse contains a name plate for each person so recognized.
In 2013 East Union has recognized Loyd Everett Lewis, who lived in the Talmage area and graduated from Afton High School in 1939. East Union School Superintendent Pamela Vogel announced his selection during East Unon's Commencement Program on May 19. He is the eighth person recognized since the Military Service Recognition plaque was established in 2011.
Loyd and his twin sister Lena were born on a farm near Villisca, Iowa, to Willie and Etta (Williams) Lewis. In the 1930's the family moved to the "Nissen Place" north of Talmage. There were no buses in those days, and Loyd walked the five miles to school in Afton daily, while his sister stayed with their grandparents in Afton. Loyd and Lena graduated from Afton in May 1939.
In the spring of 1939, Loyd's father bought a farm south of Thayer, and the family moved there. After graduation, Loyd worked the first summer on a farm owned by his high school principal L. e. Mahaffy near Albia, Iowa, but then returned home to help on the family farm.
Loyd and several other young men around Lorimor became interested in Golden Gloves boxing and car-pooled to Des Moines to box there.
In April of 1941, Loyd enlisted in the U. S. Army at Camp Dodge in Des Moines. After basic training at Camp Alexandria, Louisiana, and a waiting period at Ft. Dix, New Jersey, his group was sent to Ireland for more training and then in May 1942 to North Africa where fighting was getting heavy. He was part of the Red Bull Division that pushed successfully across North Africa. After that, the army moved to Sicily and on into Italy to begn the push north. Loyd wrote home that the troops came out of Africa with warm weather clothing, and when they got into the mountains, they nearly froze before cold weather gear was supplied to them.
Loyd was killed July 17, 1944, near Florence, Italy, from a mortar blast. His remains were buried in an Italian cemetery and then returned to Iowa for reburial five years later. His services were held here on March 4, 1949, with burial in Graceland Cemetery in Creston, Iowa.
May 2013
East Union Community School honors our country's military service personnel by recognizing students from the high schools in the East Union communities who served in the military and were killed in action, taken as prisoners of war, or received a high military combat recognition award. A Military Service Recognition plaque on the east wall of the East Union Concourse contains a name plate for each person so recognized.
In 2013 East Union has recognized Loyd Everett Lewis, who lived in the Talmage area and graduated from Afton High School in 1939. East Union School Superintendent Pamela Vogel announced his selection during East Unon's Commencement Program on May 19. He is the eighth person recognized since the Military Service Recognition plaque was established in 2011.
Loyd and his twin sister Lena were born on a farm near Villisca, Iowa, to Willie and Etta (Williams) Lewis. In the 1930's the family moved to the "Nissen Place" north of Talmage. There were no buses in those days, and Loyd walked the five miles to school in Afton daily, while his sister stayed with their grandparents in Afton. Loyd and Lena graduated from Afton in May 1939.
In the spring of 1939, Loyd's father bought a farm south of Thayer, and the family moved there. After graduation, Loyd worked the first summer on a farm owned by his high school principal L. e. Mahaffy near Albia, Iowa, but then returned home to help on the family farm.
Loyd and several other young men around Lorimor became interested in Golden Gloves boxing and car-pooled to Des Moines to box there.
In April of 1941, Loyd enlisted in the U. S. Army at Camp Dodge in Des Moines. After basic training at Camp Alexandria, Louisiana, and a waiting period at Ft. Dix, New Jersey, his group was sent to Ireland for more training and then in May 1942 to North Africa where fighting was getting heavy. He was part of the Red Bull Division that pushed successfully across North Africa. After that, the army moved to Sicily and on into Italy to begn the push north. Loyd wrote home that the troops came out of Africa with warm weather clothing, and when they got into the mountains, they nearly froze before cold weather gear was supplied to them.
Loyd was killed July 17, 1944, near Florence, Italy, from a mortar blast. His remains were buried in an Italian cemetery and then returned to Iowa for reburial five years later. His services were held here on March 4, 1949, with burial in Graceland Cemetery in Creston, Iowa.
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