Plymouth County

Sgt. Charles W. Collins

 

 

Men In Service

Sergeant Charles W. Collins, stationed at the army base air base at Boise, Idaho, is spending a Christmas furlough with his wife at 2029 S. Cedar and with his parents at Kingsley.

Source: The Sioux City Journal, December 16, 1942

CHARLES COLLINS—son of Mr. and Mrs. John Collins of Kingsley, was stationed at Gower field, Idaho, when he returned home for a furlough—quite a coincidence as he had enlisted on Christmas day just a year before.

Source:  LeMars Globe-Post, March 18, 1943 (photo included)

***Further Research:

Charles Walter “Chuck” Collins was born Oct. 10, 1915 to John A and Laurel M. Alger Collins. He died Mar. 1, 2002 and is buried in Graceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA.

Source: ancestry.com