Our Neighbors in the Services
Spirit Lake, Iowa
Pvt. Robert O. Bryan of Spirit Lake has been awarded the bronze star for heroic achievement in combat while serving on the Fifth army front in Italy. He distinguished himself by saving valuable government equipment when an ammunition half-track was hit by enemy fire and caused considerable damage.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, September 29, 1944
***Further Research:
Robert Odell Bryan was born July 21, 1916 to Robert F. and Maude Long Bryan. He died Nov. 18, 2000 and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Spirit Lake, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
