MEN IN SERVICE
Private T. K. Lieb, son of Mr. and Mrs. G.A. Lieb, 1208 Jones Street, has finished “boot” training in the Marine Corps and now is attending a bombardier and gunnery school at El Centro, Cal. A brother, Private Joseph H. Lieb of the Marine Corps, is “somewhere in the Pacific” with a squadron that was famous at Wake Island.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, May 1, 1943
Recover Body Of Private Lieb In Crash At Sea
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Lieb, 1208 Jones Street, received word Sunday that the body of their son, Private Thomas K. Lieb, United States marine corps, has been recovered and will be returned to them for burial. Letters that came this morning gave Private Lieb’s parents information as to his death.
Funeral arrangements will not be completed until definite word of the time of the arrival of the body is received.
Private Lieb, who had been stationed at Santa Barbara, California, was sent to San Diego for night flying training. He was gunner on the plane that crashed at approximately 11:48 p.m. July 29, off Point Loma, Cal., the Marine Corps informed his parents. All occupants on the plane were lost.
The telegram that came Sunday said that private Lieb’s body was recovered August 20 and positive identification made August 21.
Source: Sioux City Journal, August 23, 1943
Private Lieb’s Body Is Found
Sioux Cityan Who Died In Crash to Be Buried Here
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Lieb, 1208 Jones Street, have received word that the body of their son, Private Thomas K. Lieb, United States Marine Corps, has been recovered and will be returned to them for burial. Letters that arrived Monday gave Private Lieb’s parents information as to his death.
Funeral arrangements will not be completed until word of the time of the arrival of the body is received.
Private Lieb, who had been stationed at Santa Barbara, Cal., was sent to San Diego for night flying training. He was gunner on a plane that crashed at 11:48 p.m. July 29, off Point Loma, Cal., the Marine Corps informed his parents. All occupants of the plane were lost.
The telegram said that Private Lieb’s body was recovered August 20 and positive identification made August 21.
Source: Sioux City Journal, August 24, 1943
Private Thomas Lieb
The body of Private Thomas K. Lieb, United States marine, who was killed July 29 in an airplane crash at sea off Point Loma, Cal., will arrive in Sioux City shortly after midnight Friday, his parents have been notified. Private Lieb was the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Lieb, 1208 Jones Street. The body was recovered August 20.
A requiem high mass at 9 a.m. Monday in Cathedral of the Epiphany will be followed by military rites by the Marine Corps at the graveside in Calvary cemetery. Until Monday, the body will be at the Larkin Funeral Home. Marines will be pallbearers.
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Private Thomas Lieb
The rosary will be recited for Private Thomas Lieb, marine, killed July 29 in an airplane crash, at 8 p.m. Saturday and at the same hour Sunday, at the Larkin funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Monday in the Cathedral of the Epiphany, with Rev. T. M. Parle officiating.
Source: Sioux City Journal, August 27, 1943
