OUR NEIGHBORS in the SERVICE.
Storm Lake, Iowa—Robert E. McConnell, 1942 graduate of Buena Vista College, has received a commission as ensign in the naval reserve following completion of a midshipmen’s course at the University of Notre Dame.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, June 7, 1943
Robert Evans McConnell was born Nov. 10, 1920 to Dean A. and Ruth Evans McConnell. He died Nov. 30, 2007 and is buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA.
Lt. McConnell served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
