Notes About N.E. Iowans in the Service.
Sgt. Willard Severson is now in France and writes that he has seen Paris and London and would probably see Berlin. He also has four other brothers in the foreign service. Lt. Orville and Flight Officer Erling were also in France and Sgt. Luther is in Italy. Milford is serving with the navy.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, December 6, 1944
Orville David Severson was born Mar. 10, 1921 to Edward and Emma Dammen Severson. He died Jan. 25, 1956 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
Capt. Severson was accidentally asphyxiated by gas fumes from a stove used to heat his quarters in Munich, Germany.
Source: ancestry.com
