Sioux Cityans Among Officers Given Promotions
Washington—The war department announced Tuesday temporary for 15 Iowans as follows:
First Lieutenant to Captain—Dores J. Reideman, Alton and Chauncey E. Heffernan, Sioux City.
Second Lieutenant to First Lieutenant- Harvey N. Wilberg, Ringsted; Douglas E. Oakleaf, Sioux City.
The department also announced appointment of several Iowans as second lieutenants in the infantry reserve. They included Ward R. Swanson, Rockwell City, and Kenneth M. Clancy, Walker.
First Lieut. Thoburn Speicher, Early, Iowa has been ordered to report for active duty.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, October 12, 1943
Thoburn Augustus Speicher was born Aug. 16, 1907 to Alvin Theodore and Millicent Speicher. He died Nov. 22, 1983 and is buried in Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, CA.
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