80 Kossuth Men Officially Listed As Casualties In War
FIRST RELEASE OF STATE HISTORICAL DEATH SUMMARIES
Eighty men from Kossuth county lost their lives while in the service of their country in World War II.
WAR DEAD.
Veerkamp, Herman Jr.
Killed in action on Okinawa April 9, 1945.
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Herman Veerkamp.
Source: The Algona Upper DesMoines, Tuesday, January 22, 1946 – page 7.
Herman Edward Veerkamp was born Oct. 13, 1924 to Herman G. and Philomena Hessler Veerkamp. He died Apr. 9, 1945 and is buried in Saint Columbanus Cemetery, Blooming Prairie, MN.
Pvt. Veerkamp served with the 382nd Infantry, 96th Division, U.S. Army in World War II and was KIA on Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands.
Sources: ancestry.com; World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel from Iowa
