Lieut Sifford Believed To Have Given Life Near Rome
No further details have been received by Mr. and Mrs. Ross L. Sifford regarding the fate of their son, Lieutenant Ross L. Sifford, Jr., who was reported by the war department last Thursday as having been killed in action in Italy, June 5.
The 27-year old Carroll man is believed by his parents to have lost his life in the struggle for Rome.
In one of his last letters, he had expressed the hope " the war will be past history" soon, his parents said.
A faithful correspondent, he had written regularly to his parents in the three years he had served under the colors. A file of 150 letters detailing his many and varied experiences in the war theaters is a prized possession of the parents
It may be some time before any official information reaches the family telling the circumstances under which the Carroll tank man met his death.
Source: Carroll Daily Times Herald, June 28, 1944 (photo included)
Ross L. Sifford, Jr. was born Jan. 25, 1917 to Ross L. (Sr.) and Hazel Pickett Sifford. He died June 5, 1944 and is buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN. He has a cenotaph at Carroll City Cemetery, Carroll, IA.
Lt. Sifford served in World War II with the U.S. Army tank corps. He was KIA in Italy.
Source: ancestry.com
