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18861

Served in the US Navy during World War II.

THOMPSON, Earl Eldred (I6919)

18862

Served in the US Navy in World War II.

His last wife was “G. Jeanette” (Gladys Jeanette) according to the name on their shared gravestone. In the 1930 census, John G Bigham, age 8, lived with his parents and siblings in Humphreys County, Tennessee. In the 1940 census, John was living with his brother, Joseph Bigham, in Detroit. John was employed as a trimmer in an automobile factory. As Gentry Bigham, he was married and living in Warren, Michigan, in August of 1970.

BIGHAM, John Gentry (I21310)

18863

Served in U.S. Army Jan 1953 to Jan 1955.

BENSON, John Harry (I28099)

18864

Served in Viet Nam with the U.S. Marine Corps.

PETERSON, Terry Scott (I9566)

18865

Served in Vietnam as a sergeant in the U.S. Army.

LIEN, Harlen G (I33509)

18866

Served in Vietnam with the U.S. Army as a photographer. Photographer for the Chicago Daily Herald for 43 years.

SEELING, Michael J (I29800)

18867

Served two years in the U.S. Army in Vietnam.

NESJA, David Leroy (I31201)

18868

Service at Gethsemane Lutheran Church. Cremated

DAHLBERG, Douglas Frithiof (I551)

18869

Service number 328 82 84. Enlisted in the U.S. Navy in Fargo on January 3, 1941. As a Seaman, 1st Class, assigned to the U.S.S. Antares, he was a witness to, and survivor of, the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. He remained assigned to the Antares until November of 1942, when he was a Coxswain assigned to the newly-repaired ocean-going tug U.S.S. Vireo (AT-144). He was a BM2c on December 1, 1942. He remained with the Vireo throughout 1943, during which time he participated in resupply operations for Guadalcanal. The Vireo was attacked by dive bombers in April of 1943 and participated in the Battle of Kula Gulf in July of 1943. On January 11, 1944, he was assigned to the newly-commissioned U.S.S. Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75), an escort carrier also known as a “baby flattop.” This ship carried aircraft and crews to Pearl Harbor from the U.S. through March, engaged in anti-submarine warfare in May and June, and supported various missions around the Phillipines and New Guinea for the remainer of 1944 and into 1945. In early January, on the way to Lingayen Gulf, the crew of the Hoggatt Bay fought Japanese suicide planes. By mid-1946, Clarence was assigned to the U.S.S. Palau (CVE-122).

Referred to in a 2005 article on Pearl Harbor in the Fergus Falls Daily Journal as “Elizabeth Township native Clarence Lyngstad, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Poynter.”

His obit:

Clarence Orville Lyngstad, 79, a resident of the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, died Thursday, Oct. 12, 2000, at the Home. He was born Sept. 16, 1921, to Carl and Martha (Olson) Lyngstad in Elizabeth Township, rural Elizabeth. He was raised and attended school in the Erhard area. He joined the Navy in 1940 and served in the Pacific Theatre in World War II until 1946. On June 29, 1946, he married Doris Toso Bloch in Norfolk, Va. They lived for a few years in California and Fergus Falls. Then they lived for 20 years on South Turtle Lake near Underwood. Clarence worked as a painter for several years before going to work for the city of Fergus Falls. Clarence was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, VFW Post 612 and the American Legion all of Fergus Falls. He loved woodworking, gardening, picture framing and ice fishing. Preceding him in death were his parents; two sisters, Esther (William) Muller, Myrtle (Wallace) Murphy and two brothers, Clifford and Marvin Lyngstad. Survivors include his wife, Doris; two daughters, Lynette (Roger) Hutchins of Fergus Falls, LaDonna (Mandus) Olson of Alexandria; one son, Deland (Sharon) Bloch of Savage; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Florence (Henry) Merz of Fergus Falls and several nieces, nephews and friends. Visitation: Monday from 4-8 pm with family present from 6-8 at the Olson Funeral Home, and resumes one hour prior to the services at the church. Service: 2 p.m. Tuesday October 17, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Fergus Falls. Clergy: Rev. Ken Rust Burial: Bethlehem Cemetery, Fergus Falls, with military participation by the VFW and American Legion Posts of Fergus Falls. Funeral Home: Olson Funeral Home, Fergus Falls

LYNGSTAD, Clarence Orville (I9096)

18870

Service was at First United Methodist Church in Green Bay

CARTER, Frederick John (I940)