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Kelpe, Virginia Lee Heidt, fl. 1942-1975 Cole Co. Service Man Killed; Two Others Are Hurt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.01.582.02 Author/Creator: Kelpe, Virginia Lee Heidt, fl. 1942-1975 Place Written: Jefferson City, Missouri Type: Newspaper clipping Date: April 29, 1945 Pagination: 1 p. ; Order a Copy

One newspaper clipping sent by Virginia Heidt Kelpe to Omer H. Kelpe in a letter dated April 29, 1945. The article is entitled Cole Co. Service Man Killed; Two Others Are Hurt. An announcement of the death of Chester Everett Strobel, and injury of two others; Nick Knernschield, and Herbert Patterson.

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975
Kelpe, Virginia Lee Heidt, fl. 1942-1975
Strobel, Chester Everett, 1913-1945
Knernschield, Nick, fl. 1945
Patterson, Herbert, fl. 1945

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