Jones County IA Archives Military Records.....Onken, Herman May 5, 1949
WWII U. S. Army
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Pvt. Herman Onken
Anamosa Journal, May 5, 1949 

BODY OF RETURNED SOLDIER INTERRED IN WAYNE CEMETERY 

WAYNE-Funeral services for Pvt. Herman O. Onken, 34, was held Friday, April 
22, at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Rev. F. H. Kehren had charge of the 
services. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1683 accorded military rites at 
graveside in Oakwood Cemetery. Casket bearers were Kenneth Schneider, James 
Skelley, Donald Rickels, Leo Ambuehl, Don Siebels and Robert Wilcox. 

Herman Onken was born June 12, 1910, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eilt H. Onken. He 
attended grade school at Wayne Center. He was inducted into the Army on March 
11, 1944 and received training at Fort Hood, Texas, Camp Howie, Texas, and 
Fort Meade Replacement Center. He was sent overseas November 1, 1944 and took 
part in the battles in Belgium. On January 6, 1945, he was seriously wounded 
and died the following day. He was buried in a U. S. cemetery in Belgium. 

Pvt. Onken is survived by his parents; three brothers, Alva, Henry and 
Clarence, of Monticello; two sisters, Mrs. Norbert Sauser, Cedar Rapids, and 
Verna Onken, and nieces and nephews. 



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