October 28, 1914 – May 27, 1998
Vern Engle
Personal Information
Birthplace: Hope, Kansas
Service Information
Branch of Service: Army
Unit: 787th Field Artillery Battalion (California Cowboys)
Theater of Operation: European
Enlisted / Commissioned: Oct 7, 1941
Discharged: Oct 31, 1945
Biography
Born south of Hope, Kansas on family farm and graduated from Hope High School in 1933. Served as a Staff Sargent in the 787th Field Artillery Battalion in the Rhineland and Central Europe. He Married Zena Jessie Cooke in 1944. He worked for Day Garage in Lost Springs until 1954, when he moved to Herrington to work as a rural letter carrier until 1979. He was a member of the Carey R. McClaren American Legion Post no. 12.
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