from Waterloo,Iowa,USA
Private
HQ Company (clerk-typist)
born 8.3.1920 Drinkwater,Saskatchewan,Canada
son of John W. and Frances M. (nee Pontius) Strayer
family moved to New Providence,Iowa 1935
graduated New Providence High School
moved to Waterloo,Iowa
typist,Smith and Miller Insurance Agency,Waterloo
Rath Packing Co. (running a comptometer)
enlisted April 1942
FSSF 1942-43
dog training camp,Continental Divide at Helena,Montana (Veterinary Division)
engineering camp,Fort Leonard Wood,Missouri
102 Division Chorus overseas 1945
achieved rank of Private First Class
graduated Iowa State University 1951 (Degree in Veterinary Medicine)
Veterinary Doctor at Elma,Iowa,Lime Springs,Iowa and Waterloo,Iowa (37 years)
moved to New London,Minnesota June 2003
married Margaret Evelyn Smith 5.7.1953 (4 children Jeffrey,Michael,Brett and Stephanie)
died 3.1.2010 Willmar,Minnesota
Fairview Cemetery,Cedar Falls,Black Hawk County,Iowa
not in FSSF Roster (Burhans)
photo source Eric Morgensen
