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OE KORTitonka SoldierKilled in ActionJoe Korte, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry [orte, Sr., of Titonka, was killed in action i Korea on November 27, according to a elegrom received from the War Department Tuesday, December 26. The tele-ram said that temporary burial had been made in Korea.Joe would have been 22 years old on Christmas Day. He was bom at Woden md lived there until some ten years ago then he came to Titonka with his parents, fe attended high school here, and enlisted n the army some three years ago. He irved two years, and then came back to4-Itritonka. After being here for a short timeie re-enlisted in the Marines and was sent o Korea, with an early detachment.While stationed in the state of Washington during his first enlistment he wasmarried there, and his wife is still there... i-.. . ~ -v* . ....... —there are no children.y.-r ’ * • -V-Joe is survived by his wife, parents, four**• v • *bothers and one sister. His father, Henrya •Korte, Sr. is a veteran of the first WorldV;Ivor. His brothers Henry Jr. and Merle areveterans of the second World War. Henry• •jr., Dean and Kenzy and his sister Pattyi-Ihre in Titonka. Merle lives at Albuquer-* . • ,$ue, New Mexico.
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Titonka, Iowa, US
Thu, Dec 28, 1950
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