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Farm YouthGcFirst GuardiUnit VictimST.I old E.O'Bi id Sc hool taken t apolisnO'BiA Non- jiaat wCom Killed While De- n,an t(25-Year-Old Co.fending His NationPhilippines Dec. 26emerg?m I of wh .neers. was totie* onSgt. Herbert k Strobel, 25-1 ‘i‘dcyear-old son of Mr. and Mrs.Johnqualify In athe first of Brainerd's nationalguardsmen to be killed in gallantdefense of his country in thePhilippine Islands.sen aai hi* sta are mi. uation.“I vHied Dec. 2BA telegram from the war department to the youth’s patents told of Sgt. Strobel’s death on Pec. 26 inaction against Japanese invaders. No information was given regarding the action in which the Rrain-eid man met hi* death.Sgt. Strobel was commander of one of the tank* in Co. A, 19-11h tank battalion. He was a three-year veteran, having enlisted in the tank corps with his older brother, John, Jr., in January, 1939.When the Brainerd nationalstop i citiesmanycontrituation.“Forschool!from $ 1910 tfstate fguard company left for Fort Lewis, Wash., in February, 1941, Strobel was a corporal. At Fort Lewis he was later promoted to the rank ofsergeant.Herhert was born in Mankato Nov. 14. 1916, and came to Brainerd with his parent* in 1923. The family moved to a farm on Star i oute. three miles east of Brainerd, In 1929 and Herbert lived there until the national guard unit left for Washington. His brother, John, now married and a father, had dropped out of the local guard company before it left for Fortcounty 1940 tlt; the MployesLewis.Survivors are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Strobel; three brothers, John, Robert and Leonard, all of the Brainerd community; two sister*, Bernice and Virginia, Mr.Strobe! is employed in the N. P.shops.Btavely fighting back tears, the youth’s mother this morning prepared to bid farewell to another son who is leaving to join the army Jan. 24. “I know that Herbert died for a noble cause and I’m proud ofhim,’’ she declared.Robert Strobel, 21, second youngest of the four Strobel youth*, will leave for Ft. Snelling to join the army Jan. 24.VV ARoose be cc CharU Willkisibly, of a9 9pires war 1)The Willki tial ceationThecouldfirmedHu*justicipremcchainnatiormaste
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Brainerd Daily Dispatch
Brainerd, Minnesota, US
Tue, Jan 13, 1942
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