Herbert A. Schelldorf
May 10, 1896 - October 13, 1989
Son of George P. and Emma (Dau) Schelldorf
Branch ARMY
Enlistment February 26, 1918
Discharge December 9, 1918
Buried with his wife Luella V. Schelldorf in Daytona Memorial Park, Daytona Beach, Florida
Departure April 25, 1918, at New York, New York, on the U.S.S. Caronia
Departure May 3, 1918 at New York, New York on the SS Demosthenes - conflicting date and ship
Unit Casual Detachment, 35th Division, Company I, 139th Infantry, US National Guard
Rank Private
Service Number 2158465
Buried Daytona Memorial Park, Daytona Beach, Florida
This is the problem with poorly documented and proof read material people post on the Internet, both official sites and general genealogical/historical sites.
Two different sources give 2 different dates and ships of departure. Someone really screwed up and the people in charge of these websites need to be more
responsible when they operate a website or manage a database.
Departure May 27, 1918 at New York, New York, on the SS Khiva
Memorial Rites For Cpl. Wagner Held on Thursday
Memorial services were held at Sacred Heart church at 8 a. in. Thursday for Corporal
Benjamin Wagner who was killed in action in the South Pacific March 12, 1945.
Mass was read by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. F.H. Huesman and the sermon was given by Rev. Fr. Leo Lenz.
The United States flag was presented by Albert Schoeppner to Mrs. Florence Coe,
Corporal Wagner's mother. The flag bearer was Otto Popp of Manning and color guards were Herbert Schelldorf and Emil Kuhl of Manning. The
bugler was Billy Roberts of Manning.
Active pallbearers were John Kaus, USN, Lawrence Wolterman, USN, Leonard Sturm, USN, and Alphonse Dentlinger, USN.
Honorary pallbearers were Owen Ohlinger, Joe Schaeuble, Norman Schreck, Glenn Greteman, Alphonse Prebeck, and Lawrence Sporrer.
Veterans of World War I attended in a group, and also the young men's society, of which Corporal Wagner was a member.
Many relatives and friends from Sioux City, Fort Dodge, Omaha, Nebraska, Carroll, and Manning attended the rites.
Carroll Daily Times Herald April 13, 1945