Helmrichs, Virgil Vincent
Navy Seaman 1

Virgil Vincent Helmrichs, age 19, from Delaware County Earlville, Iowa .

Parents: Michael H. and Wilma Cooper Helmrichs

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Tuesday, April 2, 1946
Death details: Died from injuries sustained when he was crushed between a tractor and a truck at the Naval base at Port Hueneme, California.
Cemetery: Oakland in Manchester

Source: Grave marker, Waterloo Courier, Oxnard Press Courier (1946)