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Apollo C. Abelin

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Apollo C. Abelin

Birth
Emery, Emery County, Utah, USA
Death
23 Jun 1944 (aged 29)
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Burial
Emery, Emery County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
B-22-07
Memorial ID
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Apollo C. Abelin was born December 14, 1914 in Utah, the son of Arthur Magnus & Mary Sophia Nielson Abelin. He died June 23, 1944.

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THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1948, PAGE 18

PFC. APOLLO C. ABELIN

EMERY, Emery County, June 4--Final tribute will be paid to Pfc. 1cl Apollo C. Abelin, Emery, at graveside services Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Emery cemetery.

A veteran of three years service, Pfc. Abelin was killed June 25, 1944, in the battle of Saipan, after serving in battles on the Gilbert and Makin islands.

Pfc. Abelin was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and at the time of his death was a priest.

Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Alvin Torgersen, Spring Canyon; two brothers and six sisters, Milton and Magnus Abelin, Mrs. Florence Anderson; Mrs. Mildred Brinkerhoff and Eloise Torgersen, all of Spring Canyon, Mrs. Marjorie Burr and Mrs. Doraleen Gates, both of Salina, and Mrs. Lenna Bell Williams, Pacific Beach, Wash.

(Thank you to Eric Ackerman for sending the news article above)
Apollo C. Abelin was born December 14, 1914 in Utah, the son of Arthur Magnus & Mary Sophia Nielson Abelin. He died June 23, 1944.

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THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1948, PAGE 18

PFC. APOLLO C. ABELIN

EMERY, Emery County, June 4--Final tribute will be paid to Pfc. 1cl Apollo C. Abelin, Emery, at graveside services Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Emery cemetery.

A veteran of three years service, Pfc. Abelin was killed June 25, 1944, in the battle of Saipan, after serving in battles on the Gilbert and Makin islands.

Pfc. Abelin was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and at the time of his death was a priest.

Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Alvin Torgersen, Spring Canyon; two brothers and six sisters, Milton and Magnus Abelin, Mrs. Florence Anderson; Mrs. Mildred Brinkerhoff and Eloise Torgersen, all of Spring Canyon, Mrs. Marjorie Burr and Mrs. Doraleen Gates, both of Salina, and Mrs. Lenna Bell Williams, Pacific Beach, Wash.

(Thank you to Eric Ackerman for sending the news article above)


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