John was died & was lost at sea when the Troop Ship U.S.S. Landsdale was sunk
in the Mediterranean Sea. A Memorial marker is at this cemetery.
(Dickinson County, Michigan Department of Veterans Affairs.)

JOHN QUADE KILLED IN BATTLE ACTION
Sgt John Quade, 20, son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Albert Quade, former Iron Mountain, Michigan residents, lost his life April 20, when the troopship U.S.S. Lansdale was sunk by enemy action in the Mediterranean, according to the United States War Department.
His sister, Mrs. W. Harkness, Detroit, has been told he was missing. A later telegram established that Sgt Quade, a camera repairman, lost his life on the day he was reported missing,
Sgt Quade was well-known in Iron Mountain where he attended school. He assisted
his father, manager of the old Felch Hotel & later worked with his brother Stanley,
who is now a SSgt. In the United States Army, in his photographic studio.
Sgt Quade left Iron Mountain to work in Detroit in 1942 & lived with his sister.
He enlisted in the service Dec. 2, 1942 on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor & was
trained stateside before being assigned overseas.
The sister & brother are his only survivors.
Memorials are at North African American Cemetery & Memorial in Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia & Cemetery Park, Iron Mountain, Michigan. His actual body was lost at sea.
(June 13, 1944, The Daily News, Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan.)

United States Census, 1930
John Quade
Sex Male
Age 7
Event Date 1930
Event Place Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, United States
Birth Year (Estimated) 1923
Birthplace Michigan
Marital Status Single
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Father's Birthplace Canada
Mother's Birthplace Iowa
Event Type Census
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 4
John Quade's Parents and Siblings
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Albert Quade
Father
M
54
Canada

Ada Quade
Mother
F
49
Iowa

Stanley Quade
Brother
M
15
Michigan

Harriett Quade
Sister
F
14
Michigan

Other People on This Record
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John Johnson
M
United States

1940

[Researched by Karlene Hall]