Post 210 Mount Vernon, South Dakota

Post 210

Mount Vernon, South Dakota

Post 210 Mount Vernon, South Dakota

About This Post

Post Namesake
Mckinley Pound and Dale Uhre

HISTORY

1930

Post inactive

Jan 1, 1933
The post was inactive in 1933.
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1940

Dale Virgil Uhre  July 6, 1918 – June 30, 1943

Dale Virgil Uhre July 6, 1918 – June 30, 1943

Jul 1, 1944
In Memory of U.S. Navy MM 2-C Dale Virgil Uhre Mount Vernon, South Dakota Sanborn County July 6, 1918 – June 30, 1943 Missing in Action off Randova Island aboard the USS McCawley Dale Virgil Uhre was born on July 6, 1918, in Letcher, South Dakota. He was born to his mother and father, Anna and Albert Uhre; he had two brothers, Owen B. and Marvin Uhre. He was baptized and confirmed by Reverend Otis..
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Pouhd-Uhre Post 210 Chartered

Mar 30, 1945
The Pound-Uhre Post received its charter March 30, 1945. The former McKinley Pound Post 210 was organized and chartered in 1920, and became inactive in 1933, to be reorganized in 1945 as Pound-Uhre Post. The post was named in honor of McKinley Pound, World War I, and Dale Uhre, World War II. McKinley Pound was born October 30 1896, and enlisted in the US Army March 7, 1917. He became a private first class in..
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2010

History of Pound-Uhre Post 210

Nov 9, 2016
The American Legion was organized as the McKinley Pound Post 210 in 1920 with William Sibley as commander. The group disbanded in 1933 and some of its members joined the group in Mitchell. In 1945, it was re-organized with William D. Anderson as commander. It was re-named the Pound-Uhre Post. McKinley Pound was the only Mount Vernon soldier killed in the first world war, and Dale Uhre was the first Mount Vernon service member to..
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