Post 662 Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
Post 662
Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
About This Post
Post Namesake
George J. Nelson KIA France 1918
Pvt Nelson was gassed in France and passed in a French Hospital and is buried in France
Notable Members
AMERICAN LEGION POST 662
Charter Members: Temporary Charter was first
F.W. Barnes J.E. Deirup Glen Jennings
Walter G. Coyne Clarence Husby Leigh A Westphal
Fred A Swanson Leo F. Tone William F Pinney
Fred W Rundel Tracy P. Eyer Jim Norton
Bert L Coffie Sam L Coffie Dick Rastede
Signed: 14 August 1940
Raymond J Kelley
National Commander
AMERICAN LEGION POST 662 CHARTER
Charter Members:
F.W. Barnes J.E. Deirup Glen Jennings
Walter G. Coyne Clarence Husby Leigh A Westphal
Fred A Swanson Leo F. Tone William F Pinney
Fred W Rundel Tracy P. Eyer Jim Norton
Bert L Coffie Sam L Coffie Dick Rastedp
Floyd Rice Henry Jensen John Hall
Clinton C Cook Frank D Byers Earl Nathan Edwards
Lee Godfredson Clifford Van Sickle John Asmussen
Hyrther H. Fryer Edwin R. Sargent
Signed: 27 June 1941
Milo J Baruer
National Commander
AMERICAN LEGION POST 662 AUXILIARY
Charter Members:
Odetta Jennings Helen Deirup Blanche Rundle
Lilly Godfredson Lillian Westfall Mae Husby
Hazel Swanson Hazel Byers Fern Rice
Helen Barnes Ella Husby Adah Pinney
Phyllis Coffie Irene Van Sickle Mira Cook
Florence Gray Anna Eyer Clara Jensen
Wanda Rundle Lavonne F Jennings
Signed: 3 March 1941
E Lemstra, National President
CURRENT OFFICERS 2018 - 2019
Jim Kolls - Commander
Mike Dellwo -1st Vice Commander
Steve Jauron - 2nd Vice Commander
Vince Bugg - Sgt at Arms
Paul Kuester - Chaplin
Garry L Coon - Adjutant
Norm Plantenberg - Service Officer
Jerry Logemann - Historian
What Makes this Post Unique
First Legion Post in the area to provide an Electronic Kiosk for Veterans to save their military information
Photos
Celebration Cake
VETERANS MEMORIAL
Post 662 Namesake - George J. Nelson WWI
Kermit Lee 100th Birthday
2018 Honor Flight Fund Raising Dinner
Flag Retirement Ceremony
Veterans Memorial A good start
HISTORY
2010
Post 662 honors Member on his 100th Birthday
Oct 1, 2018
Sergeant Bluff American Legion Post 662 Celebrates Member’s 100th Birthday
Kemit Lee has been a member of Post 662 for over 70 years. On October 1st of this year the post honored Kermit with a birthday dinner and party to celebrate his 100th birthday.
GEORGE J. NELSON,, U.S.ARMY, WWI HONORED
Oct 18, 2018
SERGEANT BLUFF, IA -- None of the members of Sergeant Bluff's American Legion post personally knew George Nelson. But like a number of young men of his generation, Nelson's name lives on through the Legion, though many in the community probably don't know much, if anything, about him.
They see the name George Nelson Post 662 and likely don't think twice about the name or why the Sergeant Bluff post bears it. "People know what the..
