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  • About
    • Story City Historical Society
    • Staff
  • Museums
    • Bartlett House Museum
    • Carriage House Museum
    • Story City Museum
    • Sheldall Schoolhouse
  • Events
  • Exhibits
    • Dr. Frances Bartlett Kinne
    • Story City Century Homes & Buildings >
      • Century Buildings
      • Century Homes
      • Brochure & Map
    • Sheldall Schoolhouse >
      • A Day in the Sheldall Schoolhouse
      • Sheldall School Students
      • Sheldall School Teachers
      • Life After Sheldall Schoolhouse
      • Sheldall Schoolhouse Video
    • Woodland Farms >
      • Hermanson Origins
      • Women of Woodland Farms
      • Woodland Diary
      • Woodland Turkey Growers
      • Woodland Farms International
      • Woodland Farms & Story City
    • WWI Gold Star Soldiers >
      • Clifford Cate
      • Milton Goins
      • Hans Abrahamson
      • Peterson & Wier
      • Boyd & Larson
      • Christian Karlsen
      • Clarence Olson
      • Peter Swenson Bratteland
      • Kornelius Tvedt
    • Story City in WWII
    • Downtown Business Project
    • Medical History
  • Virtual Exhibits
  • Membership
  • Contact Us & Hours
  • News & Updates
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  • Annual Fund
MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY

Palmer L. Helvig 

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Photo of Palmer courtesy of Sue Braland.
Palmer Leroy Helvig was born Apr. 20, 1901, to Ole K. and Alice Torkelson Helvig. He died Mar. 28, 1961, and is buried in Story City Cemetery, Story City, IA.
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Petty Officer Helvig served with the U.S. Navy in World War II aboard the USS Swasey, USS King, and USS Tracy. 
Story City Herald Articles
September 4, 1941
January 1, 1942
April 23, 1942
November 23, 1944
June 27, 1946
Iowa Bonus File Application 
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Application for Headstone or Marker 
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Navy Muster Roll
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Muster roll for the USS Tracy from December 8, 1941.
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