Vernard Jay Small

1933 - 1965  (32 years)

• Name	Vernard Jay Small  [1, 2]
  Birth	29 May 1933	Plymouth, Iowa, USA   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1935	Akron, Plymouth, Iowa, USA   [4]
  Residence	1940	Akron, Plymouth, Iowa, USA   [4]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
  Residence	1958	Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA   [2]
  Burial	1965	Akron, Plymouth, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Death	31 Jul 1965	DaNang, South Vietnam   [1, 3]
  Vernard Jay Small Obituary	9 Aug 1965	Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA   [5]
  		Vernard Jay Small Obituary
  Vernard Jay Small Posthumous Purple Heart	11 Oct 1965	Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA   [6]
  		Vernard Jay Small Posthumous Purple Heart
  Name	Vernard Small  [3, 4]
  Reference Number	10104
  Person ID	I10104	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Avery Winfield Small,   b. 18 Aug 1895, Plymouth, Iowa, USA d. 22 Apr 1969, Akron, Plymouth, Iowa, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Mother	Grace Iona Stinton,   b. 23 Feb 1898, Adaville, Plymouth, Iowa, USA d. 16 Dec 1990, Le Mars, Plymouth, Iowa, USA (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Marriage	14 Jun 1915	Elk Point, Union, South Dakota, USA
  Family ID	F3548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Claudia Ann Willms,   b. 19 Aug 1939, Akron, Plymouth, Iowa, USA d. 20 Mar 2022, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	23 Feb 1958	Akron, Plymouth, Iowa, USA   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F3586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 May 1933 - Plymouth, Iowa, USA Residence - 1935 - Akron, Plymouth, Iowa, USA Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - 1940 - Akron, Plymouth, Iowa, USA Residence - 1958 - Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA Marriage - 23 Feb 1958 - Akron, Plymouth, Iowa, USA Burial - 1965 - Akron, Plymouth, Iowa, USA Death - 31 Jul 1965 - DaNang, South Vietnam Vernard Jay Small Obituary - 9 Aug 1965 - Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Vernard Jay Small Posthumous Purple Heart - 11 Oct 1965 - Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  	Vernard Jay Small Obituary
  	Vernard Jay Small Posthumous Purple Heart

  
  

• Sources

  [S19] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S100] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2020;), Sioux City Journal; Publication Date: 15/ Mar/ 1958; Publication Place: Sioux City, Iowa, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/531823366/?article=eff4992d-4d26-4e30-9983-e87b04ee96cd&focus=0.54423815,0.019408427,0.65208054,0.4061297&xid=3398. https://www.newspapers.com/image/531823366/?article=eff4992d-4d26-4e30-9983-e87b04ee96cd&focus=0.54423815,0.019408427,0.65208054,0.4061297&xid=3398 [S87] Ancestry.com, Beta: Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1940-1955, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), Argus-Leader; Publication Date: 9/ Aug/ 1965; Publication Place: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/239088414/?article=b09dff16-5900-46ca-871c-99e054c43cf5&focus=0.51758885,0.5280907,0.63203156,0.7656. [S9] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Akron, Plymouth, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01190; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 75-1. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Akron, Plymouth, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01190; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 75-1 [S1786] Newspapers.com - Sioux City Journal - 9 Aug 1965 - Page 8, (Name: Sioux City Journal; Location: Sioux City, Iowa; Date: 9 Aug 1965;), 9 Aug 1965. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37072617/sioux_city_journal/?xid=637 Vernard Jay Small Obituary [S1773] Newspapers.com - Sioux City Journal - 11 Oct 1965 - Page 19, (Name: Sioux City Journal; Location: Sioux City, Iowa; Date: 11 Oct 1965;), 11 Oct 1965. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37072655/sioux_city_journal/?xid=637 Vernard Jay Small Posthumous Purple Heart