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(KNZA)--A well known member of the Hiawatha community is being remembered following his death this week.
According to an obituary from the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Highland, Brigadier General Harold Sommers was 85-years-old when he died Sunday.
Enlisting in the Kansas Army National Guard in 1951, Sommers the next year received a direct commission to Second Lieutenant in Headquarters Battery, 154th Field Artillery, and was then ordered to active duty during the Korean War in 1953.
After his return, he served as battery commander of 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery before being mobilized in 1968 for the Vietnam War.
In 1974, Sommers was promoted to battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery and then commander of the 130th Field Artillery Brigade. Later appointments included Deputy Commander, State Area Command, and being promoted to General in 1984. He retired in 1986, and was inducted into the Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame in 2003.
Sommers will be remembered Friday during a Celebration of Life Service at 2:00 at the Highland Christian Church.
Among his survivors are his wife Marilyn.
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