Helen L. Sagl, Women's Army Corps Records

Helen Louise Sagl was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on 17 October 1906. Her parents were Lotta W. and Anton Sagl. She attended the University of Nebraska and received a bachelor's degree in education in 1930 and a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology in 1935. She taught at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, before joining the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) in 1942 at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. She graduated from WAAC Officer Candidate School on 29 August 1942 and served as a member of the WAAC Fourth Company, First Regiment. In 1943, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corp changed names to become the Women's Army Corps (WAC). At the time of her discharge from the WAC, Sagl received the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps Service Medal. In April of 1944, Sagl attended the University of North Carolina Civilian Payroll School before returning to Camp Robinson, Arkansas. Also in 1944, Sagl spent two weeks at Fort Washington to attend the Adjutant General School, Civilian Personnel Class. In January 1945, she served at Camp Robinson as Civilian Personnel Officer. Sagl died on 13 January 1994.