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ft "TV 0 1 a 1 iwp pi i Continued from Opposite Pag tUROPIAN VICTORY IOITION THE MtSStNGtB AND THI INQUIRM, QWtNSBOHO, Section 1 Pst Heroic Sons Of Owensboro And Daviess County Who Died For Their Country And Its Ideals In World War II 1 I A 3 -If 1 I I '4 I 1 i lX vi I I Kill. I IIMI ll HI. II i A X. i A. 1 5 i- Pvt.

James Alonio Schartuiif, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Schar-tung, Stanley, Route 2, who was wounded in battle in France on September 13, 1944, died two days later In an Army hospital.

4 UMand T. husband of Sfil. Will lain A. who ws wounded in action in (It-rmanv on 1-leut. Vincent J.

Salvia, husband or Mrs. Dorothy Bryan Salvia. 605 Walnut street was killed in action somewhere in the Central Pacific tii dav. lie' was a'son Mrs. Nora 1,1 ln-K.

Howard, Kouto 2, and had been Germany on December 17, 1944, in the army since November 30, 1942. had been in the army since March 6, 194.) and overseas 14 months. Robert R. Ilately, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Jess Hately, Utica, Route 2, died of injuries received in an accident in the Southwest Pacific, in the summer of 1943. He was in nn ennineerliiK battalion and had been overseas two years. ill I- v- A 1 i I 4 1 ''Xr w-k Hi Ml 'II ill illi li i mt MuUk ill MHIiMlitiHitlM i 'i rf If I i Ifc. Joseph C. Wood, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Umls Wood, 2530 West Technical Sfit. A. II. Kennedy, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Abo Kennedy, Houta 2. was killed in net ion in thn Euro jican theater on December 25, 1944, He entered the army in March, 1944; and had been oversens two months. Pvt. John It.

ii ma Re, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Humane, Stanley, Route 1, was killed in action In Bel-glum on January 1, 1945.

He had; been overseas only three months. 1 i i ,1 4 Pfc. Joseph W. I'fnhl, hiu-band of -Wt. 1 Mrs.

IJeatrice Pfohl. 125 Lewla If-'' Ctw-r 4 4 street, was killed in action in 1 1 I' i France on December 5, 1944. He had I 1 4 been in Uie Anny nine months and r' overseas thme months. I I Ki-y 1 1 V- Mrs. Virginia Mum, 1103 18 Court, nU Pwn nnssinK in Ion over France on November fl, IsHJ, was officially declared dead by tho vYlir department, In December, l'H4.

In tho Air Cuii. hn ns member of the Owen.sboro Police force, before enterinpr tlie armv WW x. i Pvt. Harold I.auIk Taylor, who wiui wounded in action in Ciermanv, died of the injuries on November 24, 1944. He was a son of Mr.

and Mrs. Sherman 'lay lor, l.lverniore road. Mrs. M. T.

Ellis, 325 Cedar street, was killed in action on Leyto island on December 5, 1944. He enlisted in the Anny on April 4, 1941 and had been overseas since December, 1913. Pvt. Paul Mug, husband of Mrs. Frances Ling was killed in action in France on December 7, 1944.

He had been in the army only since April, 1944 and overseas only two months. Lieut. Woodrow Holbroek, son of Mr. and Mrs. M.

J. Holbrook, Whltesville, lost his life when a Japanese ship carrying 750 Amer- lean nrlsnnerfl nf war. wn mink riff tk. Vt, cT lrLieu Hobk'had been A "ie-i1 1 Xv -JJ2 I i JjZ Pvt. James t.

Brown was killed I '1 II in action in France on November 11, hih'--hw-i-ih 1944. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. m.A niivrt "rt, Funr' killed in action in France on No- vember 8. 1944.

He was with an in- fantry unit and had been awarded the infantry combat medal. He had been overseas live months. Second Meat. Silas V. Morris, husband of Mrs.

Mildred Owens Morris, and son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hlx, Owensboro, was killed in action in Germany on November 18, 1944.

of the Third armv nnri had heen overseas six months and in the army 10 months, Pfc. Neron Parks, son of C. W. Parks, Owensboro, was killed In ac- t.inn nn Nnvnmw id ioji hH been in the army since September 3. Staff Sgt.

Beck Mattlngly, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Mattingly, 621 West Mtirblnnrt avpntm vag kmrl "I mhMM street HP w.th tnf.o.lrv tf 'X 3 Sergeant Earl Marsh, husband of Mrs.

Virginia Marsh, 624 Hall street, was killed in action in Africa, on December 4, 1942. He was in the iield artillery. Pvt. Walter R. Estes, son of Mr.

Iind Mrs. Albert Estes, of Maceo, was killed in action on the Italian front on June 2, 1944. 5-, W. Cecil Kittinirer, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Oppie Kittinger, and pilot in the U. S. Army Air Corps, was killed in action on August 14, 1943. He was probably the first local service man lulled on Continental Europe. -I Paul Casle, son of the Rev.

A. F. Cagle and Mrs. Cagle, who enlisted In the American Field Service of the British Army, and who served as an ambulance driver on the front in Italy was killed on Sept. 4, 1944, somewhere in Italy.

Pfc. Martin Wiesman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wiesman, 1630 East Twenty-third street was killed in action in France on Sept. 13, 1944.

He had previously been wound ed in action at St. Lo, France on i. munyi mini in hi 'H' tiM fa li i ii JujiflnWifrinfiitiriT lirTM mil i i ftii'i iiw on September 28, 1944. He had been in service four years. ilff Strf lark (inrail nf 1r Mr.1n?MVA.SSda9n3rCen Germany on Oct.

6. 1944, He was an i.ih.,.. armored gunner on a B-24 Liberator and had been in the army since January, 1941 and overseas two months. Pvt. Floyd Ray Sutton, of Owens boro, was killed in action in Europe "ovemoer im.

ne eniistea in the Army on October 6, 1940 and was with the First Armored Divi sion. He was a veteran of the Afri can campaign, participated in the fighting on the Anzio beachhead, and was in the first outfit to enter Rome in its liberation. Todd Bristow, husband of Mrs. Clara Bristow, 811 Clav street, was Kinea in action France on OctO' ber 27, 1944. He had been overseas iO IUUIIUIS, Pfe.

Arthne Tl. i klUedfaMHmtaH 1 1 i I if 4 1 I K'l I I PTTTi-t Tfi-ttnt iMinitimfi it. ifl 1 i i M.RHP't Hell liar- a plane crush In India on January 11, 1944. Corp Harrison was sta- tioned In India. Pfc.

Walter lewis Furecll, son of Paul Purcell, 1124 Jackson street was killed in action on the Italian front on Sept. 18, 1944. Staff Sergeant W. L. 'Xichenor, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Jeff Tichenor, 1346 East Fourth Street was killed in action in France in September, 1944. He had enlisted the Army on April 23, 1941. Sergeant James M. Mayfield died in a German prisoner of war camp, near Frankfurt.

He was a ball turret gunner on a B-17 and was injured when he parachuted to safety on April 22, 1944. His injuries proved fatal on June 19. Sgt. Mayfield was the husband of Mrs. Ruth Baird Mayfield.

and a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mayiicld, Utica, Route 2.

Corporal John Hscher, 21, son of Mrs. Agnes Fischer, of Stanley, was killed in action on Aug. 26, 1944, in France. He entered the Army 1942, and had four brothers in the service. Leland Standish Hale, son of Mrs.

Orpha Hale, Route 2, Philpot, lost his life when he was swept over- 1 1 i i 1 1 r- 'I i. ft:) illu i-lili 11 -I, -i I 1 ,1 I i i tW We. Itofcrrt KIU. mm of Mr. and i if I'fc.

K4ort Ulis, son of Mr. and Fugcfie llarilin Iturhlnw. chief radio man In the V. H. Navy, died somewhere in the Southwest Pacific, on January 3, of wounds received in action.

He was a son of Mr and Mrs. Hurlio llitrklow and liad been in the Navy five years. William M. Morris, husband of Mrs. Wllina L.

Morris. Owensboro, was killed in action In France on July 25, 1944. Ho had participated In the African arid Sicilian cam- palKiis and was among the first troops to enter France during the invasion. MM Lieut. Charles L.

Fulton, son of Mr arttl TV.fro T. iDnl tt GcZ 1 as- 4 i j-m -a. I i V- If ffj.Y'j li.m i.i i r.imcr ii. raireiiuu, oi lua rSnSVQSl i 'rT child and was attached to a Medical TVA 1 1 w- I i. li fnn unit as an ambulance driver.

Pfc John Miller, Route 3, died on Sept. 17, 1944, of wounds received in action in France. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Miller, Koute 3, unit.

and was in an infantry iA J.TJ.1 1VUJ i ll)IUWiWBiWWI Pvt. Delbert Estes, husband of Mrs. Sue Estes, of Maceo, was killed in action in France on Sept. 23, 1944. ie was a son or Mr.

and Mrs Todd Estes He was the father of three children t'apt. Preston Taylor Tayne, husband of Mrs. Vireinia Gore Pavne. of Utica. was killed in action in France on Sept.

20, 1944. He had served overseas for 38 months. He 1-4 i MUfll -I -HI I. 1 i Pfc. William H.

Settle, former member of the Owensboro Polico department wa.s killed in Hction in France In January, 1945. He was the husband of Mrs. Eloise Mitchell Settle, of Owensboro. and son of Mr. Fred T.

Settle, of Evansville and Owensboro. 4 Staff Sgt. E. J. Rhinerson, son of Mr.

and Mrs. John Rhinerson, of Pnmp wit kfiloH in lotinn nn ox, xsto. ne naoi overfe'sincHulv P25 SS" I 7 f- A. i.