In Memoriam from Schuyler County in World War Two pg 1

Schuyler County
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World War II

Schuyler County In World War Two
- In Memoriam -

Book owned by Kathleen Yanchick
transcribed by Sara Hemp

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In Memoriam

This book is a memorial to the men of Schuyler County who made the supreme sacrifice. They died through no lack of courage, skill or training; for a blind fate singled out her victims. A few breaths marked the boundary line between continued life and a death that wore many different disguised. Yet they never faltered. Simply, and without false heroics, they accomplished a heroic task. Meither the greatness of their deeds nor the immensity of their country's deby can be measured by mere words.

Those Who Gave Their Life

Bedenbender, Ralph Owen	Blurton, Ralph	Brackett, Robert William
Cady, Marshall	Cole, Walter LaVerne	Conrad, Charles L.
Constable, Stanley M.	Corman, Edward J., Jr.	Cunningham, Charles L.
Doyle, William Henry	French, George D.	Gillenwater, Gayle C.
Grafton, Clifford L.	Gray, Irvin Park	Haffner, Floyd B.
Hendricks, Archie	Homberger, Howard G.	Ingles, Harold
Jones, Dean W.	Jones, Frank J.	Kirkham, Verlin P.
Lashbrook, Howard W.	Lawler, Charles H.	Lawler, Roland P.
McCombs, Fred	Miller, Floyd E.	Oliver, Glenn E.
Overfelt, W. Felton	Poole, Wilson J.	Shores, John R.
Taylor, Carl Wayne	Turner, Aubrey E.	Tweedell, William
Vincent, Ivan Ray	Young, Marion R. (Russell)	Wherley, Russell W.
Winston, Elmo Dean	Winston, Merle	Ward, Lyle D.

Bedenbender, Ralph Owen

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bedenbender of Woodstock Township.
Born in 1917 in Brown County.
Inducted into the Army, August 19, 1943, and was shipped overseas from Fort Ord, California, October 19, 1944.
He was killed in action on Luzon, February 19, 1945, while serving with Co. D of the 108th Infantry.

Blurton, Ralph

Corporal. Enlisted at Peoria, Illinois, in February, 1940.
Died in Japanese prison camp, Cabanatuah, of Beriberi, November 26, 1942, where he had been held following the fall of Bataan in the Philippines.
This infomation received by his sister, Mrs. Lyle Nelson of Rushville, July 18, 1943.

Brackett, Robert William

Private First Class.
Son of Mrs. Della Brackett, now of Quincy, Illinois.
Entered service Septmeber 11, 1944, at Ft. Sheridan, Illinois.
After basic training with the 193rd Infantry he was shipped to the Hawaiian Islands and from there to Okinawa where he was killed May 31, 1945, while serving with Co. F, 382nd Infantry in the 96th Division.

Cady, Marshall

Private First Class.
Son of Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Cady of Vienna, Illinois, formerly of Rushville.
Killed at Raffatsbrand, Germany, December 13, 1944, while serving as a rifleman with the Third Army. He was sent to Camp Kilmer, N. J., in railway car No. 13. His unit was at Camp Kilmer 13 days and then embarked for England on October 13, 1944. The The trip required 13 days. His unit was in England 13 days and then sent to the European Continent where on December 13, the day of the first attack of Raffatsbrand, Marshall was killed.

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