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Schuyler County in World War II |
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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.
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Jones, Frank J.
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Kirkham, Verlin P.
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| Lashbrook, Howard W.
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Lawler, Charles H.
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Lawler, Roland P.
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| McCombs, Fred
| Miller, Floyd E.
| Oliver, Glenn E.
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| Overfelt, W. Felton
| Poole, Wilson J.
| Shores, John R.
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| Taylor, Carl Wayne
| Turner, Aubrey E.
| Tweedell, William
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| Vincent, Ivan Ray
| Young, Marion R. (Russell)
| Wherley, Russell W.
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| Winston, Elmo Dean
| Winston, Merle
| Ward, Lyle D.
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Cunningham, Charles L. Staff Sergeant. Grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Boyles of Rushville. Charles was reported missing in action from a plane mission over Borneo on October 18, 1944. He has since been declared officially dead. |
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Doyle, William Henry (Henry William) Corporal. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Doyle of Rushville. Died April 28, 1945, of injuries received in action as a Rifleman on Guam. |
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French, George D. Lieutenant. Brother of Mrs. William Bigham of Rushville. Died in a hospital in England May 13, 1944, as the result of wounds received while on a bombing mission over Germany. |
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Gillenwater, Gayle C. Staff Sergeant. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ora Gillenwater of Rushville. Killed while performing his duty as top turret gunner on a B-17 on his first mission over Germany, December 8, 1943. |
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