In Memoriam from Schuyler County in World War Two pg 9

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Schuyler County In World War Two
- In Memoriam -

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transcribed by Sara Hemp

Page 9

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.

Tweedell, William

Staff Sergeant.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Tweedell of Beardstown, Illinois, former residents of Rushville.
Sergeant Tweedell was born October 30, 1916. He enlisted in the U. S. Army, April 2, 1942, and received his preliminary training at Fort Knox, Ky. He was sent overseas in November, 1944, and served with the 88th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaisance Squadron in Europe. He was overseas less than two months when killed in action in Northern France on January 22, 1945. His body now lies in Grand Failly Military cemetery in France.

Vincent, Ivan Ray

Seaman First Class.
Son of Gertrude Vincent of Camden township.
Was reported missing as of October 24, 1944, on the carrier, Princeton. He has since been declared officially dead.

Young, Marion R. (Russell)

Aviation Radioman Third Class.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Young of Oakland township.
Reported missing in action January 7, 1945, when he was on a bombing mission from a carrier in the Pacific war area. He has since been declared officially dead.

Wherley, Russell W.

Private First Class.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wherley of Hickory township.
Killed in action near Taconda, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on January 29, 1945. Private Wherley was a member of the crew of ad self-propelled howitzer being moved in defilade behind a recenetly captured hill. Two enemy tanks suddenly appeared around the side of the hill, at an angle to which the howitzer could not be traversed. While the driver attempted to drive the carriage into firing position, Private Wherley moved to the machine gun mounted at the side of the carriage. Sitting on the tube on the howitzer and completely exposed to fire from the advancing tanks, he trained the machine gun on the tanks and delivered steady fire. An artillery shell hit the tracks of the howitzer, stopped it completely and wounded every member of the crew. As his comrades left the vehicle to take cover, Private Wherley, though himself wounded, remainder (remainded) at his gun and covered their withdrawal. A monent later another shell struck the mount and he was fatally wounded. Private Wherley's outstanding heroism in voluntarily holding a position of great and obvious danger, in the face of heavy fire at the cost of his life, reflects the highest traditions of the military service. Private Wherley was awarded the Distinguished Srevice Cross for his heroic deed.

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