Corporal Luster Killed In Action in World War II
Corporal C. Luster, husband of Lara Harrison Luster of Par pey, has died overseas after two years with the forces. He fought in the Tunisian and Italian campaigns and was buried in ceremonies at Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, and Norfolk. Survived by his wife, a son John Harrison, and his parents Mr and Mrs J O Luster of Montgomery and Wetumpka.
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C. Luster
Panse
Bert
Lara Harrison Luster
Parpey
War Department
Luster
Fort Benning
Fort Bragg
N. C
Norfolk
Trea
John Harnson
J. O. Luster
Montgomery and
Wetumpka
Price Wounded in France Son of Local Residents
Staff Sergeant Zick Price, son of Mr and Mrs Sterling Pace of Lothan route five, was seriously wounded in France on July 10. He enlisted about two and a half years ago and has been overseas since April of this year. His wife Sarame Sport, now residing on Headland, received the notification.
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Price
Zick Price
Sterling Pace
Lothan Route Five
France
Sarame Sport
Headland
Aincs
Jones Promoted to Staff Sergeant at Far East Base
Jones, of SB Nor Foster Street, promoted to staff sergeant at Far East Air Service Command base in Gite New Guinea. He served two years overseas, completed 32 combat missions and 320 flight hours on combat and transport aircraft. Joined Army July 1938. Entitled to Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with bronze star and Presidential Unit Citation.
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Actin MM Jones
SB Nor Foster Street
Far Ean Air Service Command
New Gunes
Jones
John S Jones
Steele Route One
Army
New Guinea
Wounded In Action Private Newton Mentioned in War Dept Notice
Private Cepbus G. Newton son of Mrs Mathe L Newton of Newton route four has been wounded in action in the Mediterranean area the War Department announced Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cepbus G. Newton
Mathe L. Newton
Newton Route Four
Mediterranean
War Department
Dothan High star dies from war wounds in France
Former Dothan High School athlete, end for the Dothan Tigers, died after being wounded July 10 in the Cherbourg battle. He entered high school in 1838 and in his final year was elected captain, a testament to his leadership and sportsmanship as remembered by the school and community.
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Comehuesist
Zieck" Pree
Dothan High School
France
Cherbourg
Ack
Dothan Tigers
Laremel
Headland
Tiger
Dothan Cibrens
Turnham Injured Private First Class Elmer Turnham
Private first class Elmer Turnham son of Mr and Mrs G C Turnham of Dothan route two was slightly wounded in action 17 France on June 17 per a telegram from the War Department to his parents this week He volunteered about two years ago trained at Fort Leonard Wood Mo and is a member of a light artillery unit overseas since September A brother Lieut Grady C Turnham serves with the U S Navy in the South Pacific
Holloman Promoted From Sergeant to Staff Sergeant
James E Holloman of Columbia route two has been promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant, announced by his commanding officer. Holloman has served in the China Burma Theater for the past year with the India China Wing of the Air Transport Command, operating the United Nations aerial supply route to China over the Himalaya mountains in North Burma, flying giant transports day and night.
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James E .Holloman
Columbia Route Two
Holloman
India-China
Air Transport Command
U. S. ‘Army Air Forces
United Nation
China
Himalaya i Mountains
Burma
Krall Commissioned as Second Lieutenant in Arkansas training
Second Lieutenant Stanley Krall received his silver wings as a military pilot at the Advanced Twin Engine Flying Training School in Blytheville Arkansas on August 4. His wife Patricia Krall resides in Midland City. His brother Richard L. Krall is listed in Winter Park Florida.
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Krall
Stanley Krall
Patricia Krall
Midland City
Blytheville
Ark
Richard L. Krall
Winter Park
Fla
Gordon Technician Wounded in France in July
Fifth grade technician Kirksey Charles H. Kirksey of Gordon was seriously wounded in action July 13 in France. A War Department notification to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Espy Kirksey, of Gordon, confirms the injury. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Robinson, also of Gordon.
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Charles H. Kirksey
Gordon
France
Charlie Espy Kirksey
War Department
H. B. Robinson
Lieut Ira Whipple Reported Killed in Europe
Special from Marianna says First Lieutenant Ira Register Whipple was killed in the European theater on April 11. A P-38 pilot, he earned the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster with 14 missions. He previously was missing in action, notified to his mother Mrs Humne Whipple, and had joined the Army in St. Louis before transferring to the Air Corps. He was a Graceville High School graduate, class of ’39, with two brothers in military service.
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Marianna
Ira Register Whipple
Wevan
Air Nedal
Whipple
Humne Register Whipple
Army Infantry
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Air Corps
Chandler
Arizona
Graceville High School
Ira M. Whipple
Delmar Edward Whipple
Signal Corps
South Pacifica
Stafford Whipple
City
Births Record of Military Families Names and Dates
A list of birth announcements for children born to service members and their spouses with names and birth dates including Terry Glenn, Mary Lyna, David McCall, James Howard, William Ronald, Julia Hill, Jackie, Jessie Paul, William Harry, Shirley Ann, Mickey, Delores Marie, Shirley Anne, Dorothy Carolyn, and Dorothy Carolyn Cross, plus a promotion notice for Hubert L. Clark to Staff Sergeant stationed in England.
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Tulle Childree
William Ronald
E. H. Bogers
del Rio
Texas
Julia Hill
J. F
Stuckey
Midland City
Jackie
Jessie L. ‘Godwin
Jessie Paul
Harrt
Woodside
Battle Creek
Mich
William Harry
I. B. Craft
U. S. Marine Corps
Shirley Ann
B. A. ‘Holland
Ashford
Mickey
J. JW. Lewis
Headland
Delores Marie
Elton Monday
Shirley Anne
James Cross
Dorothy Carolyn
Deaths listed from several Alabama areas
Obituary notices name Eons J. Armstrong 60 Ari ten Viola Forest 80 Blake ly route four Lucius Lee Rollins 25 Columbia route two W C Barnes 51 Slocomb route two W H Owens 59 1110 West Newton St Dothan Bryant L Hatcher 44 Newton Oma Lee Edmondson 35 Mrs H T Collins 42 Slocomb route one John McDonald 74 Slocomb route one.
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Oma Lee Edmondson
Headland
H. T. Collins
Slocomb
John McDonald
Marriages in Houston County Week Licenses Issued
The Houston County Probate Office lists marriage licenses issued last week for John L Holloway and Katherine Harolson Ray Clinton Waller and Louise Patterson Glenn W Rhoades and Virginia Byrd Jack G Stallings and Verna Maudine Taylor Benjamin Carl Ellis and Juanita Willis Charles Elmer Barber and Evelyn Thompson Harold Reuben Roberson and Neil Roberson Robert H Altherr and Meryella Sutton Walter W Etheridge. Private Frankie L Synco arrives safely in England with Sante visit details indicating induction at Mont gomery and assignment to a Field Artillery unit.
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Houston County
John L. Holloway
Jay
Fra
Katherine Harolson
Duncan
Ray Clinton Waller
Ashford
Alg
Louise Patterson
Ale
Glenn W. Rhoades
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Virginia
Irene Byrd
Mt. Olive
Miss
Jack G. Stallings
Smithfield
Verna Maudine Taylor
High Point
N. Cc
Benjamin Carl Ellis
Crystal River
Fla
Juanita Willis
Charles Elmer Barber
Lanham
Evelyn Laverne Thompses
South
Morgan Street
Dean
Walter W. Etheridge
RAF
Synco
Sante Visit
Frankie L. Synco
England
S. C. Lambert
West Newton Street
Dothan
Army
Montgomery
Foxworth Arrives Safely In France After Training
Mrs. Loudean Foxworth of Slo comb has been notified of the safe arrival of her husband, Corporal Jimmie L. Foxworth, in France.
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Foxworth
Loudean Foxworth
Slocomb
Jimmie L. Foxworth
France
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Service Men’s News Digest
the Dothan Eagle
Corporal Luster
Daleville
Newton-Daleville
Camp Rucker
H. C. Blarkman
Mt. de Cora Dudley
Webb
RFC
Good Dodge
Dodge
Plymouth
S. T. Lewis, Headland
W. L. Arnold
Rfd
W. B. Sizemore
Dallas
K. Upton
Malvern
D. C. Skinner
Ala
Kinsey
Uwe
Peacock
BR. EB. Glass
Pansey
E. C. Engram
Clyde Hagler
Newton
C. L. Helms
Slacomb
Hartford-Vicksburg Highway
Tabernacle Church
J. T. Wright
Pleasant Hill Church
T. L. Prevatte
Catton Wood
C. B. Crowley
R. Cain
Sanitary Dairy
Tothan
Cali
REA Inc
W. Croom
Miller, Webb, Ale
Edison Price
Newville
Jersey
Jeff Nall
Dothan - Columbia Highway
Green Front
My Place
Hodges
Hodgesville
Ralph Watford
Keyton
Awe
Power Hay Press
Buster Griffin
Fadette
Greenwood
Graceville
Malone
Kirksey
By Wiliams
Trai
Mae
Gorromw
North Pole
Nero
Lieut. Whipple
Glenn Horace Smith
Terry Glenn
James Milton Bigpiee
Mary Lynna
Paul A Andrews
David McCall
James Howard Peterson
Peterson
Miami, Fla
James Howard
Peeely
Erin TS Oe
NES
AIR Forces Board
Eons J. Armstrong
Harold Reuben Roberson
Campbellton, Fla
Neil Austin Rob
Clark
Phame
Aden
DR. C. . Poitevint
Oates Et Dey
W. T. Burkett
First Baptist Church
Headland Avenue Baptist Church
Grandview Baptist Church
Episcopal Church of the Nativity
Temple Emanu-El
Church of the Nazarene
Curtis Memorial Methodist Church
Foster Street Methodist Church
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Salvation Army
Young People! League
Assembly of God Church
Childens
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