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I\Slafl Sgl. PenneyAlaie'^ Killed in IieyteBy *light f-mbbedfourdis- werewardsch.irmytual-Val-iwestvillettheShakipartmei ernoon and C. home, gram o membeiTalks viway,” I “Legenc L. Ram Durir group iing Chmen ir Oliver chasingthe hoi with M hostess to men renee Ii•hourdnternkir-5uar-: two;h ineast rneri-omilesrt byOnlyi the *gue-Saar-an try•ross-Oer-II but,n otream, o in ed atStaff Sgt, Norman W, Penney, 26. above, son of Mrs. Maggie Penney, 618 Grove Street, was killed in action on Leyte Nov, 3, his mother was notified Wednesday by the War Department. He had been iti foreign service only two months and had been in the U. S. Army nearly four years.A member of an infantry unit, he had been attached to one division since it was activated two and a half years ago at Camp Adair. Ore. where mast of his training was received. Later his division received training at Fort Lewis, Wash.. Bend, Oregon, and Fan Luis Obispo, Calif.In a letter to his mother dated Oct. 30. he said that his infantry unit was in the initial invasion of \* yte and that he was one of the first, American soldiers to set foot on the soil of the Philippine Island;. in fhe attack.Reared in Denton, he was a graduate of Denton High School, where lie played football and track, and attended Teachers College two years before enlisting in the service. Besides his mother, he is survived by two brothers, Homer of Cleburne and Dodds of Ranger.SiMGSwPfc• Ho yep Decker
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Denton Record Chronicle

Denton, Texas, US

Fri, Dec 08, 1944

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