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hon.e:sncoJohn Paschal\Now Listed As Killedl-lt;1Missing Gunner Is Declared h Dead By War Dept.o _Staff Sergeant John W. Paschal, o j 20. who was reported missing in dj action over- Italy December 2, j 1943. has been iistcd as killed, ac-j cording to a letter from Adjutant General Ulio to the youth’s fath-d er, William B. Pasehmal. 3 Park Place Apartment, Schoolfield.Sgt. Paschal had been based in l* {Italy for six months and had com-djpleled a number of missions as a * j gunner on a B-25 Mit chell Bomb-3 • or, when his plane was shot down hjbv anti-aircraft fire and fell to earth in the target area. The airman’s plane was leading the formation in an attack on Chieti.!| Italy and with him was a senior Ii » .. . .« » . * . - . lt;;offieer of his flight group. The ■ ! officer hailed out from the plane,! I was saved, and is now in this; | country recuperating from flak | {wounds received in his jump to j jthe earth. Because the officer! !\vas injured in the jump, he can I igive no account of the remainder; ’* j of the crew, j0 ! The letter from Ulio slated that j o | in view of the fact that 12 months i r i have expired witho.ut receipt of: y 'evidence to support a continued s ! presumption of survival, the War d j Department must end such ab-ajscnce as a presumptive finding of j s |death. j»- I “In the case of your son,” the i rjletter said, “the date of his.death (lias been set as December 3, 1944. j C:the day following the expiration; o of 12 months absence.” I0; Sgt. Paschal volunteered for the j iliArmy Air Corps in August, 1942.; c | which was three months follow-! n(ing his graduation from School-;i field High School. While attend-, -'mg high school he was captain of i si the football team, leader of the;i ' |e ; high school band and was a mem-j her of the high school Glee Club. : Between the time of his grnriua- j ,tion and entrance into the Army, | f; he was employed with the canteen ; o I outfit at Dan River Mills. ;i-i Sgt. Paschal is survived by his ; father in Sclujolfield. in
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Danville Bee
Danville, Virginia, US
Thu, Dec 14, 1944
Page 11
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OH, USA 07 Apr 2017
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