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|cfin im ivy imii mi ii jt!4 aI”I lnHURT IN FRAHCECpl. Doversberger Is . \v Wounded; . Husband ofCounty Woman Killed;chhe. One county soldier was re-.j ported wounded slightly in ac-[tion in France and the husband [ of a former county woman was n jreported killed in action In Ger- r many, according to messages e sent by the War department to I v next of kin.' It;r * The wounded. soldier is Cpl lc ijVernon Doversberger, 20, son:* ; of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dovers-:.■ *•:jberger, route 1, and the second . ^ Jj casualty was Pfc. Walton Wil-lt p i son, husband of the former Vir-; j d ginia McNew, of Tipton.... Cpl. Doversberger was serv-jo ing with the sevdnth army, hisj^ mother said, and was in an ar-ja tillery .survey detail. He was,e wounded Dec. 10, after he had , £ ! been in action about three L weeks. 'Cpl. Doversberger operated, a j service station, on state road 28 j t opposite the Pioneer Hi-Bred \ seecl corn plant and later at- q tended Purdue university for 5 one semester before entering the j a army Feb. 19, 1943. He under-i*, went training at Fort . Lewis, W »j Wash., and at Camp Phillips, .s ’ Kan., and went overseas in Aug-jg ust. His latest letter was r3-? ceived by his parents Thursday and was written Dec,’2.Pfc. Wilson, a-, native of * El-I wood, was killed in action in Germany on Nov. 28. He wasjt 28 years old, He entered the r i service approximately-vone yearjr [ [ ago and his been overseas since r*, f. August . Survivors are the wid-; ti I ow, now residing in Frankfort, j land three children. • jt•j Word‘also was received to-jc u day that Pvt. Merle Planalp, in-jp ;. jured recently in Germany, is: 1 'now* in a hospital in England. If. ' la
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Tipton Tribune
Tipton, Indiana, US
Fri, Dec 22, 1944
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