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IEDGAR orro LINKEi VICTIM OF ENEMYI ACTION IN PACIFICf Oak Hill SeamanI-1Was Serving on Ship 'Lost Last FebruaryEDGAR OTTO LINKE, S 2-cEdgar Otto Linke, seaman second class and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie J. Linke of Oak Hill, was lost to enemy actionvPacific in mid-February, a war department telegram received this week revealed.Seaman Linke had been re•»ported missing and the wire announced his death when de £ tails, unrevealed, became known * to navy authorities. , rLinke, 17 years old at the r time, entered the service April * 20. 1944. a naval reserve volunteer. He trained at San Diego £ and received orders for overseas service on October 2. 1944. He was a gunner on a warship. £Memorial services for the young man will be held at St. f John's Lutheran church here on ' May 20. at 3 p.m.. Rev. A. W I Weber announced. Linke was a member of the Lutheran s church. FA native of Wesley, he was born March 24. 1927, and at tended the Oak Hill school. At the time he enlisted, he was working for the Petty Geophy sical company.The War department wire said that Linke had been buried a in a military cemetery on an a as yet unannounced Pacific is- 1 land. oSurviving are his parents, t( twro sisters, Mrs. Monroe Koehn of Houston and Miss Lucille c Linke, at home, and one brother, Sl Monroe H. Linke of Houston. °
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Bellville Times
Bellville, Texas, US
Thu, May 10, 1945
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