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Our Men In Service From Mt Vernon to Fort Riley
In Army and Navy notices from Illinois and beyond, Pvt Joel R Conaway of Fairfield Illinois served in Exercise Mayflower in Germany May 6 13 as a cook with the 485th Medical Company Stuttgart. M Sgt Eugene G Enlow Mt Vernon earned a Chemical Corps Training Command Certificate at Ft Leonard Wood. Pvt Larry A Ellis Mt Vernon completed a light vehicle driver course at Ft Leonard Wood. Ronald W Robinson Mt Vernon Navy veteran of Forrestal will soon return home after four years aboard the carrier. 1st Lt Richard E Griffiths Mt Vernon was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley Kansas after serving in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Army
Germany
AHTNC
Joel R. Conaway
Walter D. Conaway
Fairfield
Ill
Stuttgart-Munich
Conaway
485Th Medical Company
Stuttgart
Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Fairfield Central High School
FT. Mcclellan
Ala
Eugene G. Enlow
Mt. Vernon
U. S. Army Chemical Corps Training Command
Geoffrey Marshall Jr
8. Chemical Corps
Enlow
U. S. Army General Depot
Chinon
France
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Larry A. Ellis
Everett L. Ellis
Mount Vernon, Il
Ellis
Mount Vernon High School
Forrestal
Mediterranean
Ronald W. Robinson
Seaman
USN
Lee Robinson
Perkins Ave
Illinois
Ida Sue Flora
U. S. Navy
Ron
Great Lakes
Liberty
N-Nee
Naples
Italy
Spain
Beirut
Lebanon
GO Ofort
Riley
Kan
Richard E. Griffiths
Richard M. Griffiths
Apple Ave
Mount Vernon
1St Infantry Division
Fort Riley
Kaw
Griffiths
7Th Artillery
Harrisburg High School
University of Illinois
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Judith
Junction City