True Hero Chuck Slack Jr final a 1967 Vietnam death revealed
After 45 years Peggy Stull and Wayne MacLeister finally learn how Chuckie Slack Jr died in Tay Ninh Province on February 15 1967. Slack was 18 when he enlisted after graduating New Castle High and served with Company A 1st Battalion 503rd Infantry 173rd Airborne Brigade. The family had believed a compassionate silence until a New Castle News classified ad and online Find a Grave memorial uncovered the truth and offered closure.
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Stull
East Wallace Avenue
Charles L. Slack Jr
New Castle
Vietnam
McLeister
Charles Slack
Chuckie
Army
New Castle High
Fort Benning
503Rd Infantry Division
173Rd Airborne Brigade
John
Slack
Peggy
MacLeister
Police Man Sets Two Fires at Home
Corbin Blake Partin, 23, of 751 Arlington Ave, is charged with two counts of arson after firefighters responded to two blazes in an upstairs bedroom and a detached carport at the two story house where he lived. Police arrested Partin early yesterday morning in New Castle.
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Corbin Blake Partin
Arlington Ave
New Castle
Partin
North Beaver crash claims Pittsburgh man on I-376
State police report a collision in North Beaver Township at Interstate 376 Mount Jackson exit left Thomas F. Hughes aged 78 of Pittsburgh dead in a 1:13 a.m. crash. Hughes’ 2003 Ford was rear ended by a tractor-trailer driven by Cal L. Dittman 26 of Fenel tal. The rig struck Hughes’ vehicle as it sat in the eastbound right lane, sending the car into a guardrail.
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Interstate
North
Beaver Township
Thomas F. Hughes
Pittsburgh
Mount Jackson
Hughes
Cal L Dittman
Feneltal
Dittman
New Castle
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