Enlistees from Southern Illinois join U.S. Army for Christmas leave
Fifteen men and one woman from Southern Illinois enlist through Carbondale Army recruiting. Enlistees include Ronald Simmons, William Darnell, Gerald Carroll, Marion Reynold, Edward Harris, Kelton Grear, Randall Bailey, Charles Poe, John Purley, Ivy Bond, David Williams, David Chapman, Robert Goeddel, Danny Parr, John Merton, Mattie Green, and Pena. Those enlisting in December may spend Christmas at home before reporting January 6 to St. Louis for basic training.
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Southern Illinois
U.S. Army
Carbondale
Steve Sullivan
Sullivan
Ronald E. Simmons
Rt. 3
William E. Darnell
Rt. 2
Benton
Gerald S. Carroll
Thompsonville
Marion J. Reynold
W. Owens
Edward R. Harris
Kelton K. Grear
Dongola
Randall A. Bailey
Cypress
Charles E. Poe
S. Holiday Ave
du Quoin
John M. Purley
West Blvd
Marion
Ivy Lester Bond Jr
Murphysboro
David A. Williams
Tamaroa
David A. Chapman
Robert E. Goeddel
Herbert
Danny L. Parr
George St
Anna
John S. Menton
N. Main
Mattie Mae Green
N. Allman
Ke. Pena
St. Louis
Dillow Named Army Recruiter for Belleville Area
Army Staff Sergeant Robert Dillow, a Vietnam veteran from Anna, has been chosen as the new Army recruiter for the Belleville area. Since 1961 in service, he will attend recruiting school before his assignment and has earned the Combat Infantryman’s Badge and other decorations. He is married to Dorothy Hazel of Ware and they have two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Robert Dillow
Anna
Belleville
Dillow
Vietnam
Dillon
Dorothy Hazel
Ware
Marion Man Earns Army Aviator Silver Wings
Thomas W. Hestand age 24 and son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hestand of 418 Charlotte Road received the silver wings of an Army aviator after graduating from the Army aviation school at Hunter Airfield Georgia. He completed a 16 week course in helicopter fire techniques and tactical maneuvers to support ground troops. Hestand entered the Army in December 1967 after graduating Marion High School in 1962 and attending Southern Illinois University. He later worked for Clarida Consulting Engineers in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Thomas W. Hestand
Wayne Hestand
Charlotte Road
Army Aviation School
Hunter Airfield
Hestand
Army
Marion High School
Southern Ilinois University
Clarida Consulting Engineers
Murphysboro Residents Charged in Williamson County
Three Murphysboro residents Donna Snider Reason Woolsey and Bobby Woolsey will be arraigned in Marion circuit court at 10 a.m. Tuesday on charges including burglary criminal damage to property and criminal trespass for an incident dated November 18 reported by Russell Snider of Marion.
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Rt. 2
Murphysboro
Marion
Donna Kay Snider
Reason Woolsey
Bobby Joe Woolsey
Russell E. Snider
E. Mitchell St
Soldier earns combat infantryman badge in Vietnam
Pfc. George E. Barnes, husband of Karen Barnes of Marion, Indiana, receives the combat infantryman badge at Duc Lap Vietnam as a rifleman with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division. John Manering, 14, Madison Wisconsin, dies after a long illness. He is survived by his parents and sister Mary Cynthia. burial in Resurrection Cemetery, Madison, on November 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Barnes
Karen
N. McLaren St
Marion
Duc Lap
Vietnam
Thomas Barnes Jr
Ewing St
Clinton, Ind
35Th Infantry
4Th Infantry Division
John Manering
Madison Wis
Madison
Robert Manering
Royalton
Mary Cynthia
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Fairfield
Robert Eugene McNeil
Herrin
McNeil
Wayne County
Memorial Hospital
Carl
Pauline Etherton McNeill
Pat Gualdoni
St. Edward’s Catholic
St. Edwards Church
Wilbert J. [Iffert
Maple Hill Ceme
Marion Odum
Southern Illinoisan
Londale
Budge
Blackwall
Winter Patrol
Snowtires
UNI Royal
Jaxe’s Tire Company
E. Main
Harrisburg
Main
E. Madison
N. Court
TIGER
Williamson
Resurrection
Madison, Wis
Eaton & Brown
S. Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
E. Capitol
Springfield
Ill
York
First Illinois Trust
Theodore W. Lay
Girard
Illinois
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