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Death in Action ofFormer Amboy YouthIs Told From PulpitTPastor-Father Announc- 1 'ed Jack Merrifield L*Killed in LuzonThe congregation in the Plymouth Congregational church in Maywood, at the request of the Rev. Roy W. Merrifield, didn’t sing the closing hymn at services yes- f mgterday.waicantorthestrrEInstead, Dr. Merrifield announced, “I should like to read the names of the boys of our church who ara fighting for their country.”havharhurthawit! itytha andhia two sons and daughter, whoBefora reading the last name the minister paused and looked atwera among the worshipers. Then he continued:• lt;And also my son, Jacques, who wa* a member of this congregation. He was killed in actionthatoforlt;mgandwhila guarding Clark Field at hao Luaon with the Philippine tank force* on Dec. 30, according to a message which I received thismorning.**At the church door, parishioners gathered about their pastor to offer their condolences. Dr. Mern-field said he received word fromthe war department early yesterday of his son’s death. Mrs.Merrifield, after learning the news, was unable to attend themoiborcauforkncforbon a ivasingislaservice s. itWas Student In AmboyThe Rev. Mr. Merrifield was a member of a family who were natives of Amboy, his father hav-aing operated a drug store in Amboy for a number of years following the close of the Civil war. Jacques Merrifield. who was better known as Jack, attended Amboy higl school in 1935 when he made his home with the Fred Vaughan family, his mother having been the former Jeanette Vaughan, daughter of Fred Vaughan.He enlisted in the service oneIyear ago last November with a group of 80 young men from Maywood and was a technical sergeant assignee to duty with the 192nd tank battalion in the Philip-sines. His father, who is well Known in the Amboy vicinity, served as a chaplain with the 123rd field artillery in France hiring World War 1. The message announcing Sergeant Merri-rield’s death was received by his parents at Maywood shortly before midnight Saturday.r'l
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Dixon Evening Telegraph
Dixon, Illinois, US
Mon, Feb 02, 1942
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