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Df yJ1ViI'I1i*mvt1It-iteasn~TWO LOCAL MEN LISTED AS MISSING IN ACTIONTwo Coshocton county men who, were on Bataan when it fell to the Japs April 8 were reported “missing in action” in letters received! this week by relatives. IThe men are Captain Hubert Shurtz, 30, of West Lafayette and Lloyd E. Ehrbar, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Ehrbar. 941 South Seventh st., and a brother of nurse Autumn Ehrbar, who is stationed; in Australia. 1Word was received by Mr.1 Shurtz’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shurtz, who live one-half mile east of West Lafayette, from the war department this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Ehrbar received their notification two days ago.Both war department letters were along the same pattern. The men were known to have been in the lighting zone just prior to the peninsula's fall to the invaders.The exchange of information provided for in the Geneva conference has not taken place due to an apparent hesitancy on the part of the Japanese, the war department informed parents.It was hoped however, that this exchange would take place soon. Until further information can be obtained, the men will continue to be listed as missing in action. If, when the lists are exchanged by the countries, the men’s names are not included, the war department will continue to regard the men as missing in action for at least a year.Capt. Shurtz was graduated from Ohio State university, Columbus, and had been employed in Coshocton's WPA office prior to ac-LLOYD E. EHRBARcepting an office position with the Moore Enameling Co. at West Lafayette. He was sent to the Philippines July 15, 1941, and was last heard from on Dec. 18, when his parents received a letter postmarked Balango, Bataan peninsula. He was with an artillery unit.Pvt. Ehrbar attended Coshocton schools and was employed by the Fairmont Railway, Motors and with his father at the Ehrbar Manufacturing Co., Coshocton, prior to enlisting Jan. 23, 1941.He was enroute to the Philippines when the Japs attacked Pearl Harbor. He was a mechanic in the army tank corps and last visited his parents here last fall. His parents received their first letter from him in December and it was postmarked Fort Stotzen-burg, Luzon, Philippine Islands.
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Coshocton Tribune
Coshocton, Ohio, US
Fri, May 22, 1942
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USA 27 Oct 2019
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