Ilion High School - Class of 1944

Ilion Sentinel - May 25, 1944

Memorial Day - 1944

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Ilion Sentinel- IHS 1944 - Ilion Native Gets New Post

Memorial Day - 1944

It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they ... have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us. - Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Died In Action

Corp. Clinton Holler, Army Air Force,
October 2, 1942 in a plane crash near London.
Parents - Mr. and Mrs. George Goller, Pittsfield, Mass.

Pvt. Joseph Seymour, Gunner, U. S. Marines,
November 1, 1942, at Guadalcanal.
Parents - Mr. and Mrs. William Seymour.

Pvt. Frank Kenney, U. S. Army,
Missing in ation May 18, 1943, North Africa.

Lieut. Vincent Dugan, Army Air Force,
May 27,1943 in action over North Africa.
Parents - Mr. and Mrs. John Van Vorst, Utica.

Victor Lee Rice, Machinists Mate, 1st class, U. S. N.
Missing in action June 30, 1943, in the S. Pacific.
Parents - Mr. and Mrs. Carleton Rice.

Corp. Nellis Heath, U. S. Army,
July 1, 1943, in a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines.
Parents - Mr. and Mrs. Carl Grover, Frankfort.

Pfc. Forrest Deyle, Army Air Corps,
September 24, 1943, in Sicily.
Parents - Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Deyle.

Harvey Dhonau, quartermaster 2nd class, U. S. N. R.
October 27, 1943, in the South Pacific.
Father - Harvey L. Dhonau.

Sgt. Ralph Baum, Paratrooper, U. S. Marines,
October 27, 1943, in the Southwest Pacific.
Parents - Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Baum.

1st Lt. William H. Momberger, Eighth Army Air Force,
March 9, 1944, hi England.
Parents - Mr. and Mrs. William Momberger.

Pfc. Glen Clark, U. S. Army,
February 4, 1944, in Italy.
Father - Mr. Earl Clark.

Died In Service

Henry Franklin Remmers, Petty Offi. 2nd Class, U.S.N.,
August 7, 1941, at Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
Parents - Mr. and Mrs. William Remmers.

Sgt. Gordon Davies, U. S. Army,
September 28, 1942, at Guatemala.
Mother - Mrs. Anna Davies, Utica.

John R. Frantz, Purser in the Merchant Marine,
September 22, 1943, in North Africa.
Father - Mr. Charles Frantz.

Sgt. Matthew Hale Sterling, Medical Div. U. S. Army,
September 19, 1943, in the Southwest Pacific.
Parents - Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sterling.

Pfc. Raymond E. Danforth, Trans. Corps, U. S. Army,
January 13, 1944, in Italy.
Parents - Mr. and Mrs. Earl Danforth.

Pvt. Paul Townsend, U. S. Army,
May 4, 1944, at Aberdeen, Maryland.
Wife - Mrs. Berverda Ruth Townsend.
Mother - Mrs. Elizabeth Townsend.

Missing In Action

Pvt. Louis Wilcox, U. S. Army,
Possibly a prisoner of Germany.
Mother — Mrs. Netna Wilcox.

Prisoners Of War

Pvt. Jack Chesebrough, U. S. Army.
Philippines.
Father — Mr. William Chesebrough.

Lieut. Steven Merena, Army Air Force,
Germany.
Wife — Mrs. Steven Merena.

Pvt. Herbert Comes, U. S. Army.
Germany.
Father — Mr. Herbert Comes.

S Sgt. John Fischer, Army Air Force.
Philippines.
Parents — Mr. and Mrs. William Fischer, Middleville.

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