Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 April 1945 — Page 15
TUESDAY, APRIL 10,
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"Hoosier Heroes:
DEAD— |
Plc. Kellie’ J. Barnett, husband of
Mrs. Verhice Barnett, R. R. 3, Box |
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ER One Liberated From German Prison Camp Comes Home
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Six D e = AT Missing; Two are
822, was killed March 13, in Ger-' 3%
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| 3 The 27-year-old serviceman had:
been:employed at the International : Harvester Co., before entering the ;
army Junie 5, 1942. He went over-| seas in February of this year, Barnett had attended Mt. Sterling | schools. | Surviving besides the wife, are a/
* son, Ronald; the mother, Mrs. Nan-|
nie Barnett, ‘1725 Blaine ave. and! several brothers and sisters. ” » o Reported missing in Gerniany since March 16, in Saturday's paper, Pvt. James L. Davis, has now been listed as killed on that date accord- | ing to a.war department wire re-| ceived yesterday. |
| T. 5th Gr.
{ing to word received by his mother,
son st.
| Sgt. Lester Schuldt . . . prisoner | George Botu . ., . | of Ger y.
prisoner of Germany.
Pfc. Kellie J. Barnett . . . in Germany.
Sgt. Lawrence H. Carmichael . . , killed
Second Lt. Roy F. Huls killed over Germany.
Sgt. Robert W. Brown . over Hungary.
killed in Germany.
killed
| Pvt. James L. Davis . . . killed
| in Germany. in England following wounds re- , ..cas ii February. He attended’ One of four brothers in combat, ceived early in March in Belgium. yy, hington high school and for- |S. Sgt. Robert E. Seibert is the secPvt. Smith, Who Is 27, was serv-| ion worked at the Metal Auto ond to have been wounded recently.
was killed Feb. 22 on Luzon, accord-
Mrs. Laura Phillips, 852, 8. Deni-
ing with the military police "and Parts. A brother, Cpl. Muriel W.| |He received shrapnel wounds in has been oveiseds more than a |Skiles. is stationed at Glennan | | Germany, according to word re-
year. Before entering the army } caneral hospital, Okmulgee, Okla. | ceived by his wife, Mrs. Twila Seimonths ago he ‘was employed at | bert, 1624 Ludlow ave.
the International "Screen Co. -He Pfe. Jack A Ketter, son of Mr.| The story of his brother, Sgt. is a graduate of Manual high! and Mrs. Raymond Ketter, formerly | Richard Seibert, who was slightly ‘school. A brother, Pfc. Melvin! of 1916, Northgate st., was wounded | wounded on Luzon, was carried in Smith, is fighting in Germany. {March 3, while. serving with the yesterday's Times. They are sons of 4 a .8 marines on Iwo Jima. Mr and Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Seibert, 1624 Now recovering in Belgium, Pfe. Mrs Ketter are now living at Dan- Ludlow ave. John T. Heim, son of Mr. and Mrs. yijle. Robert, who is with the 1st army, | Henry G. Heim, 538 W. 31st st, was| A prother, Pfc. William R. Ketter, has been overseas since September. wounded March 18 in Germany| was killed July 20 in France. Both |He has a daughter, Babara Jane. while serving with the 99th division | poys attended Crooked creek school |The other two brothers are: Sea (of the 1st army. {here before moving id Danville. man 2-¢ Ezra Seibert Jr. in oe | The 19-year-old infantryman has | ‘South Pacific, and. 8. Sgt.. Wil 3 Deer OVETSEAS SR Trgguber Bid) Wounded ARE AREER rE Rh we in the army nine months. He is a | Burma- India theater, Pfc, Harold the. 38th division on. Lien, ioe : | graduate of~SHOITIEE Kigh “School Sharkey, husband of MIS. Lillie and. former erployee-of Le 8-Ayres Perm "Sharkey, "3046 ™ Layman “Aver & Co. * is now back in the states and patient at Kennedy general pital in Memphis. Pfc. Sharkey was with a cavalry
The, message came to his’ wife,| An infantryman, Pvt. Phillips Mrs. Betty Davis, 1020 E. Morris went overseas in October, 1943. Be- | | st. Word that he was missing had’ (fore entering service he was a cars| been. received a week ago yesterday. | penter. He was 35. Serving: with the armored in-| Surviving besides the mother, are fantry, thé 25-year-old serviceman a sister, Mrs. Mary Wilson, of the had been overseas since Christmas. Denison address, and four brothers, ! Surviving “besides the wife, are the Walter and Earl, who served in| parents, Mr. and Mrs. James H. (world war I, and Elmer and Elvin, Davis, 634 Prospect st.; four chil- | (discharged from the navy, all of Indren Janice Ann, Betty Marie, Jerry | | dianapolis. and James, and two grandmothers, an» { Mrs. Martha. Ford, Indianapolis,! Sgt. Robert W. Brown, husband of and Mrs. Newton McCrery, Vevay. | Mrs. Fay Brown, 1038 S. Keystone| Sst. Walter J. Linne, 774 N. | a a a |ave,, dled in Germany March 14 of | Emerson ave. killed March Un |. Previously listed ds missing over, {wounds received there. that day. Germany, Hsia bo i Inge. July. 2..1344..20 Thole Ar REBEL 06 Eire. Bali ariitiory. oh ATE Ree SR ww is a a Roy F. Huls, err of Mrs, Betty the 69th division of the 1st army, he prisoner-of-Germany. He LLL cawrsgnse Ra, | Crossigud” Huls 3113 Ruckie st. has had been overseas since November. Serving. With. AD. ADL-AICALl unit. : ; —besn-reported killed-on-that-date~——He-was employed by the Fatrmount|™ PY + Pilot of a B-24, Lt. Huls had been Glass Co. before entering the army previously listed as missing overseas since last May and had May 8, 1943. He attended school in Belgium since. Dec. 17, Sgt. Lesearned the air medal with one oak Glasgow, Ky. ter Schuldt, husband of Mrs. Mar-| leaf cluster, which were presented Survivors besides his wife are his jorie Knapp Schuldt, 1221';° N.| " to his small son, Alan Thomas, last | father, Eugene Brown, 1130 8. Key-| | New Jersey st., is'now a prisoner of | month. He was a graduate of| |stone ave.; two sisters, Mrs. Mildred | Germany. Sgt. Schuldt is 36, and | Bhortridge high school a King and Mrs. Lela Dennison, and | pas heen in service three years. former Allison employee. * | three brothers, Roy and Homer, all Surviving besides the wife and of Indianapolis, and Ruble, Browns-| § A FF— pe gon, are his mother, Mrs. Clara burg. |
T. Sgt. Lloyd (Sandy) Sanford | . « missing over Germany.
Pfe. Floyd C. (Rumpie) lips . . . killed on Luzon.
RE, alienddr, Ten isal Bagi aoh oh and was employed by the Indian | apotis ‘Bleaching Co. before enters ing the army-Sept:—23, 1943" He’ 1s 19.
Phil-
= =» “Sgt Folin Hansing, Ro and a Mrs. ™ed Hansing, 2157 Ringgold hos- ave, was wounded in Germany March 13 while serving with the infantry.
a 5 ” Sgt. Ernest Voelz, husband of Mrs. Mary A. Voelz, and son of Mrs.
Theodore Voelz, Mooresville, was outfit with the Mars task force at’ Husband of Mrs. Miriam Hansing, mond L. Hart, son of Mr. and Mrs. wounded March 17 in France. Sgt.
i the siege of Myitkyina. {formerly of Markle, he is 25 and Ben Hart, 457 Haugh st, was Voelz i$ a former city bowling | 6 ov 8 formerly - was employed by the wounded March 24, in Germany. [champion and has been in service; Pfc. Robert D. Shipley, son of American States Insurance Co. He
Sgt. Hart is 28, and has been in since September, 1943. Before that | Mrs. Margaret Grogan, 614 N. East is a graduate of Manual high school | service nearly three years, goingltime he was employed as a sales-'st., was injured in Germany ‘March s = = | overseas last October. A brother, man by the West Baking Co. | 11. He is 19. Pfc. Everett L. Ostermeier, son of Huls; a sister, Mrs. Walter A.| * = = A V-mail letter today told Mr.| | Electrician's Mate 2-c Fred B. Hart, = x = | He is a graduate of Shortridge MT. and Mrs. W. G. Ostermeier, R. Gordon, and a brother, James E.| {and Mrs. George Jeffrey, 4720| They are Pfc. William J. Suding, is serving on a submarine, and a | Pvt. Richard W. Skiles, husband | high school where he was a member R. 11, Box 322, has been wounded Huls, all of Indianapolis MISSING— | Graceland ave., that their son, Pfe.|son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas J.|sister, Belva Hart, has joined the of Mrs. Onita Skiles, 1126 S. Shef-| of the National Honor society, and while serving with the Marines on : 3 8 | T. Sgt. Lloyd (Sandy) Sanford, James M. Jeffrey had been liber- | Suding, 712 N. Gladstone ave., and| Waves and will report for duty field, was wounded March 6, in|attended Butler university where he Iwo Jima. Previously Sr missing over| husband of Mrs. Thelma Strother ated from a German prison camp Pfc. Edward J. Suding, son of Mr. | May 3. Germany, His mgther, Mrs. Idel)| |§as elected to Phi Eta Sigma. A graduate of New Palestine high Germany singe last Nov. 26, sgt. Sanford, 1016 N. Winfield ave, has by the Americans and would soon{and Mrs. George Suding, 710 N.| Pfc. Harold J. Smith, son of Mr. Skiles, lives at the same address. | freshman hondrary fraternity. He school Pvt. Ostermeier was emLawrence H. Carmichael has now been missing since. a. flight over be on his way home. | Gladstone ave. land Mrs. James E. Smith, 1428 The 19-year-old soldier. entered | is a member .of Unity Methodist ployed at Allison's before entering been listed as killed on tHat date. { Berlin March 5. The letter written by Pvt. Jeflrey | William was wounded between ‘Prospect ave. is now hospitalized ' he army last August and went | church and the Y. M. C. A. service. He was the son of Mrs. Alice V.! Crew chief, engineer and top tur- on March 28, stated that he had/March 2 and 9 but soon returned Laughlin, 4017 Sheridan. iret gunner on a B-17 based in Eng- been freed when the Yanks marched|to duty. He was wounded again Sgt. Carmichael, who was 20, was land, he is 25 and went overseas in the day before. He had been|March 19 and now is in a hospital a tail gunner on a B-24 and had {last December. He holds the. air'imprisoned 74 days: in France. A graduate of Cathebeen overseas eight months. He | medal. | An intercepted ‘German propa- dral high school, he was employed was a graduate of Technical high | Before entering the army in Seép- ganda broadcast last month had by the New York Central railroad school and entered the air force a |te mber, 1942, he was manager of al | given the Jeffrey family the first! before entering the army in August, year and one-half ago. Before this |Standard Grocery market. He 1s word that their son was alive since |1944. He is 19 and has been servtime he was working at the the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. High-| he had been reported missing Jan. ing with the 7th army since going McQuay-Norris Manufacturing Co. |°0%er: Morgantown, and has a|12, Pvt. Jeftrey is 20, and was serv- overseas in “January. Surviving besides the mother are dalighter, Gaye. He attended Wash- | ing with the 14th armored division Edward was wounded March 13 Ml a sister, Joyce, and the step-father, {ington high school and is a gradu- | of the 7th army. and is in a hospital in England. Ed r ate of Morgantown high school. | A member of the 3d army, he is ward Laughlin, both of Ine WOUNDED—
» anapolis. 20 and went overseas last Septem8 PRISONERS— Two cousins, both of them infan-
ber. He holds the bronze star Previously reported missing since trymen, were wounded within a few medal. He also is a graduate of Dec. 23, in Belgium, T. 5th Gr. days of each other in Germany last | Cathedral high school and was emGeorge Botu, son of Mrs; Ruth W. month. ployed by the William F. Krieg & Sons Catholic Supply house, before entering «the army in July, 1943. = n n Sgt. Albert W. Piercefield, broth- | er of Mrs. Hulda. Hacker, 728; Virginia ave. and san of W. Z. Piercefield, Martinsville, was wounded in| Germany last month and now is in | a hospital in England.’ ~ He is 26 and went overseas last December. = Before entering the] army four years ago he was employed by the Tansy Service sta- ; tion. His wife, Virginia, lives in St. > Louis, Mo., and his brother, Pvt. Harold K. Piercefield, is stationed
Both of Them By at Camp Ellis, Ill.
—@ Barbette! 59 ui 6
of Mrs. Elaine Frankovitz, 1805 N. Delaware st. is recovering in - a hospital in France from wounds received March 13, in Germany. His father, Sam Frankovitz, 707 8. Keystone ave, was recently dis- . Two bright and brand new dresses tailored with that out-of-the-ordinary styling, tailoring and detailing you. know means Barbette! Left: Button-front spun rayon classic with rows of braid trim. Sizes 16 to 44, 6.50 Right: Buttonfront printed spun rayon with pleated
charged from the grmy signal corps. frill accents. Sizes 165 to 241%.
Pvt. Frankovitz is 5.00,
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While serving as a machine gunner with the 7th army, S. Sgt. Ray-
and
. | Albert Piercefield R. W.
Wounded
Skiles Wounded
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Pin Money Shop On The Third Floor!
» » " Veteran of action on Gusti canal, Bougainville and New Brit- | ain, Pfc. Floyd (Rumpie) Phillips,
4 3 the father of two P ¥rankovit J children and is a former employe of the Curtiss-Wright Corp.
n s ” Sgt. Huckleberry Hawkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ruth Hawkins, 2822 N. Illinois st., was seriously wounded March 18, in Germany, while serving with the infantry. He is now hospitalized in France. The 30-year-old serviceman went overseas in March. He is a graduate of Technical high school. Two other brothers are also in service: Pfc. Parker Hawkins has been overseas three years and is now in Italy, and Pvt. Gordon’ Hawkins is with the medical carps at Danville, Ky.
- ” n Pfc. Paul L. Stoyonovich, son of Mrs. Amelia Stoyonovich, 319 Hanson ave. was wounded March 5 in Germany and is now in a hospital in England. Pfc. Stoyonovich, who is 19, is a Manual graduate. The cross coun=try track record which he established as a sprinter there still is unbeaten. He also was on the basketball team. He entered the service in June, 1944, and has been overseas since January. His twin brothers, Seaman 1-¢c George and Seaman 2-¢ Alex Stoyonovich, have been in the South Pacific and George is. expected home on Jeary next week.
T. 4th Gr. John P. Sweet, hus- } band of Mrs. Betty Ann Sweet, 47 W. 32d st, and son of Mr, and Mrs. Harlan Sweet, 1335 8S. East st, Is in a hospital in England, after being wounded Feb. 2 in Belgium. -. , Technician Sweet, who is 26, formerly operated a dance studio here before entering service three years ago. He hag been overseds two yars. His son, Michael, with his wile
“Pe. Charles E * Gatewood, son “of Mr. and Mrs! Jasper Gatewood, 826 Harlan st, was wounded in Germany March 16 while fighting with the infantry of the 3d division of the 7th army. He has been awarded the purple heart. Since going Overseas last June he has served in Italy and par{ticipated in the invasion of South- “| he has sent home to his parents |» German flag autographdd by
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