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Pike County IL
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RUSSELL SANDERSON
Contributed by Delaine Donaldson |
JUNIOR SHAW
Junior Shaw, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shaw, of Griggsville, enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard Artillery last August. After thirteen weeks training in Texas, he was stationed at Navy Air Base, Pearl Harbor. Junior, in his letters home, says that although they are living under strict martial law, everything is beautiful there and he likes it fine. Letters and cards from home are greatly appreciated. Contributed by Delaine Donaldson
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WW II Tec 5 Army 14 September 1911 - 19 February 1989 Puried at Samuel Taylor Cemetery |
 
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LEONARD P. SMITH
Contributed by Delaine Donaldson |
CHARLES L. SNYDER IL Pvt Co E 130th Inf WW II 24 May 1911 - 13 January 1958 Buried at Samuel Taylor Cemetery Contributed by Billie Browning |
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| JOHN W. SPRINGER * Killed in Action - Anzio Beach |
WESLEY STEAD
Pvt. Wesley Stead entered the service December 2, 1942, and was sent to Fort Lewis, Washington, for his basic training. Later he was sent to the desert in southern California where he spent four months as chief steward in the commissary department. Wesley was shipped overseas in the early part of June and is on one of the Hawaiian Islands. On the day of his arrival there he was transferred to the Headquarters Company and made a member of the entertainment band. The band plays at the USO there, the hospitals and for the various entertainments which are held for the servicemen. Wesley is the son of Boone Stead of Griggsville and was the manager of a Kroger store in Vandalia, Mo. prior to his induction. Contributed by Delaine Donaldson
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DONALD STONER
Contributed by Delaine Donaldson |
IL A.S. USNR WW II 27 September 1907 - 22 February 1961 Married H. Irene Buried at Samuel Taylor Cemetery |
| WALTER STOUT - KILLED IN ACTION - France |
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