The Lima News  Friday January 12, 1951

 

 Alger Soldier Listed as Missing

Pvt. Wiber Tackett Korea War  Casuelty

 

Alger:

 The second Alger  soldier to be missing in action in Korea is Pvt. Wiber Tackett, 18 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Tackett of Alger. Pvt. Tackett, according to a telegraph received by his parents, has been missing since Dec. 4. The youth enlisted in April 6, 1950 and was sent overseas in August.  Tackett's father is a veteran of World War Two. Two brothers and two sisters live at home. 

Submitted By
Norita Shepherd Moss

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Lima News
Aug 24, 1943

Military funeral services were held today at 9 a.m. in the Church of Immaculate Conception church for Cpl. LeRoy Bernard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bernard, the first Kenton man to die of wounds in action.
A member of Co. E, he was wounded July 31 and died Aug. 2, somewhere in the southwest Pacific.