Many Van Buren Men in War Zone

KLISE, RAIL, TOMKINS, SILVER, RIORDAN, CASWELL, BROWN, STEVENS, STANSBERRY, JUDD, WILLIAMS, MEEK, KERR, DODDS, PHILLIPS, BEVIER, VANDERGRISS, JAMESON, DILL, WHITCANACK, BARKER, ARNOLD, SWAILE, NEIS, FELLOWS, STEELE, PRICE, SLUTTS, SALTERS, CECIL, DORSON, BILLHEIMER, BUERKEN, IRVINE, WADE, CANADAY, ROBERTSON

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 1/24/2014 at 23:50:41

Many Van Buren Men in War Zone

Information Wanted Concerning Local Persons in Area of Active Combat Anywhere in the World.

A partial list of the Van Buren county men in the armed forces thought to be in combat zones is given below. This newspaper would be glad to have the names of other Van Buren county people who are in areas of active warfare also to have news regarding any of them.

Stockport
James Klise, son of Grant Klise, believed in Phillipines;
Robert Rail, son of John Rail, Pearl Harbor;
Junior Tomkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Tomkins, Pearl Harbor;
Dick Silver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Silver, officer in Hawaii;
Rhen Riordan, Pearl Harbor;
Pat Caswell, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Caswell, Pearl Harbor;
Forrest Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. O.H. Brown, Alaska;
Raymond Stevens, Pearl Harbor;
Robert and John Stansberry, Pearl Harbor;

Mt. Sterling
Garland Judd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Judd, Pearl Harbor;
Max Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Williams, on U.S.S. Colorado in Atlantic

Bonaparte
Darrell Stevens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Stevens, Pearl Harbor;
Dean Meek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Meek, Alaska;
Arlie and Cecil Kerr, sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Kerr, at naval base near Alaska;
Kenneth Dodds, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dodds, on U.S.S. Hornet in Atlantic,

Selma
Bill Phillips, son of Mrs. Clarence Brocker, Hawaii;
Lynn Bevier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bevier, in government construction work at Honolulu;
Alvan Vandergriss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Vandergrist, on U.S.S. Idaho in Atlantic;
Harold Jameson, son of Mrs. Charles Hartwig, U.S.S. Hornet in Atlantic,

Keosauqua
Charles Dill, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Dill, is on U.S.S. Tuscaloosa, in north Atlantic waters;
Richard Lamar Whitcanack, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Whitacanack, is on the U.S.S. Salt Lake City, and when last heard from was at Pearl Harbor;
Joe Barker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barker, Pearl Harbor;
Dixon Arnold, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.A. Arnold, Honolulu;
Harold Swailes, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Swailes, on submarine Porpoise in Pacific;
Albert Neis, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Neis, on U.S.S. Texas in Atlantic,

Douds
Paul Fellows, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fellows, with marines recently in Iceland;
Donald Steele, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Steele, Wake island. He is a bomber on a plane and had expected to return to Hawaii about the time war broke out;
Leonard Price, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Price, Pearl Harbor;
Carl Salters, son of Mrs. Lillie Salters, Iceland;
Kenneth Slutts, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Slutts, Pearl Harbor,

Milton
Clarence Cecil, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cecil, Iceland; with brother stationed at Great Lakes;
Lester Dorson, son of Mr. and Mrs. O.A. Dorson, with Pacific fleet;
Roy Billheimer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Billheimer, at Jacksonville, Fla., air base.

Birmingham
John Buerken, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Buerken, U.S.S. William P. Bindle in Atlantic;
Mac, Gene and Bob Buerken, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Buerken, left Hawaii a month ago on U.S.S. Al?air;
Donald Irvine, son of the Rev. and Mrs. H.C. Irvine, recently transferred from Hawaii to Atlantic;
Ted Wade, son of J.H. Wade on U.S.S. Barker, Pacific;
Clifford and John Canaday, sons of Elmer Canaday, Pearl Harbor

Cantril
George A. Robertson, son of Mr. and Mrs. O.C. Robertson, Pearl Harbor

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