SUTTON, Corp. Wayne J.: 1919-1944

SUTTON, TAYLOR

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 11/8/2013 at 05:47:26

Corp. Sutton First Selma Man Killed

SELMA.-Corp. Wayne J. Sutton, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.L. Sutton of Ainsworth, formerly of Selma, was killed in action in Italy May 12. (44)

Corporal Sutton was born June 15,1919, at Selma, attended the Selma schools and was a valuable athlete while a high school student. He entered military service in the spring of 1942 and received his basic training at Camp Shelby, Miss., with an infantry unit. He went overseas last December.

Besides his parents, he is survived by four brothers, Lewis, Kenneth, David and John, all of Ainsworth, and one sister, Mrs. Floyd Taylor of Selma. The family had always resided in this community until it moved to Ainsworth about April 1.

Young Sutton is the first Selma man to die in this war. He spent his last furlough at his home here last October.
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Corp. Wayne J. Sutton, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.L. Sutton of Ainsworth, formerly of Selma, was killed in action in Italy on May 12. He was the first man from Selma to die in this war.

Corporal Sutton was born June 15, 1919, at Selma. He attended the Selma schools, where he was an outstanding athlete.

He entered military service in the spring of 1942, receiving his basic training at Camp Shelby, Miss., with an infantry unit. He spent his last furlough at his home at Selma last October and went overseas in December.

Besides his parents, he is survived by four brothers, Lewis, Kenneth, David and John, of Ainsworth, and one sister, Mrs. Floyd Taylor of Selma.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book C, Page 314, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA

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