Leukemia Fatal To Son Of Former Residents
A former Granite City resident who developed leukemia last April at an Air Force base in Africa succumbed from the disease Wednesday morning at the Parks Air Force Base Hospital in California.
He is Donald L. Baugh, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Baugh, who now reside at Vallejo, Calif., formerly of Granite City. Survivors include Alderman and Mrs. Rufus LeMaster, 2138 Benton street, who are his uncle, and aunt.
Baugh was serving near Casablanca when his parents were informed by the Air Force that he was not expected to recover. He was flown to the hospital in California and had been at home for periods of time. He returned to the hospital on Dec. 26. The Baugh family moved from Granite City about 15 years ago.
(from the Granite City Press-Record, Granite City, IL)
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STRICKEN WITH LEUKEMIA
Airman Returns on Schedule, But Not the Way He Expected
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --Airman Donald L. Baugh, 21, of Vallejo, Calif., came home from overseas on schedule Tuesday--but not the way he expected to.
Baugh, who was stricken with leukemia at an airbase in French Morocco, arrived here on a stretcher aboard a MATS ambulance plane and was immediately transferred to Parks Air Force Hospital where doctors will attempt to save his flickering life.
The airman, who had been overseas for nearly two years, had been scheduled to come home on leave this week prior to reassignment to duty at a U. S. base.
He wrote his parents last month he was looking forward to "going fishing" with his dad. One the next day his parents received a wire from the Air Force informing them he was dying.
When the hospital plane arrived on the last leg of the airman's long journey home, his parents, two sisters and an aunt, held a quiet reunion with the ailing serviceman.
"I'm a little tired, but I feel fine," Baugh said from his stretcher.
Those greeting him were his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Baugh; his sisters, Delores Baugh and Mrs. Barbara Kephart, his aunt Mrs. Ishmael Miller, and Mrs. Kephart's two young daughters, Kathleen and Debbie.
----11 April 1956, The San Bernardino County Sun, San Bernardino CA, page 3
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Leukemia Takes Life of Airman VALLEJO
Funeral arrangements are pending at Twin Chapels for Donald L. Baugh, 22-year-old airman returned home from duty in French Morocco in April, 1956, after he was stricken with leukemia. Baugh, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Baugh of 844 Hilton St., died yesterday at Parks Air Force Base Hospital. His parents and a sister, Delores, were at his bedside. He also was the brother of Mrs. Barbara Kephart of Vallejo. A native of Granite City, Ill., young Baugh moved to Vallejo with his family 16 years ago and was graduated from Vallejo High School in January, 1954.
-----The Napa Valley Register, January 24, 1957, page 11
A former Granite City resident who developed leukemia last April at an Air Force base in Africa succumbed from the disease Wednesday morning at the Parks Air Force Base Hospital in California.
He is Donald L. Baugh, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Baugh, who now reside at Vallejo, Calif., formerly of Granite City. Survivors include Alderman and Mrs. Rufus LeMaster, 2138 Benton street, who are his uncle, and aunt.
Baugh was serving near Casablanca when his parents were informed by the Air Force that he was not expected to recover. He was flown to the hospital in California and had been at home for periods of time. He returned to the hospital on Dec. 26. The Baugh family moved from Granite City about 15 years ago.
(from the Granite City Press-Record, Granite City, IL)
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STRICKEN WITH LEUKEMIA
Airman Returns on Schedule, But Not the Way He Expected
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --Airman Donald L. Baugh, 21, of Vallejo, Calif., came home from overseas on schedule Tuesday--but not the way he expected to.
Baugh, who was stricken with leukemia at an airbase in French Morocco, arrived here on a stretcher aboard a MATS ambulance plane and was immediately transferred to Parks Air Force Hospital where doctors will attempt to save his flickering life.
The airman, who had been overseas for nearly two years, had been scheduled to come home on leave this week prior to reassignment to duty at a U. S. base.
He wrote his parents last month he was looking forward to "going fishing" with his dad. One the next day his parents received a wire from the Air Force informing them he was dying.
When the hospital plane arrived on the last leg of the airman's long journey home, his parents, two sisters and an aunt, held a quiet reunion with the ailing serviceman.
"I'm a little tired, but I feel fine," Baugh said from his stretcher.
Those greeting him were his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Baugh; his sisters, Delores Baugh and Mrs. Barbara Kephart, his aunt Mrs. Ishmael Miller, and Mrs. Kephart's two young daughters, Kathleen and Debbie.
----11 April 1956, The San Bernardino County Sun, San Bernardino CA, page 3
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Leukemia Takes Life of Airman VALLEJO
Funeral arrangements are pending at Twin Chapels for Donald L. Baugh, 22-year-old airman returned home from duty in French Morocco in April, 1956, after he was stricken with leukemia. Baugh, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Baugh of 844 Hilton St., died yesterday at Parks Air Force Base Hospital. His parents and a sister, Delores, were at his bedside. He also was the brother of Mrs. Barbara Kephart of Vallejo. A native of Granite City, Ill., young Baugh moved to Vallejo with his family 16 years ago and was graduated from Vallejo High School in January, 1954.
-----The Napa Valley Register, January 24, 1957, page 11
Leukemia Fatal To Son Of Former Residents
A former Granite City resident who developed leukemia last April at an Air Force base in Africa succumbed from the disease Wednesday morning at the Parks Air Force Base Hospital in California.
He is Donald L. Baugh, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Baugh, who now reside at Vallejo, Calif., formerly of Granite City. Survivors include Alderman and Mrs. Rufus LeMaster, 2138 Benton street, who are his uncle, and aunt.
Baugh was serving near Casablanca when his parents were informed by the Air Force that he was not expected to recover. He was flown to the hospital in California and had been at home for periods of time. He returned to the hospital on Dec. 26. The Baugh family moved from Granite City about 15 years ago.
(from the Granite City Press-Record, Granite City, IL)
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STRICKEN WITH LEUKEMIA
Airman Returns on Schedule, But Not the Way He Expected
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --Airman Donald L. Baugh, 21, of Vallejo, Calif., came home from overseas on schedule Tuesday--but not the way he expected to.
Baugh, who was stricken with leukemia at an airbase in French Morocco, arrived here on a stretcher aboard a MATS ambulance plane and was immediately transferred to Parks Air Force Hospital where doctors will attempt to save his flickering life.
The airman, who had been overseas for nearly two years, had been scheduled to come home on leave this week prior to reassignment to duty at a U. S. base.
He wrote his parents last month he was looking forward to "going fishing" with his dad. One the next day his parents received a wire from the Air Force informing them he was dying.
When the hospital plane arrived on the last leg of the airman's long journey home, his parents, two sisters and an aunt, held a quiet reunion with the ailing serviceman.
"I'm a little tired, but I feel fine," Baugh said from his stretcher.
Those greeting him were his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Baugh; his sisters, Delores Baugh and Mrs. Barbara Kephart, his aunt Mrs. Ishmael Miller, and Mrs. Kephart's two young daughters, Kathleen and Debbie.
----11 April 1956, The San Bernardino County Sun, San Bernardino CA, page 3
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Leukemia Takes Life of Airman VALLEJO
Funeral arrangements are pending at Twin Chapels for Donald L. Baugh, 22-year-old airman returned home from duty in French Morocco in April, 1956, after he was stricken with leukemia. Baugh, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Baugh of 844 Hilton St., died yesterday at Parks Air Force Base Hospital. His parents and a sister, Delores, were at his bedside. He also was the brother of Mrs. Barbara Kephart of Vallejo. A native of Granite City, Ill., young Baugh moved to Vallejo with his family 16 years ago and was graduated from Vallejo High School in January, 1954.
-----The Napa Valley Register, January 24, 1957, page 11
A former Granite City resident who developed leukemia last April at an Air Force base in Africa succumbed from the disease Wednesday morning at the Parks Air Force Base Hospital in California.
He is Donald L. Baugh, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Baugh, who now reside at Vallejo, Calif., formerly of Granite City. Survivors include Alderman and Mrs. Rufus LeMaster, 2138 Benton street, who are his uncle, and aunt.
Baugh was serving near Casablanca when his parents were informed by the Air Force that he was not expected to recover. He was flown to the hospital in California and had been at home for periods of time. He returned to the hospital on Dec. 26. The Baugh family moved from Granite City about 15 years ago.
(from the Granite City Press-Record, Granite City, IL)
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STRICKEN WITH LEUKEMIA
Airman Returns on Schedule, But Not the Way He Expected
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --Airman Donald L. Baugh, 21, of Vallejo, Calif., came home from overseas on schedule Tuesday--but not the way he expected to.
Baugh, who was stricken with leukemia at an airbase in French Morocco, arrived here on a stretcher aboard a MATS ambulance plane and was immediately transferred to Parks Air Force Hospital where doctors will attempt to save his flickering life.
The airman, who had been overseas for nearly two years, had been scheduled to come home on leave this week prior to reassignment to duty at a U. S. base.
He wrote his parents last month he was looking forward to "going fishing" with his dad. One the next day his parents received a wire from the Air Force informing them he was dying.
When the hospital plane arrived on the last leg of the airman's long journey home, his parents, two sisters and an aunt, held a quiet reunion with the ailing serviceman.
"I'm a little tired, but I feel fine," Baugh said from his stretcher.
Those greeting him were his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Baugh; his sisters, Delores Baugh and Mrs. Barbara Kephart, his aunt Mrs. Ishmael Miller, and Mrs. Kephart's two young daughters, Kathleen and Debbie.
----11 April 1956, The San Bernardino County Sun, San Bernardino CA, page 3
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Leukemia Takes Life of Airman VALLEJO
Funeral arrangements are pending at Twin Chapels for Donald L. Baugh, 22-year-old airman returned home from duty in French Morocco in April, 1956, after he was stricken with leukemia. Baugh, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Baugh of 844 Hilton St., died yesterday at Parks Air Force Base Hospital. His parents and a sister, Delores, were at his bedside. He also was the brother of Mrs. Barbara Kephart of Vallejo. A native of Granite City, Ill., young Baugh moved to Vallejo with his family 16 years ago and was graduated from Vallejo High School in January, 1954.
-----The Napa Valley Register, January 24, 1957, page 11
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