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BRIEFLET- 11 December 1944 WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES, Watertown, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin front page
SGT ALTWIES IS REPORTED MISSING
Pictured here is Sgt Lyle F. Altwies, son of Mr and Mrs H.C. Altwies, route 3, who has been reported missing in action in France since 17 November.
Sgt Altwies entered the service on 9 July 1942, and arrived over seas in August of 1944. Before he entered the service he was employed for seven months at the Ladish-Stoppenbach plant at Jefferson Junction.
His last letter to reach his parents was written three days before he was reported to be missing. The letter reached his parents two days before the war department message arrived here last week.
There are five other children in the family. They are: Warren, Audrey, and Wesley at home; Clifford of the town of Cold Spring, and Joyce of Oconomowoc Lake.

OBIT- 28 December 1944 WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES, Watertown, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin
Mr and Mrs H. C. Altwies, route 3, Watertown, have been informed in a message from the war department, received last night that their son, Sgt Lyle F. Altwies, who has been missing in action since 17 November, had been killed in action 20 November. The message carried no explanation for the differences in dates.
The Daily Times carried the report on the fact that he had been missing in action in its issue of 11 December.
Sgt Altwies had entered the service on 9 July 1942. He arrived overseas in August of 1944. Before he entered the service he was employed for seven months in the plant of the Ladish Stoppenbach company plant at Jefferson Junction.
He is survived by his parents and five brothers and sisters, Warren, Audrey and Wesley at home. Clifford in the town of Cold Springs and Joyce of Oconomowoc Lake.
Sgt Altwies was born in the town of Farmington on 1 October 1920. He was 24 years of age. News of the death of Sgt Altwies will come as a deep loss to the many who knew him intimately. He was a likeable, pleasant young man, who held the respect of his fellow workmen and his many friends.

OBIT- 11 January 1945 JEFFERSON BANNER, Jefferson, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin
Memorial services will be held Sunday afternoon, January 14th at St. Peter's Lutheran Church at Helenville at two o'clock for Sgt Lyle F. Altwies, who was killed in action in France on 20 November 1944.
Sgt Altwies was born in the town of Farmington and on 1 October 1920. Before he entered the armed forces on 9 July 1942, he had been employed for seven months in the plant of the Ladish Stoppenbach Company at Jefferson Junction.
Survivors are his parents, Mrs and Mrs H.C. Altwies, route three, Watertown, and five brothers and sisters. They are Warren, Audrey and Wesley at home, Clifford of the Town of Cold Spring and Joyce of Oconomowoc Lake.
Prior to receiving the telegram reporting the death of Sgt. Altwies, Mr and Mrs Altwies received a telegram from the war department stating that Lyle had been missing in action since November 17th. Sgt Altwies had been overseas since August 1944.