LeRoy G. Weston, KIA Killed in Action Over Philippines
Pvt. Leroy G. Weston, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Weston of Lind, was killed in action May 1 over Luzon, according to a telegram received Friday by his parents from the war department.
He had three brothers and a sister in the armed forces and was the youngest boy in the family. Private Weston is the 12th Adams County serviceman killed in action and the 20th death from all causes in World War II. He is the second Lind boy to give his life in less than a month.
Details of his death were not given in the telegram but it is assumed that he was being flown with other troops to some new post since the telegram stated he was killed "over Luzon" in the Philippines. He had been overseas only two months and spent his last furlough before "going across" with his parents in Lind during the first part of February.
Known as "Billy" to his many friends, Private Weston was born June 12, 1926, in Lind and attended Lind schools. He left school and worked with his father in the dray business until he entered the army last September when he became 18 years old. He took his basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif.
Besides his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Pfc. Keith
Weston, Barnes general hospital, Vancouver; Cp. Wayne Weston, Barksdale Field, La.; and L. J. Weston, machinists' mate 3d class with the Seabees in the Pacific; seven sisters, Pfc. Erlene Weston, Air Wacs, Carlsbad, N. M.; Mrs. Lola Ulman, Milo, Ore., Mrs. Dorothy Laherty, Molalla, Ore., Miss Doris Weston, San Francisco, Calif., Darlene, Dorraine and Rochelle, at home; and his grandfather, L. G. Weston of Lind, former Adams County assessor.
Pvt. Leroy G. Weston, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Weston of Lind, was killed in action May 1 over Luzon, according to a telegram received Friday by his parents from the war department.
He had three brothers and a sister in the armed forces and was the youngest boy in the family. Private Weston is the 12th Adams County serviceman killed in action and the 20th death from all causes in World War II. He is the second Lind boy to give his life in less than a month.
Details of his death were not given in the telegram but it is assumed that he was being flown with other troops to some new post since the telegram stated he was killed "over Luzon" in the Philippines. He had been overseas only two months and spent his last furlough before "going across" with his parents in Lind during the first part of February.
Known as "Billy" to his many friends, Private Weston was born June 12, 1926, in Lind and attended Lind schools. He left school and worked with his father in the dray business until he entered the army last September when he became 18 years old. He took his basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif.
Besides his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Pfc. Keith
Weston, Barnes general hospital, Vancouver; Cp. Wayne Weston, Barksdale Field, La.; and L. J. Weston, machinists' mate 3d class with the Seabees in the Pacific; seven sisters, Pfc. Erlene Weston, Air Wacs, Carlsbad, N. M.; Mrs. Lola Ulman, Milo, Ore., Mrs. Dorothy Laherty, Molalla, Ore., Miss Doris Weston, San Francisco, Calif., Darlene, Dorraine and Rochelle, at home; and his grandfather, L. G. Weston of Lind, former Adams County assessor.
LeRoy G. Weston, KIA Killed in Action Over Philippines
Pvt. Leroy G. Weston, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Weston of Lind, was killed in action May 1 over Luzon, according to a telegram received Friday by his parents from the war department.
He had three brothers and a sister in the armed forces and was the youngest boy in the family. Private Weston is the 12th Adams County serviceman killed in action and the 20th death from all causes in World War II. He is the second Lind boy to give his life in less than a month.
Details of his death were not given in the telegram but it is assumed that he was being flown with other troops to some new post since the telegram stated he was killed "over Luzon" in the Philippines. He had been overseas only two months and spent his last furlough before "going across" with his parents in Lind during the first part of February.
Known as "Billy" to his many friends, Private Weston was born June 12, 1926, in Lind and attended Lind schools. He left school and worked with his father in the dray business until he entered the army last September when he became 18 years old. He took his basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif.
Besides his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Pfc. Keith
Weston, Barnes general hospital, Vancouver; Cp. Wayne Weston, Barksdale Field, La.; and L. J. Weston, machinists' mate 3d class with the Seabees in the Pacific; seven sisters, Pfc. Erlene Weston, Air Wacs, Carlsbad, N. M.; Mrs. Lola Ulman, Milo, Ore., Mrs. Dorothy Laherty, Molalla, Ore., Miss Doris Weston, San Francisco, Calif., Darlene, Dorraine and Rochelle, at home; and his grandfather, L. G. Weston of Lind, former Adams County assessor.
Pvt. Leroy G. Weston, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Weston of Lind, was killed in action May 1 over Luzon, according to a telegram received Friday by his parents from the war department.
He had three brothers and a sister in the armed forces and was the youngest boy in the family. Private Weston is the 12th Adams County serviceman killed in action and the 20th death from all causes in World War II. He is the second Lind boy to give his life in less than a month.
Details of his death were not given in the telegram but it is assumed that he was being flown with other troops to some new post since the telegram stated he was killed "over Luzon" in the Philippines. He had been overseas only two months and spent his last furlough before "going across" with his parents in Lind during the first part of February.
Known as "Billy" to his many friends, Private Weston was born June 12, 1926, in Lind and attended Lind schools. He left school and worked with his father in the dray business until he entered the army last September when he became 18 years old. He took his basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif.
Besides his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Pfc. Keith
Weston, Barnes general hospital, Vancouver; Cp. Wayne Weston, Barksdale Field, La.; and L. J. Weston, machinists' mate 3d class with the Seabees in the Pacific; seven sisters, Pfc. Erlene Weston, Air Wacs, Carlsbad, N. M.; Mrs. Lola Ulman, Milo, Ore., Mrs. Dorothy Laherty, Molalla, Ore., Miss Doris Weston, San Francisco, Calif., Darlene, Dorraine and Rochelle, at home; and his grandfather, L. G. Weston of Lind, former Adams County assessor.
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