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The Western Star, February 13, 1942, Page 2, Col. 1 & 2..

Comanche County Boys Now In The Armed Forces

Following is a list of the boys from Comanche county now in the armed forces, as complete as we have it to date. The Star will be glad to have the names and addresses of other young men from this county who are not included in the following list.

Floyd Allison, Coldwater, in the army.
William H. Avery, Coldwater, Ft. Knox, Ky.
Claude Bailey, Wilmore, Ft. Ord, Calif.
George Bell, Protection, in the army.
Richard Bird, Protection, in the army.
Paul Boles, Wilmore, Camp Barkeley, Texas.
Russell Boshell, formerly of Coldwater, Navy Training Center Station, San Diego, Calif.
Paul Burghardt, Protection, in the army.
Howard Burnette, Coldwater, in the navy air force.
Charles Burt, Coldwater, Enid, Okla.
Orlando Callaway, Wilmore, Camp Barkeley, Texas.
Victor Carthrae, in the navy.
Clifford Case, Coldwater, training for naval air service, Fairfax Airport, Kansas City.
Pat Cavanaugh, Coldwater, in the air corps.
Doyle Coles, Coldwater, Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
Eugene Colter, Coldwater, in the army.
Billie Cozad, Coldwater, Kelly Field, Texas.
Clare Cummings, Coldwater, Ft. Rosecrans, Calif.
Myrl Dellinger, Wilmore, Ft. Lewis, Wash.
Fred Deyoe, Wilmore, in the Marines, San Diego, Calf.
Frank Doran, in the navy.
Jack Ellis, Coldwater, in the navy.
Herman Ennis, Coldwater, in the army air corps.
Wm. Finney, Coldwater, in the army, Ft. Mills, P. I.
Meredith Freeman, Coldwater, Ft. Ord, Calif.
Jack Grace, Wilmore, Drew Field, Florida.
Emmett Graue Jr., Protection, in the marines, San Diego, Calif.
Bill Griffith, Coldwater, in the navy, New London, Conn.
Jack Guizlo, Coldwater, Ft. Ord, Calif.
Joe Guizlo, Coldwater, in the navy.
Garvin Hale, Protection, in the navy.
James Archie Hammond, Coldwater, Great Lakes Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill.
Clyde Hecht, Protection, Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
Jack Heft, Coldwater, Camp Arthur, Texas.
Robert Helman, Protection, Ft. Riley, Kans.
Jack Henderson, Coldwater, on the U.S.S. Elliott, Pacific Fleet.
Kenneth Henderson, in the navy.
Jack Herndon, Protection, coast guard artillary, Kodiak, Alaska.
George Monroe Huck, Coldwater, Camp Polk, La.
Tommy Jellison, Protection, Wichita Falls, Texas.
John Jenkins, Coldwater, with the navy.
Melville Jenkins, Coldwater, Wichita Falls, Texas.
Frank Jumper, Coldwater, in the navy.
Oliver Knabs, Coldwater, Camp not known.
Raymond Knabe, Protection, Camp Grant, Ill.
Robert Knabe, Protection, in the army.
Lt. Richard D. Large, Protection, Camp Wallace, Texas.
Claude Lear, Coldwater, in the army.
Lt. Chester Leeper, Protection, air corps reserve.
David Leeper, Protection, in the army, San Antonio, Texas.
Lawrence E. Leeper, Protection, navy aviation machinist, Jacksonville, Florida.
Robert L. Lees, Coldwater, navy training center station, San Diego, Calif.
Harru Lemkey, Coldwater, San Diego, Calif., naval base.
Chas. Lenertz, Wilmore, Ft. Lewiston, Wash.
Lee Lemertz, Wilmore, Wichiat Falls, Texas.
Lewis Laton Lindty, Protection, in the navy.
Gerald Lott, Wilmore, Naval Reserve air force.
Richard McCorkle, Wilmore in the navy at Hawaii.
Joe McMillen, Coldwater, Bakersfield, Calif.
August Metzger, Coldwater, Presidio, Calif.
Frank Metzger, Coldwater, Ft, Ord, Calif.
Harvey Myers, San Francisco, Calif.
H. D. (Bill) Nicholas, Coldwater, in the army from California.
Bob Norton, Protection, Bakersfield, Calif.
Norman Norton, Protection, Wichita Falls, Texas.
Clarence Oller, Coldwater, Camp Roberts, Calif.
James R. Parks, Coldwater, Ft. Sill, Okla.
Melvin Park, Protection, in the army.
Wilbur Findley Parks, Coldwater, Ft. Ord, Calif.
George Pendergraft, Wilmore, in the army.
Billy Proctor, Coldwater, in the Marines in Hawaii.
Otis Pugh, Protection, Camp Barkeley, Texas.
Lyle Purkey, Wilmore, in the army.
Eugene Rader, Coldwater, in the navy air force, San Diego, Calif.
Howard Rader, Coldwater, in the navy air force, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Carl Redfield, Wilmore, Camp Barkeley, Texas.
Max Replogle, Coldwater, in the navy air force at Miami, Florida.
Victor Robbins, Coldwater, in the army, Ft. Bragg, N.C.
Lawrence Rowland, Protection, Godman Field, Ft. Knox, Ky.
Cecil Rummerfield, Protection, in the navy.
Dan Sanders, Coldwater, Ft. Ord, Calif.
Grover Ed Sanders, Protection, navy training station, San Diego, Calif.
Nelson Sanders, Protection, with the navy, in Honolulu.
John Sattler, Coldwater, in the Marines, New Rivers, N.C.
Dale Schesser, Protection, in the navy, San Diego, Calif.
John D. Schrock, Protection, in the navy on the S.S. Cushing.
Albert Scott, Coldwater, Camp not known.
Alfred Seidel, in the navy in South Seas.
Dean Shoemaker, Protection, Ft. Bragg, N.C.
Lew Simpson, Protection, Camp Polk, La.
E. E. (Bill) Smith, formerly of Coldwater, with the Marines, on Aircraft Carrier Lexington.
Corp. Wm. J. Smith, formerly of Coldwater, Camp Barclay, Texas.
Clifford Snyder, Wilmore, Ft. Knox, Ky.
Ray Squire, Coldwater, Ft. Ord, Calif.
Harry Paige Stark, Protection, in the navy.
Clare H. Stewart, Coldwater, in the army.
Frank Tarr, Coldwater, navy training station, San Diego, Calif.
Gordon (Mike) Taylor, Coldwater, navy training station , San Diego, Calif.
Merlin (Jack) Taylor, Coldwater, Ft. Rosecrans, Calif.
Lowell Tedder, Protection, in the navy.
Robert Terhune, Protection, in the army in New Jersey.
George Teter, Protection, in the army.
Robert Thompson, Coldwater, Tulare, Calif.
Norman Todd, Coldwater, Camp Barkeley, Texas.
Thomas Toothaker, Protection, in the navy.
John Walt Jr., Protection, in the air corps, Phoenix, Ariz.
Edward Waller, Coldwater, Ft. Ord, Calif.
Lloyd Waller, Coldwater, Camp Callan, San Diego, Calif.
Merton Ward, Wilmore, Camp Barkeley, Texas.
Ray Webber, Coldwater, in the navy.
Floyd Winn, Protection, in the navy.
Donald White, Coldwater, Bakersfield, Calif.
Richard Wood, Wilmore, in the Marines.
Earl Wright Jr., Coldwater, son of Earl W. Wright of Holton, Camp Wallace, Texas.
Harry Zvolanek, Coldwater, Camp Barkeley, Texas.

DIED IN SERVICE.

Squire Zane, Protection.
Harlan White, Coldwater.
(correction: Harlan White was one of the first men from Comanche co. to join the Navy during WW1. He was a cook. Retired in July 1941. -- Shirley Brier)

Thanks to Shirley Brier for finding, transcribing and contributing the above news article to this web site!

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