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| UNIT:
Co. E, 179TH Infantry, 45th
Division |
| RANK:
Sergeant |
| BORN:
1924 |
| WHERE:
Collinsville, Madison Co., IL |
| DIED:
October 15, 1944 |
| WHERE:
near Rambersviller, France |
| CAUSE
OF DEATH: Killed in Action |
| BURIED:
Saints Peter & Paul Catholic
Cemetery, Collinsville,IL |
| MARKER:
Private Headstone |
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|
 Sgt. Julian S. Spalding,
twenty-years old son of Mr. And Mrs. J. E.
Spalding, 1273 Vandalia street, was reported
officially killed in action Sunday, October 15,
somewhere in France. In a telegram received by
his mother Mrs. Laura Spalding on Friday
afternoon, November 10, from the War Department.Sgt. Spalding previously
had been reported missing in action since Sunday,
October 15, somewhere in France. Exactly one year
before he was reported slightly wounded in action
somewhere in Italy, during the battle of Salerno.
Young Spalding
entered the service of his country March 30, 1943
and received his infantry training at Camp Joseph
T. Robinson, Arkansas. He was sent overseas on
August 1, 1943, first being stationed somewhere
in Italy. He moved on to North Africa, but
returned to Italy where he participated in a
major battle at the Anzio Beach head.
He attended the
Catholic School and was a member of the 1942
graduating class of Collinsville Township High
School.
Sgt. Spalding is
survived by his parents, Mr. And Mrs. J. E.
Spalding, three sisters, Mrs. Marie Kleppisch,
Misses Mary Catherine and Dorothy Spalding, three
brothers, George, living at home, Pvt. John T.
Spalding, somewhere in France, and Sgt. J. Edward
Spalding Jr., whose present location and
destination are unknown to his family, and one
niece, Ruth Marie Spalding.
The Rev. Father
B.N. Manning offered a requiem high mass with
military honors Monday morning. The loss of the
family is great and Mrs. Spalding has expressed
the thought that “a great American boy has
passed to his God.”
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Sgt. Julian
Spalding Killed
