 Technician, Fifth Grade
Lonnie L. Whaley, Jr. 19, son of Mr. And Mrs.
Lonnie L. Whaley, Sr., 907 Prospect street, was
officially reported killed in action somewhere in
Italy Thursday, June 22, in a telegram received
by his mother from the War Department last
Friday.Young
Whaley entered the service, May 10, 1943, and was
stationed at Camp Claiborne, La., until last
August. Then he was sent overseas.
On Friday, June
16th the parents received the last letter from
their son somewhere in Italy stating he was
getting very tired of that country. Also in the
same letter he revealed that he was O.K.
otherwise.
He attended the
Collinsville Township High School for two years
and was well known in this city.
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