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HOUSTON, Nov. 7 (AP)—Tom Loving, 43, of Corrigan, was killed last night [November 6, 1953] when struck by an auto as he crossed a Houston street.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Midwest City Funeral Chapel for Ray Conrad Lemon, 31, of 2001 Pearson Drive, former Marine Raider, who died at his home Friday morning [October 9, 1953]. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Lemon was born in Oklahoma City and attended the Capitol Hill High School. […]

Floyd Lanter, 30, Cynthiana, was killed when struck by the southbound Hummingbird, crack Louisville and Nashville passenger train, just east of the railroad crossing in Walton, Sunday night [January 4, 1953]. The victim was identified from a hunting license found in a pocket. Coroner Robert Brugh, who gave a verdict of accidental death, said the […]

WATERTOWN — Maj. Wilfred S. LeFrancois, 51, of Carlsbad, Calif., formerly of Watertown and Syracuse, for 23 years with the U.S. Marines, died in a hospital in Japan on June 9 [1952] from gunshot wounds received in Korea where he was serving on combat duty. Maj. LeFrancois, hero of World War II when he was […]

Brig. Gen. Harry B. Liversedge, famed fighting Marine and former Olympic Games and University of California star athlete, died yesterday [November 25, 1951]. General Liversedge, 57, succumbed at the Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Md., after a major surgical operation. He had been a patient there since September. One of the highlights of his illustrious […]

Services for Cpl. Lloyd R. Lusher, 30, a Marine who was killed September 11 [1951] in Korea, will be held at 1:30 o’clock Saturday at the Mt. Washington Baptist Church. Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery. The body will be at the Carson Chapel, Independence, until the services. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Altalea […]

Mrs. Ben McThompson received word Wednesday that her nephew Frank Joe Lawson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vol Lawson of Maysville, was killed in action in Korea December 7 [1950]. Young Lawson was a member of the 1st Marine Division and had served with the Marines since enlisting soon after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, […]

Wabasha, Minn.—(Special)—Private funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the E. B. Wise funeral home for Corporal Blaine Williams Lackey. The Rev. J. N. Barnett officiated. Corporal Lackey was born in St. Paul November 19, 1923 and came to Wabasha at the age of 12. He graduated in 1941 and entered service in […]

Reburial services for Pfc. [William F.] Lord will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at White Chapel Cemetery under auspices of William Lord Detachment, Marine Corps League. Pfc. Lord was 20 when he was killed May 21, 1945, on Okinawa. Born in Detroit, he was graduated from Denby High School in 1943. Survivors are his parents, […]

Sgt. Philip B. Ludford, U.S.M.C., Carlson Raider and 5th Marine Division, 27th Regiment, Co. E. Died in action, March 6, 1945, on Iwo Jima, beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip B. Ludford. Funeral Saturday, 9:30, from chapel, 4611 N. Lincoln Avenue, to Queen of Angels Church, 2330 Sunnyside Avenue. Interment Queen of Heaven. Military […]