obituary-y Category

SWEETWATER, June 8—Three Sweetwater men recently have been killed in action, two of them on Okinawa. Pfc. Mark Yoakum, 21, of the Marines was killed on May [22, 1945], his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Yoakum of Sweetwater, have learned. Yoakum, former Mustang letter man, was born and reared in Sweetwater. He was drafted […]

Corporal Donald Eugene Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Young, 416 N. Lumber St., has been killed in action [November 2, 1943] in an unrevealed locality, according to word received yesterday by his parents from the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, Lieutenant General Holcomb. Corporal Young was born in Allentown, Sept. 2, 1923, […]

Corporal Mason Yarbrough, 21, of the United States Marine Corps, has been killed in action [August 17, 1942] “in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country,” according to a telegram received Saturday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Yarbrough, farmers living north of Sikeston. Corporal Yarbrough, who joined […]