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Sgt John Francis Eyler

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Sgt John Francis Eyler Veteran

Birth
Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Death
27 Jul 1944 (aged 33)
France
Burial
Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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KIA in La Lucasserie France; Company F 121 Cavalry Reconnaisance Squadron of the 106 Cavalry Group


The News, Frederick, MD, May 21, 1948
SGT. JOHN F. EYLER'S Final Rites on Saturday
Funeral services for Sgt. John F. Eyler, of Emmitsburg, who was killed in action at LaLucasserie, France, on July 27 1944, and whose remains were returned recently to this country, will be held at St. Joseph's Catholic church in Emmitsburg on Saturday morning at nine o'clock.
Mass will be celebrated by Rev. Gerald Curran, assistant pastor and interment will take place in Mountain View Cemetery, Emmitsburg.

Sgt. Eyler was attached to Company F, 121st Calvary Group, one of the most dangerous commissions in the Army. His remains arrived in Thurmont Thursday evening at six o'clock and were taken to the S. L. Allison funeral home, where there will be recitation of the rosary this evening at eight o'clock. Pallbearers will be Austin, Lloyd, and Clifford Eyler, brothers of the deceased, Paul and Russell Eyler, cousins, and James Pryor.

Sgt. Eyler was the son of Earl C. Eyler and the late Mrs. Eyler, of near Emmitsburg. Besides his father he is survived by the following brothers and sisters; Austin, Clifford and Lloyd Eyler, and Mrs. Clarence Kemper, all of Baltimore, Mrs. Wilbur Umbel and Ray Eyler, of Emmitsburg.

KIA in La Lucasserie France; Company F 121 Cavalry Reconnaisance Squadron of the 106 Cavalry Group


The News, Frederick, MD, May 21, 1948
SGT. JOHN F. EYLER'S Final Rites on Saturday
Funeral services for Sgt. John F. Eyler, of Emmitsburg, who was killed in action at LaLucasserie, France, on July 27 1944, and whose remains were returned recently to this country, will be held at St. Joseph's Catholic church in Emmitsburg on Saturday morning at nine o'clock.
Mass will be celebrated by Rev. Gerald Curran, assistant pastor and interment will take place in Mountain View Cemetery, Emmitsburg.

Sgt. Eyler was attached to Company F, 121st Calvary Group, one of the most dangerous commissions in the Army. His remains arrived in Thurmont Thursday evening at six o'clock and were taken to the S. L. Allison funeral home, where there will be recitation of the rosary this evening at eight o'clock. Pallbearers will be Austin, Lloyd, and Clifford Eyler, brothers of the deceased, Paul and Russell Eyler, cousins, and James Pryor.

Sgt. Eyler was the son of Earl C. Eyler and the late Mrs. Eyler, of near Emmitsburg. Besides his father he is survived by the following brothers and sisters; Austin, Clifford and Lloyd Eyler, and Mrs. Clarence Kemper, all of Baltimore, Mrs. Wilbur Umbel and Ray Eyler, of Emmitsburg.



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  • Created by: Barbara
  • Added: Dec 25, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63306469/john_francis-eyler: accessed ), memorial page for Sgt John Francis Eyler (21 Mar 1911–27 Jul 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63306469, citing Emmitsburg Memorial Cemetery, Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Barbara (contributor 47012705).