Another Local Soldier Missing In Action
Pfc. Lawrence Ash has been reported missing in action in Germany since Dec. 6 according to word received by his wife, Mrs. Ida Ash, who works at the Iowa Soldiers home. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ash, route 2.
Private Ash entered the service in February 1944 and trained in Camp Fannin, Texas, before he was sent to Fort Meade, Md. in July. He has been serving in the European theater of the war since August.
His brother Sgt. Rondo Ash, is somewhere in Belgium.
Body of Pfc. Lawrence Ash returned For Burial In Rock Valley Cemetery
Austin A. Ash, route 2, has received word that the body of Pfc. Lawrence E. Ash, repatriated World War II dead will arrive in Marshalltown Tuesday accompanied by a military escort. Private Ash was lost in action in the drive for Bastogne in Belgium. Services will be held at the Estel funeral home at 10 a.m. Thursday in charge of Dr. Pieter Smit. All military honors at the grave at the Rock Valley cemetery will be given by the ceremonial unit of Frank Lewis Glick post No. 46, American Legion.
Private Ash entered the service Feb. 26, 1944 at Des Moines. He was sent to Camp Fannin, Texas for his basic training and embarked from Fort Meade, Md., for overseas in August 1944.
Landing in England he was attached to Company L of the 28th infantry regiment, then on duty in France. He was reported missing in action in the drive for Bastonge. In September 1946 his parents were notified he had been killed as of that date. His body was originally buried in the U.S. military cemetery Neuville-en-Condrez in Belgium.
Lawrence E. Ash was born June 11, 1923 on a farm east of Marshalltown, the son of Austin A. and Elma Granger Ash. He attended rural school and was graduated from the LeGrand high school. In 1943 he was married to Ida Butt who now resides in Denver, Col.
Surviving are his parents, two brothers and four sisters, Rondo of Marshalltown, Herbert at home, Mrs. May Walters, Salem, Ore., Mrs. Rose York and Mrs. Ida Butcher of Marshalltown and Mrs. Hilda Smith of Liscomb.
Pfc. Lawrence Ash has been reported missing in action in Germany since Dec. 6 according to word received by his wife, Mrs. Ida Ash, who works at the Iowa Soldiers home. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ash, route 2.
Private Ash entered the service in February 1944 and trained in Camp Fannin, Texas, before he was sent to Fort Meade, Md. in July. He has been serving in the European theater of the war since August.
His brother Sgt. Rondo Ash, is somewhere in Belgium.
Body of Pfc. Lawrence Ash returned For Burial In Rock Valley Cemetery
Austin A. Ash, route 2, has received word that the body of Pfc. Lawrence E. Ash, repatriated World War II dead will arrive in Marshalltown Tuesday accompanied by a military escort. Private Ash was lost in action in the drive for Bastogne in Belgium. Services will be held at the Estel funeral home at 10 a.m. Thursday in charge of Dr. Pieter Smit. All military honors at the grave at the Rock Valley cemetery will be given by the ceremonial unit of Frank Lewis Glick post No. 46, American Legion.
Private Ash entered the service Feb. 26, 1944 at Des Moines. He was sent to Camp Fannin, Texas for his basic training and embarked from Fort Meade, Md., for overseas in August 1944.
Landing in England he was attached to Company L of the 28th infantry regiment, then on duty in France. He was reported missing in action in the drive for Bastonge. In September 1946 his parents were notified he had been killed as of that date. His body was originally buried in the U.S. military cemetery Neuville-en-Condrez in Belgium.
Lawrence E. Ash was born June 11, 1923 on a farm east of Marshalltown, the son of Austin A. and Elma Granger Ash. He attended rural school and was graduated from the LeGrand high school. In 1943 he was married to Ida Butt who now resides in Denver, Col.
Surviving are his parents, two brothers and four sisters, Rondo of Marshalltown, Herbert at home, Mrs. May Walters, Salem, Ore., Mrs. Rose York and Mrs. Ida Butcher of Marshalltown and Mrs. Hilda Smith of Liscomb.
Another Local Soldier Missing In Action
Pfc. Lawrence Ash has been reported missing in action in Germany since Dec. 6 according to word received by his wife, Mrs. Ida Ash, who works at the Iowa Soldiers home. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ash, route 2.
Private Ash entered the service in February 1944 and trained in Camp Fannin, Texas, before he was sent to Fort Meade, Md. in July. He has been serving in the European theater of the war since August.
His brother Sgt. Rondo Ash, is somewhere in Belgium.
Body of Pfc. Lawrence Ash returned For Burial In Rock Valley Cemetery
Austin A. Ash, route 2, has received word that the body of Pfc. Lawrence E. Ash, repatriated World War II dead will arrive in Marshalltown Tuesday accompanied by a military escort. Private Ash was lost in action in the drive for Bastogne in Belgium. Services will be held at the Estel funeral home at 10 a.m. Thursday in charge of Dr. Pieter Smit. All military honors at the grave at the Rock Valley cemetery will be given by the ceremonial unit of Frank Lewis Glick post No. 46, American Legion.
Private Ash entered the service Feb. 26, 1944 at Des Moines. He was sent to Camp Fannin, Texas for his basic training and embarked from Fort Meade, Md., for overseas in August 1944.
Landing in England he was attached to Company L of the 28th infantry regiment, then on duty in France. He was reported missing in action in the drive for Bastonge. In September 1946 his parents were notified he had been killed as of that date. His body was originally buried in the U.S. military cemetery Neuville-en-Condrez in Belgium.
Lawrence E. Ash was born June 11, 1923 on a farm east of Marshalltown, the son of Austin A. and Elma Granger Ash. He attended rural school and was graduated from the LeGrand high school. In 1943 he was married to Ida Butt who now resides in Denver, Col.
Surviving are his parents, two brothers and four sisters, Rondo of Marshalltown, Herbert at home, Mrs. May Walters, Salem, Ore., Mrs. Rose York and Mrs. Ida Butcher of Marshalltown and Mrs. Hilda Smith of Liscomb.
Pfc. Lawrence Ash has been reported missing in action in Germany since Dec. 6 according to word received by his wife, Mrs. Ida Ash, who works at the Iowa Soldiers home. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ash, route 2.
Private Ash entered the service in February 1944 and trained in Camp Fannin, Texas, before he was sent to Fort Meade, Md. in July. He has been serving in the European theater of the war since August.
His brother Sgt. Rondo Ash, is somewhere in Belgium.
Body of Pfc. Lawrence Ash returned For Burial In Rock Valley Cemetery
Austin A. Ash, route 2, has received word that the body of Pfc. Lawrence E. Ash, repatriated World War II dead will arrive in Marshalltown Tuesday accompanied by a military escort. Private Ash was lost in action in the drive for Bastogne in Belgium. Services will be held at the Estel funeral home at 10 a.m. Thursday in charge of Dr. Pieter Smit. All military honors at the grave at the Rock Valley cemetery will be given by the ceremonial unit of Frank Lewis Glick post No. 46, American Legion.
Private Ash entered the service Feb. 26, 1944 at Des Moines. He was sent to Camp Fannin, Texas for his basic training and embarked from Fort Meade, Md., for overseas in August 1944.
Landing in England he was attached to Company L of the 28th infantry regiment, then on duty in France. He was reported missing in action in the drive for Bastonge. In September 1946 his parents were notified he had been killed as of that date. His body was originally buried in the U.S. military cemetery Neuville-en-Condrez in Belgium.
Lawrence E. Ash was born June 11, 1923 on a farm east of Marshalltown, the son of Austin A. and Elma Granger Ash. He attended rural school and was graduated from the LeGrand high school. In 1943 he was married to Ida Butt who now resides in Denver, Col.
Surviving are his parents, two brothers and four sisters, Rondo of Marshalltown, Herbert at home, Mrs. May Walters, Salem, Ore., Mrs. Rose York and Mrs. Ida Butcher of Marshalltown and Mrs. Hilda Smith of Liscomb.
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