From
The Pryor Jeffersonian
Pryor, Oklahoma
(Mayes County)
Thursday, February 8, 1945
Pfc. Lowell Bavinger Is Killed in
Action on Leyte, December 27
Pfc. Francis Lowell Bavinger was killed in action on December 27, 1944, on Leyte, according to a telegram received on February 2 by his parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Wes Bavinger of Pryor from the War Department. The telegram stated that a letter of information would follow.
Pfc. Bavinger is a graduate of the Pryor high school with the class of 1937. During his schooling in Pryor he was a star football player with the Tigers.
He was inducted into the service in March, 1941 and received most of his training at Camp Haan, California. He had spent about 18 months overseas in front line duty.
Pfc. Bavinger was a member of the U. S. 7th Division, veterans of Attu and Kwajelein. It was the 7th Division which made the big push when landing on Leyte, with fiercest fighting taking place on "Shoestring Ridge," 15 miles south of Ormoc, where 60 Japanese were killed for every American. For five nights this seasoned Japanese 26th Division attacked the U. S. 7th Division.
This 7th Division also saw much action in the Aleutians and Marshall campaigns. From the Honolulu Advertiser, September 10, 1944 comes this caption under a picture, "Seated the the reviewing automobile, President Rooseveklt uncovers as the U. S. Army's famed Seventh Division passed in review at Schofield Barracks during his review visit to Hawaii." Pfc. Bavinger was in this review.
Note: Actual burial may in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines. See Find A Grave Memorial 56786817
The Pryor Jeffersonian
Pryor, Oklahoma
(Mayes County)
Thursday, February 8, 1945
Pfc. Lowell Bavinger Is Killed in
Action on Leyte, December 27
Pfc. Francis Lowell Bavinger was killed in action on December 27, 1944, on Leyte, according to a telegram received on February 2 by his parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Wes Bavinger of Pryor from the War Department. The telegram stated that a letter of information would follow.
Pfc. Bavinger is a graduate of the Pryor high school with the class of 1937. During his schooling in Pryor he was a star football player with the Tigers.
He was inducted into the service in March, 1941 and received most of his training at Camp Haan, California. He had spent about 18 months overseas in front line duty.
Pfc. Bavinger was a member of the U. S. 7th Division, veterans of Attu and Kwajelein. It was the 7th Division which made the big push when landing on Leyte, with fiercest fighting taking place on "Shoestring Ridge," 15 miles south of Ormoc, where 60 Japanese were killed for every American. For five nights this seasoned Japanese 26th Division attacked the U. S. 7th Division.
This 7th Division also saw much action in the Aleutians and Marshall campaigns. From the Honolulu Advertiser, September 10, 1944 comes this caption under a picture, "Seated the the reviewing automobile, President Rooseveklt uncovers as the U. S. Army's famed Seventh Division passed in review at Schofield Barracks during his review visit to Hawaii." Pfc. Bavinger was in this review.
Note: Actual burial may in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines. See Find A Grave Memorial 56786817
From
The Pryor Jeffersonian
Pryor, Oklahoma
(Mayes County)
Thursday, February 8, 1945
Pfc. Lowell Bavinger Is Killed in
Action on Leyte, December 27
Pfc. Francis Lowell Bavinger was killed in action on December 27, 1944, on Leyte, according to a telegram received on February 2 by his parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Wes Bavinger of Pryor from the War Department. The telegram stated that a letter of information would follow.
Pfc. Bavinger is a graduate of the Pryor high school with the class of 1937. During his schooling in Pryor he was a star football player with the Tigers.
He was inducted into the service in March, 1941 and received most of his training at Camp Haan, California. He had spent about 18 months overseas in front line duty.
Pfc. Bavinger was a member of the U. S. 7th Division, veterans of Attu and Kwajelein. It was the 7th Division which made the big push when landing on Leyte, with fiercest fighting taking place on "Shoestring Ridge," 15 miles south of Ormoc, where 60 Japanese were killed for every American. For five nights this seasoned Japanese 26th Division attacked the U. S. 7th Division.
This 7th Division also saw much action in the Aleutians and Marshall campaigns. From the Honolulu Advertiser, September 10, 1944 comes this caption under a picture, "Seated the the reviewing automobile, President Rooseveklt uncovers as the U. S. Army's famed Seventh Division passed in review at Schofield Barracks during his review visit to Hawaii." Pfc. Bavinger was in this review.
Note: Actual burial may in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines. See Find A Grave Memorial 56786817
The Pryor Jeffersonian
Pryor, Oklahoma
(Mayes County)
Thursday, February 8, 1945
Pfc. Lowell Bavinger Is Killed in
Action on Leyte, December 27
Pfc. Francis Lowell Bavinger was killed in action on December 27, 1944, on Leyte, according to a telegram received on February 2 by his parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Wes Bavinger of Pryor from the War Department. The telegram stated that a letter of information would follow.
Pfc. Bavinger is a graduate of the Pryor high school with the class of 1937. During his schooling in Pryor he was a star football player with the Tigers.
He was inducted into the service in March, 1941 and received most of his training at Camp Haan, California. He had spent about 18 months overseas in front line duty.
Pfc. Bavinger was a member of the U. S. 7th Division, veterans of Attu and Kwajelein. It was the 7th Division which made the big push when landing on Leyte, with fiercest fighting taking place on "Shoestring Ridge," 15 miles south of Ormoc, where 60 Japanese were killed for every American. For five nights this seasoned Japanese 26th Division attacked the U. S. 7th Division.
This 7th Division also saw much action in the Aleutians and Marshall campaigns. From the Honolulu Advertiser, September 10, 1944 comes this caption under a picture, "Seated the the reviewing automobile, President Rooseveklt uncovers as the U. S. Army's famed Seventh Division passed in review at Schofield Barracks during his review visit to Hawaii." Pfc. Bavinger was in this review.
Note: Actual burial may in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines. See Find A Grave Memorial 56786817
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