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PVT Harold Clarence Megeath

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PVT Harold Clarence Megeath

Birth
Mountain View, Uinta County, Wyoming, USA
Death
13 Mar 1945 (aged 24)
Central Luzon, Philippines
Burial
Evanston, Uinta County, Wyoming, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.2822194, Longitude: -110.9580453
Plot
1-00-078-05
Memorial ID
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Killed in action, WWII
Buried: 23 Oct 1948

Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 17, 1945
Memorial Services for Lyman Man Sunday

LYMAN, April 16.—(Special)—Memorial services for Pvt. Harold Clarence Megeath, son of Mr. and Mrs. James G. Megeath of Mountain View, were held Sunday in the Mountain View high school gymnasium. Bishop W.S. Tanner of the Mountain View L.D.S. ward officiated.

Private Megeath, husband of Ursel Brough Megeath of Lyman, was killed in action March 13 on Luzon. He was a member of a parachute infantry unit and had been overseas for nearly a year.

With approximately 25 other boys from Bridger valley, Private Megeath enlisted in service in September, 1940. He was released from the army early in 1942 and was recalled to duty in May, 1942. He received training as a paratrooper at Ft. Benning, Ga. Private and Mrs. Megeath were married March 18, 1944 in Lyman.

A brother, Cpl. James A. Felix, stationed at Ft. Riley, Kan., now is home on emergency furlough. Corporal Felix enlisted in service in September, 1940. He recently returned from service in Australia and other parts of the South Pacific.

Killed in action, WWII
Buried: 23 Oct 1948

Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Apr 17, 1945
Memorial Services for Lyman Man Sunday

LYMAN, April 16.—(Special)—Memorial services for Pvt. Harold Clarence Megeath, son of Mr. and Mrs. James G. Megeath of Mountain View, were held Sunday in the Mountain View high school gymnasium. Bishop W.S. Tanner of the Mountain View L.D.S. ward officiated.

Private Megeath, husband of Ursel Brough Megeath of Lyman, was killed in action March 13 on Luzon. He was a member of a parachute infantry unit and had been overseas for nearly a year.

With approximately 25 other boys from Bridger valley, Private Megeath enlisted in service in September, 1940. He was released from the army early in 1942 and was recalled to duty in May, 1942. He received training as a paratrooper at Ft. Benning, Ga. Private and Mrs. Megeath were married March 18, 1944 in Lyman.

A brother, Cpl. James A. Felix, stationed at Ft. Riley, Kan., now is home on emergency furlough. Corporal Felix enlisted in service in September, 1940. He recently returned from service in Australia and other parts of the South Pacific.



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