Other Siblings not listed below
Charles William Thornall
b: 1911 Metuchen, Middlesex County, NJ
d: 1911 Metuchen, Middlesex County, NJ

Maternal Grandparents:
Edward Hamilton Piatt
b: Dec 25, 1864 Metuchen Middlesex NJ
d: May 28, 1892 Newark NJ
m: Jennie Elizabeth Freeman
m: March 28, 1889

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Kingman, AZ Train And Bus Collision, Jan 1944
Posted February 23rd, 2009 by Stu Beitler

27 KILLED AS TRAIN HITS BUS, KINGMAN.
25 AIR CADETS KILLED, 8 INJURED.

TRAGEDY OCCURS AT ENTRANCE TO KINGMAN AIR BASE
Kingman, Ariz., Jan. 7 (U.P.) -- A Transcontinental fast freight slashed into an army bus crammed with air cadets just outside the main gate of the Kingman air bast last night, killing 27 and .......

The dead:
2nd Lt ALTEMONT R. BRITTON, 25
father Altemont R. Britton, Sr., Hamilton, Ala.
A/C ROBERT L. JOHNSON
father Irvin L. Johnson, Pottstown, Pa.
SEYMOUR KAHN, 19
father Morriss Kahn, Bronx, N.Y.
DONALD B. KELLER, 21
father Francis B. Keller, Minot, N.D.
KENNETH L. KIRK, 29
father Michael F. Kirk, Sioux Falls, S.D.
ALFRED M. KITE, 22
mother Mrs. Effie E. Kite, Waynesboro, Va.
ROBERT J. KNAPP, 26
mother Mrs. Elizabeth A. Knapp.
ROBERT W. KNAPP, JR.
father Robert W. Knapp, St. Louis, Mo.
CHESTER S. CULPA,
wife Mrs. Lorayne Culpa, Chicago, Ill.
DONALD L. KUSNEREK, 21
father Louis B. Kusnerek, Little Falls, Minn.
NORMAN F. LEAP,
mother Mrs. Elizabeth F. Leap, Riverside, Cal.
HERBERT A. LEWIS, 20
mother Mrs. Iva V. Lewis, Schenectady, N.Y.
ARLO Q. LEAVITT, 20
mother Mrs. Laverne H. Leavitt, Bunkerville, Nev.
NORMAN LEVINE
father Benjamin Levine, FLushing, N.Y.
JOHN P. LIDDELL
mother Mrs. Clement E. Wechter, Lackawanna, Pa.
MILES E. LONG, 20
mother Mrs. Florence Long, Bethlehem, Pa.
Pvt FRANK E. SMITH, 26
father Fred A. Smith, West Point, Ia.
JOHN H. STILTZ, JR., 20
mother Mrs. Ethel Stiltz, Wilkensburg, Pa.
GEORGE T. STINE, 22
wife Mrs. Doris Stine, Alquippa, Pa.
WM. M. STOLL, JR., 23
father Wm. A. Stoll, Sr., St. Louis, Mo.
WM. F. SWADENER,
mother Mrs. Margaret B. Swadener, Indianapolis, Ind.
ALFRED H. TEES,
mother Mrs. Lorraine Tees, Philadelphia, Pa.
LEWIS M. THOMPSON, JR.,
brother Morton Thompson, Hollywood, Cal.
WM. THORNALL, 21
mother Mrs. Daisy H. Thornall, Metuchen, N.J.
FREDERICK C. VOGLEY, 25
wife Mrs. Mary Jane Vogley, Canton, O.
JOHN H. KUBIAK, 22
Olean, N.Y.
JOSEPH C. TAYLOR, 19
father Cecil M. Taylor, Atlanta, Ga.

Critically injured were:
FRANCIS J. KENNEDY, 20, Brooklyn, N.Y.
JOHN B. KING, Sacramento, Cal.
JAMES J. MALONE, 21, New York, N.Y.
JOE V. McLAIN, 20, St. Louis, Mo.
MELVIN J. TABBERT, 20, Detroit, Mich.
ROBERT L. TARNBLYN, 27, Nevada City, Cal.
ROBERT K. TINGLE, 27, Marshall, Ill.
WM. C. TUCKER, 19, Waxahachie, Tex.

Yuma Daily Sun Arizona 1944-01-07
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler.
Thank you, Stu!