LT. KELLY IS DECLARED DEAD BY U.S. WAR DEPT.
Mrs. William G. Wheatley of the Leiters Ford [Indiana] vicinity has been informed by her sister, PFC Mary Esther Kelly of West Palm Beach, Florida, former resident of Monterey [Indiana], that her son, 1st Lieutenant Forrest LeRoy Kelly, has been declared officially dead by the War Department. Lieut. Kelly was seriously wounded and captured by the enemy on June 30th, 1944, while leading his platoon into battle against the Germans at St. Lo, France. No word from him has been received since that date. He was a member of the 29th Infantry, which was cited for bravery at St. Lo.
[The News-Sentinel, Friday, July 13, 1945]
Mrs. William G. Wheatley of the Leiters Ford [Indiana] vicinity has been informed by her sister, PFC Mary Esther Kelly of West Palm Beach, Florida, former resident of Monterey [Indiana], that her son, 1st Lieutenant Forrest LeRoy Kelly, has been declared officially dead by the War Department. Lieut. Kelly was seriously wounded and captured by the enemy on June 30th, 1944, while leading his platoon into battle against the Germans at St. Lo, France. No word from him has been received since that date. He was a member of the 29th Infantry, which was cited for bravery at St. Lo.
[The News-Sentinel, Friday, July 13, 1945]
LT. KELLY IS DECLARED DEAD BY U.S. WAR DEPT.
Mrs. William G. Wheatley of the Leiters Ford [Indiana] vicinity has been informed by her sister, PFC Mary Esther Kelly of West Palm Beach, Florida, former resident of Monterey [Indiana], that her son, 1st Lieutenant Forrest LeRoy Kelly, has been declared officially dead by the War Department. Lieut. Kelly was seriously wounded and captured by the enemy on June 30th, 1944, while leading his platoon into battle against the Germans at St. Lo, France. No word from him has been received since that date. He was a member of the 29th Infantry, which was cited for bravery at St. Lo.
[The News-Sentinel, Friday, July 13, 1945]
Mrs. William G. Wheatley of the Leiters Ford [Indiana] vicinity has been informed by her sister, PFC Mary Esther Kelly of West Palm Beach, Florida, former resident of Monterey [Indiana], that her son, 1st Lieutenant Forrest LeRoy Kelly, has been declared officially dead by the War Department. Lieut. Kelly was seriously wounded and captured by the enemy on June 30th, 1944, while leading his platoon into battle against the Germans at St. Lo, France. No word from him has been received since that date. He was a member of the 29th Infantry, which was cited for bravery at St. Lo.
[The News-Sentinel, Friday, July 13, 1945]
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