The following from Mark Fonda:
Memorial Rites Will Be Held At Fultonville - Fultonville, Jan. 20 - A memorial service, sponsored by the Fultonville Community Club, for Francis Arthur Fonda, seaman second class, United States Navy, and first casualty of the war from Fultonville or the Town of Glen, will be held at the Fultonville Pilgrim Holiness Church, Thursday evening, January 27, at 7:30 o'clock. (..) Francis Arthur Fonda was born in Fultonville, February 26, 1915, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Winfield S. Fonda, South Main Street. He attended Fultonvllle School. Seaman Fonda enlisted ln the United States Navy April 13, 1942, and was later assigned to the U. S. S. Barton, which participated in the third battle of Savo Island in the Pacific area, after which battle he was reported missing by the Navy Department November 13, 1942. A year later, November 13, 1943, Mr. and Mrs. Fonda received a letter from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, saying that inasmuch as a year had elapsed since their son had been reported missing following the participation of his ship in the third battle of Savo Island, and despite the subsequent searches made for the personnel after that battle and due to the length of time that had elapsed without any indication of his survival he was reluctantly forced to the conclusion that their son was deceased, and his death was presumed to have occurred on November 14, 1943, pursuant to Section 5 of Public Law 490. Beside his parents Seaman Fonda is survived by one brother Richard Fonda, Fultonville; four sisters, Mrs. Frederick Engle, Fonda; Mrs. William Cromer, Johnstown; Mrs. William Poultney, Tribes Hill-Johnstown Road, and Mrs. Frank Paine, Fultonville. At the time of his induction into service he was employed at the White Mop Wringer Company, Fultonville. Evening Recorder, Amsterdam NY, Thursday, January 20, 1944.
Memorial Rites Will Be Held At Fultonville - Fultonville, Jan. 20 - A memorial service, sponsored by the Fultonville Community Club, for Francis Arthur Fonda, seaman second class, United States Navy, and first casualty of the war from Fultonville or the Town of Glen, will be held at the Fultonville Pilgrim Holiness Church, Thursday evening, January 27, at 7:30 o'clock. (..) Francis Arthur Fonda was born in Fultonville, February 26, 1915, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Winfield S. Fonda, South Main Street. He attended Fultonvllle School. Seaman Fonda enlisted ln the United States Navy April 13, 1942, and was later assigned to the U. S. S. Barton, which participated in the third battle of Savo Island in the Pacific area, after which battle he was reported missing by the Navy Department November 13, 1942. A year later, November 13, 1943, Mr. and Mrs. Fonda received a letter from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, saying that inasmuch as a year had elapsed since their son had been reported missing following the participation of his ship in the third battle of Savo Island, and despite the subsequent searches made for the personnel after that battle and due to the length of time that had elapsed without any indication of his survival he was reluctantly forced to the conclusion that their son was deceased, and his death was presumed to have occurred on November 14, 1943, pursuant to Section 5 of Public Law 490. Beside his parents Seaman Fonda is survived by one brother Richard Fonda, Fultonville; four sisters, Mrs. Frederick Engle, Fonda; Mrs. William Cromer, Johnstown; Mrs. William Poultney, Tribes Hill-Johnstown Road, and Mrs. Frank Paine, Fultonville. At the time of his induction into service he was employed at the White Mop Wringer Company, Fultonville. Evening Recorder, Amsterdam NY, Thursday, January 20, 1944.
The following from Mark Fonda:
Memorial Rites Will Be Held At Fultonville - Fultonville, Jan. 20 - A memorial service, sponsored by the Fultonville Community Club, for Francis Arthur Fonda, seaman second class, United States Navy, and first casualty of the war from Fultonville or the Town of Glen, will be held at the Fultonville Pilgrim Holiness Church, Thursday evening, January 27, at 7:30 o'clock. (..) Francis Arthur Fonda was born in Fultonville, February 26, 1915, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Winfield S. Fonda, South Main Street. He attended Fultonvllle School. Seaman Fonda enlisted ln the United States Navy April 13, 1942, and was later assigned to the U. S. S. Barton, which participated in the third battle of Savo Island in the Pacific area, after which battle he was reported missing by the Navy Department November 13, 1942. A year later, November 13, 1943, Mr. and Mrs. Fonda received a letter from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, saying that inasmuch as a year had elapsed since their son had been reported missing following the participation of his ship in the third battle of Savo Island, and despite the subsequent searches made for the personnel after that battle and due to the length of time that had elapsed without any indication of his survival he was reluctantly forced to the conclusion that their son was deceased, and his death was presumed to have occurred on November 14, 1943, pursuant to Section 5 of Public Law 490. Beside his parents Seaman Fonda is survived by one brother Richard Fonda, Fultonville; four sisters, Mrs. Frederick Engle, Fonda; Mrs. William Cromer, Johnstown; Mrs. William Poultney, Tribes Hill-Johnstown Road, and Mrs. Frank Paine, Fultonville. At the time of his induction into service he was employed at the White Mop Wringer Company, Fultonville. Evening Recorder, Amsterdam NY, Thursday, January 20, 1944.
Memorial Rites Will Be Held At Fultonville - Fultonville, Jan. 20 - A memorial service, sponsored by the Fultonville Community Club, for Francis Arthur Fonda, seaman second class, United States Navy, and first casualty of the war from Fultonville or the Town of Glen, will be held at the Fultonville Pilgrim Holiness Church, Thursday evening, January 27, at 7:30 o'clock. (..) Francis Arthur Fonda was born in Fultonville, February 26, 1915, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Winfield S. Fonda, South Main Street. He attended Fultonvllle School. Seaman Fonda enlisted ln the United States Navy April 13, 1942, and was later assigned to the U. S. S. Barton, which participated in the third battle of Savo Island in the Pacific area, after which battle he was reported missing by the Navy Department November 13, 1942. A year later, November 13, 1943, Mr. and Mrs. Fonda received a letter from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, saying that inasmuch as a year had elapsed since their son had been reported missing following the participation of his ship in the third battle of Savo Island, and despite the subsequent searches made for the personnel after that battle and due to the length of time that had elapsed without any indication of his survival he was reluctantly forced to the conclusion that their son was deceased, and his death was presumed to have occurred on November 14, 1943, pursuant to Section 5 of Public Law 490. Beside his parents Seaman Fonda is survived by one brother Richard Fonda, Fultonville; four sisters, Mrs. Frederick Engle, Fonda; Mrs. William Cromer, Johnstown; Mrs. William Poultney, Tribes Hill-Johnstown Road, and Mrs. Frank Paine, Fultonville. At the time of his induction into service he was employed at the White Mop Wringer Company, Fultonville. Evening Recorder, Amsterdam NY, Thursday, January 20, 1944.
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