T/SGT DONALD L. FRY
The remains of T/Sgt. Donald L. Fry, 22 at the time of his death arrived in Springfield early this morning for burial here. Sergeant Fry was a native of Springfield and was educated in Sunshine, Jarrett Junior high and Senior high schools here. He also attended Southwest Missouri State college one term prior to enlisting in the Army in December, 1941. The soldier served in the Air Corps, and died on a reconnaissance flight to Tokyo when his plane crashed on Rykas island, August 25, 1945. He was awarded the Air medal and the Purple Heart. Surviving are his mother, Msr. Gola Fry, route 3, and two brothers, Lawrence M. of Lake of the Ozarks and Harvey H. Fry of Eldon. Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Alma Lohmeyer-Jewell E. Windle funeral chapel with the Rev. Sterl A. Watson officiating. Burial will be in Maple Park cemetery, with the American Legion conducting military services at the grave. Pallbearers will be Leland Marlin, Hugh Whitehead, Marvin Tong, Edward Clutter, Raymond Woody, and Dick Sandford. (Springfield Leader & Press, Springfield, MO, Thursday Evening, March 31, 1949, p. 35, Col. 4)
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The remains of T/Sgt. Donald L. Fry, 22 at the time of his death arrived in Springfield early this morning for burial here. Sergeant Fry was a native of Springfield and was educated in Sunshine, Jarrett Junior high and Senior high schools here. He also attended Southwest Missouri State college one term prior to enlisting in the Army in December, 1941. The soldier served in the Air Corps, and died on a reconnaissance flight to Tokyo when his plane crashed on Rykas island, August 25, 1945. He was awarded the Air medal and the Purple Heart. Surviving are his mother, Msr. Gola Fry, route 3, and two brothers, Lawrence M. of Lake of the Ozarks and Harvey H. Fry of Eldon. Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Alma Lohmeyer-Jewell E. Windle funeral chapel with the Rev. Sterl A. Watson officiating. Burial will be in Maple Park cemetery, with the American Legion conducting military services at the grave. Pallbearers will be Leland Marlin, Hugh Whitehead, Marvin Tong, Edward Clutter, Raymond Woody, and Dick Sandford. (Springfield Leader & Press, Springfield, MO, Thursday Evening, March 31, 1949, p. 35, Col. 4)
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***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial and also adding the obituary and gravesite photo to it***
***I would like to thank Tiffany Mims Find A Grave ID 49404925 for updating the plot information on this memorial***
T/SGT DONALD L. FRY
The remains of T/Sgt. Donald L. Fry, 22 at the time of his death arrived in Springfield early this morning for burial here. Sergeant Fry was a native of Springfield and was educated in Sunshine, Jarrett Junior high and Senior high schools here. He also attended Southwest Missouri State college one term prior to enlisting in the Army in December, 1941. The soldier served in the Air Corps, and died on a reconnaissance flight to Tokyo when his plane crashed on Rykas island, August 25, 1945. He was awarded the Air medal and the Purple Heart. Surviving are his mother, Msr. Gola Fry, route 3, and two brothers, Lawrence M. of Lake of the Ozarks and Harvey H. Fry of Eldon. Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Alma Lohmeyer-Jewell E. Windle funeral chapel with the Rev. Sterl A. Watson officiating. Burial will be in Maple Park cemetery, with the American Legion conducting military services at the grave. Pallbearers will be Leland Marlin, Hugh Whitehead, Marvin Tong, Edward Clutter, Raymond Woody, and Dick Sandford. (Springfield Leader & Press, Springfield, MO, Thursday Evening, March 31, 1949, p. 35, Col. 4)
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***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial and also adding the obituary and gravesite photo to it***
***I would like to thank Tiffany Mims Find A Grave ID 49404925 for updating the plot information on this memorial***
The remains of T/Sgt. Donald L. Fry, 22 at the time of his death arrived in Springfield early this morning for burial here. Sergeant Fry was a native of Springfield and was educated in Sunshine, Jarrett Junior high and Senior high schools here. He also attended Southwest Missouri State college one term prior to enlisting in the Army in December, 1941. The soldier served in the Air Corps, and died on a reconnaissance flight to Tokyo when his plane crashed on Rykas island, August 25, 1945. He was awarded the Air medal and the Purple Heart. Surviving are his mother, Msr. Gola Fry, route 3, and two brothers, Lawrence M. of Lake of the Ozarks and Harvey H. Fry of Eldon. Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Alma Lohmeyer-Jewell E. Windle funeral chapel with the Rev. Sterl A. Watson officiating. Burial will be in Maple Park cemetery, with the American Legion conducting military services at the grave. Pallbearers will be Leland Marlin, Hugh Whitehead, Marvin Tong, Edward Clutter, Raymond Woody, and Dick Sandford. (Springfield Leader & Press, Springfield, MO, Thursday Evening, March 31, 1949, p. 35, Col. 4)
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***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial and also adding the obituary and gravesite photo to it***
***I would like to thank Tiffany Mims Find A Grave ID 49404925 for updating the plot information on this memorial***
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DONALD L FRY
MISSOURI
TECH SGT 386 AAF BOMB SQ
WORLD WAR II
JUN 28 1923 - AUG 28 1945
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