April 1945 Luzon, Philippines
The 32nd Division advanced slowly and painfully up the Villa Verde Trail in northern Luzon against strong Japanese opposition.
"...And it had more bad luck on 24 April when its 732nd Ordnance Light Maintenance Company was bombed. The company's supply platoon, established in a building on the town square in Tayug, suffered a direct hit from a Japanese bomb that killed eight men—Technician 3 William F. Tyree, Jr., Technician 4 George E. Seekell, Technician 5 Clarence H. Carlsen, Technician 5 Oliver T. Romine, Pfc. Charles P. Sternbergh, Pfc. Donald A. Gabriel, Pfc. L'Phillip Lightner, and Pvt. James G. Vorhauer. Thirteen men were wounded, some of them in attempting to rescue their comrades from the furiously burning building. All of the platoon's maintenance stocks, including quantities of machine guns, rifles, and carbines were destroyed." Source: United States Army in World War II: The Technical Services: The Ordnance Department - On Beachhead and Battlefront By Lida Mayo, (Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, D.C., 1991), page 425
Reburial services for Technician Third Grade William F. Tyree, Jr., who was killed on Luzon, will be held at 10 a. m. Saturday at George A. Brewer Funeral Chapel, 3603 Ross. The Rev. Robert E. Goodrich, Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park.
Tyree entered the service in 1942 and served overseas for twenty-seven months with the 32nd Division. He was killed in action April 24, 1945 on Luzon. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
Tyree was born in Durant, Oklahoma and came to Texas in 1926. He attended North Dallas High School and Southern Methodist University. He was a member of the First Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife; a son, William F. Tyree, III; his mother, Mrs. William F. Tyree, Sr., all of Dallas; two sisters, Miss Virginia Tyree of Dallas, and Mrs. R. F. Miller of San Antonio; three brothers, W. W. Tyree of Colorado Springs, Colorado; B. H. Tyree of Bryan, and A. T. Byree of Miami, Florida.
Members of the armed forces will be pallbearers.
Dallas News
07-30-1948
The 32nd Division advanced slowly and painfully up the Villa Verde Trail in northern Luzon against strong Japanese opposition.
"...And it had more bad luck on 24 April when its 732nd Ordnance Light Maintenance Company was bombed. The company's supply platoon, established in a building on the town square in Tayug, suffered a direct hit from a Japanese bomb that killed eight men—Technician 3 William F. Tyree, Jr., Technician 4 George E. Seekell, Technician 5 Clarence H. Carlsen, Technician 5 Oliver T. Romine, Pfc. Charles P. Sternbergh, Pfc. Donald A. Gabriel, Pfc. L'Phillip Lightner, and Pvt. James G. Vorhauer. Thirteen men were wounded, some of them in attempting to rescue their comrades from the furiously burning building. All of the platoon's maintenance stocks, including quantities of machine guns, rifles, and carbines were destroyed." Source: United States Army in World War II: The Technical Services: The Ordnance Department - On Beachhead and Battlefront By Lida Mayo, (Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, D.C., 1991), page 425
Reburial services for Technician Third Grade William F. Tyree, Jr., who was killed on Luzon, will be held at 10 a. m. Saturday at George A. Brewer Funeral Chapel, 3603 Ross. The Rev. Robert E. Goodrich, Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park.
Tyree entered the service in 1942 and served overseas for twenty-seven months with the 32nd Division. He was killed in action April 24, 1945 on Luzon. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
Tyree was born in Durant, Oklahoma and came to Texas in 1926. He attended North Dallas High School and Southern Methodist University. He was a member of the First Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife; a son, William F. Tyree, III; his mother, Mrs. William F. Tyree, Sr., all of Dallas; two sisters, Miss Virginia Tyree of Dallas, and Mrs. R. F. Miller of San Antonio; three brothers, W. W. Tyree of Colorado Springs, Colorado; B. H. Tyree of Bryan, and A. T. Byree of Miami, Florida.
Members of the armed forces will be pallbearers.
Dallas News
07-30-1948
April 1945 Luzon, Philippines
The 32nd Division advanced slowly and painfully up the Villa Verde Trail in northern Luzon against strong Japanese opposition.
"...And it had more bad luck on 24 April when its 732nd Ordnance Light Maintenance Company was bombed. The company's supply platoon, established in a building on the town square in Tayug, suffered a direct hit from a Japanese bomb that killed eight men—Technician 3 William F. Tyree, Jr., Technician 4 George E. Seekell, Technician 5 Clarence H. Carlsen, Technician 5 Oliver T. Romine, Pfc. Charles P. Sternbergh, Pfc. Donald A. Gabriel, Pfc. L'Phillip Lightner, and Pvt. James G. Vorhauer. Thirteen men were wounded, some of them in attempting to rescue their comrades from the furiously burning building. All of the platoon's maintenance stocks, including quantities of machine guns, rifles, and carbines were destroyed." Source: United States Army in World War II: The Technical Services: The Ordnance Department - On Beachhead and Battlefront By Lida Mayo, (Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, D.C., 1991), page 425
Reburial services for Technician Third Grade William F. Tyree, Jr., who was killed on Luzon, will be held at 10 a. m. Saturday at George A. Brewer Funeral Chapel, 3603 Ross. The Rev. Robert E. Goodrich, Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park.
Tyree entered the service in 1942 and served overseas for twenty-seven months with the 32nd Division. He was killed in action April 24, 1945 on Luzon. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
Tyree was born in Durant, Oklahoma and came to Texas in 1926. He attended North Dallas High School and Southern Methodist University. He was a member of the First Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife; a son, William F. Tyree, III; his mother, Mrs. William F. Tyree, Sr., all of Dallas; two sisters, Miss Virginia Tyree of Dallas, and Mrs. R. F. Miller of San Antonio; three brothers, W. W. Tyree of Colorado Springs, Colorado; B. H. Tyree of Bryan, and A. T. Byree of Miami, Florida.
Members of the armed forces will be pallbearers.
Dallas News
07-30-1948
The 32nd Division advanced slowly and painfully up the Villa Verde Trail in northern Luzon against strong Japanese opposition.
"...And it had more bad luck on 24 April when its 732nd Ordnance Light Maintenance Company was bombed. The company's supply platoon, established in a building on the town square in Tayug, suffered a direct hit from a Japanese bomb that killed eight men—Technician 3 William F. Tyree, Jr., Technician 4 George E. Seekell, Technician 5 Clarence H. Carlsen, Technician 5 Oliver T. Romine, Pfc. Charles P. Sternbergh, Pfc. Donald A. Gabriel, Pfc. L'Phillip Lightner, and Pvt. James G. Vorhauer. Thirteen men were wounded, some of them in attempting to rescue their comrades from the furiously burning building. All of the platoon's maintenance stocks, including quantities of machine guns, rifles, and carbines were destroyed." Source: United States Army in World War II: The Technical Services: The Ordnance Department - On Beachhead and Battlefront By Lida Mayo, (Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, D.C., 1991), page 425
Reburial services for Technician Third Grade William F. Tyree, Jr., who was killed on Luzon, will be held at 10 a. m. Saturday at George A. Brewer Funeral Chapel, 3603 Ross. The Rev. Robert E. Goodrich, Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park.
Tyree entered the service in 1942 and served overseas for twenty-seven months with the 32nd Division. He was killed in action April 24, 1945 on Luzon. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
Tyree was born in Durant, Oklahoma and came to Texas in 1926. He attended North Dallas High School and Southern Methodist University. He was a member of the First Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife; a son, William F. Tyree, III; his mother, Mrs. William F. Tyree, Sr., all of Dallas; two sisters, Miss Virginia Tyree of Dallas, and Mrs. R. F. Miller of San Antonio; three brothers, W. W. Tyree of Colorado Springs, Colorado; B. H. Tyree of Bryan, and A. T. Byree of Miami, Florida.
Members of the armed forces will be pallbearers.
Dallas News
07-30-1948
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