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Show SERVICES HONOR HARRYJNGLISH Funeral services were conducted conduct-ed Tuesday noon in Bingham Community Methodist church by Rev. J. A. McDuffy for Harry C. English, 22 year old brakeman of Kennecott Copper Corp., Utah Copper Division, who was killed instantly about midnight Thursday, Thurs-day, July 1 when he slipped beneath be-neath the wheels of a locomotive he was attempting to board. A Bingham war veteran, Mr. English received the purple heart citation and special medals from the French and Belgian governments govern-ments for heroism during the war. According to company officials Mr. English was working on the plant facility trackage on a train pulling empty ore cars into the open pit mine at Bingham. He dismounted to help in moving the engine to a side track and fell beneath the wheels when he apparency missed his footing, they reported. Mr. English was born October 17, 1925, in Bingham Canyon, a son of Harry Ci and Mamie Nelson Nel-son English. A lifelong resident in the Bingham area, he was graduated from Bingham high school in May 1944 and entered the army the same year. While serving 18 months overseas over-seas with the second armored" division, Mr. English was wounded wound-ed in action, and later awarded the Fourragere medal from Belgium Bel-gium and another from the French government. He married Jean Marie Goris in Bingham July 26, 1947, after his return. Survivors in addition to his widow, include his mother, two brothers, Harley N. English, Bingham Canyon, and Walter C. English, Salt Lake City, and a sister, Mrs. G. W, Black, Salt Lake City. Interment was in Mt. Olivet cemetery, Salt Lake City, under direction of Bingham mortuary. |
