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Show OAKSKILLED OAKSKILLED OAKS KILLED KILLEDr KILLED1IN KILLEDIN r 1IN IN ACTION ACTIONEldon Eldon Oaks , 20 , son of Mrs MrsGoldie MrsGoldie Mr : Goldie Lula Oaks and the late lateMartin lateMartin latMartin Martin Edwin Oaks , was kllle klllein killed killedin killedin < in action on December 10twhile 10th 10thwhile 10thwhile while serving with an arep armoureinfantry arrno red redinfantry tired tiredinfantry infantry division in France , ac- ac according according a acording < - cording to word received Tu.esday Tuesday Tueiday . - day departmentPtc departmentPfc departmentPlc from the war department Ptc Pfc Plc Oaks had been overseasince overseas overseassince overseassince since September , and had been beenin bee beenin ; In England until shortly before beforehis beforhis beforehis his death His first letter from fromFrance fromFrance froxiFrance France was dated November 1C 16 18 1CEntering 16Entering 18Entering Entering service in April 01943 of , atlCamp 1943 1043 he was first stationed aCamp atl at atCamp Camp Cooke , Calif , then Ft Om Ord Omand Ordand Or Orand < and Camp Stonem Stoneman n , Calif CalifSheppard if , Sheppard Field Texas , Loutsiana Louis Louisi Louisiana ! ana and Camp Barkley , Texasprior Texas , prior to his embarkation fronNew from fromNew fromNew New YorkBorn YorkBorn York YorkBorn Born at Vernal May 14 , 1924 1924he 1924he 1824he he attended local schools ancwas and andwas andwas was graduated with the UintalHigh Uintah Ulntah UintahHigh UlntahHigh High School s class of 1942 During Dur Dun Dunlag ing lag his high school career he was wasactive wasactive wa ; active in basketball and played playedon playedon playecon on the main team two years Asa As Asa Ata a senior he was basketball captain cap- cap captain captain - - tain and chief of police He wasalso was wasal wasalso al also < ; o a member of the track teamContinued teamContinued team teamContinued ( Continued on'Page onPage on * . ' Page Four ) . , . --F- F - - Fi - ' i , ' * , Et&OM EtOM ELDON \ & OJIKS OAJ O aKS S KILifib KIL KII . A- A AF ' . ' - bf1t\ bf1t bf1tI fit , ' \ " + - " . ' " " / ; - ' * ' I ' .AC AC . " ' I N f " J ; . ' . . , % 'MOTION MOTION \ AG"l'ION AGlION - " .H H I . " - . ' " d AG"l'IONContinued " ' S t < . " ( continued ConUnued from page pageono batfe gc'one gcone one ono ) v ' 'ltt ltt 1 w , wl he was wasr wasYe r Ye Yeemploved . l II : 0110\\'in8 0110 'in8 in8 olioWing \ ' his gtaduatlon graduation employed emploved at the hotel otel Service Serviceuntil rvJce rvJceuntil until the time he eilfered en r d elr r . . , ' 1 . ' . \ II Surviving Stirvtvin 1Stirvtvin s l'Vtvtng lVtvtng ' f ' are bis his htemothw ' mopjier mo eI " . fivesisters five flye flyesisters sisters slsters and five brothers'flielma brothersflielma brothers'flielmaNearingi others totber , \ ' Th Thelnm lma . NearingiBernice Nearlngi Nearing Nearingi . Bert1i Bernice BernlcelHum e Hum Numpbrles brles hrlesWtt and nct ck ckGladys " < Gl Gladys dn OakS of " , V rnal ernal ernaly y Aidrey Ayou-eYt Ayou eYt AyoueYtJotnson } , , - . Jo\tnson Jo tnson Johnson \ of SprlnjNWe Sprlngville end 'ndfV ndfV ' Ven ui uiice " ; ' , Pv Pvt . ice Hun\phdes Hun phdes Humphries \ of Garfield . Harold OOks in the south Solidi Pp Pei . l . :1 1 : < " , fie fic , LeRoy . , Eren ErcII1 , Xyan'J.m1d XyanJ.m1d XyanJm1d Iyanaid ' . } . 01"i 01i Or Orvat " ' + # l lV - " -V V [ t . - I\ I \ Ii " \ Vernal Vernalt fit ) \ val vat of . t l ' " + t . i ' . " ' "II II " J |
