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Show l i SSgt. Robt. A. Cromwell 'I j Dies in Action 35,! On Luzon, June 22nd ; Mrs. Mary Cromwell Holiday was Z3J; advised through the American ; Red Cross Sunday, Aug. 19, that 3j; her son, SSgt. Pwobert A. Crom- - ! well, 28 died June 22 on Luzon., The confirmation telegram reach- ! ed her Monday. This leaves her 3 ' ! entirely without a family, her MAf'. husband, Mr. Holiday having been killed in a truck accident in Salt .1 Lake City, June 22,1944, and her '. other son, SSgt. Arthur Crom- j2' well tail gunner on a B-17 flying . fortress was killed in action over 3- Germany, Sept. 11, 1944. . ; Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 3'': April 2, 1817, SSgt. Robert A. - - ' Cromwell spent most of his boy- A?': hood with his grandparents, Mr. ( m; and Mrs. A. A. McCain in St. I George, graduating from Dixie iflj! junior high school. He entered 1 military service January 12, 1941 ' in Salt Lake City where he was ! employed at that time. fl j Training first at Ft. Ord, Calif,, Jf; he was assigned to the 17th In- 1 fantry. Later at Ft. Lewis, Wash. he was transferred to the head- ' Quarters company of his division, fifl(' going overseas to Australia in I January, 1943, where he was as-signed as-signed to the military training r ; unit In July, 1944 he was shipped Ql'- to New Guinea where he assisted ' , Rith training natives. He had been hospitalized for malaria, but 0; seemed to be in good spirits when g ' he wrote his mother on June 13, J, just 11 days before his death, de- ; tails of which have not been re- 4ty' ceived. Only his mother and aged ! grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.' Mc- ' Cain Snmnim |