Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-02-24 | Page 15 | Ogden Airman Dies in Action

Ogden Airman Dies in Action OGDEN OGDEN Major Major Floyd J. J Pell U. U S. S army air corps son of Mr and Mrs W. W O. O Pell Ogden was I killed in action in defense of his country a war department telegram telegram telegram tele tele- gram to the parents announced Tuesday Major Pell Poll was killed February 20 in the Pacific area His military career closely paralleled that of Colin Cohn P. P Kelly Americas America's first hero of World war No 2 The two were members of the same graduating class at West WestPoint WestPoint WestPoint Point in 1937 They also graduated graduated graduated together from Randolph and Kelly fields and went to the Philippine Philippine Philip Philip- Philippine pine islands together as army air corps officers Major Pell Poll was born in Ogden December 29 1913 He was an outstanding athlete having played halfback on the West Point football football football foot foot- ball team during his attendance at atthe atthe atthe the academy and was a halfback on the 1932 Weber college team which traveled to the Hawaiian islands for two games Surviving are his parents twin brothers Lieutenants Robert T T. and Charles Pell both on on active duty with the U. U S. S army air corps and a sister Miss Ba Barbara Babara bara Pell ofSan of ofSan ofSan San Francisco