Show me asing soldier found bead dead from mystery K A bullet the body of pac ronald eugene fouts 21 W south salt lake city was found saturday near wendover by three soldiers on a mountain climbing expedition fouts had been reported missing since early july he was last see seen n during the holidays on july 4 which he spent at home on fur lough mystery surrounds the circum stances of his death as it did his disappearance apparently he had gone hunting in the wendover area about two miles west of the bombing and gunnery range the body was found with a bullet wound through the middle of the forehead A loaded rifle with ham mer cocked was lying across his body but was not the type which caused his death investigations re healed it has not been disclosed what kind of weapon made the fat al wound investigation is being made by the tooele thoele county sheriffs office C A hymas sheriff visited the scene of the shooting tuesday with vincent wendover nevada chief of police K B bus rus sell wendover utah deputy and one of the soldiers who found the body sheriff hymas stated that from the position of the body and the wound it looked very much like death came as a result of foul play it was ruled out that death was caused by a hunting accident an inquest was conducted tuesday by frank fralley frailey tooele thoele county cor oner and ordered continued no information on findings of the in quest will be released until it is completed sheriff hymas said pac fouts was born at idaho falls idaho may 30 1926 a son of donald G and lean leah beth fouts he enlisted in the army june 20 1944 and served overseas from january 1945 to may 1946 he ile par in rhineland and central europe offensives a gun crew crewman mai in the field artillery he was dis charged tup 30 1946 and reen listed in i february abru ebru ar y 1947 surviving are his mother salt lake city and his father fattier idaho falls two brothers dean fouts idaho falls milton fouts salt lake city two sisters donna fouts and mrs geraldine glenn salt lake city funeral services were conducted thursday afternoon on in salt lake city by ernest L snider bishop popular grove ward church of jesus christ of latter day saints graveside services were conducted at the veterans plot in the salt lake cit city y cemetery by veterans of if foreign wars |