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Show Soldier Returned Home for Burial It' ' " '" 1 ! , 'X, j I . '' , ;. .... , , , ..... . 1 S-f . i r-4 , ; 1 ' , ' i ' ' jJ 7 ' , If0' " ' ' ,P ' " 'V,. 7 r"-, ' 7 ' ' 1 V'7 -"'7 X ! '3 I I , . ' ! ... Pvt. Ilet De Vou Petty Remains of Pvt. Ilet De Vou Petty, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer El-mer H. Petty, of Delta, will be returned re-turned home Friday, July 2, . escorted es-corted by SSgt. James A. Yergen-son. Yergen-son. Pvt. Petty was killed at Oro Bay, New Guinea, Jan. 31, 1944, when a mortar shell exploded on one of the firing ranges. An American Legion guard of honor will escort the body to the home of his parents, and military graveside services will be conducted conduct-ed Uy the American Legion in the Delta cemetery at 4:00 p m. Friday. Fri-day. Pvt. Petty was born in Deseret - Feb. 10, 1924, a son of Elmer H. and Nora Damron Petty. He attended attend-ed school in Deseret, and was graduated from the Delta high school in 1942. He entered the service April 9, 1943, training at Camp Cook, California, Cal-ifornia, and went overseas Nov. 22, 1943. He was with service troop, 8th Cavalry. He is survived by his parents and a brother, Lionel Petty, of Delta, and a brother, LaVel Petty, of Las Vegas, Nevada. American Legion members are asked to meet, in uniform, at the Delta station, before train time of 12:44 p. m. Jensen Post No. 117, and L. F. Gordon, commander, will direct the services at the train. Cahoon Post, No. 89, with Oz Johnson, John-son, commander, will have charge of the services at the cemetery. Rites at the cemetery will be opened with prayer, by a member of the Third ward bishopric. John Fullmer will be speaker. Cleo Whicker will give a trumpet solo, "Good Night, Soldier", and Mrs. Louise Adams will give a reading. The grave will be dedicated by . Harold Morris.- , |