Show BOYS and GIRLS in the se service ice if MORGAN lieutenant KILLED HILLED IN ACTION lieutenant malin E francis son of roy E and ivy thomas francis of morgan has been killed in action while serving with the U S army air corps in in the india burma t theater heater according to a telegram received by his parents from the war department lieutenant francis was born in AT morgan organ september 7 1919 and had D been an active member of the L D S church he was a graduate of morgan high school and of brigham young university he completed his senior year at B Y U by correspondence and received his 13 S degree in june 1943 ile he entered the service with th the utah national guard in march 1940 and received training at san luls luis obispo cal he was en route to the philippine islands when pearl harbor was bombed so was sent to hawaii where he served for a year he transferred to the air corps and received his commission as second lieutenant at williams field ariz in june 1943 he took advanced training at peterson field colo and will rogers field okla he left for overseas duty on december 25 1943 assigned to the india burma theater while on overseas duty he was ad danced to first lieutenant he had completed 55 combat missions and had been awarded the air medal and oak leaf cluster surviving besides his parents are arc two brothers staff sergeant A avon von T francis U S marines rna rines south pacific jacif 1 C and corporal jay W francis arm army y air corps en route overseas lieutenant francis had been expected P acted to ito return home on leave some time next june memorial services for lieutenant 1 francis will be held sunday february 18 at 2 p rn in the south morgan stake slake house 0 his many friends and ve he community extend their deepest sympathy the family requests no flowers the boys leaving morgan organ for induction ndoc for the month of february were I 1 john H wilkinson son of mr air aita 1 airs rs john wilkinson peterson dle j L tucker husband of mrs shirley tucker of morgan and cleo J birch bai uli husband of maxine birch Evan evanston stoin wyo v private gale has been given an honorable release from them army he has been stationed in oklahoma ak the past few months and mrs gale awen left tor for miramor Ml cal where he will spend a few weeks at a rest hospital then be reassigned to the marine corps air depot for special schooling mr and mrs walter E francis ia y received word that their their son jack francis Franc ls has been promoted fro fronyek to staff sergeant 1 I 1 cis is serving with the quartermaster M corps in n san francisco cal mr air and mrs earl halls received a telegram from their son lorin in which he stated he had f landed in the U S A he has been stationed in italy pac otis L burton who is on convoy convoy duty in the pacific was home fisl ting his family while the ship was beine repaired he returned to seat le ruay 7 to report for duty |