Show Cir cleville circleville youth Is reported countes Coun tys first war fatality circleville plute flute county tys s first fatality 0 of world war 11 II was reported by the war de pertinent pailin parti nent ent sunday of this week the county man to tall fall before the guns of the enemy was pec ilay kenneth brinkerhoff foster brother to johnson linson Jo ruby of ctr cir cleville mr air ruby received the word woid in the torm forin of a telegram from the war wai department sunday morning of this week pac brinkerhoff viet his death in the invasion of normandy on june 16 according to the word received lec elved by mr air ruby pic brinkerhoff Brinker hoH 25 26 year old ola machine gunner in the united states infantry was one of the first to be called to service from the county and among the first from the county to be shipped overseas lie he took part pait in the african campaign and followed the forces into sicily after which lie was sent bent to england to aid in training special troops for or the invasion upon arrival in england last october Octo bei lie he was given an extended furlough which he spent in london he was born in junction july 6 1918 a son of raymond and louise heap brinkerhoff his father died november Novem bei 5 1918 a victim of influenza uena and his mother passed away two days following with the same illness he lived with his grandfather grad father S W brinkerhoff ot of junction until six months old when he was taken into tho the family of mr and mis airs aaron ruby of Cir cleville both mr and mr ruby succumbed to the second epidemic ot of influenza about a year later and in it the child was taken into the home of belr parents mr ir and mrs airs james ruby also ot of cir carcle eel ville when the elder mr and mrs ruby died he remained lemal neo with his foster brother johnson ruby who i reared eared him to manhood he entered the armed forces in 1941 ile he was trant erred to avei overseas seas duty in the early stages of the conflict he Is survived by two brothers eldon brinkerhoff of tropic and arnold brinkerhoff now living in virgin utah |