[PW] disparate need for finding soldier!

[Mary Lou White]

Mary,
Harris County Texas is the Houston area, so you might get in touch with
the Houston Chronicle.
Here is some information from their website.

Houston Chronicle
801 Texas Ave.
Houston, TX 77002
713-362-7171

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						Mary Lou White


On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 MTURVEY at aol.com wrote:

> Dear Madam or Sir:
> I was given this email address with the hope of receiving help in finding
> the family of US Army Soldier Sherril T. Shelton.  On his WWII enlistment  he
> states he was born l9l9 in Oklahoma, but his native residence is Harris Co,
> Texas. In l942, Sherril plus 11 other soldiers drown at Charlie Lake, British
> Columbia. The bodies were sent back, so there should be an obit somewhere in a
> Harris Co newspaper shortly after the drowning and then maybe a week or so
> later  when the body arrived for burial.
>
> The reason I want to find an obit of Sherril is to advise his family that a
> Memorial Dedication will be held in Fort St. John, B.C. next spring and his
> family is invited to attend. Also, the Memorial museum would like a picture of
> him and any other info that would be appropriate for his pillar on the
> monument.
>
> Thank you for any help you can give.
> Mary
>
> The l930 census of Alfalpha Co, Ok finds Sherril and his siblings at a Odd
> Fellows Orphanage. Alfalpha Co veterans have not been able to help. Library
> needed exact dates.
>
>
>
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