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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/21/1945
Approximately t h r e e weeks
after he entered the battle zone
in Western Europe, Pvt. Sherman
Leo Meyer, 25, of 458 Broad
street, Tonawanda, d i e d of
wounds received in action, according
to a War Department
announcement to his wife, Mrs.
Ruth Doty Meyer. The announcement
said he died in Belgium,
February 7, from wounds.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Badger, 368 Main street,
Tonawanda.
°Born in North Tonawanda, he
attended NTHS and was employed
as a tool and die maker at
Spaulding Fibre Co. before entering
the service on July 20, 1944.
He took his basic training at
Camp Wheeler, Ga., was home on
furlough from last December 7 to
18, then went to Fort Meade, Md.
and overseas about January 1.
A letter his family received
January 25, stated he was in England
only a short time before
going to the fighting zone in
Belgium.
In addition to his wife and
parents he is survived by a son,
Sherman Leo Meyer, Jr., 2; a
sister, Mrs. Kenneth Hein of
Tonawanda; and two brothers,
Cpl. Hiram G. Meyer In the
Philippine Islands, and S 2/c
Robert Meyer in the Southwest
Pacific.
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Abt 1920 - 1945 (~ 25 years)