This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Gen1899 Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.kern/14630/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Fresno Bee, December 23, 1948: Rites Are Set For GI Killed In War BAKERSFIELD (Kern Co.), Dec. 23. - Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday for Sergeant Clyde B. Gentry of Oildale who was killed in action in Belgium January 18, 1945. The services will be at 2 PM in the Greenlawn Chapel with Rev. B. C. Barrett of the First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Greenlawn Memorial Park. Gentry was 37 years old at the time of his death. His body is being returned by the army transport Carroll Victory and is due here on Monday. He is survived by three sons, James and Ray Gentry of Visalia and Robert Gentry, United States Marine Corps, Camp Pendelton; his mother, Mrs. Anna M. Gentry of Oildale; a brother Elmer S. Gentry of Oildale, and three sisters, Mrs. Florence Tripp and Mrs. Mildred Smith, both of Fresno and Mrs. Alice McArthur of Wallula, Wash. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.