Crawfordsville Journal-Review 9 Nov 1944 -- Six members of the Crawfordsville HS basketball team which was one of 4 to play in the state championship finals at Indianpaolis in 1942 will be pallbearers at the funeral services at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon for 2nd Lt. Robert Hybarger. The service will be held at the Smartsburg Christian Church. Lt. Hybarger, who lost his life overseas in WWII while serving as a navigator on a B-17 bomber, was captain of the 1942 team on which he played back guard. The remaining members of the 1942 squad, together with members of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity at Wabash College of which Mr. Hybarger was a member while a student at Wabash will serve as honorary pallbearers at the services. Rev. John R. Servies will conduct the service at the church. Members of Montgomery County Post 1431, Veterans of Foreign Wars will be in charge of military services to be conducted at the grave at Oak Hill Cemetery. Lt. Hybarger met death when his B-17 bomber was shot down over Europe on his 20th birthday, June 2, 1944. 7 of the 10 members of the crew were killed. Lt. Hybarger was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy (Leroy) Hybarger, who live near Smartsburg. His father, a WWI veteran is a past commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Crawfordsville.