Woops, Sorry. Glen's birth date is April 21, 1912. Vearl April 20, 1918. My fingers don't work as well as they used to do. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "karen welch" <[email protected]> To: "Randolph County Genealogy" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 10:37 AM Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] The ARTHUR Family - 1945 > Billy: > > Found the following - Children of Lester Arthur & Lenna Alexander: > > Ralph 7/23/1906-1/25/1996 - died in Randolph County, IN > Ross 1/3/1909-October 1974 - died in Muncie, IN > Paul 11/1/1910-April 1987 - died Union City, IN > Glen 4/21/191-August 1975 > Guy 4/4/1916-7/21/1984 - died Santa Clara, CA > Vearl 4/20/19118- July 1983 - died Chicago, IL > Lloyd - 1920 to After 2003 > Donald 2/7/22- December 1982 > Basil 2/9-1926-11/4/2003 - died in a VA Hospital, Indianapolis, IN > > According to the military information on Ancestry.com, Noel enlisted on > January 21, 1943 not 1941. He was 21 at the time of enlistment making him > born in 1923 which coincides with census records. > > Basil's obituary notice shows that his survivors included Lloyd, Noel and > Stanley. So, apparently, none of them died during the war. Stanley does > not > appear on any census records up to 1930; so, he probably was born after > the > census was taken. > > Karen Welch > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Billy J. Baker" <[email protected]> > To: "Randolph Co." <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 1:20 PM > Subject: [INRANDOL] The ARTHUR Family - 1945 > > >> Please read this article about the sacrifice of this Randolph County >> family for their country. In the days of letter communication I can >> only imagine the anguish of the mother and father. I do not know if >> they all made it home safely but perhaps a reader can provide some >> information. >> >> Billy >> >> The Times-Gazette, Union City, Indiana, Tuesday, January 30, 1945 >> >> Arthur Family Has Six Sons In Service >> >> Six brothers, the children of Mr. And Mrs. Lester Arthur, who >> reside 10 miles southwest of Union City and 10 miles southeast of >> Winchester, near Spartanburg, are now members of Uncle Sam's army, navy >> and marines. >> The six brothers, members of a family with 11 sons and three >> daughters, all volunteered and five of them saw action overseas at one >> time. At present four of them are overseas, one is receiving training >> at Lakeland, Fla., and the other one is awaiting the call to active >> duty. Of the five remaining brothers, four are subject to call at any >> time. >> Pvt. Donald Arthur, 23, entered the service on Feb. 1, 1941 and was >> one of Randolph County's first volunteers. He serves in the field >> artillery and received his basic training at Ft. Custer, Mich. Later he >> was stationed in Iceland for 19 months and then he participated in >> H-hour, D-day on the Normandy coast. His last letter was received in >> the early part of December. Prior to his enlistment he worked at the >> Union City Body company and attended school at Wayne and Spartanburg. >> Pvt. Vearl Arthur, 26, has been in the service since Sept. 23, >> 1941. He received his basic training at Camp Wolters, Tex., and then >> was stationed in the Southwest Pacific three years ago this month. He >> participated in the Solomon's campaign, had a recuperation period on the >> Hawaiian Islands, and then saw action in the Saipan invasion. Sept. >> 1944 was the last time he has written home. Prior to his enlistment he >> attended Wilson and Wayne schools. >> Staff Sgt. Lloyd Arthur, 24, was the third brother to volunteer. >> He entered the air corps August 10, 1942, at which time he received >> training at gunnery school in Florida. For 10 months he was stationed >> in the Eighth Air Force in England and participated in 31 missions over >> Europe and Berlin. Last April he was sent to Lakeland, Fla., where he >> is now receiving fighter pilot training. He also attended Wilson and >> Wayne schools and worked at the Union City Body company. >> Corporal Noel Arthur, 21, entered the service Jan. 21, 1941 and >> received his training at Van Couver, Wash. He has served in Africa, >> with General Clark's Fifth Army in Italy and, having participated in the >> invasion of Southern France, is now someplace with the Eleventh Army on >> the German front. His last letter was written a few days before >> Christmas and he said he was near the Belfort Gap. Cpl. Arthur attended >> Wayne and Spartanburg schools and was an outstanding basketball player >> in the county from 1938 to 1942. He also worked at the U. C. Body Co., >> before entering the service. >> Pfc. Basil Arthur, 19, entered the Marine corps at Richmond June >> 25, 1943 and was trained at San Diego, Calif. Pfc. Arthur is now with >> the Third Marines somewhere in the Southwest Pacific and was in the Guam >> invasion. He attended Wayne and Spartanburg schools and also played >> first team basketball for three years. Before his enlistment he worked >> at Richmond. >> Guy Arthur, 28, passed his navy examination and was sworn in April >> 3, 1944. At present he lives in San Francisco, Calif., and is awaiting >> the call to active duty. He attended Wilson and Wayne schools and is >> now with the Westinghouse Electric Co., in San Francisco. >> Of the five remaining brothers, Ralph, Ross, Paul, Glen and >> Stanley, four are subject to call at anytime. Ralph drives a motor >> transport at Winchester; Ross works at Warner Gear, Muncie; Paul is an >> employ at the U. C. Body Co.; Glen labors on a farm near Spartanburg, >> and Stanley is at home helping his father, who has no other help, run a >> 120-acre farm. >> The Arthur family is also composed of three sisters; Mrs. Kenneth >> Cox who lives on a farm north of Winchester; Mrs. Vernie Moore, on a >> farm near Wayne school, and Doris, age 16, at home. >> ******************************** >> Please Visit The Randolph County INGenWeb Project >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.22/739 - Release Date: >> 3/29/2007 >> 1:36 PM >> >> > > ******************************** > Please Visit The Randolph County INGenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.22/739 - Release Date: 3/29/2007 > 1:36 PM > >

Thanks Karen for your work on the ARTHUR family. It is an amazing thing that all six members of this family made it home in spite of the combat action of many of them. Billy