This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tillotson, Lord, Tracy Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11898 Message Board Post: PJ: 8/31/1944 - Falconer - This village was hit hard by the war yesterday, when fateful War Department telegrams were received, informing relatives of the deaths of Pvt. Roland Tillotson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elton D. Tillotson, 116 East Falconer Street, and Pvt. Burton Tracy, son of Mrs. Otelia Tracy, 436 North Work Street. Private Tillotson was reported killed in action in France on Aug. 10. Private Tracy was reported killed in action in New Guinea on Aug. 18. Private Tillotson, 28, was the husband of Alberta Marie Tillotson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Lord of Bemus Point. He was the father of Marjorie Ann Tiillotson, aged 5. Mrs. Tillotson and their daughter are residing at Bemus Point. Private Tillotson completed his basic training last spring at Camp Croft, S. C., in an infantry division. Upon completing that training he spent a furlough at home, after which he reported to Ft. George G. Meade, Md. He attended the Falconer public schools and prior to entering the Army on Oct. 9, 1943, was employed at Lord's Store in Bemus Point. Private Tracy, who was serving in an artillery unit in New Guinea, was home on Furlough in January of this year and left for overseas service in February. His last letter was received by his mother on Aug. 1. He attended the Falconer schools. Besides his mother he is survived by four brothers, Clarence and Ralph Tracy of Falconer, Lt. Richard Tracy, stationed at McCook Army Air Field, McCook, Nebr., and H. Winton Tracy, F 1-S, serving in the SeaBees; and one sister, Mrs. Gretchen Howell, Lakewood Road.