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From: "Janis Wilson" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Izard County WW II dead
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 09:55:05 -0500
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Another one not on the list would be Scott Wilson, also the son of Ada
Wilson. He was first declared MIA and then later lost in action. I am
including an article about him.

The VFW Post (Wilson-Byler) at Calico Rock was named for the two Wilson boys
and the two Byler boys killed in WW II.

Janis Wilson
CALICO ROCK PROGRESS - Jan. 11, 1945

SCOTT WILSON NOW LISTED BY NAVY AS LOST IN ACTION
Wayne Scott Wilson, Aviation Ordnanceman second-class, son of Mrs. Ada
Wilson and the late Jesse A. Wilson, of Calico Rock, is now listed by the
Navy department as deceased. This information was given in a letter from
Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, received recently by Mrs. Ada Wilson.

Young Wilson has been carried on the official records of the Navy Department
as missing in action since February 24, 1942, when the plane in which he was
flying, a unit of Patrol Wing Ten, was attacked by enemy aircraft over
Makassar Harbor. The plane was on a mission to bomb Japanese transports.

Secretary of Navy Forrestal's letter to Mrs. Wilson say, in part: "In view
of the additional length of time that has elapsed since your son was
reported to be missing, because no official nor unconfirmed reports of his
survival have been received, and because his name has not appeared on any
lists or reports of personnel liberated from Japanese prisoner of war camps,
I am reluctantly forced to the conclusion that he is deceased. I know what
little solace the formal and written word can be to help meet the burden of
your loss, but in spite of that knowledge, I cannot refrain from saying very
simply, that I am sorry. It is hoped that you may find comfort in the
thought that your son gave his life for his country, upholding the highest
traditions of the Navy."


> > Taken from Calico Rock Progress - July 5, 1946 issue
> >
> > PFC Tovel O. Arnold killed in action
> > Pvt. Lanceford H. Balch killed in action
> > Pvt. Duane Ball s/o Mr & Mrs Winfred Ball of Gorby.
> > Killed in truck accident at an Army camp in Texas in 1943
> > Sgt. Thurston L. Beard, killed in action
> > PFC Edmund Biles killed in action
> > Pvt. Calrel W. Birmingham died non battle
> > PFC Lloyd A. Byler, son of Mr and Mrs Marshall Byler of Boswell.
> > Killed in action in the Phillippine Islands.
> > Pvt. Floyd E. Byler s/o Mr & Mrs Marshall Byler of Boswell. Killed in
> action in France
> > PFC Olen Copeland killed in action
> > Pvt Noble R. Craig, died non battle
> > PFC Paul C. Dalrymple s/o Mrs J. M. Dalrymple of Wideman.
> > Killed in a jeep accident, Buckley Field, Colo., 3 Jan 1944
> > PFC Aubrey w. Finley killed in action
> > PFC Fred Floyd killed in action
> > 2nd-Lt. Robert L. Hengel finding of death
> > 2nd-Lt. Gerold G. Hill killed in action
> > Pvt. Otis Leo Ivie s/o Mr & Mrs Allen Ivie of Pineville.
> > Killed in action on the Italian front, 3 Mar 1944 - aged 24
> > PFC Elbert E. Jones of Guion, killed in action at Manila, P.I. Feb 10,
> 1945
> > PFC Finis A. Kidwell died of wounds
> > Pvt. Roy H. Killian h/o Viola Killian of Pineville Father of 5 - s/o Mr
&
> Mrs George Killian
> > Killed in action in France 8 Nov 1944
> > Pvt. Fed Lancaster killed in action
> > staff Sgt. Charles L. Martin died of wounds
> > Pvt. Robert G. Miller h/o Mrs Nobla Miller of Melbourne s/o Mr & Mrs G.
> H. Miller of Melbourne
> > Former Izard County Clerk and Treasurer. Killed in action in
Germany
> > Pvt. Doyle C. Morgan s/o Mr & Mrs Wm. A. Morgan of Wideman. Aged 20
> > Killed in action in France, 5 Jul 1944
> > PFC Ewell W. Sanders died non battle
> > PFC Grover A. Sanders died of brain hemorrage at Fort Meade, Maryland,
10
> Jul 1943
> > Pvt. Raymond F. Talburt s/o Mrs Jo Talburt of Calico Rock
> > died of heart attack at Keesler Fld., Miss. 8 Jan 1943
> > Pvt. Elmer J. Thomas died non battle
> > Staff Sgt Darwin D. Thompson s/o Joe C. Thompson. Killed in action 10
Apr
> 1945 at Okinawa Aged 23
> > TEC 4 Ezra L. Vaughn died non battle
> > PFC Chester W. Vest h/o Mrs Lillie M. Vest of Boswell Posthumously
> awarded the Silver Star
> > f or gallantry in action at San Benedetto, Italy
> > Pvt. Herbert Z. Wark killed in action
> > Pvt Vernon C. Watkins s/o Mr & Mrs Jasper Watkins of LaCrosse.
> > Drowned in New Caledonia 15 Mar 1944
> > PFC Lawrence L. Wayland Mr & Mrs Jeff Wayland. Aged 24
> > Killed in action in the Phillippine Islands, 28 Oct 1944
> > Pvt. Charles H. Wilson s/o Mrs Ada Wilson. Died at Luzon, P. I., as
> result of illnes 6 May 1945

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