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BYERS, William

William Byers short mention in grandson, Oral Roy's obit
Sgt. Oral E. ROY

Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Thursday October 10, 1918 p 8

Covington Oct 10 - The body of Oral Roy, age 18 (born October 14, 1898 - died Oct 7, 1918) who died at a base hospital at Alexandria of influenza has arrived here. The mother, Mrs. William Goldbach has two other sons in the army. Omar, age 22, is in a training camp in Connecticut and Rex, age 20, is somewhere in France. Since Mrs. Goldbach left for the beside of her stricken son, her father, William Byers of northwest of this city died.
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