Clifford H. McCurley (1923-1945)
BODY OF VETERAN TO BE RETURNED
Mr. and Mrs. Orel McCurley Get Word Son's Body In New York
Mr. and Mrs. Orel J. McCurley of North Broadway have received word the
body of their son, S. Sgt. Clifford H. McCurley, has arrived in New York
and will be returned here for funeral services.
S. Sgt McCurley, a gunner
on a B-26, had been overseas about eight months when he was killed
in a plane crash in France in February, 1945. He had been awarded
the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Good Conduct Medal. His
bombing group had received the Presidential Citation and French Citation.
A graduate of Mason high in the class of 1940, he was employed at Wright
Field before enlisting in February 1943.
Besides his parents he leaves two brothers, William and Robert of Mason
and two sisters, Margery Fox and Betty Gorrell, both of Lebanon.
Services will be held at the grave at Rose Hill Cemetery at a date to
be announced later.
Source: The Western Star, Lebanon,
Ohio, Thursday, April 1, 1948
Copy from the Obituary Collection at the Warren
County Genealogical Society,
406 Justice Drive, Lebanon, OH 45036-2349, (513) 695-1144 - [email protected]
by
Arne H Trelvik
1 December 2008
Clifford H. McCurley (1923-1945)
Rites Held Tuesday For A.A.F. Gunner
Was Graduate of Mason High in Class of 1940
The body of S/Sgt. Clifford H. McCurley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Orel J. McCurley, North Broadway arrived in
Cincinnati from New York Monday night.
Services were held at the grave in Rose Hill Cemetery, Mason, Tuesday,
2 p.m. in charge of Rev. E. Lee Niswander. Burial was
in charge of Gallimore Funeral Home.
S/Sgt. McCurley, a
gunner on a B-29 [sic], was killed
in action in France in February, 1945, after he had been overseas about
eight months. He had been awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
and Good Conduct medal. His bombing group had received the Presidential
and French Citation.
A graduate of Mason High in 1940 he was associated with Wright Plant in
Lockland before enlisting in February 1943. Surviving are his parents,
two brothers, William and Robert of
Mason, and two sisters, Mrs. Margery Fox and Mrs. Betty
Gorrell, both of Lebanon.
Source: The Western Star, Lebanon,
Ohio, Thursday, April 22, 1948
Copy from the Obituary Collection at the Warren
County Genealogical Society,
406 Justice Drive, Lebanon, OH 45036-2349, (513) 695-1144 - [email protected]
by
Arne H Trelvik
7 August 2004