Eugene Ralph Helton (c1824-1943)
Former Springboro Lad Killed in Florida,
Killed In Florida.
Eugene Ralph Helton, 19,
aviation machinist mate second class, was drowned at Pensacola, Florida,
following an automobile accident, his parents, Mr. and MRs. John Conley,
of Lebanon Route One, learned Saturday morning in a telegram from the
War Department.
Helton who resided at Middletown prior to his enlistment in the Navy a
year ago, graduated from Springboro High School and was well known in
that community.
Source: The Franklin (Ohio) Chronicle, November 11, 1943
Arne H Trelvik
16 Aug 2010
LOSES LIFE IN OKINAWA BATTLE
Cpl. Kenneth Helton,
20, who was a member of the sixth marine division fighting on Okinawa,
was killed on that island April 13, it was learned here Friday.
Helton is the son of Mrs. John Conley of Route 3, Lebanon, and the grandson
of Mrs. Lillian Aylstock, 1420 Young St.
In the service three years this month, Helton trained at Parris Island,
S.C., and New River, N. C. Home last January Helton reported to New River
following his furlough and was shipped to the south pacific from there.
He fought for two months on Bouganville [sic]
before going on to Okinawa.
His brother, Eugene Ralph
Helton, 19, an aviation machinist mate second class of the navy, was
drowned Nov. 5, 1943, as a result of an automobile accident at Pennsecalo,[sic]
Fla.
Helton attended Springboro High school and shortly before his graduation
enlisted in the marine corps.
Survivors other than his mother and grandmother are one sister, Mrs. Dorothy
Chambers, of Middletown, a brother, Robert,
with the navy in the Philippines; a half-sister, Martha Joe Conley, of
Lebanon Route 3, four step-brothers, 1st
Lt. Raymond Conley, in England; John
Conley, Jr. of the navy at Iwo Jima; Dean
Conley of the army infantry in Oklahoma, and Robert Conley, at Home.
Source: The Middletown (Ohio) Journal, Saturday, April 28, 1945
by
Vivian
Combs Moon
8 March 2010