Photo of Macon County Draftees standing in front of the courthouse steps

Photo of Macon County Draftees standing in front of the courthouse steps

WWII
World War II
Army
Draftees
Decatur, IL.

Herald and Review Library: Photo of Macon County, Illinois Draftees; Article on back of photo; Called to report for army induction by Decatur's No. draft board are these men. They are left to right; First Row: James V. Thevenot, John K. Brewington, Dale Cottrell, Clyde H. Flemings, Albert W. Kupisch, Jr.; Second Row: Russell L. Bentley, William Holt, Clyde Nixon, Verne Lawrence Hamson, Philip V. Atteberry; Third Row: Wayne Lorenz Weldy, David Hutchins, Harold Howard Burchard, Howard Herschel Carder, Albert James Hutton; Fourth Row: Robert Miler, Bob Duncan, Bert Roy Slider, Elmer Roy Billerman; Fifth Row: Carl H. Hartmann, Harry H. Loeb, Vernon L. Taylor." Article on back of photo: "Funeral services for Bert R. Slider, 48, of 1540 East Wood street, will be at 2"30 p.m. Friday in the Brintlinger funeral home where friends may come to call. Burial will be in Graceland cemetery. Castle Williams post of the American Legion will conduct graveside rites. Mr. Slider died Wednesday morning at the Wabash Employees hospital."

Herald and Review

Decatur, IL.

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL.

11/7/1942

Decatur Herald and Review

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AF858

World War II

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