MISNER, William - KIA - WWII
Thanks so very much to Steve Kruger for adding an obituary to Sgt. William LeRoy Misner FindAGrave memorial. It says 6-5-1943 but his memorial says died 10 May 1945. But, here’s his obituary (doesn’t say what paper it was from – he is buried in Manila American Cemetery, National Capital Region of the Philippines and is in Plot N Row 7 Grave 184
Sgt. William LeRoy MISNER, son of the late Charles L. and Rosa E. Misner of Attica died in a Manila Hospital May 10, 1956 as a result of wounds received in action on Luzon the preceding day, May 9th. Bill, as he was most familiarly known, was a member of Company F, National Guard when the local unit was mobilized and incorporated in the US Army. He went overseas in 1943. He was a member of the picked guard of honor for Gen. Douglas MacArthur on his return to Corregidor and was a veteran of the battle of Zigzag Pass at Bataan. He held the American defense ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Phillippines Liberation ribbon and Aslatic-Pacific (sic) Ribbon with two campaign stars. Sgt Misner was born in Attica (Indiana) Feb 12, 1922. He was married to Ollie Dupre of Pineville, LA on June 3, 1943. Surviving besides the widow are the following brothers and sisters: Charles D; James F; Betty Misner; Mrs. Oland Hart; and Mrs. Herbert Pruitt, all of Lafayette; Mrs. Cecil Hines of Danville, Ill; Mrs. Delbert Vice of Boswell and Pfc Richard Misner who is overseas. – kbz
Note Both of his parents were passed at this time – his father Charles Leroy in 1942 and mother Rosa Benjamin Misner 1940. His brother Richard did return and lead a good, long life.
