Private First Class Albert John Oberring

The Tribune
Seymour, Indiana
Tuesday, October 17, 1944
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PFC. ALBERT OBERRING

Two weeks after they had received a letter stating he was "well and still safe", members of the family of Pfc. Albert John Edward Oberring, age forty-one, received word October 7 he was killed in action in France with the U.S. Infantry on September 23. The message was received by his father, Herman F. Oberring, residing near Borchers on Cortland R1. Pfc. Oberring formerly lived in Seymour.

The Tribune
Seymour, Indiana
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
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To Honor Pfc. Oberring Sunnday

Memorial services will be conducted Sunday afternoon, November 12, at 2:30 o'clock for Pfc. Albert J. Oberring, killed in action overseas on September 23.

The rites will be conducted at the Borchers Lutheran Church with the Rev. George J. Sixt, pastor, in charge. Seymour Post No. 89, American Legion, of this city, will attend the services.

Pfc. Oberring was the son of Herman and Mary Magealina Buhner Oberring. He was serving with Company I of the 137th Infantry when he gave his life in action in France. He had arrived overseas only a short time before his death.

The Tribune
Seymour, Indiana
November 13, 1944
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Memorial Rites Honor Soldier

Impressive memorial rites for Pfc. Albert J. Oberring, Jackson county soldier who was killed in action overseas on September 23, were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Borchers Lutheran Church with the Rev. George J. Sixt, pastor, in charge.

The church was filled to capacity for the services and a large group of member of Seymour Post No. 89, American Legion, attended in a body. The American flag and the Legion colors were advanced by the post.

Special musical numbers were presented and taps were sounded by Tom Kutch, of this city. At the conclusion of the program, an American flag was presented to Pfc. Oberring's father, Herman Oberring, by Walter H. Droege, Seymour postmaster, a past commander of the Seymour Legion post, on behalf of the federal government.

Pfc. Oberring was serving with Company I of the 137th Infantry when he was killed in France after having arrived overseas only a short time before.