Staff Sergeant Dallas C. Spray, Jr.

The Tribune
Seymour, Indiana
Wednesday, September 20, 1944
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S/SGT. D. C. SPRAY

Staff Sgt. Dallas C. Spray, Jr., age twenty-four, son of Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Spray Sr., Ewing R1, was killed in action in France on August 25. His parents were notified Monday. Serving with a heavy artillery dividion, S/Sgt. Spray, a member of one of the first groups to be inducted from Jackson county, had been overseas since December.

The Tribune
Seymour, Indiana
Thursday, October 5, 1944
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Brownstown Soldier Honored

Memorial services have been conducted from the Christian Church in Brownstown for another county youth, Staff Sergeant Dallas Curtis Spray, Jr. age twenty-five, who previously was reported killed in action.

The Rev. John U. Phelps, pastor of the church, was in charge of the special memorial, which was carried out as a theme of the church's regular morning worship service. Remarks concerning S/Sgt. Spray were included in the morning sermon delivered by the Rev. Mr. Phelps, who spoke on "Our American Heritage".

S/Sgt. Spray, the first man from that church to give his life in World War II, was killed in action in France on August 25. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas C. Spray, Sr., were unable to attend the service because of illness.