EGGERS, Virgil - KIA - WWII - Putnam

Mrs. Albert Paugh of Waveland is in receipt of word from her sister, Mrs. Helen Yates, of Renton, Wash saying her oldest son, Pfc Virgil Eggers, has been killed in action in Saipan. The second son of Mrs. Yates, Pfc Albert Eggers of the US Marines was recently seriously wounded in action and is now confined in a hospital somewhere overseas. Mrs. Yates and Mrs. Paugh are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Yaryan of Marshall.