Ernest Dills Jr.

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COUNTY YOUTH IS KILLED

One Johnson Co., boy has been killed in action, two are missing and three are wounded according to reports from the War Department.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest (Dick) Dills, former resident of Stambaugh, who now live at Covington, KY., have been notified that their son , Sgt. Ernest Dills, Jr. was killed in action in Luxembourg on February 05, 1945. He was earlier reported missing on that date.

Sergeant Dills is a graduate of Oil Springs High School. After completing a course at the Mayo Vocational School he entered the army in July, 1942. He has three brothers in service. Howard Dills, S 2/c of the Navy now in Virginia, Ray Dills with the Army in the Philippines and Tom Dills of the Navy in the Pacific. These boys are grandson of Mrs. WI McCloud, city, and nephews of Mrs. Oscar Lovely, city. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Ellis Roberts, city, and Mrs. Carl Saunders who is with her husband at an army camp in the country.

 

Paintsville Herald

Thursday

3-01-1945