Elbert Conley
Pfc. Elbert K. Conley, 22, was killed in action on Luzon Island on March 25 while serving with the 27th Infantry Company of Gen. MacArthur's 6th Army.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harlen M.Conley, formerly of the county, now residing at Carey, Ohio. He entered the service on Oct. 14, 1943, training at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ft. McClellan, and Ft. Ord, California before leaving for overseas on March 26, 1944. Besides his parents, he is survived by the following brothers and sisters, Dennie Conley, Silver Lake, Ind., Grant Conley, Claypool, Ind., Henry Conley, Warsaw, Ind., Mrs. James Caudill, Carey, Ohio, Mrs. Sherman Conley, Carey, Ohio, Mrs. Clyde May, Fostoria, Ohio, Bertie Conley, Carey, Ohio, Mrs. Beulah Salyer, Carey, Ohio, Mrs. Ben Rice, Baltimore, Md., Pvt. George B. Conley, U.S. Army in Germany, and Mrs. Ernest Litton at home.
ŠPAINTSVILLE HERALD
THURSDAY
JUNE 7 1945
The personal belongings of Pfc. Everett Conley, who was killed in an automobile accident in Iceland on April 1, 1944, were returned to his father, Wm. (Big Bill) Conley at West Van Lear last week. No information other than that Conley met death in a car wreck has been furnished the parent. Survivors include in addition to the father, a sister Mrs. Haskell Webb at West Van Lear, and a brother George Conley.
ŠPaintsville Herald
Thursday
9-28-1944