Orville Scutchfield

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    Relatives have been notified that Orville Scutchfield, 22, of Wheelwright, was killed in action in the French Invasion. He is the husband of the former Roberta Louise Ferguson, of Thelma, who last heard from him on July 4 when she received two letters dated June 21 and 23. He had seen action in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of war. He volunteered for service from Floyd County on October 13, 1942, and a year after escaped injury when his ship was sunk.

    He was married to Miss Ferguson on December 7, 1943. A graduate of Prestonsburg High School, he had attended Caney Creek Junior College and was a motorman at Wheelwright before entering the service.

PAINTSVILLE HERALD

THURSDAY

7-20-1944