Spring Church Pennsylvania

Sturges, William Russell Jr
Army Specialist

William Russell Sturges Jr., age 24, from Spring Church, Pennsylvania, Armstrong county.

Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company B 1st Battalion / 9th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Tx 76544

Date of death: Saturday, January 24, 2004
Death details: Hostile, died in Khalidiyah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Wray, William F.
Army Flight officer

William F. Wray, age 21, from Armstong County Spring Church, Pennsylvania .

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Friday, September 1, 1944
Death details: Killed when engine failures caused a bomber to crash at Rogers Dry Lake near Muroc Army Airfield in California

Source: National Archives, Los Angeles Times (1944), Scranton Tribune (1944)

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