Pierceton High School - Echoes Yearbook (Pierceton, IN)

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3 State Si Killed In STAR STATE REPORT The deaths of three more Indiana servicemen have raised to 954 the number of Hoosiers killed in the Vietnam war. They are Army 1st Lt. Wil- liam D. McAllister, 23 years old, 2606 Bluff Road, formerly of Vincennes; Marine PFC Thomas M. Hiday, 20, R.R. 2, Alexandria, and Marine Cpl. Charles W. Thomas, 18, Gary. McAllister was killed last Wednesday in Vietnam. He had been there less than three months. He was a graduate of Cen- tral Catholic High School at Vincennes and had attended Vincnenes University. He had been in the Army since August of 1966. Survivors include the wid- ow, Mrs. Marilyn McAllister; a 4-month-old daughter, Dawn; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. McAllister of Vin- cennes, and three brothers, Th

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EDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 19 eningitis Kills Hoosier Soldier At Fort Knox STAR SPECIAL REPORT Fort Knox, Ky.— Pvt. Louis Edward Harris, 20 years old, R R. 1, Pierceton, Ind., died Sunday of meningitis at Fort Knox, Army officials said yes- terday. The soldier was in recruit training here. His. death was the first at Fort Knox attrib- uted to meningitis since last March. Pvt. Harris was a 1967 grad- uate of Pierceton High School and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Voyal Harris Jr., R.R i ' Pierceton. He had been employed by R. R. Donnelley Sons Com- pany at Warsaw, Ind., before going into the Army last month. Funeral services are pend- ing at the Wyman Funeral Home at Pierceton.

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