Pfc. Glen W. Ashworth – World War Two Casualty

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Private First Class (Pfc.) Glen Wilson Ashworth born 14 October 1919, and was killed in action on the second day of the invasion of North Africa, 8 November 1942. He had previously worked with his father in a custom butchering business. Pfc. Ashworth also had a brother, who at the time of his death, was serving as a cook at Selfridge Field in Michigan. His brother’s name is Tech. Sgt. Rolland Ashworth.
ashworth02Pfc. Ashworth served with 168th Infantry Regiment of the 34th Infantry Division “Red Bull Division.”
Pfc. Glen W. Ashworth is buried North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.
Pfc. Glen W. Ashworth is remembered on the Honor Roll, at the Marion Veterans Memorial Park in Marion, Ohio; on the west wall of the Marion County Courthouse; and on the World War II Veterans Memorial Wall, at the Marion Cemetery.

From The Marion Star dated December 12, 1942

Marion Soldier Killed
In African Invasion

Parents of Pfc. Glen W. Ashworth Get Notice of His Death
Nov. 8 Second Day of African Fighting.

Pfc. Glenn Wilson Ashworth, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde H. Ashworth of 753 North State street, was killed in action on the African front on Nov. 8. He was an infantryman.
The official notice of his death is the first to be received in Marion since the second front invasion. Apparently he was killed on the second day of the invasion.
A telegram from the adjutant general of the United States, was as follows:
“The Secretary of War desires me to express his deep regret that your son, Private First Class Glen W. Ashworth, was killed in action on the African front on Nov. 8. Letter follows.”
The telegram came at 10 Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Ashworth had friends in for the evening and among them was L. C. Stinson of 266 South Grand avenue, whose son Charles has been in service with their son and who is believed to be in Africa.

Reese M. Wormell, Jr. – World War Two Veteran

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Reese M. Wormell, Jr. was born 16 May 1925, in Marion, Ohio. He is the son of Reese M. Wormell, Sr. & Lelah F. (Owens) Wormell. Wormell, Jr. attended Harding High School and was an active member of Hi-Y organization.
After enlistment on 5 May 1943, Wormell attended basic at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Illinois. In his third week of training he became ill. It was reported that the illness was from an old football injury, resulting in a blood infection. The illness caused Wormell to be Honorably Discharged from service on 3 September 1943. He would return home to Marion and suffer the illness for four months before his subsequent death, on 7 January 1944. Wormell is buried at Chapel Heights Memory Gardens in Marion, Ohio.
Reese M. Wormell, Jr. is honored on the Honor Roll, at the Veterans Memorial Park in Marion, Ohio;
on the west wall of the Marion County Courthouse; and World War II Veterans Memorial Wall at the Marion Cemetery.

John William “Jack” Houpt – Navy Veteran

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John William “Jack” Houpt was born in Marion, Ohio, on 7 April 1922. Jack was the son of William C. and Mabel Y. (Allen) Houpt. Jack Houpt was a 1940 graduate of Harding High School. Jack attended Ohio University for two years. Jack was a first place candidate for the United States Naval Academy in December of 1941. Houpt was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy Class of 1945, in which he received a degree in Chemical Engineering. Houpt would also marry Vivian Joy Hancock in Annapolis, Maryland, on the same day that he was commissioned as an officer of the United States Navy on 6 June 1945. Houpt would serve in the Submarine Service of the Navy.

Back home in Marion, Ohio, John was the owner and operator of the Houpt Monument Company for over 50 years.

John William “Jack” Houpt died on 3 December 2008, and was buried in the Marion Cemetery.

John W. Houpt is also honored on the World War Two Veterans Memorial Wall at the Marion Cemetery.

J. W. “Jack” Houpt U. S. Naval Academy Class of 1945

Major John C. Dodd – World War Two Veteran

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John Cephas Dodd born 14 November 1915, in Idaho. Dodd is the son of John and Elsie Dodd. John C. Dodd is a graduate of Harding High School with the Class of 1934. At Harding, Dodd was active with the Senior Play, Hi-Y, the Booster Club and Ye Merrie Players. He attended college at Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the University of Idaho in 1938. Prior to enlisting in the Marine Corps, Dodd was a student at George Washington University in Washington, D. C.
Dodd received his pilots wings while in Miami, Florida. In 1942 he was stationed aboard an aircraft carrier based out of Hawaii. From here he served in the South Pacific. In 1944, he was a Captain of the United States Marine Corps. and had completed 17 combat missions.
Dodd had attained the rank of Major in the United States Marine Corps. and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross.
DoddJWW2Major John C. Dodd died 30 June 2005, and is buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. John C. Dodd is also remembered  World War II Veterans Memorial Wall at the Marion Cemetery.

Harlan C. Wise – World War One Casualty

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Harlan Clair Wise was born 15 January 1897. Harlan enlisted while in Erie, Pennsylvania, on 14 April 1917. Harlan C. Wise was at one time employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company as a messenger. He also had been employed with the Susquehanna Silk Mills. While in France he served with the Eighty-First Squadron in the Motorcycle Squad. Wise died while in France after being involved in an automobile accident on 25 February 1918.

Harlan C. Wise is listed as buried in Chapel Heights Memory Gardens Marion, Ohio. But no records of the burial exist and the cemetery was not established until later.
Harlan C. Wise is also remembered on the Honor Roll, at the Veterans Memorial Park in Marion, Ohio; and World War One Honor Roll, located on the second floor of the Marion County Courthouse.