First Infantry Division

Pvt. Harry (Henry) Victor Chambers Killed in Action, 1918

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Henry Victor Chambers was born in 2 August 1890, in Marion County, Ohio. His parents are William T. & Emma J. (Reber) Chambers of the LaRue/Meeker area. Henry moved west and was working and moving from town to town. Henry last wrote his parents while he was in Chicago. He was later reported as being a clerk at a restaurant in Oklahoma. After his letter from Chicago, his parents had not heard from him in three years and had thought he must have died somehow and was not identified.

Henry V. Chambers appears to have entered service from California. By December of 1917, Henry had returned to the east coast with the army. On 15 December 1917, he departed Hoboken, New Jersey aboard the USS Leviathan (ID# 1326). He was at that time assigned to the 41st Division “Jungleers” or “Sunsetters,” 164th Infantry Regiment, Company I. He was ranked a Private (Pvt.)

At some point Pvt. Henry V. Chambers was reassigned to the 26h Infantry Regiment, First Infantry Division “Big Red One.” During the Battle of Chateau-Thierry, Pvt. Chambers was killed by shell fire, on 18 July 1918. His parents did not learn of his death for three years. It appears his death was reported on the list “CASUALTIES OF AMERICAN ARMY OVERSEAS, REPORTED ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1918.” But his name was spelled “Harry,” not “Henry.” This may explain his parents not being notified.

His parents did receive a letter from Lieutenant C. Ridgley of D Company, 26th Infantry. The letter from Lt. Ridgley was dated 11 August 1918. He thought the parents had already been notified of their son’s death. He stated in the letter, “He was a most excellent soldier and was well liked by all who knew him.”
Pvt. Henry V. Chambers is buried in Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et- Nesles, France. A gravestone marker is also located in the Frame Cemetery, Meeker, Ohio.

Henry V. Chambers is remembered on the Honor Roll, at the Veterans Memorial Park, in Marion, Ohio; and on the World War One Honor Roll, located on the second floor of the Marion County Courthouse.
Note: Henry’s name appears as “Harry” on the Marion memorials.

Pvt. Thomas M. Kellogg Killed in Action, 1918

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Thomas Monnett Kellogg was born on 14 March 1896, near Caledonia, Ohio. His parents are Henry P. Kellogg, and Rosa (Monnett) Kellogg. He also had a brother, Clive W. Kellogg. He was the grandson of Thomas W. Monnett. Thomas M. Kellogg was know as a “Sunday-School Boy.” It was said that he was always interested in the church and regularly attended the “John Clark Sunday School.” When Thomas was eighteen, he completed his schooling at the Marion Business College. He was then employed at the Adams Express Company in Marion, Ohio. After working about a year with Adams Express, he was promoted and transferred to the Cleveland office.

On 28 May 1918, Thomas M. Kellogg was drafted into the military. Thomas attended training at Camp Gordon, Georgia, until 22 July 1918. While at Camp Gordon, he was assigned to 24 Company, 2nd Infantry Replacement Regiment. At Gordon he was then moved to 11 Company, 1st Replacement Regiment. He was then sent for service overseas on 22 July 1918, departing Brooklyn, New York aboard the HMS Diomed. While overseas he was serving as a Private (Pvt.) with Company D, 163rd Infantry Regiment, 41st Division until reassigned to a line unit. He went online with a combat unit, Company A, 26th Infantry Regiment “Blue Spaders.” The “Blue Spaders” were with the First Infantry Division “Big Red One.”

Pvt. Thomas M. Kellogg was killed in action on 5 October 1918, while fighting in the Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector. He was also a veteran of the battles at St. Mihiel.

Pvt. Thomas M. Kellogg was first buried on 12 October 1918 in the American B/A Cemetery, Exermont, Ardennes. His remains were then disinterred and reburied on 5 June 1919. This burial was at Argonne American Cemetery, Romgne-sous-Montfacon, Meuse, France.

Then on 20 July 1921, his remains were once again disinterred and shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, New Jersey, aboard the U. S. A. T. Wheaton, arriving on 20 August 1921. The remains of Pvt. Thomas M. Kellogg then left Hoboken, arriving in Marion, Ohio, on 29 August 1921, for final rest in the Marion Cemetery.

Thomas M. Kellogg is remembered on the Honor Roll, at the Veterans Memorial Park, in Marion, Ohio; and on the World War One Honor Roll, located on the second floor of the Marion County Courthouse.

Sgt. Jack E. Lewis – Died in Service, 1970

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Jack Edward Lewis born 26 June 1946, was the son of Marion M. Lewis of Marion and Joyce Mary Middlemiss of Prospect. Jack E. Lewis was a graduate of Harding High School, with the Class of 1964. While at Harding, Lewis was on the basketball team, they were the State Runners-up in 1963. After graduating from Harding, Lewis would attend Ohio University and graduate with a degree in education. He would then teach in the Cleveland Public School system.

While in the army, Jack E. Lewis served in Vietnam and Germany. At the time of his death he was serving with the First Infantry Division “Big Red One,” in C Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment. Lewis was on his way home from Fort Riley, Kansas, when he was involved in an automobile accident. The accident occurred near London, Ohio. He would die of head injuries on 27 December 1970.

Lewis had been awarded the Air Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service.
Sgt. Jack E. Lewis is buried in the Marion Cemetery and is remembered on the Honor Roll, at the Veterans Memorial Park in Marion, Ohio.
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Jack E. Lewis was also the nephew of a World War Two veteran, Thomas W. Middlemiss. Thomas had a step-son who was killed in action, in World War Two.

SSgt. Perry V. Shroyer Vietnam Casualty

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Staff Sergeant Perry V. Shroyer, born 25 July 1944, was killed in Bien Hoa Province South Vietnam. Perry Shroyer was a 1962 graduate of Ridgeway High School. SSgt. Shroyer enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1962. He was married to Sharon Hendrickson on 15 July 1967.
ShroyerSSgt. Perry V. Shroyer was serving with 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron, 504th Tactical Air Support Group, 7th Air Force and attached to the 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. He was killed on 28 February 1968, along with at least 11 others during an attack on the Bien Hoa Airbase; 24 others were wounded and five aircraft destroyed. This attack involved 122mm rockets fired into the airbase.
Staff Sergeant Perry V. Shroyer is buried in Calumet Park Cemetery Merrillville, Lake County, Indiana.
Staff Sergeant Perry V. Shroyer is remembered on the Honor Roll, at the Marion Veterans Memorial Park in Marion, Ohio, on the west wall of the Marion County Court House and on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, in Washington, D. C. on Panel 41E, Line 73.
SSgt. Perry V. Shroyer is also remembered on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, at the Marion County Admin building at 222 West Center St. in Marion, Ohio.

Others killed in the same action as SSgt. Shroyer were:

Sgt. Martin L Bennett
Sgt. James Boyd (Security Police)
Sgt. Benjamin Craig, Jr.
Sgt. Thomas G. Hazelwood
SSgt. Charles F. Kerr
SSgt. Robert L. Platt
SSgt Willard F. Hayes
TSgt. James N. Galey
TSgt. Herbert A. Kehrli
TSgt. Dallis Perryman
TSgt. Walter W. Vail
and two others received possibly fatal wounds.

Pfc. Allan Henry Schulz Vietnam Casualty

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PFC. Allan Henry Schulz was thought to be Marion, Ohio’s, first soldier killed in action in Vietnam. Bruce Nystrom was M.I.A. prior to Schulz being killed and Nystrom is still unaccounted for as of this writing.

Schulz was born in Marion, Ohio, on 19 February 1947. Schulz graduated from Marion Harding High School in 1965. Schulz entered service with the United States Army on 24 May 1966. He had been previously employed with Whirlpool Corporation, Marion Division.

Schulz was in Vietnam about a month and serving with A Company, 2-16 Rangers, Under the 1st Infantry Division. Pfc. Schulz was killed on 1 January 1967, during a 48-hour New Year Truce, which officially ended the day after he was killed.

Schulz, Allan Henry Parents medals
Parents of Pfc. Allan Schulz receive medals posthumously.

Allan Henry Schulz, who was only 19 years old at the time of death, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Schulz. Allan H. Schulz had a sister, Marie Rosebrough, and a brother Harold R. Schulz.

Pfc. Allan H. Schulz was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. The awards were presented to his parents.

Private First Class Allan Henry Schulz is buried in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery. Private First Class Allan Henry Schulz’s name is listed on the Vietnam Honor Roll, at Marion Veterans Memorial Park, on the west side of the Marion County Courthouse and on Panel 13E Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

Pfc. Allan H. Schulz is also remembered on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the Marion County Admin building at 222 West Center St. in Marion, Ohio.
From the Marion Star dated January 4, 1967

County’s First Fatality
Marion Soldier, 19,
Killed on Viet Duty

Army Pfc. Allan H. Schulz has become the first Marion County boy to be killed in action in Vietnam War.
Schulz, 19, a 1965 graduate of Marion Harding High School, died New Year’s Day as a result of wounds suffered while on security patrol the Defense Department informed his parents.

SchulzThe Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Schulz of 303 Windsor St. received a telegram from Washington saying their son’s patrol was engaged by hostile forces employing small arms fire.
Ironically, the Marion soldier’s death came during the 48 hour New Year truce which officially ended the next day, Monday, Jan. 2, at 7 am Saigon time.
Funeral services for Pfc. Schulz are to be held in St. Mary Church after the arrival of the body from Vietnam. The body was to be put on the first available military airlift and accompanied by military escort to Marion.

Schulz had been in Vietnam for about a month. He was a member of Company A, 2-16 Rangers. U.S. 1st Division, “The Big Red One.”
In becoming Marion County’s first combat death of the Vietnam War Schulz joins 16 Marion Countians who died in Korea, 162 who were killed in World War II and 76 who lost their lives in World War I.
The 19-year-old soldier entered the Army on May 24, 1966. Before that he was employed by the Marion Division of Whirlpool Corp.

PFC. Schulz was listed by the Defense Department Tuesday among 72 more U.S. servicemen killed in action in Vietnam. Four others were Ohioans, Pfc. Robert Rathbun of Mansfield, Pfc. Lucco Allen, Jr. of Columbus, Spec 4 Ralph L. Henderson of Cleveland and Pfc. James E. Gordon of Cincinnati.
The Schulz family first was informed of their son’s death Monday afternoon by and Army sergeant who came to the home. The family later received the telegram from Washington.

SURVIVORS besides the parents include a sister, Mrs. Rose Marie Rosenbrough of 265 Brentwood Dr., and a brother, Harold R. Schulz of 687 N. Main St.

Pfc Schulz was born in Marion on Feb. 19, 1947.

Funeral arrangements will be made by M.H. Gunder Sons Funeral Home.