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- Mrs. Elizabeth White of Meacham district received a telegram Monday reporting that her son T/4 George R. White, died of wounds in France July 28.
Sgt. White was born January 10, 1907, son of the late George W. and Elizabeth Shafty White. He had always been a resident of this area.
In his early life Mr. White worked on the farm where he resided. For some years prior to his entrance into the army in May 1941, he had been employed as construction worker and carpenter, during which time he maintained an active interest in farming.
He was in an Engineer Company of the Fourth Armored Division, being stationed at Pine Camp, Tennessee, California and Camp Bowie, Texas before going overseas.
Surviving besides his mother are three brothers, Fred, Jesse and Nicholas White, and three sisters, Izora, Mary and Gertrude White.
The Pulaski Democrat, Pulaski, N.Y., August 31, 1944
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Bodies of six Oswego County war dead, including T-4 George R White, son of Mrs. Elizabeth White of Pulaski, R. F. D., are being brought to this country for burial aboard two U. S. army transports, which are due to dock ln New York this week. The Robert F. Burns was to have arrived in New York from Antwerp, Monday, with the John L McCarley due Wednesday in New York from Cherbourg.
Virtually all the remains aboard the McCarley are being returned from “D-Day” military cemeteries at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Blosville and LaCambe, Normandy. Those aboard the Burns are from later established cemeteries at Henry Chapelle, Belgium and Varois and Epinal France.
T-4 George R. White, 37 at the time of his death in Contance France, In the Normandy invasion on July 28, 1944, was a carpenter in Watertown before going into the service. He entered the army May 7, 1941, and served with the 4th Armored Division. Surviving besides his mother are two sisters, Misses Mary and Gertrude White, Pulaski and three brothers, Fred, Jesse and Nicholas of Pulaski. Another sister Izora, died on March 12 of this year.
Sandy Creek News, Sandy Creek, N.Y., Thursday, April 1, 1948
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1907 - 1948 (41 years)
d. 15 Feb 1958 (Age 80 years)