[Gerald's father was William Poehlman. he passed way in 1927; his mother then married Sabin Poehlman in 1929.]
The body of Gerald Poehlman, which has rested in a military cemetery in Belgium since he was killed in action on January 3, 1945, arrived in Oxford Wednesday morning from Kansas City, Missouri, accompanied by a military guard of honor.
This is the first of the overseas dead of World War II to be brought to this community for burial, and services are being held at the Methodist Church in Oxford this afternoon, Thursday, December 11 with Rev. Burres in charge. Burial will be in the Oxford cemetery.
Upon arrival the remains were taken to the Mitchell Funeral Home where they remained under military guard until time for the services.
The Oxford American Legion Post rendered full military honors at the cemetery.
Pfc. Gerald Poehlman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sabin Poehlman, was born and reared about four miles northeast of Mascot. He entered military service in February 1943 and went overseas the following August, where he served his country as a paratrooper and was twice hospitalized for service wounds in Italy and Holland, before his death, January 3, 1945 as the result of enemy artillery fire, while holding an important defense position in Belgium.
His body was returned home by the government upon request of his parents as a part of the movement to return deceased service men to their native soil for final interment.
On April 1, 1945 Memorial Services were held in his honor at the same church in which services are being held today. At that time Chaplain Harry F. Shoaf of the Atlanta Prisoner of War Camp delivered the memorial address. A memorial stone was dedicated in his honor in the Oxford cemetery following the church service.
Friends of the Poehlman's again extend sympathy in their bereavement, realize that the nearness of the remains of their loved one who so nobly gave his all for his country, will be a measure of comfort to them.
Source: The Oxford Standard, December 11, 1947
The body of Gerald Poehlman, which has rested in a military cemetery in Belgium since he was killed in action on January 3, 1945, arrived in Oxford Wednesday morning from Kansas City, Missouri, accompanied by a military guard of honor.
This is the first of the overseas dead of World War II to be brought to this community for burial, and services are being held at the Methodist Church in Oxford this afternoon, Thursday, December 11 with Rev. Burres in charge. Burial will be in the Oxford cemetery.
Upon arrival the remains were taken to the Mitchell Funeral Home where they remained under military guard until time for the services.
The Oxford American Legion Post rendered full military honors at the cemetery.
Pfc. Gerald Poehlman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sabin Poehlman, was born and reared about four miles northeast of Mascot. He entered military service in February 1943 and went overseas the following August, where he served his country as a paratrooper and was twice hospitalized for service wounds in Italy and Holland, before his death, January 3, 1945 as the result of enemy artillery fire, while holding an important defense position in Belgium.
His body was returned home by the government upon request of his parents as a part of the movement to return deceased service men to their native soil for final interment.
On April 1, 1945 Memorial Services were held in his honor at the same church in which services are being held today. At that time Chaplain Harry F. Shoaf of the Atlanta Prisoner of War Camp delivered the memorial address. A memorial stone was dedicated in his honor in the Oxford cemetery following the church service.
Friends of the Poehlman's again extend sympathy in their bereavement, realize that the nearness of the remains of their loved one who so nobly gave his all for his country, will be a measure of comfort to them.
Source: The Oxford Standard, December 11, 1947
[Gerald's father was William Poehlman. he passed way in 1927; his mother then married Sabin Poehlman in 1929.]
The body of Gerald Poehlman, which has rested in a military cemetery in Belgium since he was killed in action on January 3, 1945, arrived in Oxford Wednesday morning from Kansas City, Missouri, accompanied by a military guard of honor.
This is the first of the overseas dead of World War II to be brought to this community for burial, and services are being held at the Methodist Church in Oxford this afternoon, Thursday, December 11 with Rev. Burres in charge. Burial will be in the Oxford cemetery.
Upon arrival the remains were taken to the Mitchell Funeral Home where they remained under military guard until time for the services.
The Oxford American Legion Post rendered full military honors at the cemetery.
Pfc. Gerald Poehlman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sabin Poehlman, was born and reared about four miles northeast of Mascot. He entered military service in February 1943 and went overseas the following August, where he served his country as a paratrooper and was twice hospitalized for service wounds in Italy and Holland, before his death, January 3, 1945 as the result of enemy artillery fire, while holding an important defense position in Belgium.
His body was returned home by the government upon request of his parents as a part of the movement to return deceased service men to their native soil for final interment.
On April 1, 1945 Memorial Services were held in his honor at the same church in which services are being held today. At that time Chaplain Harry F. Shoaf of the Atlanta Prisoner of War Camp delivered the memorial address. A memorial stone was dedicated in his honor in the Oxford cemetery following the church service.
Friends of the Poehlman's again extend sympathy in their bereavement, realize that the nearness of the remains of their loved one who so nobly gave his all for his country, will be a measure of comfort to them.
Source: The Oxford Standard, December 11, 1947
The body of Gerald Poehlman, which has rested in a military cemetery in Belgium since he was killed in action on January 3, 1945, arrived in Oxford Wednesday morning from Kansas City, Missouri, accompanied by a military guard of honor.
This is the first of the overseas dead of World War II to be brought to this community for burial, and services are being held at the Methodist Church in Oxford this afternoon, Thursday, December 11 with Rev. Burres in charge. Burial will be in the Oxford cemetery.
Upon arrival the remains were taken to the Mitchell Funeral Home where they remained under military guard until time for the services.
The Oxford American Legion Post rendered full military honors at the cemetery.
Pfc. Gerald Poehlman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sabin Poehlman, was born and reared about four miles northeast of Mascot. He entered military service in February 1943 and went overseas the following August, where he served his country as a paratrooper and was twice hospitalized for service wounds in Italy and Holland, before his death, January 3, 1945 as the result of enemy artillery fire, while holding an important defense position in Belgium.
His body was returned home by the government upon request of his parents as a part of the movement to return deceased service men to their native soil for final interment.
On April 1, 1945 Memorial Services were held in his honor at the same church in which services are being held today. At that time Chaplain Harry F. Shoaf of the Atlanta Prisoner of War Camp delivered the memorial address. A memorial stone was dedicated in his honor in the Oxford cemetery following the church service.
Friends of the Poehlman's again extend sympathy in their bereavement, realize that the nearness of the remains of their loved one who so nobly gave his all for his country, will be a measure of comfort to them.
Source: The Oxford Standard, December 11, 1947
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