Littleton Woman Learns
Mate Killed
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Corporal Dynice, Groton Native,
Had Been Listed Missing |
LITTLETON — Mrs. Marion K. Dynice of Mille [sic] road, Littleton Center, has just received notification from the adjutant general at Washington, D. C., that her husband, Corp. Stephen T. Dynice, listed as “missing in action” as of March 11, last, has been officially recorded as having been “killed in action” as of that date.
Mrs. Dynice, the former Marion K. Smith, daughter of Postmaster and Mrs. Peter J. Smith of Mill road, received the following telegram appraising her of her husband's death:
“I am deeply distressed to inform you corrected report just received states your husband, Corp. Stephen T. Dynice, who was previously reported missing in action was killed in action on 11 March in Germany. The secretary of war asks that I express his deep sympathy in your loss and his regret that unavoidable circumstances made necessary the unusual lapse of time in reporting your husband's death to you. Confirming letter follows.”
Signed
“Major Gen. Edward Witsell,
Acting the Adjutant General of the Army.”
Corp. Dynice, originally a Groton boy, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dynice of West Groton. |
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Lowell Soldier Fatally Injured in Germany
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Pvt. George E. Ahearn Victim;
No Details Yet Received |
LOWELL — Pvt. George E. Ahearn, 22, died near Oberschild in
Germany on Aug. 17 as the result of a skull fracture, according to information received from the war
department by his wife, the former Jeanette LaFleur of Bristol, Conn.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Ahearn, 121 Crosby street, the young coast
artilleryman had written to his wife and parents on Aug. 5, stating that he would be on the way home shortly.
No details revealing the cause of his fatal injuries were forthcoming from the army.
A graduate of the Butler school, Ahearn attended Trade school prior to enlisting
in the army in March, 1943. He had spent a year and a half overseas.
In addition to his parents and his wife, he leaves six brothers, Wilfred, James, and
John J. Jr., in the service, and Richard, Daniel and Lawrence at home; two sisters Mrs. Vesper Blaisdell of
Merrimac and Mrs. Wilfred Ahearn of Lowell; three nieces and three nephews. |
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