Porter Township Cemetery . . . .    
Veterans Buried
in East Liberty Cemetery
 

By Suzanne Allen

Photos by John Van Sickle
In June 2017, Sunbury Halter and Saddle 4-H Club Alumni Suzanne Allen Sherry Buel, And John Van Sickle were joined by cousin Julia Perfect Teuschler in marking graves of veterans of WWII in East Liberty Cemetery.
               
 

WORLD WAR I

  
  Roberts, Corporal James Frank Jr. 1894-1966. Enlisted in the Army in 1916 in Columbus, Ohio; Served in Battery C134 Field Artillery during World War One during 1917-1918.  
 		  
  Saunders, Private Edward R. (Eddie), 1890-1958. Enlisted in the National Army on April 1, 1918 in Delaware, Ohio; Served in Ohio Company B 3 Machine Gun Company during World War One; Served in American Expeditionary Forces from September 2. 1918 to September 5, 1919; Received Honorable Discharge on September 25, 1919.
 
 

Between WWI and WWII

  
Castner, Private 1st Class Dean A. 1909-1985. Served in the U. S Army, Battery B with  the Army Transport Service on the ship Thierry’ Served in Honolulu, Porto Rico, Fort McDowell, Cristobal, Panama.   
 
Kenney, Corporal Edwin A., 1909-2000. Enlisted August 21, 1930 and served in Hawaii in the U. S. Army until released on November 27, 1932.
 
 Williams, Troy Estes, 1913-1999. Enlisted in the Ohio National Guard in 1927; Served as a mechanic in the Med. Det. 166th Infantry; Discharge in 1941; Enlisted on October 16, 1941 at Porter Township Hall; Continued serving in the National Guard as a mechanic.
 		  
 

WORLD WAR II

  
 

Beacom, Corporal Joe Albert, 1923-1994. Enlisted August 18, 1944; Served in the U. S. Marine Corps during World War Two; Released August 18, 1946.
 

  
Bowsher, Private Charles Stanley, 1918-2003. Enlisted on April 4, 1945 at Fort Hayes in Columbus, Ohio; Served in the U. S. Army during World War Two; Released August 23, 1946.  On left is a relative of Bowsher who was in the cemetery putting glowers on his grave and Allen.   
 		  
  Jordan, Private Paul Ernest, 1926-2007. Enlisted in the U.S. Army on February 28, 1944 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Served with the 513rd Parachute Company during World War Two; taken as a Prisoner of War.   
 		  
Kenney, TEC 5 Arthur George, 1924-2003. Enlisted July 27, 1943 in Columbus, Ohio; Served in the U. S. Army in the 735th Tank Battalion of the 26th Infantry Division during World War Two;  Injured when serving as a Tank Commander in European Theater; Awarded a Purple Heart.       
         		  
 

Kirk, SI Roy David, 1926-1991. Enlisted May 16, 1944 in the U. S. Navy during World War Two; Released May 11, 1946.                           

McKay, 1st Lieutenant Robert Butcher Sr. 1915-1978. Enlisted on February 4, 1944 in the U. S Army during World War Two; Released on February 12, 1946. 
 

Roberts, Private Carl T., 1921-1996. Enlisted October 15, 1943 in the U. S. Merchant Marine during World War Two; Released on November 19, 1945.                                                                        

  
Scholer, QM2 Edward Frederick, 1920-2011. Served in the U. S. Coast Guard/U. S. Navy during World War Two; Served on the ship, Mattole; Mustered out May 7, 1944.     
 

Vietnam War

  
  Castner, SP4 Don Rodney, 1944-2001. Son of Dean Castner.    Served in the U. S. Army in Vietnam.
               
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(8-17-2017)