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mans County High School, he was active in boy scout work while a stu- dent at local schools and was Hert- ford's first eagle scout. After com- pleting Perquimans High School, he attended Virginia Episcopal School and the School of Engineering, Duke University. At Duke he was a mem- ber of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.
He entered the armed forces on June 16, 1944, and after receiving his basic training at Camp Blanding, Florida, he was transferred with a re- placement group to the 35th Infantry Division of the Third Army. He went overseas on November 23, 1944, and was captured in Belgium by the Ger- mans on January 5, 1945.
Word was later received by the parents that their son was a prisoner of war at Stalog 12-A.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Marcus E. Hobbs of Durham, N. C., and Mrs. C. W. Morgan, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio.
And Another
Professor M. S. Breckenridge of the University of North Carolina and Mrs. Breckenridge received word re- cently that their only son, Lt. (j.g.} Arnold Breckenridge, '33, was killed in an aircraft accident in California. Lieutenant Breckenridge was born in Chicago in November, 1915, and came to Chapel Hill with his family in 1926.
He received his A. B. degree at North Carolina in 1937, and went to the medical school with a fellowship until 1940. He completed the work for his M. D. degree at McGill Uni- versity, Montreal, in 1942. He fin- ished his internship the following year at St. Mary's Hospital in Son Fran- cisco and then he entered the Navy, being sent to Pensacola, Florida, to train as a flight surgeon.
At the time of his death Lt. Breck- enridge was stationed at Camp Kear- ney, Son Diego, with the air combat service unit for commandos.
Another Decoration
Award of the Silver Star for gal- lantry in action to Pfc. lucius S. Not- tingham, Jr., '42, Headquarters Com- pany, 30th Regiment, Third Infa ntry Division, Seventh Army, has been an- nounced in General Orders of the division and the citation and medal have been conferred on the young soldier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Notting- ham, 108 Lee Circle, Lynchburg, Va.
Holder of the Bronze Star, award- ed him early this year, Pfc. Notfing- ham wears among other insignia the
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a1es,woaveepeor1ng Jm~hobout V-E Day and then V-J Day. )n ·/28of those names are marked with posl gold stars. Here is the roster of
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Don F. Cox, '37
James G. Coxetter, '32 Richard P. Dillon, '41 Peyton Fravel, '40 Walter 0. Gibson, '43 Walter T. Green, '38 lzaac H. Honff, '36 George P. Hutton, '37 James Jarrett, '30
Isham Keith, '25
Benjamin Keorfott, '38 Malcolm M. Lasher, '31 William D. Langhorne, '39 Jack McManus, '41
Brooks Miller, '39
Matt W. Ransom, '40 James R. Show, '38 Cleson H. Tenny, Jr., '38 Russell M. Thurmond, '22
Jack W. Weston, '40 Frederick B. Webster, '35
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ail. ing to the information received, the s is young man died in a Nazi prisoner of
at war camp on March I of this year. ·ith He was 20 years of age at the time 1ey of his death. A graduate of Perqui-
di- ""'*in the V. E. S. library hangs a picture of one alumnus killed in World War I. This picture does not carry the name of the
our subject. Can some alumnus supply the miss- rt? ing name?
tFrom a letter by Mrs. J. C. Blanchard, R mother of William B. Blanchard.
Word has been received of the death of Pfc. William Garland Blan- chard, '42, Hertford, N. C. Accord-
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