Obituaries: A-2c Jerry N. Wall, 1953, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 11, 1953 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Dec. 31 For Victim of Plane Tragedy

Funeral services for A-2c Jerry N. Wall are scheduled Wednesday, December 31
at 3 p.m. in the Tioga Baptist Church.  Wall, brother of A. D. Wall of Dodson,
was killed in the tragic crash of the C124 Globemaster in Washington last
Saturday.

A telegram sent to his parents said his body was shipped at 4 a.m. Monday and
was due in Tioga at 8 a.m.  In addition to his parents he is survived by three
brothers, A. D. of Dodson, Joseph M. of Tioga, and Charles L. of Port Arthur,
Texas.  A2c Wall, 21, was a veteran of almost two years with the Air Force. 
He was aboard the huge transport from the base in Washington Kelley AFB in San
Antonio, Texas, for the Christmas holidays.  A total of 86 were killed.