Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries..... Charles J. BULLICK, 1945
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Sunday Times, Cumberland, Maryland, May 20, 1945:
PFC Bullick Killed By German Small Arms Fire, Wife Learns
Lonaconing, May 19--Mrs. Retha F. Bullick, 42 Jackson street, Lonaconing, received 
a letter from Lt. Col. E. T. Donahue, division chaplin, expressing sympathy for the 
death of her husband, Pfc. Charles Bullick, who was killed in action March 25, 1945, 
on the Italian front. The letter follows:
 
"It was with sincere sorrow that we learned of the death of your husband, Private 
First Class Charles J. Bullick, who was killed in action March 25, 1945 on the 
Italian front.  All of us who knew Charles join in extending to you our most heartfelt 
sympathies.  He, as others of his comrades, made the supreme sacrifice that our 
christian way of life may bre preserved. Charles met his death almost instantly from 
direct enemy action while in the performance of his duty in Northern Italy. His death 
was caused by gunshot wounds from enemy small arms fire. He has been properly 
identified and, buried in one of our United States Military Cemeteries in Northern 
Italy in an accurately marked grave.  One of our Catholic chaplains conducted burial 
and commital services for him at the grave.  Charles was held in high regard by all 
members of the command.  He was a splendid soldier and of outstanding character. His 
loss is deeply felt by his many friends and associates. May God keep and rest his soul 
and help us to carry on the fight for him.  While there is no earthly compensation for 
the loss of your husband, we trust that our mutual faith in God and our way of life 
shall sustain us in our hours of bereavement. All the officers and men of the 
battalion join me in extending sympathy to you for the tremendous loss you have 
suffered.  May Almighty God in His infinite wisdom grant us victory so that such brave 
men as your husband shall not have died in vain."


Pfc. Bullick entered the service December 4. 1942, and took his basic training in the 
Signal Corps at Camp Crowder, Mo.  He arrived in Africa May 11, 1943 and was sent to 
Italy March, 1944. Last Christmas Day he was transferred to the infantry. The telegram 
from the War Department came April 11 on his second wedding anniversary. He was the son 
of Mr. and Mrs. John Bullick of Midland. Another son, Pvt. Edward Bullick, was killed 
in France October 19, 1944.”


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