Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....John, Robert Lee 1951 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net June 30, 2011, 12:11 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 15 Nov 1951 & 11 Jan 1952 Pfc. Robert Lee John, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank John of Lyons, was reported killed in action in Korea, according to a defense department telegram received last week by the family. He was originally reported missing in action May 18, 1951. He was sent to Korea in February, 1951, and was wounded in action on April 8, 1951. After being hospitalized for 28 days at that time he returned to the fighting front. ---- The remains of Pfc. Robert Lee John, 21-year-old Lyons man killed last fall in Korea, will arrive at Farwell, his home town, Monday. Full military funeral services will be conducted by Clare V.F.W. post Thursday, January 17, at 2 p.m. with burial in Farwell. Pfc. John’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank John, of Lyons were notified that his body arrived from the Korean front on December 23 at San Francisco with eleven bodies of other Michigan men killed in Korea. He was originally reported missing May 18, 1951, by a defense department telegram. In November he was _______ killed in action. John enlisted in the Army in September, 1950, and the following February arrived in Korea. Within two months he was wounded by shrapnel in his back. Following 28 days of treatment at a Korean hospital he was returned to his unit and only about two weeks later, May 18 to be exact, was listed as missing. Before enlisting in service, he worked with his father as plasterer. The John family had lived in Lyons only three years when he entered service. He was raised in Farwell where he attended school. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/j/john13910nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb