NEWS: War Dead Returned From Europe, July 1, 1948, Blair County, PA

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WAR DEAD ARE BEING RETURNED TO HOMELAND

PFC. WILLIAM M. MILLER, Jr.
T/SGT. GEORGE W. BARLEY
PFC. EUGENE C. LAMCA
1st Lt. JOHN W. OTT
Pvt. JAMES E. REIMER

5 VETERANS' BODIES TO BE REINTERRED
Four Altoona and One Hollidaysburg Heroes Returning Aboard Transport.

Four Altoonans and one Hollidaysburg youth are among the World war II dead being 
returned to the United States for reinterment at the request of next of kin 
aboard the army transport Lawrence Victory, the department of the army announced 
today.
  In addition there are the bodies of 11 others from the counties surrounding 
Blair among the 444 being returned to Pennsylvania.  In all the transport 
carries the bodies of 5,374 war dead.
  The heroes were originally interred in temporary military cemeteries in 
France, Luxembourg and England.  Arrival of the transport at the New York port 
of embarkation will be announced and ceremonies will be held there at 11 a.m. on 
the day of arrival.

Blair County Heroes.

  Being returned to Blair county are:
  T/Sgt. George K. Barley, aged 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Barley of 1906 
Tenth avenue.
  Pfc. Eugene C. Lamca, aged 21, son of Mrs. Helen Lamca of 1200 Nineteenth 
avenue.
  Pfc. William M. Miller, jr. aged 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Miller of 617 
Condron street, Hollidaysburg.
  1st Lt. John W. Ott, aged 24, son of Charles A. Ott of 314 Walnut avenue.
  Pvt. James E. Reimer, aged 22, son of Mrs. Alice M. Reimer of 1211 Eighth 
avenue.

Others From Area.

  Others from the Altoona area being returned include:
  Pvt. Theodore F. Beaver, whose next of kin is Harry Beaver of 404 Mifflin 
Street, Huntingdon.
  Cpl. Fred L. Cieslar, next of kin, John G. Ciesler of Philipsburg, R.D.
  Pfc. Daniel P. Egan, next of kin, Daniel P. Egan, sr., of DuBois.
  T/5 William A. Huber, next of kin, Mrs. Lena Huber of St. Boniface.
  Pfc. Andrew J. King, next of kin, Charles E. King of DuBois.
  1st Lt. Arnold E. Miller, next of kin, Edmond O. Miller of Orbisonia.
  S/Sgt. Joseph B. Moore, next of kin, Harry Moore of Cassandra.
  S 1/c Luther S. Myers, next of kin, Wendle Myers of South Fork.
  Pvt. Robert Nisewonger, next of kin, William Nisewonger of LaJose.
  S/Sgt. Paul Stoner, next of kin Mrs. Laura Stoner of Boalsburg.
  Sgt. Donald T. Wilson, next of kin, George D. Wilson of Bedford.

Died in ETO.

  Sgt. George K. Barley was killed in a test flight over Lancashire, England, 
May 4, 1945, after having survived 26 combat missions over Europe as radio 
operator, aboard a B-24.  He entered the air force in July, 1943, and in August, 
1944, went to the European theatre of operations, being based in England.  Sgt. 
Barley entered the service one month after graduation from Altoona High school.
  Pfc. Eugene C. Lamca died April 2, 1944, of injuries received in a train 
accident near Bristol, England.  He was serving as a member of the engineer 
corps at the time, and had been stationed in England from December, 1943.  He 
entered the service Sept. 6, 1941, and served for almost two years in Iceland 
prior to going to England.  Before entering the army he had served in the CCC 
for a year.
  Pfc. William M. Miller, jr., died in a base hospital in England Oct. 16, 1944, 
of wounds suffered in action in France July 11.  He was serving in the infantry, 
having entered the army April 9, 1943, and gone overseas in September, 1943, 
being first stationed in Ireland.  Prior to entering the service he was employed 
by the Shaffer Stores company.
  1st Lt. John William Ott was killed in action March 25, 1945, while serving as 
navigator aboard a B-24 based in England.  He entered the service March 10, 
1942, first training in the infantry and then transferring to the air force as a 
cadet.  He was commissioned April 10, 1943, as a second lieutenant and had been 
stationed in England from July, 1943.  In his service he won the Air medal with 
three oak leaf clusters.  A graduate of Altoona Catholic High school, he was 
employed by the Pennsylvania railroad when he entered the army.
  Pvt. James E. Reimer was killed in England Dec. 17, 1944, when a tree crashed 
through the roof of his barracks in a storm.  He entered the army in November, 
1942, training with an amphibious group prior to transferring to the paratroops, 
and went overseas in August, 1944, to England.  Before entering the service he 
was employed at the General Refactories company plant in Claysburg and by the 
Pennsylvania railroad.

Altoona Mirror, Thursday evening, July 1, 1948, pages 1, 14