OBIT: David BUDD, 1943, of Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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TYRONE PLANS MILITARY RITES FOR WAR HERO

  The body of another of Tyrone's World war II veterans who made the supreme 
sacrifice, Pvt. David Budd, arrived in Tyrone yesterday afternoon and was 
taken to the Graham & Getz funeral home.  Services will be held Sunday 
afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at the funeral home in charge of Rev. Dennis Smith, 
pastor of the Columbia Avenue Methodist church.  Military rites will be 
conducted at Grandview cemetery.
  Full military honors will be accorded Pvt. Budd by members of Howard 
Gardner post 281, American Legion, and the Anderson-Denny post 4559, Veterans 
of Foreign Wars.
  Pvt. Budd, son of Mr. and Mrs. David W. Budd of 2112 Adams avenue, Tyrone, 
was killed in the North African area Oct. 8, 1943.  He first enlisted in the 
army in January, 1941, and was honorably discharged six months later.  On 
June 2, 1942, he again enlisted, training at Camp Edwards, Mass., and going 
overseas in April, 1943, to participate in the invasion of North Africa.  He 
was an ammunition truck driver attached to the 144th infantry, 36th division.  
His body was recently returned to the United States from a temporary cemetery 
in Italy.
  He was born in Tyrone Dec. 17, 1915, a son of David W. and Ada (Sims) Budd.  
He attended the Tyrone schools and was employed in the Altoona shops at the 
time of his enlistment.
  He is survived by a son, Richard Lee Budd of New Castle; his parents, a 
brother, Joseph F. Budd of Tyrone, and two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Craine of 
Ebensburg, and Mrs. Margie Abrams of Tyrone.
  Friends may call at the funeral home this evening.

Altoona Mirror, Saturday, July 24, 1948, pages 1, 5