OBIT: Richard G. FISHER, 1918, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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TYRONE

  After having been in the service of his country but 14 days less than 
one year, Richard G. Fisher, formerly of 14th street met death in 
action in France.  The War Department has notified his parents Mr. and 
Mrs. Daniel Fisherthat the young man was killed in action on September 
12th.  "Dick" left Tyrone with the second contingent which numbered 68 
men for Camp Lee on September 23rd of 1917 and was mustered in on the 
26th day of that month by General Fitzhugh Lee, then in command at the 
new mobilization camp with [which] bears the famous old family name.  
He was born here on June 2, 1892 and was a familiar figure at the plant 
of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper company where he was last employed.  
He was married on February 16, 1918 to Miss Teresa Hull at Atlanta, 
Georgia, who survives with a small daughter, to the union with his 
first wife.  He is also survived by these brothers and sisters: 
William, Mrs. Bessie Wilt, Mrs. Mildred Borman, Frances and Mary all of 
Tyrone.  He was a member of the 321 Field Artillery.

Altoona Times, Tuesday Morning, October 1, 1918