OBIT: Walter E. TANNEHILL, Cpl., 1944, Confluence R.D., Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Richard Boyer. Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ WALTER E. TANNEHILL Confluence Airman Killed in Bomber Crash in Georgia Cpl. Walter E. Tannehill, of Confluence, R.D. 1, aged 19 years, 11 months, and 29 days was killed on Sunday afternoon, October 29, 1944, when the B-24 Liberator bomber, in which he was flying, crashed near Chatham Field, Georgia. Cpl. Tannehill was born near Confluence on November 3, 1924, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tannehill. He was graduated in the class of '43 of the Confluence High School. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces July 12, 1943, and he trained at Greensboro, N.C.; Cleveland, Ohio; San Antonio, Texas; Scott Field, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Fort Meyers, Florida; Westover Field, Massachusetts; and Chatham Field, Georgia. Cpl. Tannehill spent his entire life before he enlisted, on a farm near Confluence. He was a member of the Old Jersey Baptist Church near here. He is survived by his parents, one brother, and three sisters; also by his maternal grandparents, and six nieces and nephews. Rev. George Meadows, minister of the Baptist Church, had charge of the services. Interment was in the old Jersey Baptist Church cemetery under the direction of C. B. Humbert, Confluence mortician. Meyersdale Republican, November 16, 1944