OBIT: Pvt. Clarence E. WILAND, 1949, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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CLARENCE E. WILAND

  Re-burial services were held for Pvt. Clarence E. Wiland, Friday, April 29, in 
the Antietam National Cemetery, Shaysburg, Md., with last rites in charge of the 
Hagerstown American Legion.
  Pvt. Wiland was born Oct. 2, 1927, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wiland, 
formerly of Meyersdale, now of Salem, N.J.  He enlisted in the U.S. Armed 
Service, November 1944, and served with the 82nd Airbourn division as a 
paratrooper.  He was killed in action in Germany April 15, 1945.  His body was 
interred in Holland.
  He is survived by his parents, a sister, Juanita, and a brother, Kenneth.
  Among those attending the funeral were Mrs. Margaret O'Neil, Mrs. Hugh 
Houston, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Baer and son Teddy, and Beverly Dugan, 
Meyersdale; also Mr. and Mrs. Homer Wiland and daughter Thomasine of Republic, 
Pa.

Meyersdale Republican, May 5, 1949