Lt. Scribner Dies From Wounds; Plan Memorial Service

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Media Type: Newspaper
Item Types: Articles; Photographs
Notes: Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Scribner, 812 Ash street, Winnetka, were notified last week that their son, 1st Lt. William Van Dyke Scribner, died April 13 in Germany from wounds incurred in action. A memorial service for Lieutenant Scribner, who was born in Milwaukee, December 3, 1919, will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock in Christ church chapel, Winnetka, with the Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard officiating. Besides his parents, Lieutenant Scribner is survived by a brother, Lt. Gilbert Hilton Scribner, Jr., USNR, and three sisters, Mrs. John D. Blossom, Jr., Mrs. William T. Kirke IV, and Miss Mary Douglas Scribner.

Photograph First Lt. William Van Dyke Scribner
Date of Publication: 3 May 1945
Subject(s): Military officers
Military personnel
War casualties
Obituaries
Death announcements
Personal Name(s): Scribner, William
Local identifier: Wilmette.News.284444
Language of Item: English
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