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Three Officers sent
To Parachute Group
FORT CUSTER, April 5 --- Three Fort
Custer officers have been transferred to the 501st Parachute Battalion,
while applications for transfer are now being considered it was announced
today by fort authorities.
Those who have received their transfers are Lieuts John R.
Guildersleeve, 10th Infantry; Eugene C.
.Padgett, 10th Infantry; and Francis M. Schauer, 11th Infantry,
[Detroit evening times
Saturday, Apr 05, 1941
Detroit, MI
Issue:
187
Page:
17] |
FRANCIS M. SCHAUER SR.
82, of Fort Wayne died Thursday at St. Joe Medical Center.
The Indianapolis native retired in 1975 from John Hancock Life Insurance Co. after 30 years.
He served in the Army during World War II. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Civilian Conservation Corps Veterans and American Legion Post 241. He was a charter member of Sacred Heart Parish.
Surviving are his wife, Genevieve B.; daughters, Karen A. Patterson of Wichita Falls, Texas and Mary S. Anderson of Rochester, Minn.; sons, Francis M. Jr. of Washington, D.C. and Patrick J. of Wheaton, Ill.; and eight grandchildren.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with burial in Columbus, Ga. Calling is 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Tom Mungovan Funeral Home, 2221 S. Calhoun St.
Memorials to Masses or Bishop Luers High School.
[The
News-Sentinel,, Fort Wayne, IN) - Saturday, September 6, 1997] |
[courtesy of Christine Thacker] Grave marker for Francis M. Schauer in the Catholic
Garden, Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus (Muscogee county), Georgia.
Francis entered the Army on 21 July 1940. On 16 October
1942, 1st Lt. Schauer was transferred to Hq 2nd, 508th PIR as part of the
cadre team transferred from the 507th PIR. The
lieutenant does not appear in any other available 508th records but National
Archive files indicate that he was discharged on 20 December 1944. This
would imply that he had transferred to another unit, had been wounded and
transported back to the U.S. |
