Lloyd Keith "Shorty" Arthur, Jr.

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Lloyd Arthur Listed as Killed in Action

A long period of sorrowing suspense culminated in deeper grief for Mrs. Millie Arthur and daughter Doris last Thursday when they received a telegram from the War Department stating that the former's son, Staff Sgt. Lloyd Arthur is now listed as killed in action. Lloyd was reported missing since April 29. He was a lower turret gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress. Confirmation of his death came from the German government through the International Red Cross.

Sgt. Arthur was born in North Bend on October 2, 1922. Most of his life was spent in North Bend but the family lived for a short time in Oklahoma. he was graduated from the North Bend High School with the class of 1941. Following his graduation from the North Bend High School he worked in Grand Island and in Omaha. On being inducted into the army he was assigned to the infantry in Camp Robinson, Arkansas. Later he joined the air corps and was sent to San Antonio, Texas where he received his basic training. He was sent overseas from Tampa, Florida. His plane was shot down over Brandenburg, Germany.

He is survived by his mother, a sister, Doris, and a brother, Cpl. Duane Arthur, hwo is serving with the armed forces in England. Also surviving are his grandmother, Mrs. Nettie Arthur and many other relatives. His father, the late Lloyd Arthur, Sr. died at the Veterans Hospital at Knoxville, Iowa April 3, 1944, the day that Lloyd, Jr. left the States for overseas.

Sgt. Arthur was home on furlough during the early part of March, leaving to return to camp on March 14.

(Undated, unreferenced newspaper clipping; 29 April 1944 handwritten on it; courtesy of Caroline Mastny)