Portfolio Category: Belvidere

Chess, Daniel G.

Chess, Daniel G.
d.7/29/06 Private First Class Daniel G. Chess, returning home from USMC basic training, was struck by another motorist on Interstate 79. Pfc. Chess was rounding a bend when his Mercury Mountaineer skidded and rolled onto its side. He was able to get out of the vehicle. As he did so, a vehicle struck him while…
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Dawson, John

Dawson, John
b.5/14/44 d.10/27/67 Belvidere St.  Son of Reverend John Dawson and Virginia Dawson.  Dr. John H. Dawson was pastor at Crafton United Methodist Church from 1948-1955.  Dr. Dawson left Crafton when he became president of Adrian College, Adrian MI.  A lieutenant in the Marines, Jack had been serving for seven weeks in S. Vietnam near the…
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McKenna, Roy

McKenna, Roy
b.9/8/19 d.10/13/43, Graduate CHS ’37 Pitt ’41.  1st Methodist member.  85 Belvidere St.  Roy enlisted in August 1942, but was not called into service until March.  He died a cadet in P40N crash at Marianna, Fl.  He would have earned his wings in 2 weeks.   Besides his mother, he left his widow, Mrs. Bethel Boyer…
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