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<i class="material-icons" data-template="memories-icon">stars</i><br/>Burton Woolery, Army<br/><div class='remember-wall-long-description'> SGT Burton Woolery was the first casualty from Monroe County during WWI. He enlisted as a member of the Indiana National Guard in Bloomington, joining Battery F, 1st Field Artillery, 42 Rainbow Division. He was sent overseas to France October 18th 1917, and was placed in charge of a 3 gun emplacement. He was killed by a direct hit of enemy artillery on July 29th, 1918 at Beauvardes, France. He was buried first at the site of his death, then moved to the American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France. In July of 1921, his body was returned to the United States, and August 1st he was placed in his final resting place at Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN. The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 18 honors your service.</div><a class='btn btn-primary btn-sm mt-2 remember-wall-toggle-long-description' onclick='initRememberWallToggleLongDescriptionBtn(this)'>Learn more</a> Burton Woolery, Army
<i class="material-icons" data-template="memories-icon">cloud</i><br/>Richard E. Dunbar, Army<br/><div class='remember-wall-long-description'> In honor of a man that dedicated his time and effort to the American Legion Post 18. He is sorely missed, but not forgotten. The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 18 honors your service. not self attitude!</div><a class='btn btn-primary btn-sm mt-2 remember-wall-toggle-long-description' onclick='initRememberWallToggleLongDescriptionBtn(this)'>Learn more</a> Richard E. Dunbar, Army
<i class="material-icons" data-template="memories-icon">cloud</i><br/>William Comer Morgan, Marine Corps<br/><div class='remember-wall-long-description'> WW II Veteran - South Pacific - Paratrooper Loving Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Brother You are missed, Daton, but as Dolly Parton would say, "... everything's gonna be all right, it's gonna be okay!"</div><a class='btn btn-primary btn-sm mt-2 remember-wall-toggle-long-description' onclick='initRememberWallToggleLongDescriptionBtn(this)'>Learn more</a> William Comer Morgan, Marine Corps
<i class="material-icons" data-template="memories-icon">cloud</i><br/>Paul Pabla, Army<br/><div class='remember-wall-long-description'>On July 3, 2006 you were taken from this world with injuries sustained from an enemy attack in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul while serving with the 2-150 FA Indiana Army National Guard (headquartered in Bloomington, IN). You were only 23 with so much life ahead of you... The Soldiers and families of this unit carry your legacy on. YOU ARE REMEMBERED!</div><a class='btn btn-primary btn-sm mt-2 remember-wall-toggle-long-description' onclick='initRememberWallToggleLongDescriptionBtn(this)'>Learn more</a> Paul Pabla, Army
<i class="material-icons" data-template="memories-icon">account_balance</i><br/>Paul Pabla, Army<br/><div class='remember-wall-long-description'>“Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.” –Franklin D. Roosevelt Rest in Peace Paul! Thinking about your family as they carry on with their lives holding your absence close to their hearts. The 2-150 FA Raider Unit is blessed to have served alongside you while the families associated with this unit are grateful for your heroic efforts. Indiana Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Paul S. Pabla, 23, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Assigned to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 139th Field Artillery, Kempton, Indiana, but deployed with Headquarters and Headquarters Service Battery, 2nd Battalion, 150th Field Artillery, Bloomington, Indiana, Staff Sergeant Pabla was killed Monday, July 3, 2006 as a result of sniper fire while on a dismounted patrol in Mosul, Iraq.</div><a class='btn btn-primary btn-sm mt-2 remember-wall-toggle-long-description' onclick='initRememberWallToggleLongDescriptionBtn(this)'>Learn more</a> Paul Pabla, Army
<i class="material-icons" data-template="memories-icon">cloud</i><br/>Michael L. Tracy Sr., Coast Guard<br/><div class='remember-wall-long-description'>May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sunshine warm upon your face. May the rains fall upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of His hand. You are deeply missed! We honor your service, remember your gentle and kind heart, and miss your silly jokes!</div><a class='btn btn-primary btn-sm mt-2 remember-wall-toggle-long-description' onclick='initRememberWallToggleLongDescriptionBtn(this)'>Learn more</a> Michael L. Tracy Sr., Coast Guard

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Herman Gillespie
Herman Gillespie, Posted by: Sue Freeman
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Gene Gillespie
Gene Gillespie, Posted by: Sue Freeman
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James E Caldwell
James E Caldwell, Posted by: Eleanor C. O'Connor
A wreath was sponsored in your brother's memory.
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Daniel P Caldwell
Daniel P Caldwell, Posted by: Eleanor C. O'Connor
A wreath was sponsored in honor of your brother.
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Burton Woolery
Burton Woolery, Posted by: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 18
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Posted by: Teresa C.
Mark Bonn, USAF, TSgt, IN
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Posted by: Sue F.
Herman Gillespie
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SGT Burton Henry Woolery, Army
SGT Burton Henry Woolery, Army, SGT, Born 11/20/1897, Passed on 7/29/1918, Posted by: Jenny Tracy
Sergeant Burton Woolery was the first soldier from Monroe County to be killed in combat in World War I. He was struck by a German shell in Esperance Ferme in France on July 29, 1918. A graduate of Bloomington High School, Woolery was a freshman at Indiana University when war broke out. He immediately enlisted and served with Battery F of 150th Field Artillery, 42nd Rainbow Division. American Legion Post 18 is named after SGT Burton Woolery.
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Posted by: Sue F.
George K. Freeman, Navy