POSTVILLE BOYS KILLED SAME DAY ON NEW GUINEA.
Postville: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bloxham of Forest Mills, northeast of Postville, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lawson, north of Postville, both received news in telegrams stating that their sons, Sgt. Charles Bloxham and Donald Lawson, had been killed in action against the Japanese in New Guinea on June 23.
Sergeant Bloxham, 24, and his brother James, a corporal, volunteered for service before Pearl Harbor and had been together throughout their training periods and in New Guinea.
Sgt. Charles, who was born on the home farm east of Postville, has a wife and daughter living in Jefferson City, Mo. He had never seen his daughter.
Donald Lawson was 23 years old and was born northeast of Postville in Post township, Oct. 2, 1920 and enlisted in the army in February, 1941. He is survived by his parents, a brother Roland at home and two sisters, Mrs. Hollis Moose and Mrs. Hartley Enyart, both living in the Waukon community.
Source: Clayton County Register, Thursday, July 20, 1944
Charles William Bloxham was born Sept. 13, 1918 to Clarence Oscar and Delaey Mildred Ruckhaber Bloxham. He died June 22, 1944 and is memorialized at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines.
Sgt. Bloxham served with the 20th Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division U.S. Army in World War II. He was KIA in Maffin Bay, New Guinea.
Source: ancestry.com
