Private First Class, U.S. Army
__, 128TH Infantry Regiment, 32D 'Red Arrow' Infantry Division
Date of Action: 28 January 1944
Citation Needed - Synopsis: "Howard L. Ables, United States Army, is reported to have been awarded the Silver Star under the below-listed General Orders for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 32d Infantry Division during World War II." Pfc. Ables may have earned the Silver Star for his actions near Teterei, New Guinea on 28 Jan. '44. He may have been a member of a 50-man patrol from 1ST Bn., 128TH Inf., which was attacked by a 100-man Japanese force west of the Mot River near Teterei, along the western edge of the Saidor bridgehead, on 28 Jan. '44. The patrol killed 43 Japanese soldiers, but suffered 8 killed, 6 MIA, and 9 WIA. The action was described in a pair of war-time dispatches filed by Robert J. Doyle from New Guinea on 3 and 4 Feb. '44.
General Orders: Headquarters, 32d Infantry Division, General Orders No. 41 (1944)
Contributor: MAJ Jimmy Cotton (48803557)
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Full military rites for PFC. Howard L. Benard Ables, 22, of McComas, who was Killed In Action January 28, 1944 on Saidor, New Guinea, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia (Washington, D.C.)
He was born at McComas and lived there until he was inducted into the service following graduation from high school. He had been in the services 18 months and overseas one year when he was killed.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.O. Ables, McComas; four sisters, Miss Cora Ables, Newark, De.; Mrs. Winfield Sexton, Richmond, Richmond, Va.; Mrs. T.L. Banks, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Albert Fowler, McComas; and two brothers, Dillard and Milton Ables, McComas.
Contributor: Dr. Ricky Neilsen (48893345)
__, 128TH Infantry Regiment, 32D 'Red Arrow' Infantry Division
Date of Action: 28 January 1944
Citation Needed - Synopsis: "Howard L. Ables, United States Army, is reported to have been awarded the Silver Star under the below-listed General Orders for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 32d Infantry Division during World War II." Pfc. Ables may have earned the Silver Star for his actions near Teterei, New Guinea on 28 Jan. '44. He may have been a member of a 50-man patrol from 1ST Bn., 128TH Inf., which was attacked by a 100-man Japanese force west of the Mot River near Teterei, along the western edge of the Saidor bridgehead, on 28 Jan. '44. The patrol killed 43 Japanese soldiers, but suffered 8 killed, 6 MIA, and 9 WIA. The action was described in a pair of war-time dispatches filed by Robert J. Doyle from New Guinea on 3 and 4 Feb. '44.
General Orders: Headquarters, 32d Infantry Division, General Orders No. 41 (1944)
Contributor: MAJ Jimmy Cotton (48803557)
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Full military rites for PFC. Howard L. Benard Ables, 22, of McComas, who was Killed In Action January 28, 1944 on Saidor, New Guinea, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia (Washington, D.C.)
He was born at McComas and lived there until he was inducted into the service following graduation from high school. He had been in the services 18 months and overseas one year when he was killed.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.O. Ables, McComas; four sisters, Miss Cora Ables, Newark, De.; Mrs. Winfield Sexton, Richmond, Richmond, Va.; Mrs. T.L. Banks, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Albert Fowler, McComas; and two brothers, Dillard and Milton Ables, McComas.
Contributor: Dr. Ricky Neilsen (48893345)
Private First Class, U.S. Army
__, 128TH Infantry Regiment, 32D 'Red Arrow' Infantry Division
Date of Action: 28 January 1944
Citation Needed - Synopsis: "Howard L. Ables, United States Army, is reported to have been awarded the Silver Star under the below-listed General Orders for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 32d Infantry Division during World War II." Pfc. Ables may have earned the Silver Star for his actions near Teterei, New Guinea on 28 Jan. '44. He may have been a member of a 50-man patrol from 1ST Bn., 128TH Inf., which was attacked by a 100-man Japanese force west of the Mot River near Teterei, along the western edge of the Saidor bridgehead, on 28 Jan. '44. The patrol killed 43 Japanese soldiers, but suffered 8 killed, 6 MIA, and 9 WIA. The action was described in a pair of war-time dispatches filed by Robert J. Doyle from New Guinea on 3 and 4 Feb. '44.
General Orders: Headquarters, 32d Infantry Division, General Orders No. 41 (1944)
Contributor: MAJ Jimmy Cotton (48803557)
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Full military rites for PFC. Howard L. Benard Ables, 22, of McComas, who was Killed In Action January 28, 1944 on Saidor, New Guinea, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia (Washington, D.C.)
He was born at McComas and lived there until he was inducted into the service following graduation from high school. He had been in the services 18 months and overseas one year when he was killed.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.O. Ables, McComas; four sisters, Miss Cora Ables, Newark, De.; Mrs. Winfield Sexton, Richmond, Richmond, Va.; Mrs. T.L. Banks, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Albert Fowler, McComas; and two brothers, Dillard and Milton Ables, McComas.
Contributor: Dr. Ricky Neilsen (48893345)
__, 128TH Infantry Regiment, 32D 'Red Arrow' Infantry Division
Date of Action: 28 January 1944
Citation Needed - Synopsis: "Howard L. Ables, United States Army, is reported to have been awarded the Silver Star under the below-listed General Orders for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 32d Infantry Division during World War II." Pfc. Ables may have earned the Silver Star for his actions near Teterei, New Guinea on 28 Jan. '44. He may have been a member of a 50-man patrol from 1ST Bn., 128TH Inf., which was attacked by a 100-man Japanese force west of the Mot River near Teterei, along the western edge of the Saidor bridgehead, on 28 Jan. '44. The patrol killed 43 Japanese soldiers, but suffered 8 killed, 6 MIA, and 9 WIA. The action was described in a pair of war-time dispatches filed by Robert J. Doyle from New Guinea on 3 and 4 Feb. '44.
General Orders: Headquarters, 32d Infantry Division, General Orders No. 41 (1944)
Contributor: MAJ Jimmy Cotton (48803557)
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Full military rites for PFC. Howard L. Benard Ables, 22, of McComas, who was Killed In Action January 28, 1944 on Saidor, New Guinea, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia (Washington, D.C.)
He was born at McComas and lived there until he was inducted into the service following graduation from high school. He had been in the services 18 months and overseas one year when he was killed.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.O. Ables, McComas; four sisters, Miss Cora Ables, Newark, De.; Mrs. Winfield Sexton, Richmond, Richmond, Va.; Mrs. T.L. Banks, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Albert Fowler, McComas; and two brothers, Dillard and Milton Ables, McComas.
Contributor: Dr. Ricky Neilsen (48893345)
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