Overseas since April, and the possessor of the Purple Heart as the result of a wound received in France on July 31, Sgt. Donald E. Dearth, 21, was Killed In Action on Nov. 20 with Company L, 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division of Gen. George S. Patton's 3rd Army near Metz, in France.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Dearth, Chillicothe and the husband of Mrs. Gertrude Rittenhouse Dearth, also of this city, thus becomes Ross County's 90th serviceman to be Killed In Action. Born in Chillicothe on March 3, 1923 he was a 1942 graduate of Chillicothe High School. He was employed by the B.& O. Railway until the time of his entrance into the Army. He married Gertrude L. Rittenhouse on June 6, 1943 while home on a 15 days furlough.
Sgt. Dearth entered the service on Jan. 22, 1943, serving at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif.; Camp Rucker, Al. and Camp Butner, N.C. before embarking on overseas duty in April of this year. He was stationed in England for several weeks before arriving at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France in June. His regiment fought eastward from Normandy into the hedgerow country north of Saint-Lo in France. There he was wounded in action on July 31 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart and Infantry Combat Badge. The last letters that he wrote home were dated Nov. 5.
Surviving to mourn his loss are; the widow and parents, this city; six brothers, two of them, also in the service are; Cpl. Clinton Dearth, until recently in Newfoundland, and Pfc. Earl Dearth in England. The others are; Forrest, Howard and Charles, all of Route 6, and Sterling at home. Also surviving are three sisters; Mrs. A.R. Cochran, Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Mary Seymour, this city, and Miss Sadie Dearth at home.
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Notice appeared in the Chillicothe Gazette - 11 Dec 1944
Overseas since April, and the possessor of the Purple Heart as the result of a wound received in France on July 31, Sgt. Donald E. Dearth, 21, was Killed In Action on Nov. 20 with Company L, 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division of Gen. George S. Patton's 3rd Army near Metz, in France.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Dearth, Chillicothe and the husband of Mrs. Gertrude Rittenhouse Dearth, also of this city, thus becomes Ross County's 90th serviceman to be Killed In Action. Born in Chillicothe on March 3, 1923 he was a 1942 graduate of Chillicothe High School. He was employed by the B.& O. Railway until the time of his entrance into the Army. He married Gertrude L. Rittenhouse on June 6, 1943 while home on a 15 days furlough.
Sgt. Dearth entered the service on Jan. 22, 1943, serving at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif.; Camp Rucker, Al. and Camp Butner, N.C. before embarking on overseas duty in April of this year. He was stationed in England for several weeks before arriving at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France in June. His regiment fought eastward from Normandy into the hedgerow country north of Saint-Lo in France. There he was wounded in action on July 31 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart and Infantry Combat Badge. The last letters that he wrote home were dated Nov. 5.
Surviving to mourn his loss are; the widow and parents, this city; six brothers, two of them, also in the service are; Cpl. Clinton Dearth, until recently in Newfoundland, and Pfc. Earl Dearth in England. The others are; Forrest, Howard and Charles, all of Route 6, and Sterling at home. Also surviving are three sisters; Mrs. A.R. Cochran, Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Mary Seymour, this city, and Miss Sadie Dearth at home.
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Notice appeared in the Chillicothe Gazette - 11 Dec 1944
Family Members
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Howard Denver Dearth
1901–1971
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Forrest Wayne Dearth
1902–1986
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Clinton George Dearth
1906–1999
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Nellie Elizabeth Dearth Cochran
1911–1985
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Mary Ellen Dearth Seymour
1914–2003
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Charles Alexander Dearth
1916–1998
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Earl Henry Dearth
1918–1996
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Sadie Irene Dearth Evans
1919–2007
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Sterling E "Sid" Dearth
1925–2013
