Funeral services for Cpl. Thomas Duffy, 20, (above) son of Mrs.
Herbert Traurig of route 5, Manitowoc, Killed in action in Korea,
Feb. 13, will be held Monday morning at Sacred Heart church,
Manitowoc. The Rev. E.A. Radey will officiate and burial will be
in Evergreen cemetery.
Corporal Duffy was a medical corpsman in the armored patrol of
the Seventh infantry division. Born in Manitowoc in 1930, he was
graduated from Lincoln high school in 1948. He enlisted in September
of that year, took basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., and joined the
occupation forces in Japan in January, 1949. He attended medical
school in Japan for several months. Assigned to the Korean fighting
last September he was among the front line troops in last November's
north Korean invasion.
He was past president and treasurer of the CYO of the Holy Innocents
church.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Traurig, two brothers (private); sister,
(private) and half sister, (private).
The Oas post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will hold military rites at
the grave.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, Sept. 24, 1951 P.2
Funeral services for Cpl. Thomas Duffy, 20, (above) son of Mrs.
Herbert Traurig of route 5, Manitowoc, Killed in action in Korea,
Feb. 13, will be held Monday morning at Sacred Heart church,
Manitowoc. The Rev. E.A. Radey will officiate and burial will be
in Evergreen cemetery.
Corporal Duffy was a medical corpsman in the armored patrol of
the Seventh infantry division. Born in Manitowoc in 1930, he was
graduated from Lincoln high school in 1948. He enlisted in September
of that year, took basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., and joined the
occupation forces in Japan in January, 1949. He attended medical
school in Japan for several months. Assigned to the Korean fighting
last September he was among the front line troops in last November's
north Korean invasion.
He was past president and treasurer of the CYO of the Holy Innocents
church.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Traurig, two brothers (private); sister,
(private) and half sister, (private).
The Oas post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will hold military rites at
the grave.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, Sept. 24, 1951 P.2
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