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- Submitted via GEDCOM by Daniel Frederick Montgomery, CMS 2419, on 14 Jul 2004.
Sabine Index March 31, 1944, Friday, page One.
Tom Oxley, Reported killed in Action February 18, 1944, somewhere inItaly. Word has been received that Tom E. Oxley was wounded and diedsomewhere in Italy. He was the youngest son of Mr. & Mrs. Riley Oxley.He has five brothers and two sisters to mourn his death as well as a hostof relatives and friends who were waiting his return. Tom said before heleft that he was coming back-poor boy! He didn't get to keep his word. Itwas God's will for him to go this way and not ours. Only the Lord knowshow he suffered before he died.
Tom had been in service for three years and had been serving overseas fornearly two years. He has another brother in service, Fisher Oxley, whois stationed at Camp Philips, Kan. -Sent in by his brother and wife, Mr.and Mrs. J.H. Oxley, Hornbeck.
Sabine Index, May 5, 1944 Issue, page ONE.
S/Sgt Tom E. Oxley buried in Italy. Frank Oxley, San Augustine, Texas,received the following letter from his brother's chaplin in Italy,concerning the death and burial of S/Sgt Tom E. Oxley, March 22, 1944.Mr. Frank Oxley, San Augustine, Texas, Through Channels:
My dear Mr. Oxley: As the chaplin whose sad duty it was to bury Sgt.Tom E. Oxley, I am writing to you to offer my deepest sympathy. Sgt.Oxley paid a great price that we as a free people might continue toenjoy all these things that make life worth living. By that he showed hisintense love for us: "Greater love than this no man hath; that a man laydown his life for his friends." Our Nation, nay, our very civilization,is deeply indebted to him: a debt we can never repay. Surely God in hisinfinite mercy has given him the reward he so well deserves. Tom was laidto rest in a beautifully located cemetary that is kept spick and span.Full military honor and religious services conducted by myself wererendered at his graveside. I am not allowed to divulge any information,other than this to you. I assure you that I shall remember your love onein all my prayers to my dying day.
As for yourself, may God grant that your courage in bearing yourbereavement be as great as that of Tom in the performance of his duty.
Sincerely, RALPHJ. SMITH, Division Chaplin, Third Infantry Division.
Sabine Index, Many, LA July 30, 1948:
Remains of S/Sgt. Tom E. Oxley, Age 29, who lost his life in action withCompany E, Sixth Armored Infantry was laid to the final resting place atOxley Cemetary last Friday with graveyard services at 2 p.m., conductedby Rev. Robert Graham. Military service was in charge of Veterans ofForeign Wars. Massingill funeral home directing interment.
Sgt. Oxley killed in action in Italy in 1944, is survived by brothersR.F. Oxley, Benson, Texas; J.H. Oxley, Plainville, LA; W.L.Oxley,Hornbeck, LA; A.A. Oxley, Provencal; sisters, Mrs Zilpha Rodgers,Hornbeck; Mrs. Mary Springer, DeRidder.
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1915 - 1944 (28 years)
