Charles Conley

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    Charles Conley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Conley, Bloomfield, Kentucky, who was reported on February 3 to be missing in the North African theatre, was killed in an explosion of a group of mines being laid under enemy fire. Several other members of his company were also killed by the explosion. This information received by the parents on July 30 was sent from the first sergeant of Charles' company and was the first news Mr. and Mrs. Conley had had since the youth was reported missing. Charles and his family are natives of Johnson County. He is a nephew of Hobart Conley, Mrs. Rolla Dixon, Mrs. Simon Daniel, city, and Everett Conley, Staffordsville.

    For sometime he worked at the Nehi Bottling plant here. In 1938 he moved where he was inducted into the service. Receiving his initial training at Ft. Knox, Charles was sent to Ireland and was with the first troops to land in the North African invasion. The family is now living at Bloomfield, Ky. They have two other sons in service, Don at Philadelphia and Arnold in Mississippi.

PAINTSVILLE HERALD

AUG 5 1943