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The Muskegon Chronicle
Friday, 28 July 1944


         SGT. TEUNIS On Bomber, Killed
         
         By Staff Correspondent
         
         Spring Lake, July 28 - S/Sgt. WILLIAM TEUNIS, JR.,
       20 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM TEUNIS of
       Spring Lake township, was killed in action in a bomb-
       ing raid over Austria May 24, the war department in-
       formed the parents Wednesday. He had previously been
       declared missing.
         The information was obtained from Germans through
       the Red Cross. He was an aerial engineer on a U.S.
       bomber and the last letter received from him by his
       mother was dated May 23. Another letter written May
       13 said he had arrived overseas in Italy in April
       and had completed two bombing missions.
         He was inducted Feb. 1, 1943, and trained with the
       air force in Florida, at Keesler field, Miss., Har-
       lingen, Tex., Fresno, Calif., and Tonapah, Nev. He
       was born in Spring Lake township and was graduated
       from Grand Haven High school. He worked at Keller
       Tool works in Grand Haven.
         Survivors are the parents, five sisters, Mrs.
       LOUISE KRAMER of Muskegon, Mrs. JOHN HUIZENGA of
       Spring Lake, Mrs. ELLIS SCHWEITZER of Spring Lake,
       HARRIET and CLARA at home, and three brothers,
       GEORGE of Spring Lake township and DON and GORDON
       at home.
       
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