Pvt. Truman Bledsoe

Pvt. Truman Bledsoe, 37, husband of the former Ruth Shannon of
Clinton, now of St. Louis, Mo., died yesterday morning of wounds
received in action while serving in Belgium, in Lawton army hospital
at Atlanta, Ga.  Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning in
St. Anne's church in Normandy, Mo. Burial will be in St. Louis

Pvt. Bledsoe was born Dec. 29, 1907, in St. Louis, Mo., the son of
Truman and Stella Bledsoe.  He was married to Ruth Shannon May 2,
1928.  He entered service in August, 1944, and took basic training at
South Camp Hood, Tex. He went overseas in Dec. 1944 and was wounded in
Belgium in Jan., 1945.  He returned to the States about May 6 and has
been a patient in the Lawton hospital ever since.

Surviving are his widow, a son, Terry; his father; a brother, Bill;
and a sister, Mrs. Crawford, of Evanston, Ill.

Clinton Herald
June 11, 1945