Pvt. Gene W. Lyon Died November 28, 1944 Cause of death: Killed in Action. Age: 26y 1m. Birth: October 28, 1918, Galatia, Saline County, Illinois. Father: Rex Lyon (deceased). Mother: Dora M. Lyon (deceased) Religion: Bapt. Burial: Sunset Hill - Area H, Harrisburg. Wife: Sarilda Lyon

Obit: Pvt. Lyon leaves his wife, Sarilda Mizell, whom he marrid in Mt. Vernon, Ind.,in 1937, and three sons, Howard Eugene, 10 yrs. old, and sixyear-old twins, Linden and Larry. Also surviving are a brother, James Lyon of Eldorado, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Cook of Davisburg, Mich. and Mrs. Marjorie Grace of pontiac, Mich. Lyon attended school in both Harrisburg andEldorado. Member of first Bapt. Ch., Eldorado. Employed at Cecil Cook's service station befor entering service March 10, 1944. Recived basic training at Camp Blanding, Fla. and went overseas and was with the 4th armored division of the Third Army.

Obit from Gaskins Funeral Home Records Harrisburg Saline Co., Illinois 1947 - 1955 Volume II

Gene W Lyon