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SGT John Charles Felix

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Birth	:	18 Oct 1922 Greenmount, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	12 Jul 1944 Saint-Lô, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
Burial	:	Saint Josephs Cemetery, Emmitsburg, Frederick County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.7053420, -77.3258380
Description	:	The News, Frederick, MD, August 7, 1944 SGT. JOHN C FELIX, husband of Mrs. Rita Wivell Felix, Emmitsburg, and son of Mrs. Virginia Felix, Greenmount, Pa., was reported killed in in action in France on July 12. Mrs. Felix, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Wivell, Emmitsburg, has a brother, T. Sgt. Charles T. Wivell in a German prison camp. He was reported a prisoner of war last April. Sgt. Felix and Mrs. Felix were married in October 1942 and made their home in Emmitsburg. Before entering the service Janyary 7, 1943, he was employed by... Read More	The News, Frederick, MD, August 7, 1944 SGT. JOHN C FELIX, husband of Mrs. Rita Wivell Felix, Emmitsburg, and son of Mrs. Virginia Felix, Greenmount, Pa., was reported killed in in action in France on July 12. Mrs. Felix, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Wivell, Emmitsburg, has a brother, T. Sgt. Charles T. Wivell in a German prison camp. He was reported a prisoner of war last April. Sgt. Felix and Mrs. Felix were married in October 1942 and made their home in Emmitsburg. Before entering the service Janyary 7, 1943, he was employed by Fairchild Aircraft, Inc., Hagerstown. He went overseas in May. He was 22 years of age and graduated from Gettysburg High School in 1940. Besides his wife and mother, he is survived by two sisters, Ida Mae and Helen Felix, Greenmount, and a brother, Maurice J., also in service. _____________________________________________ The News, Frederick, MD, May 17, 1948 Funeral services for Sgt. John C. Felix, of Emmitsburg, who was killed in action July 12, 1944, in France, and whose remains were returned recently to this country, will be held at St. Joseph's Catholic church in Emmitsburg on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock. Mass will be celebrated by Rev. Gerald Curran, assistant pastor, and interment will take place in the adjoining cemetery. The remains will arrive in Thurmont this evening at six o'clock and will be taken to the S. L. Allison funeral home in Emmitsburg, where there will be Recitation of the Rosary Tuesday evening at eight o'clock. Pallbearers at the funeral will be Marshall Sanders, Glesson Sanders, Louis Rosensteel, Richard Rosensteel, George Baker and Aumen Myers. Sgt. Felix, whose remains were returned on the Army transport Lawrence Victory, is a son of Mrs. Virginia L. Felix McKinney, Gettysburg, R. D., and the Late Maurice Felix. He was married October 21, 1942 to Miss Mary Rita Wivell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wivell, Emmitsburg, and was inducted January 7, 1943, being sent overseas in May 1943. Besides his mother and wife, he is survived by one brother, Maurice J. Felix, Jr., at home; two sisters, Mrs. Ida Mae Kane, Gettysburg, and Miss Helen Felix, at home. ____________________________________________ The News, Frederick, MD, May 21, 1948 Military funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Emmitsburg, for Sgt. John C. Felix, husband of Mrs. Rita Wivell Felix, whose body was returned to this country on the Army transport Lawrence Victory. In the funeral procession were flag bearers, Eguene, William and Joseph Rodgers, and Everett Chrismer; firing squad, Paul Hummerick, Fern Ohler, Wayne McCleaf, William Zimmerman, Jack Stoner and Joseph Boyle, commander of the firing squar was Allen Bouey, bugler was Larry Knight. Members of the VFW were also in line. The pallbearers were Marshall Sanders, Glesson Sanders, Louis Rosensteel, Aumen Myers, Earl Bishop and George Baker. Burial was in cemetery adjoining the church. Staff Sgt. Robert Alexander of Midland, Pa., stationed at the Quartermaster's Depot at Philadelphia accompanied the body to Emmitsburg and remained until after the funeral.

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SGT John Charles Felix's memorial is located at: Saint Josephs Cemetery, Emmitsburg, Frederick County, USA.
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SGT John Charles Felix death on 12 Jul 1944 in Saint-Lô, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
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Latitude: 39.7053420
Longitude: -77.3258380

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