Veteran of WWII
Purple Heart Recipient. for injuries received in Apr 1945
Military Branch Infantry
Military Unit 1
Diagnosis: Wound(s), perforating (points of entrance and exit) with no nerve or artery involvement on April 1945
Location: Thigh;
Causative Agent: Artillery Shell, Fragments
Injury Type: Battle casualty
Medical Treatment Removal of foreign bodies from extremity
Lewis M. Petry, 76, of Marmet died Marcy 19, 1998, at home after a long illness.
He was retired from Appalachian Coal Co. and an Army veteran of World War II.
Surviving: wife, Iva Lee Mitchell Petry; grandson, whom he raised, Terry A. Lilly II at home; daughter, Myra Rodeheaver of Charleston; sons, Lewis McClure Petry of Barberton, Ohio, Ronald Lee Petry of Campbells Creek; stepsons, Gary Lilly of Tampa, Fla., Randall Lilley of Chesapeake, Terry A. Lilly of Marmet, Greg Lilly of Chatsworth, Ga.; sister, Sadie Tucker of Ohley; 13 additional grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Stevens & Grass Funeral Home, Malden, with the Rev. Rick McCracken officiating.
Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery, Marmet.
Purple Heart Recipient. for injuries received in Apr 1945
Military Branch Infantry
Military Unit 1
Diagnosis: Wound(s), perforating (points of entrance and exit) with no nerve or artery involvement on April 1945
Location: Thigh;
Causative Agent: Artillery Shell, Fragments
Injury Type: Battle casualty
Medical Treatment Removal of foreign bodies from extremity
Lewis M. Petry, 76, of Marmet died Marcy 19, 1998, at home after a long illness.
He was retired from Appalachian Coal Co. and an Army veteran of World War II.
Surviving: wife, Iva Lee Mitchell Petry; grandson, whom he raised, Terry A. Lilly II at home; daughter, Myra Rodeheaver of Charleston; sons, Lewis McClure Petry of Barberton, Ohio, Ronald Lee Petry of Campbells Creek; stepsons, Gary Lilly of Tampa, Fla., Randall Lilley of Chesapeake, Terry A. Lilly of Marmet, Greg Lilly of Chatsworth, Ga.; sister, Sadie Tucker of Ohley; 13 additional grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Stevens & Grass Funeral Home, Malden, with the Rev. Rick McCracken officiating.
Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery, Marmet.
Veteran of WWII
Purple Heart Recipient. for injuries received in Apr 1945
Military Branch Infantry
Military Unit 1
Diagnosis: Wound(s), perforating (points of entrance and exit) with no nerve or artery involvement on April 1945
Location: Thigh;
Causative Agent: Artillery Shell, Fragments
Injury Type: Battle casualty
Medical Treatment Removal of foreign bodies from extremity
Lewis M. Petry, 76, of Marmet died Marcy 19, 1998, at home after a long illness.
He was retired from Appalachian Coal Co. and an Army veteran of World War II.
Surviving: wife, Iva Lee Mitchell Petry; grandson, whom he raised, Terry A. Lilly II at home; daughter, Myra Rodeheaver of Charleston; sons, Lewis McClure Petry of Barberton, Ohio, Ronald Lee Petry of Campbells Creek; stepsons, Gary Lilly of Tampa, Fla., Randall Lilley of Chesapeake, Terry A. Lilly of Marmet, Greg Lilly of Chatsworth, Ga.; sister, Sadie Tucker of Ohley; 13 additional grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Stevens & Grass Funeral Home, Malden, with the Rev. Rick McCracken officiating.
Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery, Marmet.
Purple Heart Recipient. for injuries received in Apr 1945
Military Branch Infantry
Military Unit 1
Diagnosis: Wound(s), perforating (points of entrance and exit) with no nerve or artery involvement on April 1945
Location: Thigh;
Causative Agent: Artillery Shell, Fragments
Injury Type: Battle casualty
Medical Treatment Removal of foreign bodies from extremity
Lewis M. Petry, 76, of Marmet died Marcy 19, 1998, at home after a long illness.
He was retired from Appalachian Coal Co. and an Army veteran of World War II.
Surviving: wife, Iva Lee Mitchell Petry; grandson, whom he raised, Terry A. Lilly II at home; daughter, Myra Rodeheaver of Charleston; sons, Lewis McClure Petry of Barberton, Ohio, Ronald Lee Petry of Campbells Creek; stepsons, Gary Lilly of Tampa, Fla., Randall Lilley of Chesapeake, Terry A. Lilly of Marmet, Greg Lilly of Chatsworth, Ga.; sister, Sadie Tucker of Ohley; 13 additional grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Stevens & Grass Funeral Home, Malden, with the Rev. Rick McCracken officiating.
Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery, Marmet.
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