Prentice S. (Buddy) Chandler, 24, of Owingsville Route 2, native of Montgomery county, was killed in action in Korea April 27, his family has been notified.
He attended the Lane school in Montgomery County and was engaged in farming before he entered service. Chandler was a popular young farmer who made friends easily and his untimely death was a shock to all who knew him. He entered the Army Jan. 9, 1952, and was assigned to the Seventh Division near Sariwon, North Korea arriving on the front lines April 10. A letter he wrote April 26, with instructions that it not be opened until he returned home, stated he had been on patrol twice and barely escaped each time. The letter also said he was going on patrol again the next day. "Tomorrow we're going back to the treetops." It was on that third patrol that he was killed. A Bath county farmer and member of the Odd Fellows lodge, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virgileen Garner Chandler; his parents Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Chandler; a sister, Mrs. Virgileen McCoy, and a nephew, Homer McCoy, Jr. all of Montgomery county.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the grave in Machpelah cemetery with the Rev. W. F. Chappel and the Rev. John Chappel officiating.
Active bearers will be John Crockett, William Highley, Emsey Peyton, Ewell Cassidy, Carl B. Wilson and Charles Blevins.
Honorary bearers will be A. Hollearn, Charles Frederick, Robert Mansfield, Russell Wilson, J. R. Johnson and Josh Owings.
He attended the Lane school in Montgomery County and was engaged in farming before he entered service. Chandler was a popular young farmer who made friends easily and his untimely death was a shock to all who knew him. He entered the Army Jan. 9, 1952, and was assigned to the Seventh Division near Sariwon, North Korea arriving on the front lines April 10. A letter he wrote April 26, with instructions that it not be opened until he returned home, stated he had been on patrol twice and barely escaped each time. The letter also said he was going on patrol again the next day. "Tomorrow we're going back to the treetops." It was on that third patrol that he was killed. A Bath county farmer and member of the Odd Fellows lodge, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virgileen Garner Chandler; his parents Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Chandler; a sister, Mrs. Virgileen McCoy, and a nephew, Homer McCoy, Jr. all of Montgomery county.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the grave in Machpelah cemetery with the Rev. W. F. Chappel and the Rev. John Chappel officiating.
Active bearers will be John Crockett, William Highley, Emsey Peyton, Ewell Cassidy, Carl B. Wilson and Charles Blevins.
Honorary bearers will be A. Hollearn, Charles Frederick, Robert Mansfield, Russell Wilson, J. R. Johnson and Josh Owings.
Prentice S. (Buddy) Chandler, 24, of Owingsville Route 2, native of Montgomery county, was killed in action in Korea April 27, his family has been notified.
He attended the Lane school in Montgomery County and was engaged in farming before he entered service. Chandler was a popular young farmer who made friends easily and his untimely death was a shock to all who knew him. He entered the Army Jan. 9, 1952, and was assigned to the Seventh Division near Sariwon, North Korea arriving on the front lines April 10. A letter he wrote April 26, with instructions that it not be opened until he returned home, stated he had been on patrol twice and barely escaped each time. The letter also said he was going on patrol again the next day. "Tomorrow we're going back to the treetops." It was on that third patrol that he was killed. A Bath county farmer and member of the Odd Fellows lodge, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virgileen Garner Chandler; his parents Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Chandler; a sister, Mrs. Virgileen McCoy, and a nephew, Homer McCoy, Jr. all of Montgomery county.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the grave in Machpelah cemetery with the Rev. W. F. Chappel and the Rev. John Chappel officiating.
Active bearers will be John Crockett, William Highley, Emsey Peyton, Ewell Cassidy, Carl B. Wilson and Charles Blevins.
Honorary bearers will be A. Hollearn, Charles Frederick, Robert Mansfield, Russell Wilson, J. R. Johnson and Josh Owings.
He attended the Lane school in Montgomery County and was engaged in farming before he entered service. Chandler was a popular young farmer who made friends easily and his untimely death was a shock to all who knew him. He entered the Army Jan. 9, 1952, and was assigned to the Seventh Division near Sariwon, North Korea arriving on the front lines April 10. A letter he wrote April 26, with instructions that it not be opened until he returned home, stated he had been on patrol twice and barely escaped each time. The letter also said he was going on patrol again the next day. "Tomorrow we're going back to the treetops." It was on that third patrol that he was killed. A Bath county farmer and member of the Odd Fellows lodge, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virgileen Garner Chandler; his parents Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Chandler; a sister, Mrs. Virgileen McCoy, and a nephew, Homer McCoy, Jr. all of Montgomery county.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the grave in Machpelah cemetery with the Rev. W. F. Chappel and the Rev. John Chappel officiating.
Active bearers will be John Crockett, William Highley, Emsey Peyton, Ewell Cassidy, Carl B. Wilson and Charles Blevins.
Honorary bearers will be A. Hollearn, Charles Frederick, Robert Mansfield, Russell Wilson, J. R. Johnson and Josh Owings.
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