Pearl Harbor Victim To Be Honored Today At Beaver Cemetery

TODAY IS PEARL HARBOR DAY…AND A SPECIAL TRIBUTE WILL BE PAID TODAY TO BEAVER COUNTY’S FIRST FATALITY IN THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR 77 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 7TH. SECOND LIEUTENANT LOUIS G. MOSLENER JUNIOR OF MONACA WAS IN THE U-S ARMY AIR CORP ASSIGNED TO THE 88TH RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON. MOSLENER WAS WAS KILLED WHEN JAPANESE FIGHTER PLANES BOMBED HICKAM FIELD IN 1941. HE WAS 23. MOSLENER IS BURIED IN BEAVER CEMETERY. A PUBLIC CEREMONY WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE CEMETERY TODAY IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIS WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE. THOSE ATTENDING ARE ASKED TO GATHER AT 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON AT MOSLENER’S GRAVE. THE CEREMONY WILL START AT 1:55 P-M, THE TIME THE FIRST BOMBS FELL IN HAWAII.


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