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TO DEATH IN HOLLAND

 Lieut. Frederick G Humphrey Was Leading Paratroop tnit

   — Lieut .Frederick G Humphrey 21-year-old paratrooper was killed in action in Holland, September 21, his parents Mr. and Mrs. William F Humphrey, 3700 Valentine s road have been notified. He fell before enemy fire while leading his platoon in night action against an enemy-held town.
   He has been posthumously awarded the Purple Hear.  Lieutenant Humphrey was a member of the 508th parachute infantry, 82nd airborne division. He was graduated from Westport high school and attended the University of Kansas three and one-half years before entering officer candidate school at Ft Benning, Ga. where he received his commission and paratroop training.
   The officer and his twin brother Staff Serg.. William F. Humphrey Jr., were Missouri high school tennis doubles champions in 1939. At Kansas university the lieutenant was a member of Phi Kappa! Psi fraternity, the K K K club and Scabbard and Blade.   Sergeant Humphrey is in the Percy Jones General hospital at Battle Creek, Mich., recuperating from wounds received on his tenth mission over Germany, April 29 1944. He lost his right hand, the right leg below the knee and the fingers of his left hand when flak struck the bomber in which he was a gunner.
  A letter to the parents informed them Lieutenant Humphrey was buried in Holland "in a most befitting manner by his comrades with a Protestant chaplain officiating."
   Besides his parents and brother the lieutenant leaves his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Fred G MacDonald of the home.

[The Kansas City Star Kansas City, MO, 13 Jan 1945, Sat, Page 3]

LIEUT. F. G. HUMPHREY

Services for Paratrooper Kilted
In Holland Will Be Held  Friday

   Services for Lieut. Frederick G. Humphrey, 21, a paratrooper who was killed in action in Holland September 21, 1944 will be held at 2:30 o'clock Friday at the Newcomer chapel. Burial will be in Mt. Moriah cemetery.
   Lieutenant Humphrey was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Humphrey, 2700 Valentine road. He was born in Kansas City and attended Westport high school. He attended the University of Kansas three and one-half years before he entered the service. At the university he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi social fraternity,, the K K K club, the athletic organization. and the Scabbard and Blade society.
  Surviving also are his twin brother W. F. Humphrey, Jr. Lake Tapawingo and his maternal grand mother, Mrs. Fred G Macdonald, 3700 Valentine road.
   The pallbearers will be:

[The Kansas City Times, Kansas City, MO, 27 Jan 1949,, Thu, Page 13]

K. U. BELL IN HIS MEMORY

Parents Reserve Tribute for
Frederick G. Humphrey

   LAWRENCE, Kan., Feb 6 —- A bell in the World War II Memorial carillon of the University of Kansas will be Inscribed with the name of Lieut. Frederick G. Humphrey, former student who was killed in 1944.
   Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Humphrey, 2700 Valentine road, Kansas City, parents of Lieutenant Humphrey have given $750 to the memorial committee to reserve the bell in memory of their son.
   This is the fourteenth bell in the carillon to be reserved as an individual memorial.
   Lieutenant Humphrey was a student at the university from 1941 to 1943 when he withdrew to enter officer candidate school at Ft. Benning, Ga. He became a paratrooper and was killed in action September 21, 1944 in Holland.
   While at K U Humphrey was a renumber of Scabbard and Blade, the Ku Ku club and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

[The Kansas City Times, Kansas City, MO, 07 Feb 1948, Sat, Page 3]