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214 Yale University Obituary Record
(Cleland) Mdler of Cohocton, N.Y. Mother, Katharine (Degnan) Miller
(B.A Trinity Coll. 1910; M.A Brown Univ. 1911; MD Cornell 1915);
daughter of Francis and Mary (Roark) Degnan of Rye, N.Y.
The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn Member Class golf team Freshman year and University Golf Team Sophomore and Junior years; member Jonathan Edwards College (golf, hockey, and squash teams Sophomore and Junior years) and Beta Theta Pi, awarded B.A. December 19,
1942, as of Class of 1943. Member Christ Church (Episcopal), Greenwich
Unmarried
Entered service as private January 10,1943; after a short period at Camp
Devens was assigned to Army Air Forces Technical Training Command,
Basic Training Center No 9, Miami Beach, Fla.; sent to Armorers' School,
Buckley Field, Denver, March 30, 1943, and assigned to 768th Technical
School Squadron (specialist), promoted private (1st class) February,
1943, sent to Lowry Field, Denver, about June, 1943; assigned to 468th
Squadron Bombing Group, 20th Air Force, Smoky Hills, Sahna, Kans ;
promoted Corporal about August, 1943; sent overseas in April, 1944; assigned central fire control gunner on a B-29, stationed in Kharagpur,
India, with engagements in the China-Burma-India Theatre of action;
participated in first B-29 raid over Japan; promoted to Staff Sergeant about
May, 1944, awarded Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
Sergeant Miller was killed when his plane developed engine trouble and
crashed while on a bombing raid to Singapore. Survived by parents, a
sister, Dorothy Miller Davol (Sarah Lawrence Coll 1938), the wife of
Rector T Davol, '37 (MD. Columbia 1941), and paternal grandmother.
William Cutler Thompson, Jr., B.A. 1943.
Born August 2, 1921, in Wibaux, Mont.
Died May 25,1945, in Erfurt, Germany.
Father, Lieut Comdr William Cuder Thompson, USN.R. (B.S.
Pennsylvania State Coll. 1919; LL B. Temple Univ. 1927), in Judge Advocate General's Division, U.S Navy; formerly professor of law Temple
University, son of E Franklin Thompson (LLB. 1887) and Florence
(Poulson) Thompson of Chicago Mother, Grace (Winter) Thompson
(B A. Pennsylvania State Coll. 1920), daughter of William Phdhps Winter (Ph D. Johns Hopkins Umv 1905) and Elizabeth (James) Winter
of State College, Pa Yale relatives include an uncle, Frederic S. Thompson, <?,*■-'16 S
Cheltenham High School, Philadelphia. Berkeley Premium for Latin
Composition Freshman year; scholar of the second rank Junior year; high
oration appointment Senior year, member Jonathan Edwards College,
Yale Political Union, and Phi Beta Kappa; awarded B.A. December 19,
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 214 |
| Transcript | 214 Yale University Obituary Record (Cleland) Mdler of Cohocton, N.Y. Mother, Katharine (Degnan) Miller (B.A Trinity Coll. 1910; M.A Brown Univ. 1911; MD Cornell 1915); daughter of Francis and Mary (Roark) Degnan of Rye, N.Y. The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn Member Class golf team Freshman year and University Golf Team Sophomore and Junior years; member Jonathan Edwards College (golf, hockey, and squash teams Sophomore and Junior years) and Beta Theta Pi, awarded B.A. December 19, 1942, as of Class of 1943. Member Christ Church (Episcopal), Greenwich Unmarried Entered service as private January 10,1943; after a short period at Camp Devens was assigned to Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, Basic Training Center No 9, Miami Beach, Fla.; sent to Armorers' School, Buckley Field, Denver, March 30, 1943, and assigned to 768th Technical School Squadron (specialist), promoted private (1st class) February, 1943, sent to Lowry Field, Denver, about June, 1943; assigned to 468th Squadron Bombing Group, 20th Air Force, Smoky Hills, Sahna, Kans ; promoted Corporal about August, 1943; sent overseas in April, 1944; assigned central fire control gunner on a B-29, stationed in Kharagpur, India, with engagements in the China-Burma-India Theatre of action; participated in first B-29 raid over Japan; promoted to Staff Sergeant about May, 1944, awarded Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster. Sergeant Miller was killed when his plane developed engine trouble and crashed while on a bombing raid to Singapore. Survived by parents, a sister, Dorothy Miller Davol (Sarah Lawrence Coll 1938), the wife of Rector T Davol, '37 (MD. Columbia 1941), and paternal grandmother. William Cutler Thompson, Jr., B.A. 1943. Born August 2, 1921, in Wibaux, Mont. Died May 25,1945, in Erfurt, Germany. Father, Lieut Comdr William Cuder Thompson, USN.R. (B.S. Pennsylvania State Coll. 1919; LL B. Temple Univ. 1927), in Judge Advocate General's Division, U.S Navy; formerly professor of law Temple University, son of E Franklin Thompson (LLB. 1887) and Florence (Poulson) Thompson of Chicago Mother, Grace (Winter) Thompson (B A. Pennsylvania State Coll. 1920), daughter of William Phdhps Winter (Ph D. Johns Hopkins Umv 1905) and Elizabeth (James) Winter of State College, Pa Yale relatives include an uncle, Frederic S. Thompson, |