Hamby, La Verne
Bug. 1/c La Verne Hamby, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hamby, attended Frederick High School. Entered Service in Dec. 1939, trained in San Diego, Cal.; served in Hawaii, Australia and the Philippines; has been missing in action since March 1942. This is per the original 1940's publication.
The following information is from the book, "History of Tillman County (OK), Volume II", a 1978 publication of the Tillman county Historical Society and is used with their consent.
"Laverne Hambly, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hamby, became the first Tillman County man reported definitely lost in action in World War II. He was lost on March 31, 1942 in the sinking of the Langley in the Pacific. The VFW Post was named after Hamby, who was reared and educated in Frederick."
