From ancestry.com: BEGIN U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record about Ammon L Kishbaugh Name: Ammon L Kishbaugh Birth Year: 1910 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: Pennsylvania State: New York County or City: Erie Enlistment Date: 1 May 1942 Enlistment State: Pennsylvania Enlistment City: Wilkes Barre Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: Grammar school Civil Occupation: Gas And Oil Man Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 67 Weight: 162 END From a newspaper c1944: BEGIN A. L. Kishbaugh Is War Prisoner Of The Germans Local Infantryman Had Been Serving In Italian Campaign; In Service Two Years Sgt. Ammon L. Kishbaugh, 33, of 1647 Steel street, is a prisoner of the Germans. A card, sent through the International Red Cross, has been received by his widowed mother, Mrs. Annie C. Kishbaugh, who also has two other sons in the service. The card, which reached the mother before a telegram sent by the War Department stated he was in good health and had plenty to eat. The telegram merely stated he was "missing." Sgt. Kishbaugh, a member of an infantry unit, has been in the service two years. He was employed at the ACF plant in Buffalo before entering the service. The local man had been overseas for the past year. The last letter to be received from Sgt. Kishbaugh arrived on Jan. 20. The next word was the Red Cross card that stated he was a prisoner. A previous letter stated he had "seen action" but gave no details. Other sons of the local woman who are in service are Sgt. Herbert Kishbaugh, who is in England, and Belvin Kishbaugh, F 1-c, who is at Norfolk, Va., with the Navy END From a newspaper c1944: BEGIN Get Word From Sgt. Kishbaugh V-Mail Letter Says He Is In France; First Word In Six Months A V-mail letter from Sgt. Ammon L. Kishbaugh, 33, has revealed that he is safe and is in a camp in France. He had been a prisoner of the Germans since early last year when he was captured in Italy. The letter came as a great relief to the Kishbaugh family for it was the first word received from him in six months. There had been no word of his release by the War Department. Yesterday's letter provided the second occasion on which word was received directly from him in telling of an event that would ordinarily be first reported by the War Department. First word that he was a prisoner, which was received in March of last year, was given in a Red Cross card from him that was received before War Department word that he was missing was received. The soldier, an infantryman, is the son of Mrs. Annie C. Kishbaugh and is one of three brothers in the service. The others are Sgt. Herbert Kishbaugh and Belvin Kishbaugh, F 1-C. Both have seen overseas service. In the V-mail letter Sgt. Kishbaugh said he was "OK" and said he expected to be home before long. END transcription of Newspapers->Deaths->5.293ch-iii.jpg From the Morning Press, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania dated April 22, 1953: BEGIN Former Berwick Man Dies At York Ammon L. Kishbaugh, 42, of Front Street, Berwick, who had been a prisoner of the Nazis for ? months during World War II, died Monday in Wilkes-Barre Veterans' Hospital. He had been in ill health most of the time since the war and had been hospitalized since August. The former soldier had gone to the Wilkes-Barre Veterans Hospital in 1952 and was then transferred to a V.A. hospital in New York, returning to Wilkes-Barre in February. He had undergone extremely serious operations while hospitalized. Former Sgt. Kishbaugh was leading a group of 141st Infantrymen when they were outflanked. Many of the group waded into a river and attempted to swim to safety but had drowned. The Berwickian and the others were captured. They ? in prison until the day peace was reached between the nations. The sergeant was overseas a total of two years, two months and 24 days. He entered the service on May 1, 1942 and was discharged on Oct. 2, 1945. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Annie Kishbaugh and the following brothers and sisters: Marvin L. Kishbaugh, Tank; Roland Kishbaugh, at home; Herbert G. Kishbaugh, Mifflinville; Woodrow W. Kishbaugh, Berwick; Mrs. Ray E. Larish, at home, and Belvin J. Kishbaugh, Beach Haven. Full military rites will be held ? the Kelchner Funeral Home at ? p.m. Thursday with the Rev. Wayne A. Lutz, of First Reformed Church, officiating. Interment will be made in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Briggsville. END transcription of Newspapers->Deaths->5.293ch-iii.jpg From the Morning Press, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania dated April 24, 1953: BEGIN Ammon L. Kishbaugh Funeral services for Ammon L. Kishbaugh, Berwick, who died in the Veteran's Hospital, Wilkes- [sic] were held yesterday afternoon at two o'clock from the Kelchner Funeral Home with full military services. Rev. Wayne A. Lutz, pastor of the First Reformed Church, officiated. Re. Mr. Lutz read the hymns "Jesus Savior, Pilot Me" and "The Old Rugges Cross"; Psalms 23 and 46 and Matthew 25:1-3. Bearers, of the American Legion, were Frederick Peterson, James Ginher, Charles Peterson, Bruce Smith, Louis Jordan, Clarence Herr. Interment was made in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Briggsville. The Berwick American Legion and VFW had charge of Military Services at the funeral home and the grave. The body was attended by military guards Wednesday night. Guards of honor at the funeral home Wednesday evening were: William Rohloff, William Cain, Clarence Goss, and Harold Wilson, of the American Legion; Louise [sic] Orse, Jr., of the VFW. At the funeral the color guards were: Harold Wilson, D. E. McHenry, William Cain and Henry Webb; Harold Miknich, bugler; Clarence Fish, chaplain. Attending services from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Slusser, Kingston; Mrs. Martin Gearhart, Wilkes-Barre; Mr. and Mrs. Waren Kishbaugh, New York; Mr. William Remaley and Mrs. Thomas Doan, Shickshinny; Mrs. Walter Henrie and daughter, Benton; George Pursel, Mr. and Mrs. James McHenry, Bloomsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Herring, Upper Slack Eddy. END trancription of Newspapers->Deaths->5.293.jpg From The Morning Press, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania dated February 18, 1970: BEGIN Annie Kishbaugh, 83, Berwick, Succumbs Mrs. Annie V. Kishbaugh, eighty-three, 301 Raseley street, Berwick, died yesterday at 12:05 a.m. in the Berwick Hospital, where she had been a patient seven and a half weeks. Born in Sugarloaf Township, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Sarah Fetter Herring and resided in the Nescopeck and Berwick area all her life. Her husband, Levi died in 1928. She was a member of the United Church of Christ, Berwick. Surviving are four sons, Marvin Kishbaugh, Nescopeck; Roland Kishbaugh, Berwick; Woodrow Kishbaugh, Nescopeck, R.D. 1; Belvin Kishbaugh, Beach Haven, a daughter, Mrs. R. E (Minnie) Larish, with whom she made her home, nineteen grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren and one brother, Harvey Herring, Berwick. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the United Church of Christ, Berwick, with the Rev. Russell D. Mengel, officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Zion cemetery, Briggsville. END