After searching available military records, I found no
information on Pvt. Robert N. Enyeart, whose home town was
Columbus, Ohio. I put a notice in one local newspaper, and a kind
librarian at the public library there sent a copy of the page of
the local phone book listing names and addresses of the Enyearts.
I wrote to each family, asking if there was any connection with
this Robert N. Enyeart, and there has been no reply. In the
summer of 1995, I contacted the Archivist of the Ohio Historical
Center in Columbus and John N. Haas kindly researched newspapers
to find clippings about Enyeart. He had graduated from Libby High
School in Toledo, and enlisted in the army at Ft. Hayes in 1939.
He was survived by his mother, Mrs. Wanda B. Enyeart, and two
brothers, Wiley and Duane, a high school student at the time of
his brother's death. Robert Enyeart was the first military victim
of WWII from Columbus. His was a full escorted military funeral
which was concluded with taps at the grave at Union Cemetery. He
was a ground mechanic with the unit and was a passenger, as the
planes were transferring to March Air Field.
After searching available military records, I found no
information on Pvt. Robert N. Enyeart, whose home town was
Columbus, Ohio. I put a notice in one local newspaper, and a kind
librarian at the public library there sent a copy of the page of
the local phone book listing names and addresses of the Enyearts.
I wrote to each family, asking if there was any connection with
this Robert N. Enyeart, and there has been no reply. In the
summer of 1995, I contacted the Archivist of the Ohio Historical
Center in Columbus and John N. Haas kindly researched newspapers
to find clippings about Enyeart. He had graduated from Libby High
School in Toledo, and enlisted in the army at Ft. Hayes in 1939.
He was survived by his mother, Mrs. Wanda B. Enyeart, and two
brothers, Wiley and Duane, a high school student at the time of
his brother's death. Robert Enyeart was the first military victim
of WWII from Columbus. His was a full escorted military funeral
which was concluded with taps at the grave at Union Cemetery. He
was a ground mechanic with the unit and was a passenger, as the
planes were transferring to March Air Field.