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Note: Database: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (Ancestry.com) Name: Richard C Utts Birth Year: 1917 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: New York State: New York County or City: Niagara Enlistment Date: 19 Sep 1941 Enlistment State: New York Enlistment City: Fort Niagara Youngstown Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men) Source: Selective Service within 3 months of Discharge 11 punch Education: 1 year of college Civil Occupation: Engineering Aide (Designated Field) or Sales Clerk Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 70 Weight: 137 Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II. He was stationed in England and repaired helicopter radios. When he returned after the war, he received a BA in English from the University of Pittsburgh. He met his wife Patricia Highberger there during his senior year, and they were married the following summer. He spend his career as a journalist, working for the Niagara Falls Gazette, the Pittsburgh Press, The Poultryman (an industry newspaper for poultry farmers) and the Atlantic City Press. He worked for UPI (United Press International) as well, covering the Atlantic City, NJ area. From childhood: Dunkirk Evening Observer, Dunkirk, NY, Sept 5, 1934, article called "Poultry, Pigeons and Rabbits are Judged at Fair" there is this entry under 4H Clubs: "Richard Utts of Cassadaga, 1st young hen in R.I. Reds and Barred Rocks." Then in a followup article on Sept 14, "Richard Utts, 1st on trio, Plymouth Rocks, trio, R.I. Reds." Dunkirk Evening Standard, Dunkirk, NY, Sept 19, 1941: "Richard Utts has enlisted for three years in the army and leaves Fort Niagara, Monday, Sept 22 for Mommouth New Jersey, where he will receive 13 weeks schooling. Dunkirk Evening Standard, Dunkirk, NY, April 23, 1943: "Mr. and Mrs. Verner Utts of Brockton and son, Richard, of Columbus, Miss., and Corporal Carlton Utts of Panama were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pierpont on Sunday. Private Richard Utts is radio repair mechanic and Corp. Carlton Utts has finished a course in cooking and is located in Panama. Dunkirk Evening Standard, Dunkirk, NY, July 3, 1945: "Corp. Richard Utts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Verner Utts of Pullman street, is enjoying a 30-day furlough, returning from two years overseas. He entered the army in September, 1941, and received training at Fort Mead, Md., and Kendall Field, Fla. He went overseas in June, 1943, as a radio mechanic with the 381st Bomber group of the Eighth Air force and was stationed near London. He is the proud possessor of four stars and a presidential unit citation. He will report to Fort Dix for reassignment at the end of his furlough." Dunkirk Evening Standard, Dunkirk, NY, Sept 29, 1945: "Verner Utts and son, Richard of Brocton, called Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar E. Ames."
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