Infantryman Loses Life in France on June 8--First Norwood Boy to Be Killed
(Special to The Times)
(March 30, 1920--June 8, 1944)
Norwood, Aug. 4--Mr. and Mrs. William Jarvis of Railroad Street this village have received word from the war department that their youngest son, Pvt. Bernard Jarvis, 24, was killed in action in France on June 8. They last heard from him on June 6. He was in the infantry with the rangers. His is the first Norwood boy to lose his life.
Bernard Jarvis was born in Chateaugay on March 30, 1920. He was graduated from Norwood High School and from the machinists' defense course which was taught at Clarkson college in Potsdam. After completing the course, he was employed by the Remington Rand Company for a time. At the time of his induction in May, 1942, he was employed at the Racquette River Paper Mill at Unionville.
He received his basic training at Camp Croft, S.C., and went overseas to England in October of that year. He never had a furlough.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Jarvis, three brothers, Cpl. Francis Jarvis of Camp Reynolds, Pa., William Harvis, Norwood, and Donald Jarvis of Chateaugay, who received an honorable discharge of the army and was a technical sergeant, and four sisters, Miss Marion Jarvis of Norwood, Mrs. Evelyn Vaisey of Camden, N.Y. , and Mrs. Rodney (Katherine) Babbitt of Norwood and Miss Anna Jarvis of Norwood.
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Honor Rites For Bernard Jarvis
Hero Comes Home
Service Organizations Serve As Escort and Guard
The Village of Norwood Thursday morning honored the first of its war hero dead at services in St. Andrew's church for Private Bernard Jarvis, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Jarvis, Railroad St.
The rites were conducted by Rev. James E. Joy, pastor of St. Andrew's. Clark-Robinson post of the American Legion attended the services in a body and other organizations were also represented.
The body of Pvt. Jarvis arrived in Norwood by train Tuesday evening, and was taken to the home of his parents, escorted by a Legion honor guard.
Pvt. Jarvis, who entered the service in March 1942, west overseas in October of that year with the 29th Infantry and was serving with the Rangers when he was killed on Normandy Beach two days after the initial Allied landing.