William Lavon Sehorn

1921 - 1944  (22 years)

• Name	William Lavon Sehorn
  Born	21 Aug 1921	Stapp, Le Flore, Oklahoma
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Aug 1944	Holt, Nebraska
  Buried	Klamath Memorial Park, Klamath Falls, Klamath, Oregon, USA
  Person ID	I1919	Muse-Nagy
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	John Franklin Sehorn,   b. 16 Oct 1885, Winfield, Scott, Arkansas, United States ,   d. 6 Jun 1964, Klamath Falls, Klamath, Oregon, United States  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Rutha Belle Muse,   b. 10 Jul 1885, Story, Montgomery, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 8 Mar 1975, Klamath Falls, Klamath, Oregon, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Married	22 Nov 1903
  Family ID	F668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Klamath Memorial Park, Klamath FAlls, Klamath, Oregon, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Son of John Franklin and Rutha Muse Sehorn. Husband of Alice Sehorn, Lavon "Bill" Aug. 3, 1944, Naper, Neb. Born Oct. 17, 1921, in Stapp, Okla., Sehorn graduated from Klamath Union High School with the class of 1941. He enlisted with the U.S. Army Air Corps on Feb. 8, 1942, and received his training at Missoula, Mont., LaMoore Field, Calif., and Luke Field, Ariz. He was newly reassigned to Bruning Army Air field near Naper, Neb. When the c-47 transport plane he was aboard crashed. Sehorn was one of 28 men killed in the crash. He was 23 years old. Reports indicated the plane was caught in an electrical storm and appeared to catch fire after a flash of lightning. Sehorn's wife, the former Alice Simpson, was with him in Bruning when she was informed of her husband's death. He was also survived by a 20-month-old son; his parents, Mr and Mrs. John F. Sehorn of Klamath Falls, and four brothers. He was buried at Klamath Memorial Park. Find A Grave Memorial# 25292059