KOONS, RussellE,
~ Koons, a 23-year-old white resident of Springfield, Ohio
Wasa, 8, Navy-veteran who was present at Pearl Harbor
their Springfield home, Prior to his electrocution which
~ he faced aalmly, on April Cy OTe ne willed his eyes for
4 cornea transplant to restore sight to another veteran,
~The Springfield News, Springfield, Obio April 2, 1917,
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KOONS, Russell E,
“Koons, a 23-year-old white resident of Springfield, Ohio,
—_was_a_U, S, Navy veteran who was. present at Pearl Harbor
and saw action throughout the Pacific theater of opera=
tions during World War IZ, On Jan. 25, 1916, he chopped
-his mother, Margaret Koons, to pieces with a hatchet at
their Springfield home, Prior to his electrocution which
he faced @almly, on April 2, 1947, he willed his eyes for
a cornea transplant to restore sight to another veteran,
~The Springfield News, ‘Springfield, Ohio April 2, 1917.
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Koons, @ 2-year-old white resident of Springfield, Ohio,
present at Pearl flarbor
| The Springfield News, Springfield, Ohio Apri 25 19h»
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