First Lieutenant
Arthur Edwin Ury
Born in Defiance, Ohio, Arthur Edwin Ury was the son of Dr. John Busby and Laura (Kuhn) Ury. In the Federal Census of 1920, seven year old Arthur lived at 402 Jefferson Street in Defiance with his mother and brother, John Francis. His father, a noted Defiance College graduate and local physician, passed away during World War I while working at a military installation in Georgia.
Arthur, born on August 14, 1912, attended Ohio State University and graduated, afterwards, beginning a career as an advertising specialist at Owens-Illinois Glass in Toledo, Ohio. On Christmas Day, 1935, he married Virginia Steward.
At 28 years old, Arthur registered for the draft in Toledo on October 16, 1940. It was May 28, 1942, before Arthur officially enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as a First Lieutenant in the 335th Infantry Regiment in the 84th Infantry Division.
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| 1st Lt. Arthur Ury and his cousin, Orville Miller |
The 84th Infantry slogged their way through Belgium and the Battle of the Bulge in a cold and rainy November and December 1944, and then their mission was to move into Germany to the Rhine to stop the German offensive. By February 25, they had begun to break through enemy lines. According to the History of the 335th, "The 335th was moving on fast without the assets of tanks or reconnaissance troops, and yet they caught up with our motorized troops.
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| The unit went north through Krefeld and Moss and on to the Rhine River. |
On March 4th, 1945, the last day of real combat in this operation, the 335th set out at daylight, meeting only random sniper fire at first, and those enemy soldiers were captured. The mission was to stop traffic on the railroad bridge, as trucks, artillery, citizens and soldiers filled it. The unit tried to take it out, and finally they waited till night and blew it up at 8 p.m. Several other companies of the 335th were supposed to block a road but realized too late that they had walked into German lines. When they tried to escape, the Germans opened up with machine guns. It is not certain which company Lt. Ury was in, but the guess is the second group. Lt. Arthur E. Ury died on March 4, 1945.
1st Lt. Ury died during combat in Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany and was laid to rest at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands. He was survived by his mother and wife.
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| His cross overseas in the Netherlands |
Kim Bercaw, Researcher
Great story and picture.Tky for sharing
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