SP5 Roy Mass
of Lyle killed in
Vietnam action

A 22-year-old Lyle, Minn., soldier was killed in Vietnam Friday, the Defense Department reported Tuesday.

He was identified as Army Specialist 5 Roy F. Maas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Maas of Lyle.

He had observed his 22nd birthday the day before he was killed in action.

A 1966 graduate of Lyle High School, he entered the service in July of that year and had been in Vietnam since Dec. 1, 1968.

Survivors besides the parents include two brothers, Lyle, Ft. Hood, Texas, and Leo, Claremont, Minn., as well as three sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Gerbig and Mrs. Richard Krahn of Osage, Iowa, and Mrs. Gary Odekirk, Cedar Falls, Iowa.