Jay T.Hixenbaugh;1st.Sgt.retired;U.S.Army;of Charleroi R.D.1;Fallowfield Twp.was dead on arrival at Brownsville General Hospital on Saturday Oct.18;1975;at 5:30 p.m.of an apparent heart attack. Mr.Hixenbaugh;59;was stricken while attending the homecoming football game at California State College;where his daughter is a student. A veteran of 30 years service in the U.S.armed forces;he was born in Belle Vernon on Feb.11;1916;son of the late Church and Essie Hixenbaugh. He enlisted in the U.S.Navy in 1935 and served in that branch until 1945;seeing action in South Pacific and Asian theaters of operation. After World War II;he worked in the wire department of the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.and later enlisted n the U.S.Army;attaining the rank of first sergeant when he retired in 1965. While in the Army;he served in the Cavalry;as a recruiting sergeant;with the criminal intelligence department;military police and as an Infantryman. In the latter part of his service career;he was a combat medical and motion picture photographer. He served during the Berlin Crisis in 1961. Mr.Hixenbaugh was the recipient of the Bronze Star and Good Conduct;American Theater;Asiatic Pacific Theater;World War II Victory;Korean Service;National Defense Service and United Nations Service medals. Three of his books published were Army Medical Research Laboratory ; Simple Equipment for Large Field of Micrography and An Aid to Accuracy in Roentgenography. He was employed as a truck driver for Sentle Trucking Corp.at the time of his death. A Methodist by faith;he belonged to the Stuttgart Germany Lodge 822;F&AM;American Legion Post 22;Charleroi;Charleroi Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and the Belle Vernon Moose. He is survived by his widow;Betty Mae Huweart Hixenbaugh;one daughter;Pamela;at home:two sons;Kenneth Folle of California;Pa.;and Richard Folle;one stepson;Richard Thomas Fisher of Elizabethtown;one sister;Mrs.John (Mildred) Dankanich of Roscoe;and seven grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Gerald R.Essey Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Frank A.Bodnar of the First United Methodist Church;Charleroi;officiating. Full military rites will be held at graveside in Belle Vernon Cemetery by the American Legion Post 22;Charleroi. Gerald R.Essey is funeral director in charge.