HOWARD, JOHN G.

John Granville Howard, 18, formerly pharmacist mate third class of the Navy, was killed in action [November 1, 1943] in the South Pacific war area, his mother, Mrs. Julia Mae Walton, formerly of Middletown, now of Dayton, learned last week. Howard, who was transferred to the Marine Raiders, lived with his mother at 110 Clinton Street, until his enlistment in the Navy July 28, 1942.