ASHDOWN, GERALD R.

A Lisbon district soldier and an East Palestine Marine have been killed in action, according to word sent their parents by the War and Navy Department.

The deaths boosted to 33 the number of war casualties in Columbiana County.

The Marine is Gerald R. Ashdown [July 10, 1943], son of Mrs. Louise M. Ashdown of 42 Liberty St., East Palestine, whose name was included on the latest Navy casualty list.