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On Saturday, June 23, Mrs. R. A. Harris received the following message from the War Department: “Deeply regret to inform you that your son, First Lieutenant Charles J. Harris, died 6 June 1945 of wounds received in action at Okinawa Island, Ryuku Islands, in the performance of his duty and service to his country. When […]

MILLER, July 8 – Word was received here of the death of Virgil Parker, 1940 graduate of Miller High School. He was killed in action [June 5, 1945] on Okinawa, and his instant death was witnessed by his friend, Pfc. Paul Carroll, nephew of Mrs. W. G. Redmond of Miller. The Parker family moved to […]

Lt. William H. Carlson of Cohoes, Methodist preacher who turned down a chaplaincy to become what war correspondents called one of the “fightingest men” in the Marine Corps, was killed June 5 [1945] on Okinawa. Carlson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Iver Carlson of 5 Bridge Avenue, Cohoes, caught the attention of war correspondents when […]

War and Navy Department casualty lists released yesterday included one man from the Philadelphia area killed in action, 19 wounded and one missing. The number of dead was increased to two with a Navy Department communication received by Mrs. Bella Slosberg, of 426 S. 57th St., stating that her son, Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class Charles […]

Marine Cpl. Calvin Sarchet, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Presley Sarchet, Algona, was killed in action on Okinawa recently [June 5, 1945] according to word received here by local relatives Tuesday. His aunt, Mrs. Douglas Wilden, left that evening for Laramie, Wyo., to be with the boy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Sarchet. Mrs. Sarchet […]

Two Adams County servicemen, Army Pvt. Edwin Haase of Odessa and Marine Pfc. William Williamson of Washtucna were killed in action during the last week. They are the 15th and 16th Adams County men to make the supreme sacrifice during World War II and bring the total died in World War II up to 23 […]

Reburial services for Cpl. Robert Earl Grant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Grant, Route 1, Fort Atkinson, former Janesville residents, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Reining Funeral Home here. The Rev. Alban G. Tippins, pastor of St. John’s Community Church, Oakland, will officiate and burial will be in Milton […]

The wife of Pfc. Warden was informed by the War Department June 24 that her husband, who fought with the 6th Marine Division for Okinawa, an island in the Ryukyu chain, died May 30th [1945] of wounds suffered in action. Warden, a veteran of military action in the Pacific Ocean area, entered the Marines Feb. […]

Memorial services for Marine Pfc. Lloyd Soderberg, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. August Soderberg, Dassel, Minn., will be held Sunday at 8 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, Dassel. Soderberg entered service in Dec., 1942 and went overseas in June, 1943. Killed on Okinawa May 27, 1945, Soderberg had participated in campaigns on Bougainville, Guam […]

The Office of War Information listed the names of 11 Arizonians on the official casualty roll released for today. Listed as dead [May 27, 1945] by the Navy was Pfc. Homer Clester Windom, USMCR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert W. Windom, Eloy.