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Funeral for Platoon Sgt. Mickey F. Sparks, 23, who was killed May 23, 1945, on Okinawa, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at McAfee Chapel, Buechel. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park. Sparks was a graduate of Fern Creek High School. Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Sparks, Buechel; brother, Billy […]

Navy war casualties as released by the Office of War Information included the following from this area: Navy Dead [May 22, 1945]: Pfc. William Garland Killgore, USMCR; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Casey Killgore, Route 1, Arp.

SWEETWATER, June 8—Three Sweetwater men recently have been killed in action, two of them on Okinawa. Pfc. Mark Yoakum, 21, of the Marines was killed on May [22, 1945], his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Yoakum of Sweetwater, have learned. Yoakum, former Mustang letter man, was born and reared in Sweetwater. He was drafted […]

Official OWI reports on state’s Army, Navy losses in all theaters of action. Navy Dead [May 22, 1945]: Cpl. Alex Herko, USMCR, Sioux City.

Mrs. Ruby Richards of Dalton has been informed by the War Department that her son, Cpl. James Zack Richards, 22, Sixth Division Marines, was killed May 21 [1945] in action on Okinawa. Cpl. Richards was awarded the Purple Heart last April. He had participated in five major engagements. He entered the armed forces in September, […]

Rosary for Pfc. Hillary Claude Frank, who died at Okinawa May 21, 1945, when he was 20, will be read at 7:30 p.m. today in the chapel of Armstrong Family Mortuary. High Requiem Mass will be celebrated tomorrow at 9 a.m. in St. Columbkille Catholic Church. Born in Idaho Falls, Ida., he came to Los […]

These reports are based on prior notification to next of kin. In case of divergence between this list and the last War or Navy Department information sent to the next of kin, notification to the next of kin always is final authority. South Dakota Navy Dead [May 21, 1945]: George H. Carr, Maine Pfc. Father, […]

Mrs. Doris M. Henry, R. 1, Fortville, received a telegram from the Navy Department stating that her nephew, Pfc. Eugene Willis Nickel, was killed in action May 21, 1945, on Okinawa. Pfc. Nickel was a former resident of the Fortville community and a member of the Fortville graduating class of 1943. He entered the Marine […]

These reports are based on prior notification to next of kin. In case of divergence between this list and the last War or Navy Department information sent to the next of kin, notification to the next of kin always is final authority. Minnesota Navy Dead [May 21, 1945]: Giles W. Owens, Marine Cpl. Mother, Mrs. […]

SEGUIN, Oct. 31—The body of Cpl. George Henry King, USMC, 21, killed in action at Okinawa, May 21, 1945, has been returned to Seguin for reburial services which were held Monday. Full military honors were accorded. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Henry King and two brothers.