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Washington, Nov. 23—The Navy Department announces one Marine missing and two Navy men, one formerly reported as a prisoner of war and the other as missing, now listed as safe. The Marine reported missing [May 19, 1945] previously reported wounded, is Pfc. Jeremiah Michael Reilly, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Reilly of 36-21 36th […]

A military rite for Marine Cpl. James T. White, 27, 793 Smith St., who died May 16, 1945 of wounds suffered in action on Okinawa, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Frear Funeral Home, 1340 Lake Ave. Burial will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Corporal White, the first Rochester father to be […]

Military committal rites will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Hills of Rest Memorial Park for PFC William Maurice Jaspers, USMCR, who died of his wounds on Okinawa, 15 May 1945. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. Jaspers, 1801 South Menlo Ave. Dr. John V. Madison will officiate at the […]

Final rites for Lt. Robert Romo, killed in action on Okinawa in 1945, are being arranged in Redlands following the arrival of his body from a South Pacific burial ground. Rosary will be recited Sunday night at 7:30 from the F. Arthur Cortner Chapel, with funeral services to be held Monday at 10 a.m., from […]

Two San Bernardino county names appear on the Army and Navy casualty lists, released for publication today. One Marine was listed among the Navy dead and one soldier was reported missing in Pacific regions. Dead was: Cpl. Joseph Wagnon, U.S.M.C. [May 14, 1945], brother of William Wagnon, Covina, and nephew of Mrs. Lucy Banks, 215 […]

Cpl. Donald L. Mason, son of Louis A. Mason of San Antonio, was killed on Okinawa May 10 [1945], according to word received by his father. He was a member of the Sixth Marine Division and had been overseas 27 months. He saw action on Saipan and Guam and landed on Okinawa Easter Sunday. A […]

Funeral services for Sgt. John Perry Stewart of Phoenix, who was killed in action on Okinawa, May 10, 1945, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday from Memory Chapel of A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary. The Rev. J. W. Hadley, pastor of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church, will officiate. Services will be in charge […]

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 30 – Pfc. Jack Schafale, USMCR, son of Mrs. Murriel L. Schafale of Marion, was killed in action [May 9, 1945], according to the list of Illinois men killed in action made public today by the Navy Department.

Reburial services for First Lt. Charles William Flanery,Jr., were held at 1 p.m. Friday in Restland Memorial Park with the Rev. Harrison Baker officiating. Flanery volunteered for the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and was killed in action on Okinawa April 30, 1945. He had fought in the battles of Bougainville, Guam, and Emirau […]

Washington, May 28—The Navy Department has announced 527 casualties in the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, including 87 dead, 373 wounded and 67 missing, bringing to 111,237 the total casualties since Pearl Harbor. The following Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island men are included: Dead [April 27, 1945]: 2d Lt. John Frederick Sudro, Marine—Parents, Mr. […]