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Memorial services for Corporal Evan Robert Kelchner were held in the Ayrshire Methodist Church at 3 o’clock last Sunday afternoon, June 3. Corporal Kelchner, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Kelchner of Ruthven, was killed in action on Okinawa Island on April 15th [1945], and was buried in the Sixth Marine Division Cemetery on […]

Cpl. Lloyd J. Vannatter, 22 year old Marine, and grandson of Mrs. Hattie Hutson, of Gladwin, was killed in action April 15 [1945] on Okinawa. He was also the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wirtz of Gladwin and of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Vannatter, of Houghton Lake. During his two years overseas he had […]

Cpl. Sidney J. Scales, 21, was killed somewhere in the Pacific, April 15 [1945], while in action with the Fourth Marines. He was a nephew of Mrs. W. H. Atkinson, 436 Church St., and of George T. Wright, 750 Bonham St. He was the son of Mrs. Jane Wright Scales of San Antonio, formerly of […]

The members of the class sympathize deeply with Sam Conant in the loss of his son, Judson Bemis Conant, who was killed in action on Okinawa on April 15 [1945]. He had entered the service when he completed Taft in June, 1943, and trained as a Marine Raider. He had planned to go to Princeton […]

Names of war heroes reported by the War Department as prisoners of war, missing and killed in the service of their country from April 25 to May 1 are included upon this honor roll, with the names of next of kin: Marines: Corp. Rufus P. Hixon, whose widow is Mrs. Betty Hakalo Hixon, Price, killed […]

Names of war heroes reported by the War Department as prisoners of war, missing and killed in the service of their country from April 25 to May 1 are included upon this honor roll, with the names of next of kin: Marines: Corp. Rufus P. Hixon, whose widow is Mrs. Betty Hakalo Hixon, Price, killed […]

The body of Cpl. Woodrow A. Feeler, U.S.M.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Feeler, will arrive in Rolla tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. He was killed in action in the battle for Okinawa on April 14, 1945. Cpl. Feeler was born in Maries County, Mo., on October 27, 1917, and was reared on a […]

P.F.C. James J. Dugan, Jr., 20, of the U.S. Marine Corps was killed in action April 6 [1945], at Okinawa, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James J. Dugan, of 58 Brewster Street, from the War Department. Jimmy, as he was known to his many friends, played on the Kingston High […]

Reburial services for Cpl. Frank A. Gaines, 22, U.S. Marine who was killed on Okinawa April 6, 1945, will be held at the Osborn Chapel at 2 p.m. tomorrow. The Rev. A. B. Kearns, assistant pastor of St. John’s Catholic Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery. Cpl. Gaines was the son […]

Funeral services for Corporal William Henry Usher, U.S.M.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Usher of Bristol Ferry Road, Portsmouth, were conducted at the Portsmouth Cemetery Saturday. The Rev. S. Raymond Luthy, pastor of St. Paul’s Methodist Church of Portsmouth, officiated. Military honors were given by a firing squad and bugler from the Marine […]