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The Navy list of 287 casualties today included 170 dead, 90 wounded and 27 missing. Of these, three Allegheny County men are wounded, also six district men are dead. Dead [April 2, 1945]: Marine Lt. Thad N. Dodds, Langeloth.

Corporal Billy Robert Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wright of Groesbeck and grandson of J. S. Gayden, was killed in action on the island of Okinawa April 2 [1945], so General A. A. Vandegrift, commandant of the Marine Corps, has notified the family. A 1942 Groesbeck High School graduate, he enlisted in […]

Sergeant Warren G. Alger, wounded March 20 on Iwo Jima, died April 1 [1945], according to a telegram received Tuesday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Alger, 204 E. Eighth Street, Kaukauna. He was a member of Carlson’s Raiders during the early part of the war.

The War and Navy Departments Tuesday issued casualty lists containing the names of the following Connecticut men. Next of kin have been notified in all cases and kept informed of any change in status. Navy Dead [March 13, 1945]: David P. Winspur, Cpl., USMCR, Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Winspur, Stepney.

WASHINGTON—Casualties released for publication by the War and Navy Departments included 85 from the Detroit area. Next of kin have been notified previously and are kept informed of any change in status. Navy dead [March 12, 1945]: Leonard J. Smith, Pfc., USMC, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry F., 11751 Klinger, Hamtramck.

Roy T. Beard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Beard was born in Memphis, on April 5, 1921. He was killed in action on Iwo Jima on March 11, 1945. He was buried in the temporary Marine Cemetery on that island. He had been in the service almost six years, having enlisted when he was […]

Sgt. Vito Philip Favia, killed in action at Iwo Jima, March 10, 1945, devoted son of Mike and Mary A., nee Tozzi, loving brother of Marietta, Dolores, and Rosemary. At rest at chapel, 813 W. Taylor Street, Saturday, Jan. 15, 1949, after 1 p.m. Funeral Monday, Jan. 17, 1949, at 9 a.m., from chapel, to […]

Funeral services for Marine Sgt. Charles Volz, formerly of 2121 W. 69th Pl., who was killed in the battle of Iwo Jima March 10, 1945, at the age of 22, were held yesterday in the chapel at 5112 Western Ave., with military honors performed by South Chicago’s Own Detachment, an organization of Marine veterans of […]

Marine Capt. Karl Tanner, about 35, former Abilenian and son of K. B. Tanner of Eastland, has been killed in action [March 9, 1945] on Iwo Jima, Abilene friends have learned. Former claims manager in the Abilene office of Texas Employers Insurance Association, Captain Tanner left here to enter the Army early in the war. […]

New casualty lists released by the War and Navy Departments, in which heartening news of the many Bay area men released from German prison camps is also included, has been compiled and follows: Navy Dead [March 8, 1945]: Roy R. Koepke, Pfc., USMCR, father of Miss Gayle Koepke, 147 4th Street, Richmond.