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Pfc. Robert J. Mullaney, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Mullaney, 460 Conroy St., was killed in action [July 27, 1944] with the Fourth Marine [Regiment] on Guam, his parents were informed by the Navy Department. A veteran of the North African invasion, Private Mullaney was sent to the Pacific area in October, […]

Requiem Mass for George (Chuckie) Garcia, 20, former Golden Gloves and professional boxer, will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today in Assumption Church, 414 N. Fresno St. Interment and a special memorial service will follow at Calvary Cemetery. As a Marine private first class, Garcia was killed [July 27, 1944] in line of duty with […]

Pfc. Leroy Barr, USMCR, dead [July 27, 1944], son of Herbert G. Barr, Dodge City.

Lieut. Col. Samuel D. Puller, 38, a Marine, has been killed [July 27, 1944] in the South Pacific, his wife, Mrs. Mildred Puller, who lives at 182 Midway Avenue, Lansdowne, has been notified. Colonel Puller, who has a brother, Lewis, also a colonel in the Marines, was graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and St. […]

Washington—(AP)—Nine New Jersey men were among 309 naval forces casualties made public today by the Navy Department. The New Jerseyans: John J. Govaletz, sergeant, Marine Corps Reserve. Dead [July 27, 1944]. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Govaletz, 339 Washington St., Perth Amboy.

Pfc. Harold E. Lowry of the Marine Corps, age 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lowry of Madera, California, formerly of Cullman, has been reported killed in action [July 27, 1944] in the South Pacific war zone according to a message from the War Department to his parents which they received Saturday, August […]

No details were given of the death [July 26, 1944] of Pfc. John M. Doss, U.S. Marine Corps, son of Mrs. Flo C. Doss of 1211-A Fourteenth, in an announcement made Friday by the Navy Department.

Twenty-four additional Southland men in the service of the United States Navy have been listed as casualties, the Navy Department announced yesterday, including 16 Los Angeles men. They are: Dead [July 26, 1944]: Pfc. William T. Wattenbarger, U.S.M.C., Glendale.

Washington, Sept. 15.—(AP)—Five Indiana men are dead and three are wounded, the Navy Department announced today. The dead [July 26, 1944]: Marine Corporal Herbert Helpingstine, son of Mrs. Julia Helpingstine of Whiting.

Bound Brook—Funeral services for Pvt. Joseph Sheridan, a native of Somerset County, who was killed July 26, 1944, while fighting with the Fourth Marine Regiment on the island of Guam, will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Conroy Funeral Home and at 9:30 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Church when a Requiem Mass will […]