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The Navy Department today announced 322 casualties of the U.S. naval forces not heretofore released on Navy casualty lists. Alabamians on this were listed as follows: Pvt. Nelson D. Daniels, USMCR, dead [July 23, 1944]. Mother, Mrs. Mary Wickware, Bessemer.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (AP) – The Navy Department today announced 200 casualties of the naval forces, 9 of them Michigan men. The list included 47 dead, 133 wounded, and 20 missing. The Michigan dead are: Pfc. Stephen Puhalo [July 23, 1944], Marine Corps Reserve; Mrs. Anna Puhalo, mother, Detroit.

Washington, D.C. – (AP) – The Navy Department today listed four Iowans as dead. They were: Pfc. Kenneth D. Henderson [July 23, 1944], Selknap.

WASHINGTON–(U.P.)–The Navy Department today announced 308 casualties of the U.S. naval forces (Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard) not heretofore released on Navy Department casualty lists. This list includes 107 dead, 186 wounded and 15 missing. They included the following from Michigan: Pfc. Robert W. Ball, USMCR, dead [July 23, 1944], East Detroit.

Marine Pfc. Thomas H. Priest, 25, son of Thomas Priest, former Twin Falls resident, was killed in action July [23, 1944] during the invasion of Guam, according to word received by friends here. A resident of Meridian, Private Priest lived here two years with his sister, Mrs. Lela Crutchfield, who is now making her home […]

Five men from the St. Louis area today were reported killed in action, one was killed in the line of duty, two were listed as missing, 21 were wounded and one was a prisoner of war. Marine Pfc. Fred Herold, 21, was killed in action July [23, 1944] on Guam, his sister, Mrs. Hazel Chandler, […]

Hastings – Military services for Marine Pfc. George H. Cashmore, 19, of Dowling were held Friday at the Union Cemetery in Maple Grove Township, following services at the Hebble Funeral Home. Military rites were conducted by the Gen. Smedley D. Butler detachment of the Marine Corps League of Battle Creek. Pfc. Cashmore was born Nov. […]

Somewhere in the South Pacific—(AP)—Marine Pfc. Bruno Oribiletti, 23, of Kenosha, Wis., knocked out two Jap tanks with his bazooka before he was killed [July 22, 1944] by a third tank at Guam. At Mount Alifan, Oribiletti was on the forward line when three Jap tanks advanced. When the tanks were 30 yards away, Oribiletti […]

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 22, 1944]: Pfc. Roberto Caldera, U.S.M.C., 2903 E. First St.

STERLING—Pfc. Harry Vittori, U.S.M.C., 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Vittori, died [July 22, 1944] in the South Pacific area. His death resulted from wounds received in action. He was a member of St. Mary’s parish. His wife and 13-month-old son reside in Detroit, Mich. A brother, Pvt. Lucian Vittori is stationed at Camp […]