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Caribou–The remains of Marine Private Alberic M. Blanchette, unaccounted for since World War II, have been identified after 74 years, and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Pvt. Blanchette was assigned to Company “B” 1st Marine Raider Battalion Amphibious Force Atlantic Fleet and fought in the battle of Tulagi […]

RIVERDALE, Neb. (AP) Marine Cpl. Leonard L. Dennis, 23, has been killed in action [November 20, 1943] in the Pacific, according to word received Monday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Duane Dennis. He had been a Raider in the Pacific since early in 1942. He is a former player in Ban Johnson baseball at […]

SAUGATUCK, Jan. 3 (Special)—New Year’s Day was one of tragedy for the family of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Woodall of Saugatuck who received a message stating their son, Marine Pfc. Donald Richard, 19, veteran of Guadalcanal and Munda battles, had been killed in action [November 29, 1943]. The telegram which was sent by Lieut. Gen. […]

Washington, D.C., Dec. 3. – The Navy Department today announced 50 casualties of the United States naval forces (Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard), not heretofore released on Navy Department casualty lists. The list includes 13 dead, 13 wounded, and 24 missing. Four men from Illinois are included in the list. Chicago or Vicinity: Robert […]

KEYPORT—Services for Pfc. W. Nelson Hendrickson, whose body will arrive Friday, and who was killed Nov. 10, 1943, at Bougainville, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Bedle Funeral Home, 61 Broad Street. Masonic services will be held Friday night at 8:15. Burial will be at Fair View Cemetery, Middletown. Private Hendrickson […]

SALEM, Dec. 24 – PFC Eugene W. Malick Pace of the U.S. Marine Corps was killed in action [November 9, 1943] according to a telegram received yesterday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Pace of 517 East Main Street. The telegram was from the U.S. Navy Department but did not give any details as […]

WASHINGTON. (AP). The Navy Department Friday announced the names of four Nebraskans killed in action. They are: Pvt. John M. Larson [November 9, 1943], U.S. Marine Corps, son of Mrs. Beulah M. Larson, 2919 Q, Lincoln.

WASHINGTON—(AP)—The Navy Department today disclosed the names of 129 casualties. The following Michigan men, all of whom were Marines, have been listed as dead: Pfc. Benjamin D. Ferguson [November 9, 1943], Holly.

Casualties announced yesterday by the War and Navy Departments included 13 dead and 6 wounded from Southern California. The men and their next of kin are: Dead [November 9, 1943]: Pfc. Hugh W. Kellerman Jr., Tehachapi; father, Hugh W. Kellerman Sr., Long Beach.

Harold C. Reynolds, son of Annis and Pearl Reynolds was born June 25, 1923, in Lenox and was killed in the invasion of Bougainville Island on November 9, 1943, at the age of 20 years, four months and 14 days. He was a graduate of Lenox High School in the class of 1941. Harold enlisted […]