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SOUTH HAVEN, Feb. 15–Funeral services, followed by reburial in Lakeview Cemetery here, were held Sunday afternoon for Pfc. Eugene John Wheeler, who was 20 years old when he was killed in action on the island of New Georgia, in the Solomon Islands, where he was temporarily buried. The body arrived Friday at 9 p.m. at […]

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Holladay, formerly of Florence, who until recently lived just beyond Flat Points, and are now making their home at Pinewood, Route 2, received official notice yesterday from the War Department that their son, Sergeant John Charlton Holladay, of the United States Marines, has been killed in action [July 20, 1943]. […]

The body of Marine Sgt. James F. Walsh, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Walsh, 412 Stafford Ave., who was killed in action July 20, 1943, on New Georgia, Solomon Islands, will arrive in Syracuse at 5 p.m. today. Services will be held at the family home at 9 a.m. Thursday and at […]

(The following story was written by Staff Sergeant Maurice E. Moran of Pittsburgh, a Marine Corps combat correspondent, and distributed by the Associated Press.) GUADALCANAL, Aug. 7—(Delayed)—A young Marine officer who was killed by Jap snipers as he lay already wounded and helpless was paid tribute today by the fighting men he commanded. The officer […]

The Navy Department yesterday announced that a Philadelphia sailor was missing in action. Simultaneously the Navy listed two Pennsylvanians who were killed, one who was missing and a fourth wounded. The dead and next of kin are: Marine George F. Mock [July 20, 1943]; father, Roland Mock, of 249 Cedar St., Tamaqua.

Two men from the Detroit area were listed as casualties by the Navy today. John P. Gardner, Marine, son of Neil S. Gardner, of 9336 Warner, Detroit. Dead [July 20, 1943].

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (AP) – The Navy announced Tuesday 63 casualties, including 12 dead, 6 wounded and 45 missing. This brings to 28,178 the total of Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard casualties reported to next of kin since December 7, 1941. The grand total includes 9,015 dead, 4,970 wounded, 10,040 missing and 4,153 prisoners […]

Solemn Requiem Mass will be sung at 10 a.m. Friday at the Church of the Epiphany for Cpl. Frank Joseph Fizur, Jr., who was killed July 20, 1943, at New Georgia, Solomon Islands, while serving with the Fourth Marine Raider Battalion. Corporal Fizur is survived by his parents, Frank, Sr., and Josephine, of 2337 S. […]

Colton’s honor roll for the Second World War has another gold star, representing Second Lt. Alec Monroe Sim, United States Marine Corps, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Watson R. Sim of 840 Terrace Avenue, have been notified of his death in the South Pacific. They received a telegraph message that Lieutenant Sim had been killed […]

Pvt. James T. Shuemate, United States Marines, has been killed in action [July 20, 1943] while in defense of his country in the Solomons area of the South Pacific battle zone. A telegram was received by Mrs. J. S. Shuemate, mother of Pvt. Shuemate, shortiy after noon Friday, from the War Department in Washington, stating […]