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Seven Southland members of the armed forces yesterday were announced as missing in action and one was reported dead. Four soldiers were reported missing in the European area and one in the North African area. The Navy Department announced one dead and two missing in unspecified theaters. The dead man was: Marine Berent L. Larson […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12—(AP)—Two Indiana men were listed as missing and a third as dead today by the Navy. The dead man was Robert D. Cash [July 20, 1943], a Marine, whose mother, Mrs. Ethel M. Cash, lives at Gary.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—(AP)—The Navy announced today 79 casualties, including: Texas: James W. Johnson, Marine, dead [July 20, 1943]. Mother, Mrs. Blanche Johnson, Gainesville.

Washington, D.C., Aug. 13 (AP)—The Navy announced today the names of 72 casualties, including 16 dead, 6 wounded, and 50 missing. In addition, the names of naval personnel are included whose status has been officially changed as follows: Two prisoners of war to dead; one missing to dead; two wounded to missing, and one safe […]

Seven Southland residents have been killed, two wounded in action and seven missing during operations, the War and Navy Departments announced yesterday. The Navy Department announced the following casualties: Virgil C. Thornburg, Marine Corps, son of George N. Thornburg of Del Rey, dead [July 20, 1943].

Pfc. William Walter Gibbins, USMC, was the first Sallisaw boy to make the supreme sacrifice. He was killed in action [July 20, 1943] on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. He entered the service May 21, 1942 and was sent to San Diego for training. Late in January 1943 he was promoted to private first […]

George William States, aged 19, a Marine Raider of the United States Marine Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. George States, Sr., of 513 Gesser Avenue, Lakemont, in a letter to his parents, dated July 2, 1943, and mailed somewhere in the South Pacific, expressed a desire to get into action against the Japs. Yesterday […]

Three district men were reported dead and one missing in a Navy announcement last night, which reported 63 casualties, with 12 dead, six wounded, and 45 missing. Those reported dead [July 20, 1943] were: Frank F. Troha, of the Marines, son of Mrs. Mary Troha, Brownsville.

Private William Regan, 22, 61 Cambridge Street, St. Paul, a Marine, was killed in action [July 20, 1943] in the Southwest Pacific area, the Navy Department informed his mother, Mrs. Hazel Beggs Regan. He attended Cretin and Central High Schools and Notre Dame University.

The Navy Department listed as dead [July 20, 1943] Dale G. Maassen, Marine, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Maassen, live in Avoca, Ia.