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CHEBOYGAN, Aug. 17—Floyd William Wahlers, 18-year-old youth who enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in Detroit last Sept. 17, has been killed in action [July 10, 1943] in the Southwest Pacific.

NEW CASTLE—Pvt. James Kennedy, 19, was killed in action [July 10, 1943] in the South Pacific. He graduated here in 1941, and was in the Marine Corps.

A memorial service for Jay Jordan, former popular Hartford high school athlete who was killed a year ago [July 10, 1943] while fighting with the Marines in the Pacific, will be held at the Methodist church in Hartford at 3 o’clock on Sunday, July 9. No previous service for him has been held because Mrs. […]

Solemn Requiem Mass for Pfc. Gennaro (Jerry) W. Visco, Marine Corps [Raider] who died in combat on New Georgia Island on July 10, 1943, will be sung at 11 a.m. today in the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Haines and Musgrave Sts. He was 18. He was a son of Mrs. Maria Visco, […]

Washington—(AP)—The Navy Department announced Friday the death [July 10, 1943] of Harold W. Smith, son of Harold R. Smith of Millburn. Smith, a Marine, had previously been reported wounded.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. – The Navy Department Tuesday announced the following casualties: California: William F. Cain, Jr., dead [July 10, 1943], San Francisco.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—(AP)—The Navy announced today 71 casualties, including 17 dead, 14 wounded and 40 missing. In addition, six names of naval personnel were included in the list whose status has been changed officially from missing to dead. This brings to 28,120 the total of Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard casualties reported to next […]

A Navy casualty list issued today included the names of eight Michigan men. They are: Walter B. Scott, Marine, of The Heights. Dead [July 10, 1943].

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5—(AP)—A Navy Department casualty list issued today included the following Detroit men: Dead [July 10, 1943]: Lambert S. Andrzejewski, Marine, son of Mrs. Agnes Andrzejewski, 4077 Campbell.

Washington, Aug. 7 (U.P.)—The Navy Department today announced 101 additional war casualties. The names increased to 28,050 the total of naval casualties since the outbreak of the war. The casualties included five from the Brooklyn-Long Island area. They are: George B. Makin, Pfc., Marines, dead [July 10, 1943]. Father, Charles Makin, 70 Sweetman Ave., Elmont.