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Washington, Aug. 6—(AP)—The Navy today announced 74 casualties, including 30 dead, 27 wounded and 17 missing. This brings to 27,949 the total of Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard casualties reported to next of kin since December 7, 1941. The grand total includes 8,889 dead, 4,914 wounded, 9,987 missing and 4,159 prisoners of war. The […]

WASHINGTON – (U.P.) – The Navy has announced 74 additional casualties in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. The list included: Wisconsin: Pvt. Daniel A. Wabschall, Marines, dead [July 10, 1943], foster father, Paul Jadin, New Franken.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (INS) – A casualty list bearing the names of 23 dead was issued today by the Navy. They included: Pvt. Hughie McSweeney [July 10, 1943], mother, Mrs. Onvie McSweeney, Birmingham, Ala.

A Lisbon district soldier and an East Palestine Marine have been killed in action, according to word sent their parents by the War and Navy Department. The deaths boosted to 33 the number of war casualties in Columbiana County. The Marine is Gerald R. Ashdown [July 10, 1943], son of Mrs. Louise M. Ashdown of […]

The Navy today announced the names of 63 additional casualties in the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps, including 12 dead, six wounded and 45 missing. The new list included: Robert L. Kaufman, Pvt., Marines, dead [July 10, 1943]. Mother, Mrs. Ella M. Kaufman, 2824 West Juneau Ave., Milwaukee.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 P.M. tomorrow at the Birnbaum Funeral Home for Marine Pfc. Martin Baum, who was killed July 9, 1943, on Enogai Point, New Georgia, in the Solomon Islands. Rabbi Samuel Yalow will officiate. Burial will be in Jamesville Gate Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by members of Onondaga […]

Pvt. Elmo LeBleu, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pascal LeBleu of Lake Charles, was killed in action [July 9, 1943] while on duty with the U.S. Marines; his family was notified this week. Pvt. LeBleu had been in the Marines since September, 1942. Surviving him besides his parents are five sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Elliott, Mrs. […]

Funeral services for the late Staff Sergeant Joseph Andrew Szakovics, of 250 16th St. North, who died in action July 9, 1943, at Enogai, New Georgia Island, will be held in St. Patrick’s R. C. Church on Saturday, February 26th at 2 p.m. Interment in the Mountain View Cemetery. Friends will meet for prayers in […]

The rattling fire of Jap snipers brought Second Lieutenant Philip A. Oldham, of Philadelphia, to his death on a lonely ridge on New Georgia Island on July [9, 1943]—but not before he had blown out of existence with hand grenades a Jap machine gun nest that was the last serious obstacle to Enogai and the […]

A memorial service will be held at Unity Temple, Hotel Sinton, at 11 a.m. tomorrow in tribute to the memory of Pfc. Norton V. Retzsch, who has been reported missing in action [July 9, 1943] for more than a year. Private Retzsch is the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Retzsch of Cincinnati.