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Pvt. James Hortin Roosevelt, U.S. Marines, only son of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Roosevelt of south of Albion, has been killed in action [July 8, 1943] in the South Pacific area, according to a message received by his parents Friday and dated at Arlington, Va., last Thursday, July 29. The message which was signed […]

Washington, Aug. 12 — Two Coloradoans are among 82 casualties announced by the Navy, including dead, wounded and missing. James Jasper Corbett, son of Virgil Homer Corbett of Wiley, was listed as dead [July 8, 1943].

Seven Southland servicemen were reported dead, two missing and one wounded in casualty lists of the War and Navy Departments yesterday. The War Department listed as dead: Maurell B. Crosland, Marine Corps, dead [July 7, 1943], son of Mrs. Reta Crosland, 4302 York Blvd., Eagle Rock.

HIGH POINT – Funeral for Pvt. Lloyd B. Abbott, 17, who was killed in action on New Georgia Island, July 7, 1943, will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at Abbott’s Creek Primitive Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Private Abbott, a son of Colonel E. and the late Nora Mabe Abbott, was […]

Reported missing in action in the Pacific on July 5, 1943, Pfc. George Richard McGraw, aged 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. George I. McGraw of 3971 Sixth Avenue, is now officially listed as “died in action.” Confirmation of the Altoona Marine Raider’s death was received in telegrams from Lt. Gen. A. A. Vandegrift, Marine […]

FOUNTAIN – A shadow of sadness cast a gloom over the community when a message came Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. Orlo Chatfield of the death [July 4, 1943] of their son, Pfc. John J. Chatfield. Pfc. Chatfield enlisted in the Marines in January, 1941, in Grand Rapids. Following examination he was sent to Parris […]

Elwood B. Houser, Marine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks D. Houser of La Crosse, was listed as dead [July 1, 1943] in a Navy Department casualty list released yesterday. Houser, listed among 27 additional dead, wounded and missing throughout the nation, brings the total casualties of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard to […]

Vincennes, Ind., July 28—(Special)—Private Eugene Snyder of the United States Marine Corps, has been killed in action [July 1, 1943] in the South Pacific, according to word received today by his brother, Cecil Snyder.

WASHINGTON (AP)—Walter K. Thomack, son of Mrs. Ida W. Thomack, of Onalaska, Wis., was reported dead [July 1, 1943] in a Navy Department casualty list issued last night.

WASHINGTON, July 26—(AP)—A Navy casualty list issued Monday listed as dead [July 1, 1943] Frederick H. Jurgens, a Marine, son of Mrs. Freida Jurgens, 257 S. Fifth, Saginaw, Mich.