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RANSOMVILLE, N.Y.—Corporal Everett L. Tower, of the United States Marine Corps, has been killed in action [June 29, 1943] with the American forces fighting the war of freedom, according to a notice received by his mother, Mrs. H. P. Tower, of this village. The location where he met his death is not known here. Corporal […]

WASHINGTON – (AP) – Darrel J. Stacey, a Marine whose mother, Mrs. Ada Nixon, lives at 711 Yankee Road, Middletown, Ohio, was listed as dead [April 21, 1943] by the United States Navy.

After taking part in several overseas commando raids, Marine Sergeant Gilbert Hunter, 24, lost his life [January 19, 1943] while swimming with full equipment, including his rifle, near Three Arch Bay. When his body was rescued the coroner stated that he had been dead about an hour, the victim of a heart attack.

A terse telegram from the commandant of the United States Marine Corps at Arlington, Va., received last night, revealed the fact that Cpl. Louis [Frank] Verchek, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Verchek, of 411 Chartiers Street, Strabane, was the first local youth reported killed in action in the war. He was killed [January […]

First Lieutenant Alder B. Howe, 24-year-old Marine machine gun officer and son of Mr. and Mrs. Denckla Howe, of 7921 Lincoln Drive, Chestnut Hill, has been killed in action in the Pacific. Eighty-seven other casualties were announced by the Navy Department yesterday, including one Philadelphian missing. The national list contained eight dead, eight wounded and […]

Pvt. Stuyvesant Van Buren, Co. B, 2nd Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Div., formerly of 2258 Lincoln Park West, died in action Dec. 5, 1942, at Guadalcanal, beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Van Buren, brother of Joan Stewart Van Buren, grandson of Mrs. Josephine S. Stewart. Resting at chapel, 2701 N. Clark Street, […]

Pvt. Richard C. Farrar, brother of Mrs. Gladys Bullinger, 4641 Lake Park Avenue, who was killed Dec. 4 [1942] on Guadalcanal, was a member of Carlson’s Raiders, which has received a blanket citation from Maj. Gen. A. A. Vandegrift of the Marines for offensive operations against the Japanese. They were the second unit to receive […]

Pfc. Cyrill A. Matelski, 21, son of Mrs. Anna Winkels, 1152 Washington Avenue, has been officially reported as killed in action [December 4, 1942], according to word received Saturday night in a telegram to his mother from T. Holcomb, lieutenant general of the United States Marine Corps. Private Matelski is the sixth Racine man to […]

WASHINGTON—(INS)—The Navy today released its casualty list No. 20, covering the period from Dec. 16 to Dec. 31, 1942. The dead, wounded and missing totaled 1,218, the Navy said. Nearest of kin have been notified. The list was subdivided into the following classifications: Dead–418. Wounded—403. Missing—397. The list, the Navy announcement said, brings the total […]

Des Moines relatives have learned that the Purple Heart Medal has been awarded posthumously to Glenn L. Mitchell, private first class in the Marines who died Dec. 1 [1942] of wounds received at Guadalcanal. The award was received by Mrs. Alice Rasmussen, South Gate, Cal., mother of the Marine. His father, Lee Mitchell, lives at […]