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Pfc. Woodrow Barr, son of Mrs. Cora Barr of Keyser, was killed in an attack against the Japanese on Tulagi, Solomon Islands, Aug. 7, 1942. A graduate of Parsons High School, he was employed for four years by the Celanese plant in Cumberland, Md. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on Jan. 13, 1942 […]

HAMPTON–Mrs. Else Hansen has received a telegram from the War Department Wednesday stating that her son, Evan J. Hansen, 20, had been killed in action [August 7, 1942] while serving with the Marines. Hansen had been a member of the Marine Corps about two years. Born in Coulter, Evan came to Hampton as a high […]

The body of Lt. Eugene M. Key, former Amarillo High School student who was killed [August 7, 1942] in the invasion of Tulagi during World War II, was returned to this country recently and will be interred at Bryan. Lt. Key was a son of Dr. Ira F. Key, former pastor of Polk Street Methodist […]

Berlin, Sept. 2—(Special.)—Private Clifford Allan Lehman, 19-year-old Marine who was graduated from Berlin High School last year, has been killed in action [August 7, 1942], according to a telegram from the War Department received Wednesday. The message was sent to his grandfather, Lucias S. Dean, with whom he had last made his home. There was […]

Pvt. Frank Huber, 19, USMC, Steel City, Bethlehem R. 4, who was killed Aug. 7, 1942, at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, will be reburied Saturday afternoon in Union Cemetery, Hellertown, with rites in charge of Bethlehem Detachment, Marine Corps League. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Charles DeBodo at 8 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. […]

Mrs. Audrey Miller, 20-year-old bride of Marine Corp. Claude W. Miller, refused today to believe that her 21-year-old husband is dead, although the Navy Department listed him as killed in action [August 7, 1942] in the Pacific. Why should she believe it? Hasn’t she his last letter received two months ago at their home at […]

Washington, Oct. 8—(UP)—Marine Pvt. Edward E. Gyatt, 22-year-old son of Mrs. Hilda Morell, of Syracuse, has been awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for bravery in action during the seizure of Tulagi from Jap forces. Assigned to duty in a listening post, Gyatt reported the approach of a Japanese counterattack to his platoon commander. Then […]

The Navy today announced that four district men have been killed, eight have been wounded and three are missing in action. The announcement came in the Navy’s 12th casualty list, and covered the period from Aug. 31 to Sept. 6. The dead were: Marine Private Louis A. Lovin [August 7, 1942], of Burgettstown.

Nine men from Philadelphia and vicinity died in action against the enemy between Aug. 31 and Sept. 6. The Navy’s official casualty list for that period, announced yesterday, also disclosed four missing from this area and five wounded. Platoon Sergeant Alexander J. Luke, 26, killed [August 7, 1942], had been a Marine for eight years, […]

Funeral services for Sergeant Fred L. Hinkle, 22 of Pikeville, formerly of Fort Gay, who was killed…August [7], 1942, in the Solomon Islands were conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Hinkle Cemetery on Mill Creek near Fort Gay. The Fort Gay Vancouver Post of the American Legion was in charge of military rites. Sergeant […]