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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17—(AP)—The Navy Department announced today its casualty list No. 12, which included the names of 18 North Carolinians—seven dead, 10 wounded and one missing. The list covers the period August 31-September 6 inclusive. The dead and next of kin: Pfc. Arthur D. Hampton, USMC [August 7, 1942], mother, Mrs. D. S. Hampton, Rockwell.

At the Church of the Good Shepherd yesterday, just before the 11 o’clock worship service, a stained glass window was dedicated by Rev. Rush Smith, vicar, to the memory of George W. Trowbridge, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George Trowbridge of Field Street, who was killed in action in the Solomon Islands Aug. 7, […]

Eldorado had an impressive ceremony Wednesday when the first of the Eldorado war dead was returned to the city. Hundreds were present at the depot when the train bearing the body of Pvt. Marion E. Bradley [August 7, 1942], a Marine, arrived in the city. The band played, there were prayers and a eulogy by […]

GRAFTON—The body of Walter J. Rozga, who was killed in action at Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands August 7, 1942, arrived at the Russell D. Fulton Funeral Home this morning. Military services with Rev. Fr. P. J. Ferron, pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Grafton assisting will be conducted by the Elyria American Legion Thursday […]

U.S. Marine Captain Henry Booth Cain, Jr., 33, formerly of Nashville, died Saturday morning [March 21, 1942] while training his men at Quantico, Va. Word of his death was received by his mother, Mrs. H. B. Cain, at her home in Nashville. Captain Cain had been in excellent health until recently when he suffered an […]