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Washington, Oct. 18 (U.P.)—The Navy announced today 196 casualties in the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, including 91 dead, 139 wounded and 14 missing, bringing to 68,177 the total casualties since Pearl Harbor. The following seven Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island men are included: Corp. Daniel F. Alfano, Marine, dead [July 22, 1944]—Thomas Ronan, […]

The Navy and War Departments yesterday announced that four more Southland men have been killed, one is missing and 63 have been wounded in recent action against the enemy. Dead [July 21, 1944]: Pfc. Philip E. Allen, 1561 S. Hauser Blvd.

Pvt. Gerald L. Ayers enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in Sept. 1942, and trained at San Diego, Calif., and Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif. In February, 1943, he was sent overseas. Pvt. Ayers was killed in action at New Georgia on July 20, 1943, with the 4th Marine Raiders and buried at Bairoko. The […]

News of the death [July 10, 1943] in the South Pacific war Theater of Cpl. Samuel Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. LeRoy Anderson, 1002 E. Madison, added another gold star to the flag of his grandmother, Mrs. Ellen Anderson, 702 Jewell St. Samuel was a Marine Raider. The first gold star in his […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5—(AP)—A Navy Department casualty list issued today included the following Detroit men: Dead [July 10, 1943]: Lambert S. Andrzejewski, Marine, son of Mrs. Agnes Andrzejewski, 4077 Campbell.

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 […]

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 […]

Services will be held for Joseph and William Auman, brothers killed in war action in the Pacific, from the chapel at 7605 S. Halsted St. to St. Leo’s Church at 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Joseph, a Marine private and member of Carlson’s Raiders, was 20 when killed on Guadalcanal […]

Washington, Sept. 9 (U.P.)—Forty-five New Yorkers and 16 from New Jersey were listed today in the Navy Department’s casualty list No. 11, covering the period from Aug. 13-30, inclusive Eight of the New Yorkers were killed, three wounded and 34 missing. New Jersey fatalities were five with one wounded and 10 missing. One Jamaica man […]

The first gold star to be placed on the Hollis honor roll at Farmers Ave. and 109th Road represents the death in action [August 9, 1942] of Pvt. John W. Allan of the Marines. His sister, Mrs. Ethel Insco of 218-56 110th Road, Queens Village, received his citation for bravery in action in the Solomons.