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Next of kin of all men named below have been notified previously and kept informed of any change in status directly or by the War or Navy Department. Navy Dead: Marine Cpl. Donald L. Beckel [February 19, 1945]. Wife, Mrs. Donald L. Beckel. Father, Herman M. Beckel, Austin.

[Pvt] Robert G. Bolin, U.S.M.C., killed in action July 29, 1944, at Guam, beloved son of Stanley and Adeline, nee Wiese, dear brother of Stanley Jr., and Joyce Engh, fond grandson of Gust Emma Bolin, Herman and the late Bertha Wiese. Services Tuesday, 3 p.m., at funeral chapel, 4335-40 Fullerton Avenue. Interment Irving Park Cemetery. […]

Twenty-four additional Southland men in the service of the United States Navy have been listed as casualties, the Navy Department announced yesterday, including 16 Los Angeles men. They are: Dead [July 28, 1944]: Pfc. William L. Bennett, U.S.M.C., 836 W. 75th St.

Glasgow, Aug. 29—PFC Louis N. Beaudry, USMC, has been killed in action [July 27, 1944] in the Pacific, according to word received by his father, Alfred Beaudry, of Glasgow. He was a member of “Carlson’s Raiders” and had taken part in numerous engagements, including those at Saipan and in the Marianas. Private Beaudry was born […]

Pfc. Leroy Barr, USMCR, dead [July 27, 1944], son of Herbert G. Barr, Dodge City.

WASHINGTON–(U.P.)–The Navy Department today announced 308 casualties of the U.S. naval forces (Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard) not heretofore released on Navy Department casualty lists. This list includes 107 dead, 186 wounded and 15 missing. They included the following from Michigan: Pfc. Robert W. Ball, USMCR, dead [July 23, 1944], East Detroit.

First Lt. David Goldwater of the United States Marine Corps has been wounded in action in the Pacific Theater of war, according to a Navy Department release received here today. He is the son of Rube Goldwater of Reno and is well known here. Three other Nevada men and one from northern California have also […]

GUAM, July 21.—(UP)—(Delayed)—A former Froebel High School athlete, Marine First Lieut. Max Belko, whose parents reside at 815 West Thirteenth, Gary, was killed in action today [July 21, 1944] while leading the assault rifle platoon which he commands. He was a one-time All-American football star at the University of Southern California. Belko’s outfit was one […]

Washington, la — (U.P.) — Capt. Harry B. Barker, former star athlete at Grinnell College, was killed in action in the Pacific July 21 [1944], the Marine Corps has notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barker. Born at What Cheer, la., Captain Barker attended high school here and later starred in football and track […]

Mrs. Artie Holder Bagwell was notified by the War Department that her son, Pfc. Earl C. Bagwell, 21, was killed [July 21, 1944] in the South Pacific area. He had been in the service two years and three months and overseas 19 months. He is survived by his mother; five brothers, Oscar, Seaman Second Class, […]