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Private Melville M. Burkholder of Red Lodge, a member of the Marine Corps, has been killed in action [July 1, 1943] at an undisclosed theater of war, according to information received Tuesday by Sergeant Gene Pearson, local Marine recruiter. Sergeant Pearson said a telegram to Private Burkholder’s mother, Mrs. Helen L. Burkholder of Red Lodge, […]

Owen Barber, 20, a 1940 graduate of Moweaqua High School, has been killed in action [November 11, 1942] with the U.S. Marines, according to a message received by his father, A. M. Barber, living north of Pana. The message, received from Washington Monday, gave no details except to state that “temporary interment” had been made […]

WINNEMUCCA, March 5 (Special)—Reported killed in action [November 11, 1942] in the Solomon Islands is Corpl. John D. Bennett of the United States Raider Marines. Corporal Bennett, who enlisted in the Marine Corps several months before Pearl Harbor, worked at the Tungsten mine and Getchell mine for several years.

October 1, 1942 Dies From Wounds Private Leonard J. Butts, 18-year-old Marine Corps hero, has died [August 9, 1942] somewhere in the Pacific war Theater of wounds received several weeks ago in action against the enemy, his parents were advised yesterday by the Navy Department. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Butts, 322 North Thirteenth Street, […]

Sergeant Walter J. Burak, son of Anthony Burak, of Crow’s Nest, has been killed in action [October 8, 1942] in the Pacific, the War Department notified his father yesterday. A member of the U.S. Marine Corps for the past two years, he had been fighting with the Marines in Guadalcanal. While a corporal he was […]

Members of the family of Major Kenneth D. Bailey, 32, a nephew of Mrs. J. R. Werness, of Welch, have received word that he has been killed in action [September 27, 1942] in the Solomons island campaign. Major Bailey, a United States Marine Corps officer, was an outstanding hero of battles during American occupation of […]

Sergeant Frank O. Boone, 21, of near Bloomsburg, was killed in action [September 15, 1942] while fighting with the United States Marines, in the Solomon Islands, according to a message received yesterday by his father, Paul C. Boone, Sr., a veteran of World War I. Another son of Paul Boone, Sergeant Paul C. Boone, Jr., […]

Pfc. Anthony Bugala, 21, of the Marines, who was killed in the South Pacific on Sept 14 [1942], was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bugala of Duncan Ave., East Patchogue. Born in Manhattan, he had lived in the Patchogue section for 13 years and had been graduated from the Bellport High School. He […]

It was not too easy for the workers at the Army’s First Fighter Command headquarters to say “Good morning,” when Mrs. Brown reported for duty yesterday. They had heard the news, too. She shrugged the feeling away for a while as if it could be disposed of that way, but presently the people working with […]

Mrs. Dell H. Small, Arch Street, is in receipt of word that her nephew, Private First Class James A. Benish of Tarentum has been killed in action [September 14, 1942]. Notification of the young man’s death was given by the Red Cross to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Benish, 935 Ninth Avenue, Tarentum, but […]