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Pfc. Walter V. Gibson Jr., 20, who joined the Marines with three schoolmates in February, !942 to “take a crack at the Japs was listed as dead [November 23, 1943] today in a Navy Department casualty report. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Gibson, 3908 Walnut Street. Gibson, who won All-City […]

BOUGAINVILLE, Jan. 13 (INS)—The graphic story of Marine Private Henry Gurke of Neche, N.D., who sacrificed his life by falling on a Jap hand grenade to protect a buddy was told today. In an early morning hour of Nov. 9 [1943], Privates Gurke and Donald G. Probst, Seattle, Wash., were in a foxhole together on […]

ALLIANCE, Jan. 13—Sergt. Ignatius J. Gorak of Alliance, announced Wednesday by the Navy Department as missing in action since Nov. 28, entered the Marine Corps Jan. 15, 1942. He was the son of Joseph Gorak, was a graduate of Bergholz (Jefferson County) High School and was a former Republic Steel Co. employee in Canton. Two […]

TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 2—(AP)—Tampa’s fighting Marine of Tulagi, Gunner Angus Robert Goss, has been killed in action [July 20, 1943], ending a career of 13 years as a professional soldier. His mother, Mrs. Adeline Goss, received word of his death in a telegram from the Navy Department, a few hours after she had purchased a […]

Two men from the Detroit area were listed as casualties by the Navy today. John P. Gardner, Marine, son of Neil S. Gardner, of 9336 Warner, Detroit. Dead [July 20, 1943].

Pfc. William Walter Gibbins, USMC, was the first Sallisaw boy to make the supreme sacrifice. He was killed in action [July 20, 1943] on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. He entered the service May 21, 1942 and was sent to San Diego for training. Late in January 1943 he was promoted to private first […]

Mrs. Ida Hough of West Chester, who was in Washington today to attend the Three-Quarter Century Club dinner, has received word of the death of her nephew’s son, Marine Sergeant Orra Eugene [Gilbert], who was killed in action [June 29, 1943] in the Solomons. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Gilbert […]

Nineteen Navy and Marine Corps officers and men from the Los Angeles area were officially reported killed, wounded or missing in action in the Navy’s latest casualty list, issued yesterday. The list covers the period between Aug. 13 and 30. Of this number, four were listed as dead, one wounded and 14 missing. Missing [August […]

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. Navy and Marine Corps personnel were included in the list. Besides those listed in the immediate Philadelphia […]

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 […]