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Reburial services for Corp. Donald W. Heinzen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Heinzen, Route 3, Sheboygan, were held at 8:30 a.m. today at Gerend’s Funeral Home and at 9 a.m. at St. Dominic’s Church. The Rev. George J. Knackert, pastor, celebrated the requiem high mass. Burial was made on the family lot in […]

COLUMBUS GROVE, Mar. 22—Final rites for Cpl. John B. Holmes, 24, USMC, who was killed in action on Okinawa, June 6, 1945, will be held at 9 a.m. Friday. Services will be conducted in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church with the Rev. Karl Finsel officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Cpl. Holmes was graduated […]

On Saturday, June 23, Mrs. R. A. Harris received the following message from the War Department: “Deeply regret to inform you that your son, First Lieutenant Charles J. Harris, died 6 June 1945 of wounds received in action at Okinawa Island, Ryuku Islands, in the performance of his duty and service to his country. When […]

SHERMAN, Texas, March 29—Reburial services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Tom Bean Baptist Church for Marine Sgt. Chester David Hash. Sergeant Hash was killed in action on Okinawa May 24, 1945, at the age of 26. Burial will be in West Hill Cemetery here, with military rites conducted by the American […]

Official OWI reports on state’s Army, Navy losses in all theaters of action. Navy Dead [May 22, 1945]: Cpl. Alex Herko, USMCR, Sioux City.

Pfc. John Joseph Higgins, U.S.M.C., a member of a Marine Raider unit of the 6th Marine Division, was killed in action May 20 [1945], the Navy Department has notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Higgins Sr., 1815 W. Houston St. Higgins attended the Sacred Heart Academy and Central Catholic High School. He enlisted […]

Funeral services will be conducted at the Geo. M. Wittich Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Monday for Pfc. James Wilbur Hart, Jr., 21, who was killed in action May 20, 1945, while serving with the infantry of the Sixth Marine Division on Okinawa. Officiating will be the Rev. J. Arthur Eveland, pastor of the First […]

Memorial services will be held today in the St. Brendan Church, 6714 Racine Ave., for Bernard L. Harlin, 22-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Harlin, 6746 Ada St., who was killed in the battle of Okinawa a year ago [April 15, 1945]. He was attached to the [Sixth] Marine Division. His brother, John, 20-years-old, […]

Names of war heroes reported by the War Department as prisoners of war, missing and killed in the service of their country from April 25 to May 1 are included upon this honor roll, with the names of next of kin: Marines: Corp. Rufus P. Hixon, whose widow is Mrs. Betty Hakalo Hixon, Price, killed […]

Killed in action on April 4, 1945, at Okinawa Island, Corporal F. Bryan Healy, Jr., beloved son of F. Bryan Healy, Sr. and Alice M. Healy (nee League). Funeral from his late residence, 3424 Dillon Street, on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. Requiem High Mass at St. Brigid’s Church at 9 a.m. Interment in Baltimore National […]