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DE PERE, Wis. – A memorial service in tribute to Pfc. Ervin Harmer, 21, Marine Corps Reserve, who was killed in action on Guam July 23 [1944], was held during morning worship Sunday at St. John’s Lutheran Church. Several boys in training at St. Norbert College, servicemen home on leave and members of the American […]

Washington, D.C. – (AP) – The Navy Department today listed four Iowans as dead. They were: Pfc. Kenneth D. Henderson [July 23, 1944], Selknap.

Five men from the St. Louis area today were reported killed in action, one was killed in the line of duty, two were listed as missing, 21 were wounded and one was a prisoner of war. Marine Pfc. Fred Herold, 21, was killed in action July [23, 1944] on Guam, his sister, Mrs. Hazel Chandler, […]

Included in the list of 44 California casualties announced yesterday be the Navy Department are the names of nine Southern Californians who have died in action. Dead [July 21, 1944]: Pfc. James B. Harvey, U.S.M.C.R., Balboa Island.

Pfc. John W. Holley, Jr., 20-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Holley of Sadler, was killed in line of duty on Guam July 21 [1944], according to a government message received by his parents. Pfc. Holley, who was born March 17, 1924, in Sadler, volunteered for Marine duty in August, 1942, through the […]

The parents of two Cincinnati Marines have learned that their sons have been killed in action in the Pacific area and the War Department yesterday reported an Army lieutenant as missing in action. Killed were Second Lieutenant Louis B. Beck, 24 years old, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Beck, 2905 Boudinot Avenue, and Private First Class […]

A sudden solemn hush fell over the busy platform of the local Pennsylvania railroad station Wednesday afternoon when a flag-draped casket was escorted from the train to a waiting funeral car. A Marine was home from the war. The body of Pfc. Reuben E. Hedger, USMC, who gave his life for his country on the […]

KEYPORT—Services for Pfc. W. Nelson Hendrickson, whose body will arrive Friday, and who was killed Nov. 10, 1943, at Bougainville, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Bedle Funeral Home, 61 Broad Street. Masonic services will be held Friday night at 8:15. Burial will be at Fair View Cemetery, Middletown. Private Hendrickson […]

Reburial services were held Saturday, February 12th, at Berwyn, Illinois, for Pfc. Robert E. Hajic, USMCR, a member of Carlson’s Raiders who was killed November 8th, 1943, on Bougainville Island in the South Pacific. Robert, a nephew of Mrs. Carl Mahler, worked for his uncle Carl and made his home with them for several years […]

Lieutenant Walter D. Hatt, B.A., [class of] ’37, has been killed in action [November 5, 1943] in the South Pacific his mother, Mrs. J. W. Thorp of Weatherford, has been notified. Lieutenant Hatt was in a Marine Raider battalion. He enlisted in August, 1942, was commissioned in December, 1942, at Quantico, Va., and went overseas […]