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New casualty lists released by the War and Navy Departments, in which heartening news of the many Bay area men released from German prison camps is also included, has been compiled and follows: Navy Dead [March 8, 1945]: Roy R. Koepke, Pfc., USMCR, father of Miss Gayle Koepke, 147 4th Street, Richmond.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 23—(AP)—John H. King Jr., Marine private first class, stationed at Moffett Field, was killed and his companion, Cpl. Lawrence C. Byerly was severely injured today [December 23, 1944] in a collision of their car and a truck on Bayshore Highway. Byerly was taken to Moffett Field Hospital.

Four Schuylkill County boys were reported killed in action, several others, including the husband of a former Ashland girl, were reported wounded or missing by the War Department yesterday. Killed were: Marine Warrant Officer George Krell, Tamaqua, killed [October 5, 1944] in the Pacific Theater of war. Historian’s note: WO George F. Krell died of […]

Washington, D.C. (AP)—The Navy listed today as dead [July 27, 1944] Pvt. John H. Kirkpatrick of Sharon, Ia. Historian’s note: John H. Kirkpatrick held the rank of private first class when he was KIA on Guam.

Washington—(AP)—Eleven New Jersey servicemen were listed by the Navy today among 312 naval forces casualties. They were: Raymond J. Kelly, private first class, Marine Corps Reserve. Dead [July 22, 1944]. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Lester A. Kelly, E54 Newark Ave., Jersey City.

NAVY DEAD: Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class Oscar Klause [July 21, 1944] – Wife, Mrs. Margaret Klause, Appleton.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept, 15—(AP)—Francis E. Kelly tried for nine months to squeeze his five-foot-two frame into the Marine Corps, but repeatedly the recruiters rejected him for lack of height. Finally he obtained a special waiver and enlisted. Today the Navy Department notified his family that Philadelphia’s shortest Marine had been killed in action [July 21, 1944] […]

NEW LONDON, Feb. 9 – The body of Edward C. Krisha, 19, who was killed in action in the South Pacific, will arrive at the Fitch Funeral Home here Thursday afternoon, where friends may call. The youth entered the Marine Corps on March 9, 1943 and went overseas Dec. 3 the same year. He was […]

Sheridan, Wyo., Jan. 21—Word has been received of the death in action [December 26, 1943] in the South Pacific area of James P. Kelso, 18, son of Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. E. Bryan Kelso of Big Horn. He was a private in the Marine Corps, enlisting in December 1942. His father is now stationed with […]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—(AP)—The Navy Department today listed the following Michigan Marines as casualties: Dead [November 20, 1943]: Pvt. Arthur L. Kowalsky, son of Mrs. Lucille Kowalsky, of 4772 Williams, Detroit.