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KELLERMAN, HUGH W., JR.
Casualties announced yesterday by the War and Navy Departments included 13 dead and 6 wounded from Southern California. The men and their next of kin are: Dead [November 9, 1943]: Pfc. Hugh W. Kellerman Jr., Tehachapi; father, Hugh W. Kellerman Sr., Long Beach.
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KAFUT, WALTER
Minnesota Navy Dead [November 1, 1943]: Pfc. Walter Kafut, Marine Corps—John Kafut, father, Hibbing.
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KENNEDY, JAMES
NEW CASTLE—Pvt. James Kennedy, 19, was killed in action [July 10, 1943] in the South Pacific. He graduated here in 1941, and was in the Marine Corps.
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KAUFMAN, ROBERT L.
The Navy today announced the names of 63 additional casualties in the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps, including 12 dead, six wounded and 45 missing. The new list included: Robert L. Kaufman, Pvt., Marines, dead [July 10, 1943]. Mother, Mrs. Ella M. Kaufman, 2824 West Juneau Ave., Milwaukee.
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KELLEY, FRANKLIN T.
A letter from Lt. Col. James Roosevelt, who had commanded the battalion of Marine Raiders to which Pvt. Franklin T. Kelley belonged, gave Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Kelley of 316 N. Evaline St. their first details of their son’s death. The 22-year-old Marine was killed on July [1, 1943] in the Pacific area, after […]
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KERNS, JOHN I.
Pvt. John I. Kerns, son of F. W. Kerns and the late Mrs. F. W. Kerns , has been reported missing in action [August 16, 1942] with the U.S. Marine Corps. Pvt. Kerns was born in Port Arthur and attended the local schools. His father taught music in the Port Arthur schools and directed the […]
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KEBLISH, WILLIAM A.
Corp. William A. Keblish of the Marine Corps, listed in the Navy Department’s casualty list as killed in action [September 14, 1942], was a native of Whitestone and lived there all his life until he enlisted in 1940. He was a graduate of Newtown High School. His two brothers, John A. and Alexander Keblish, are […]
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KEY, EUGENE M.
The body of Lt. Eugene M. Key, former Amarillo High School student who was killed [August 7, 1942] in the invasion of Tulagi during World War II, was returned to this country recently and will be interred at Bryan. Lt. Key was a son of Dr. Ira F. Key, former pastor of Polk Street Methodist […]