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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Eleven Iowans were listed as dead in a report of casualties announced Monday by the Navy Department. Seven others, all Marines, were listed as wounded. The War Department casualties included names of five Iowa men wounded in the Pacific. Navy Dead [June 10, 1945]: Pfc. Bernard Warren Rudkin, Des Moines.

Telegrams from the War Department yesterday advised Mrs. Quirino F. Rios, 2604 E. 106th St., that one son, Corp. Charles, 23, of the Marines, died May 26 [1945] of wounds suffered on Okinawa, and that another, Pvt. Alfred, 20, has been liberated after a year and a half in a German prison camp. Mercedes, a […]

Seven more Mississippians have been reported by the Navy Department as killed in action. Five have been wounded, three in the Army and two Navy men. One is missing. Dead [May 25, 1945]: Thomas Perry Rutherford, USMCR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Scott Rutherford, Route 3, New Albany.

Another Valparaiso boy has given his life for his country and has been enshrined on the honor roll of heroic deeds. Gunnery Sgt. William A. Raynes of the United States Marine Corps, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Watts, 402 Brown Street, was killed in action on Okinawa on May 25 [1945], according to a telegram received […]

FERNDALE, June 7– Mrs. Maxine Robertson, who has lived in Ferndale with her sister, Mrs. George A. Waldner, for two years, has received word from the Navy department that her husband, Lt. John D. Robertson, Marine Corps Reserve, was killed May 24 [1945] in action on Okinawa. Lt. Robertson has been overseas with the 6th […]

Mrs. Ruby Richards of Dalton has been informed by the War Department that her son, Cpl. James Zack Richards, 22, Sixth Division Marines, was killed May 21 [1945] in action on Okinawa. Cpl. Richards was awarded the Purple Heart last April. He had participated in five major engagements. He entered the armed forces in September, […]

Washington, Nov. 23—The Navy Department announces one Marine missing and two Navy men, one formerly reported as a prisoner of war and the other as missing, now listed as safe. The Marine reported missing [May 19, 1945] previously reported wounded, is Pfc. Jeremiah Michael Reilly, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Reilly of 36-21 36th […]

Final rites for Lt. Robert Romo, killed in action on Okinawa in 1945, are being arranged in Redlands following the arrival of his body from a South Pacific burial ground. Rosary will be recited Sunday night at 7:30 from the F. Arthur Cortner Chapel, with funeral services to be held Monday at 10 a.m., from […]

Washington, May 31—The Navy Department has announced 1,124 casualties in the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, including 189 dead, 805 wounded and 130 missing, bringing to 112,868 the total since Pearl Harbor. The following 37 Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island men are included: Dead [April 2, 1945]: Corp. William J. Rhinow, Marine—Mother, Mrs. Ella […]

Corp. Julius L. Rikk Jr., 23, of the Marines, was killed in action on Iwo Island Feb. 27 [1945], his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius L. Rikk, 4621 Sheridan Rd., have been notified. Corp. Rikk fought with Carlson’s Raiders in several Pacific campaigns.