obituary-s Category

Washington—(AP)—The Navy Department announced Friday the death [July 10, 1943] of Harold W. Smith, son of Harold R. Smith of Millburn. Smith, a Marine, had previously been reported wounded.

A Navy casualty list issued today included the names of eight Michigan men. They are: Walter B. Scott, Marine, of The Heights. Dead [July 10, 1943].

Washington, Aug. 6—(AP)—The Navy today announced 74 casualties, including 30 dead, 27 wounded and 17 missing. This brings to 27,949 the total of Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard casualties reported to next of kin since December 7, 1941. The grand total includes 8,889 dead, 4,914 wounded, 9,987 missing and 4,159 prisoners of war. The […]

Funeral services for the late Staff Sergeant Joseph Andrew Szakovics, of 250 16th St. North, who died in action July 9, 1943, at Enogai, New Georgia Island, will be held in St. Patrick’s R. C. Church on Saturday, February 26th at 2 p.m. Interment in the Mountain View Cemetery. Friends will meet for prayers in […]

Vincennes, Ind., July 28—(Special)—Private Eugene Snyder of the United States Marine Corps, has been killed in action [July 1, 1943] in the South Pacific, according to word received today by his brother, Cecil Snyder.

A letter from Lt. Col. James Roosevelt, son of President Roosevelt, to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Schoeppel, 732 North Fourteenth Street, East St. Louis, told them that their son, Pvt. Frederick Schoeppel Jr., 22, who was killed in action last July [1, 1943] while a member of a Marine Raider unit, is believed to be […]

WASHINGTON – (AP) – Darrel J. Stacey, a Marine whose mother, Mrs. Ada Nixon, lives at 711 Yankee Road, Middletown, Ohio, was listed as dead [April 21, 1943] by the United States Navy.

Memorial services for Pvt. Laurence P. Spillan, Jr., who was killed in action with the Marines November 11 [1942] in the South Pacific, will be held at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning in St. Leo’s Church, 78th St. and Emerald Ave. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Spillan, Sr., 408 Winneconna Pkwy. […]

Cpl. John M. Strickland of Wakulla County has been reported killed in action [October 9, 1942] with the United States Marines, his family has been notified by the Navy Department. Strickland is the first Wakulla County man to be reported killed in action since the start of the war. Born and raised in Wakulla County, […]

The death in action [October 9, 1942] on Guadalcanal of Pfc. Donald B. Steinaker, U.S. Marine Corps, was reported last night to his wife, the former Hazel Burton of 124 Berger Avenue, by telegraph from the Navy Department. Steinaker, 19 years old, enlisted in March, 1941. He attended Central High School where he starred in […]