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  • TROHA, FRANK F.

    Three district men were reported dead and one missing in a Navy announcement last night, which reported 63 casualties, with 12 dead, six wounded, and 45 missing. Those reported dead [July 20, 1943] were: Frank F. Troha, of the Marines, son of Mrs. Mary Troha, Brownsville.

  • THOMPSON, HAROLD J.

    Butler, Pa. — (UP) – Private Harold John Thompson, of West Sunbury, who would have been eighteen years old last Monday and who had never been home on furlough since his enlistment in the Marine Corps last October 5, has been killed in action [July 17, 1943] in the Southwest Pacific. The Butler youth, son […]

  • THOMACK, WALTER K.

    WASHINGTON (AP)—Walter K. Thomack, son of Mrs. Ida W. Thomack, of Onalaska, Wis., was reported dead [July 1, 1943] in a Navy Department casualty list issued last night.

  • TOWER, EVERETT L.

    RANSOMVILLE, N.Y.—Corporal Everett L. Tower, of the United States Marine Corps, has been killed in action [June 29, 1943] with the American forces fighting the war of freedom, according to a notice received by his mother, Mrs. H. P. Tower, of this village. The location where he met his death is not known here. Corporal […]

  • THOMPSON, WOODROW R.

    Raleigh County’s first year in the war has resulted in at least 37 casualties—including men reported killed, wounded or missing. Reported killed: Woodrow R. Thompson, of the U.S. [Marine Corps], the son of Robert L. Thompson, of Bellepoint, reported dead [October 9, 1942] on November 27.

  • TARGOSZ, JOHN, JR.

    Washington, D.C., Oct. 26—The Navy Department tonight made public its 15th casualty list of the war, listing 408 dead, wounded, and missing, whose next of kin were notified in the period between Oct. 1 and Oct. 15. A preponderant share of the casualties resulted directly from action with the enemy, but in the list are […]

  • TROWBRIDGE, GEORGE W., JR.

    At the Church of the Good Shepherd yesterday, just before the 11 o’clock worship service, a stained glass window was dedicated by Rev. Rush Smith, vicar, to the memory of George W. Trowbridge, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George Trowbridge of Field Street, who was killed in action in the Solomon Islands Aug. 7, […]