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A terse telegram from the commandant of the United States Marine Corps at Arlington, Va., received last night, revealed the fact that Cpl. Louis [Frank] Verchek, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Verchek, of 411 Chartiers Street, Strabane, was the first local youth reported killed in action in the war. He was killed [January […]

Pvt. Stuyvesant Van Buren, Co. B, 2nd Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Div., formerly of 2258 Lincoln Park West, died in action Dec. 5, 1942, at Guadalcanal, beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Van Buren, brother of Joan Stewart Van Buren, grandson of Mrs. Josephine S. Stewart. Resting at chapel, 2701 N. Clark Street, […]

Kenosha, Wis.—(AP)—Pfc. John Eugene Vandenberg, 24, has been killed in action [August 17, 1942] in the Pacific Theater of operations, his mother, Mrs. Elsie Vandenberg, was notified last night. He joined the Marine Corps shortly after Pearl Harbor and was a member of a raiding battalion.