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The wife of Pfc. Warden was informed by the War Department June 24 that her husband, who fought with the 6th Marine Division for Okinawa, an island in the Ryukyu chain, died May 30th [1945] of wounds suffered in action. Warden, a veteran of military action in the Pacific Ocean area, entered the Marines Feb. […]

The Office of War Information listed the names of 11 Arizonians on the official casualty roll released for today. Listed as dead [May 27, 1945] by the Navy was Pfc. Homer Clester Windom, USMCR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert W. Windom, Eloy.

Marine Lt. Jack W. Willard, 26, who had been captured once and wounded twice in action against the Japanese was killed in action May 23 [1945] on Okinawa The Navy Department reported his death in a telegram to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Willard, 7 Moore Avenue. Lieutenant Willard, a Marine for more […]

Three San Bernardino County names appear on the Army and Navy casualty lists, released for publication today. Two were among the dead in the Pacific and the third is listed as wounded. Among the Navy dead [May 20, 1945] was: Cpl. Dean Wilson Wallace, U.S.M.C., son of Mrs. Etta N. Coveleski, Fontana.

Funeral services for Marine Corps Cpl. Raymond Rowland Wagner, who was killed in action May 20, 1945, on Okinawa, will be Friday at 2:30 p. m. at Zion Congregational Church under direction of the Ross Hollywood Mortuary. Military honors will be accorded at the grave in the veterans’ plot of Lincoln Memorial Park. Corporal Wagner, […]

A military rite for Marine Cpl. James T. White, 27, 793 Smith St., who died May 16, 1945 of wounds suffered in action on Okinawa, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Frear Funeral Home, 1340 Lake Ave. Burial will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Corporal White, the first Rochester father to be […]

Two San Bernardino county names appear on the Army and Navy casualty lists, released for publication today. One Marine was listed among the Navy dead and one soldier was reported missing in Pacific regions. Dead was: Cpl. Joseph Wagnon, U.S.M.C. [May 14, 1945], brother of William Wagnon, Covina, and nephew of Mrs. Lucy Banks, 215 […]

Corporal Billy Robert Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wright of Groesbeck and grandson of J. S. Gayden, was killed in action on the island of Okinawa April 2 [1945], so General A. A. Vandegrift, commandant of the Marine Corps, has notified the family. A 1942 Groesbeck High School graduate, he enlisted in […]

The War and Navy Departments Tuesday issued casualty lists containing the names of the following Connecticut men. Next of kin have been notified in all cases and kept informed of any change in status. Navy Dead [March 13, 1945]: David P. Winspur, Cpl., USMCR, Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Winspur, Stepney.

Sgt. Daniel M. Wann, U.S. Marine Corps, was killed in the battle of Iwo Jima, March 1 [1945], according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wann of Edenbower. Sgt. Wann enlisted in the Marine Corps June 11, 1940. He participated in four major Marine landings in the Pacific, having served with […]