HOUSER, ELWOOD B.

Elwood B. Houser, Marine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks D. Houser of La Crosse, was listed as dead [July 1, 1943] in a Navy Department casualty list released yesterday.

Houser, listed among 27 additional dead, wounded and missing throughout the nation, brings the total casualties of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard to 27,397 since Dec. 7, 1941.

The Housers have three other sons and one son-in-law in the service. A son, Clyde Houser, 18, was sworn into the Marines July 15.