Evening star., 1942-07-03
Casually LIST
Reports Six D. {.
Officers Missing
One Seaman Killed,
One Unuccounted For,
Kin Here Informed

One Unuccounted For,
Kin Here Informed
Eugene A. White. 18, seaman sec
ond class, son of Mrs. Lena Shea of
1922 P street NV, has been killed
in action in Pacific waters and seven
Washington addresses are missing,
the Navy Department announced to-
day as it reported casualties in dead,
wounded and missing totalled 886
for the period June TIT, inclusive.
One of the missing, Eugene Jordan
King, IT, seaman second class, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Eugene King
of 3038 o street NV, was on de-
stroyer which the Navy said was
sunk in three minutes by japanese
bombers in the Pacific. His parents
said they have little hope that he
was saved because of the speed with
which his ship went down.
Six Officers Missing.
Six officers reported missing and
next of kin are:
1t. Comdr. Cornelius Tunnecliff
Cross, wife, Mrs. Eva Moore Cross,
$500 Woodley road NV.
1t. Milton Howard Jensen. Supply
Corps, wife, Mrs. Betty Chandler
Jensen, SOL Tilden street NV.
1t. Comdr. Harold Rupert Leh-
mann, Supply Corps, wife, Mrs, Mary
S. Lehman, 4008 Seventh street
NV.
Comdr Warner Philip PortZ, wife,
Mrs w. P. Portz, 3515 R street NV.
Comdr. Ryland billiard Tisdale,
retired, sister, Mrs. Mildred T. Lar
razolo, 2105 F street NV.
Comdr. Tisdale's mother, Mrs. Ju-
liza Merrick Tisdale. and another
sister, Mrs. Julia Tisdale Norman,
live in Annapolis.
1t. Comdr. Rintoul Thomas Whit
ney. wife, Mrs. R. T. Whitney, ma
tional Red Gross headquarters,
Eighteenth and E streets NV.
100 Listed as Dead.
The Navy listed 100 as dead, 54
wounded and 642 missing. The an
nouncement said:
The preponderant share of these
casualties resulted from direct &C
tion with the enemy, but included
in the total are names of those who
were lost in accidents at sea and in
the air on duty directly. connected
with wartime operations.
Some of those under the clasSi-
fication of missing may have been
rescued at sea and landed at isola ated
spots or otherwise made their way
to safety at places from which they
have had no opportunity to COM
municate with United States naval
authorities"
Seaman White enlisted in
March, 1941, at Charleston, w. Va,
on his 17th birthday, his mother
said. On the same ship with him
was his 19-year-old brother, Edgar
A. White, jr., who earlier was re-
ported missing. but Mrs. Shea said
she has since heard from him. Mrs
Shea, who has lived here only two
months, said she was returning soon
to her home in Scarbro, w. Va.
King Attended Western High.
Seaman King attended Western
High School, was a member of the
youth choir of First Baptist Church.
Sixteenth and o streets NV. and
received his star and sea scout rat
ings in the Boy Scouts.
I'VE are happy that he was good
Christian boy and not afraid to die"
his father said. His parents were
visiting him when he went aboard
the destroyer Sims at Norfolk, Va,
December 13, 1941. Six weeks later.
to the day, his parents received
notification he was missing in action.
Young King, who was sworn into
the Navy on Navy Day at Baltimore,
won the temporary rank of chief
petty officer while in training.
His parents made public the fol-
lowing excerpts from letter written
by him on Easter:
Here it is Easter Sunday already.
If I were home would undoubtedly
be singing in the choir, and pos
sibly a solo about now That would
be swell. I am sitting on bitt on
the forecastle of the Sims. The
weather is wonderful.
Dive Bombers Sink Sims.
Across the horizon and under the
sea there turks certain death for
each of us-a death for each indl-
vidual present. Maybe we will make
it. and then again maybe we won't,
Who knows? Only God knows. But
that is another story"
The Navy announced that the
Sims was sunk by dive-bombers
within three minutes.
Remember, mother, no tears,
nv son told ME at Norfolk when
saw him last" Mrs. King related
But l did cry, just couldn't help
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1t. Comdr. Lehman was born
In Washington August 10. 1890. He
attended the Peabody School ano
the Mckinley Manual Training
School here. He was appointed act
ing paymaster July 2, 1917, and
served on the U. S. S. Seattle unit
February, 1919. He became pay
master with the rank Of lieutenant
commander January /, 1884.
After numerous assignments. in
cluding a tour of duty at the Navy
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
he Joined the U. S. S. Louisville II
December. 1890, and served on tina
ship until January /, 1888 Wher
he reported to the naval air sta.
ton at San Diego, Calf. In April
1910. he reported to the 18th NaVa
District at Cavite, P. /.
Portz Attended Ohio U.
Comdr. Portz, born in ONO. at
tended Newcomerstown High Schoo
and Ohio University before enter
ing the Naval Academy in 1911
Commissioned an ensign in 1915, nj
first assignment was on the battle
ship Utah. He served in the de
stroyer force based at Queenstown
ireland. in 1917. In May, 1913, n
was transferred to the destroye
por+er on escort duty between Ire