Evening star., 1942-06-01
NnYLs Captain Dead 9Ocers and Men Mssno

One Washington officer is listed
rs dead and 9 officers and IL en-
listed men as missing in compila-
ton of Navy. Marine Corps and
Coast Guard casualties released to-
day and covering the period between
April 16 and May 10. Total in today's
list Of dead, wounded and missing
Is 2317.
The total Of Navy and Marine
ed or missing since the war began
Is 8,710. The listing does not in
tentionally include prisoners, but
the Navy pointed out that some of
the missing might conceivably be
prisoners. The Navy also said that
some Of the missing might have
escaped into isolated areas, and
might be reported alive later.
THE preponderant share of these
casualties resulted from direct ac-
ton 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, "
the Navy said.
Former Policeman Is Missing.
Among the missing are a former
District policeman and member of
the District Battalion Of the Naval
Reserve, and a holder Of the Navy
Cross for services in connection
with the raising of the submarine
Squalus. Thomas Bradley Keene,
gunners mate. first class, Naval
Reserve, was member of the police
force at the 18th precinct, Jim
Bob Phifer is the holder Of the Navy
Gross for his work as a Navy diver
In helping raise the Squalus.
1t. q. g. Gardner Durfee Ran
dali, U. S. N. R.. son of Wayne Love
Randall, 5000 Connecticut avenue.
is the District officer listed among
the dead.
Highest officer In the missing list
from Washington is Capt. Kenneth
M. Hoeffel, U. S. NJ, who was on
Corregidor at the time OF its capitu-
lation.
Capt. Hoeffel, the Navy reported
In a communique May 6, Joined
his officers and men in sending
a last message OF loyalty, devotion
and good cheer to their country,
their families and their friends"
before the fall Of Corregidor. He
reported the damage OF the day,
which included demolition OF all
small craft by our forces. The
Navy said then the ITS officers and
2,10O men of the Navy and 70 Of
ficers and 1900 men of the ma
rines were assumed" to have been
captured. Listing Of Capt. Hoeffel
among the missing indicates the
Navy has had no definite report
he was captured.
Was Graduated in 1917.
Capt. Hoeffel, a native OF Wis
consin. was graduated from the
Naval Academy in 1917. He was
with a destroyer force at Queens
town, Ireland. in 1918 and later
with United States forces at Brest,
France. He went to Pearl Harbor
in 1888 and in 1910 took command
of the cruiser Asheville. He was
also commander Of the inshore pa
troll.
His wife, Mrs. Mary Drake Hoef-
fel, maintained home at 2l29 Flor
Ida avenue NV. and later in Cam
bridge, Mass.
Mai. John j. He'll, Marine Corps,
reported missing. Is a native OF
Washington. He studied at the
Severn School in Maryland and
was graduated from the Naval
Academy in 1928, receiving his COM
mission in the Marine Corps.
Since graduation, he has served at
Philadelphia, Haiti, several times at
Quantico, sea duty on the U. s. s.
Pensacola and was at one time an
ordnance instructor at the Naval
Academy. He also has studied at
the Infantry School at Fort Ben
ming, Ga.
He went to Shanghai last summer,
leaving with the marines to go to
Olangopo.
Ensign Bennett Missing.
Mai. Heil's wife lives at 17l9
Otis street NE. They have three
children, two boys and one girl.
Ensign Wilmurt Addison Bennett,
listed missing, was born here May =,
1919. His home is listed as 2501
Calvert street NV. He attended the
Valley Forge Military Academy and
Washington and Lee University,
Lexington, Va. Enlisting in the
Naval Reserve as an apprentice sea-
man in 1910, Ensign Bennett was
appointed midshipman In 1910 and
was graduated from the Naval Re
serve Midshipman's School, North
western University. He was assigned
to duty in the Asiatic Fleet. His
father, w. A. Bennett, lives at 1853
Sixteenth street NV.
1t. Daniel Bernard Deckelman, %,
reported missing, is the father of a
16-month- old son. A native OF Gin
cinnati, he was graduated from the
Naval Academy in 1887 and I'M
mediately was assigned to ship.
He and Mrs. Deckleman, who came
here from Minneapolis 10 years ago,
were married here March 9, 1910.
Their home is at 4016 Calvert
street NV.
He was home for a brief visit IN
January. Mrs. Deckelman said she
last had heard from him in March.
Native Of Bay State.
Also listed as missing is 1t. James
Stephen O'Rourke, who was or
dered to the 18th Naval District,
Cavite, P. I. in 1899. 1t. O'Rourke,
a native of Massachusetts,, was ap-
pointed to the Naval Academy in
1888. He was assigned to duty in
Shanghai in 1910. His home ad-
dress is 4215 Third street NV.
1t. Nathaniel Minter Dial, 81, OF
1852 Kalorama road, reported miss
ing. is a native of South Carolina
and was appointed to the Naval
Academy in 1928, after attending
Western High School here. His first
sea assignment was in the U. S. S.
Arizona. 1t. Dial was ordered to
the Bird Naval District, New York,
in April 1899. From November,
1899, until July, 1941, he was at
farhed tn the Naval Academy and