Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-31

CluClng Jour Objects anu 1.-Two cIllloGCu
men from the District, today brought
the total casualties for all branches
of the armed services to SCOTS since
Pearl Harbor. The total for the
Navy, Coast Guard and Marines was
raised to 20,397 dead, wounded and
missing.
The Navy casualty list made pub
lie today included 1880 dead, wound
ed and missing between December l
and December Is. OF these, one
Washington officer was listed as
wounded, three as missing, and one
enlisted man as dead, one wounded
and three missing.
A breakdown of the total casu-
alties among the Navy, Coast Guard
and Marines showed 5000 dead;
3,441 wounded and 11,047 missing.
The most recent recapitulation Of
Army casualties showed 1909 dead,
1882 wounded, 30,119 missing, 112
prisoners and LOG interned.
The Nays newest list also show
ed three officers from Annapolis
and one from Falls Church, Va,
were missing, as we'll as enlisted
men from points near Washington.
Some May Be Safe.
The Navy pointed out that some
Of those listed as missing might con-
ceivably have been landed at iso-
lated spots and have had no oppor-
tunity to communicate with United
States forces.
Capt. John D. Bradbury, Marine
Corps, is the only Washington officer
in the wounded list. and Ensign
Virgil Harold Traxler was among
those reported missing. 1t. q. g.
Huntington Thorn and 1t. Comdr.
John A. Collett, both of whom pre-
vlouSly had been disclosed as miss
ing. were included in the latest list.
The missing Annapolis officers are
1t. George Stewart Fuller, S. c.; 1t.
Henry Chalfant Gearing, H., and
Capt. Lyman Knute SNensen.
1t. Creighton Lambert Wheeler,
U. S. N. R.. Of Falls Church, is
the only missing officer from nearby
Virginia.
1t. Thorn is the son Of Corcoran
Thorn, president of the American
Security & Trust Co. His wife, Mrs
Rosemary Thorn, lives at 3244 Ne
braska avenue NV.
Attached to Carrier.
Comdr. Collett, native of Omaha
attended the John Eaton School here
and prepared for Annapolis at
Swaveley School in Manassas, Va
He was graduated in 1929, and
served first on the Texas.
His next of kin is his mother, Mrs
Ruth D. Baughman. His STEP
father, Capt. CORTLAND c. Baugh-
man. is on duty in the Navy De-
partment.
Academy Graduate.
Ensign Traxler was born in Mans
field, Ohio, May II. 1920, and went
to the Naval Academy in 1899. He
was listed missing In action in sea
duty to which he was assigned after
graduation in 1912
He is the son of 1t. Virgil Harold
Traxler, Navy Dental Corps, retired,
who lives at 2700 Q street NV.
Capt. Bradbury is a native of
Brookllne. Mass, and joined the
Marines February 20, l94l. AS a
reserve second lieutenant he Joined
the fourth res0ve officers class at
Quantlco. and on graduation was
sent to New River. NC, where he
became executive officer. He served
with the Fleet Marine Force and
WAS promoted a first Lieutenant and
rose TO captain in August. His
father, Royal d. Bradbury, lives at
3706 Ingomar street NV.
,.s. Lit. Wheeler was born in Falls
Church on May %, 1910. He at
tended Western High School and
entered the Naval Academy from
Virginia in 1880 After graduation
in 1884 he resigned and was ap-
pointed an ensign in the Naval
Reserve.
missing in Action.
In the summer of 1910 he reported
for active duty at the Navy Yard
at Philadelphia where the Ring
gold was fitting out. He served on
that vessel and later on the Tar
bell before coming to duty in the
Washington Navy Yard. He served
here until assigned to duty aboard
vessel that was fitting out and
on which he was serving when re-
nOrted missing in action
His wife, Mrs. Evelyn Medora
Wheeler, lives in Fredericksburg,
Va
Capt. Lyman Knute SWensen,
U. S. N, does not live in this vicinity,
but his address was care of his son,
Midshipman Robert Abercrombie
Swenson, a member of the class of
l945 at the Naval Academy at An
napolis. He is native of Utah.
He served in the Bureau of Naval
Operations here from 1927 to 1929.
He was in command of the destroyer
escort that accompanied President
Roosevelt to his conference with
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
in the Atlantic. The Navy does
not name the command he held at
the time he was reported missing.
Was Disbursing Officer.
1t. Fuller was disbursing officer
and assistant to the supply officer at
Annapolis before he went to sea in
1941. A native of Leavenworth,
Kans., he attended the Handley
High School in Winchester, Va. and
the Cochran Bryan Preparatory
School in Annapolis before entering
the academy. After service on the
carrier Lexington he attended the
finance and supply school in Phila-
delphia and later was assistant to
the supply officer at Pearl Harbor.
1t. Gearing. member of dis
tinguished Navy family, is the son
OF Capt. Henry Chalfant Gearing,
commander of the Naval Training
Station at San Diego, and grandson
of the late Comdr. Henry Chalfant
Gearing. who graduated second in
the class of 1876 at the academy.
His grandmother lives at Carvel
Hall Hotel in Annapolis.
He was born in California in 1912
and entered the academy from
Pennsylvania in 1881. After a tour