Evening star., 1944-09-14
5 More District Area Men Die in Action;
3 Others Are Wounded; One Is Missing

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Five Washington area men wer,
killed, eight were wounded. one Il
missing and two have been deco.
rated. according to the Army ant
Navy announcements and In infor.
nation received by relatives.
Killed
| Second Lit. James w. Roland, %
infantryman. was killed in actor
in France July is, his family ha,
been notified. The son of Mr.. and
Mrs. william c. Roland. 1927 Sum.
init place ne, 1t. Roland also Il
survived by his wife. Mrs. Theda
McCulloch Roland of Joplin, Mo-
and younger brother, Francis j
Roland
1t. Roland, who had been overseas
since April, entered the Army in
August, 1912. After being commits
stoned in March, l943, he served a,
an instructor at Camp Crowder and
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Born In
the District, 1t. Roland was a grad
uate of St. Johns College. Before
entering the Army he had been en-
ployed by the Cafritz Realty Co.
Second 1t. william 1. Forde, Is
son of Mrs. William Barge, 140.
South Thomas street, Arlington
Va, was killed in action July /:
over Germany, his mother has beer
informed. Previously he was re.
ported missing on the same date
He was navigator on B-24.
1t. Forde, born in Chicago, at
tended Pelham On. " High Schoo
and was an artist-designer for the
Arthur Kudner advertising agency
in New York before entering service
in February. 1912. He began his
military career in the medical corps
transferred to the air forces four
months later. received pilot train
ing and went to navigation school
He had been overseas since March,
1914.
Pvt. George r. Williams, 81. whose
wife, Mrs. Marie Williams. lives at
317 Tenth street NE, has been
killed in action In Northern France,
according to War Department
communication received by his wife
Pvt. Williams was employed with
the L. S. Briggs Co. here before
entering the service September 7
of last year. He was assigned to
overseas duty May II and was killed
July 27.
Pvt. Williams, an infantryman,
took part in the Normandy invasion.
Tech. Sergt. Richard M. Kehoe,
81, Army Air Forces, previously re-
ported missing in action over Eu-
rope, has been reported killed in
action August IL while on his 45th
bombing mission. according to word
received by his father, John J. Ke-
hoe, 1904 Moorland lane. Bethesda
Md, vice president and general
manager of the Hugh Riley Paint
and Glass Co.
Sergt. Kehoe, who had been over
seas since March of this year, held
the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf
clusters. Born in Philadelphia. he
attended Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School and George Washing
ton University. Before entering the
service. he was employed by Orvis
Bros. & Co. and the Fruit Growers
Express Co., and was we'll known
as a swing drummer. He was a
member of the District Musicians
Local ISL.
A brother. Jack Kehoe, is a dive
bomber on carrier in the Pacific
Pfc. Thomas J. Peterson, 38, BROTH
er of James L. Peterson, 9l2 Twen-
ty-third street NV, died August "a
of wounds received August while
serving with an infantry division in
France. his brother has learned.
Pvt. Peterson, a native of the Dis
trict. was plumber before he en-
tered service in 1910. He went over
seas last September.
Wounded
Capt. Richard L. Sullivan. %,
U. S. M. c., was wounded in action
on Tinian Island, August S, accord
ing to the Navy Department.. His
parents. Col. and Mrs. Leo S. Sulli-
van. 1924 North Abingdon road, Ar
lington. Va, received a letter from
Capt. Sullivan written from a Fleet
Hospital in the South Pacific, saying
be had been hit by shrapnel in both
legs, but only slightly, and that he
was recovering rapidly.
Capt. Sullivan entered the Marine
Corps upon graduation from the
Naval Academy in 1943. He was
sent overseas last winter, and was
in the invasion of the Marshall Is
lands, and Saipan before being
wounded His father, Col. Sullivan.
is stationed here with marine gen.
eral headquarters. His brother,
Corpl. Robert F. Sullivan, is now
stationed in California.
Pfc. d. H. Jennings, 81, son of
Mrs. Harry Jennings, 1923 Decatur