Evening star., 1944-11-19
Killed

20, Marine Corps dive bomber pilot
was killed In action in the South
Pacific November 10, the Navy De-
partment has informed his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry E. Kelly
4724 South Dakota avenue NE. Re-
QUEEN mass will be offered al
10 am. tomorrow at the Church
of the Immaculate Conception.
Before entering the service In
April, 1912, 1t. Kelly was employed
at the Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele-
phone Co. A native of the District
and graduate Of st. Johns College
he received his commission at
Pensacola, Fla. and was promoted
to first lieutenant last April. A
brother, Pfc. Henry E. Kelly, jr., Il
stationed at New York.
First 1t. Scott b. Richie, jr., "A
son of Col. Scott B. Ritchie and Mrs
Ritchie of 6811 Eighth street NV.
was killed in action in England the
War Department has announced.
1t. Ritchie was graduated from
West Point in 1943 and went over
seas last January. He won the Air
Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster while
serving with the 9th Air Force.
Born in Fort Monroe, Va, 1t
Ritchie was graduated from West
ern High School. Besides his parents
he is survived by sister, Alice Lee,
a student at william and Mary Col
lege. Col. Ritchie is in the War
Department with the ordnance di-
vision.
Staff Sergt. Edward C. Lamont,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. David Sylvester
Lagomarsino of 334 Thirteenth
street NE, who has been missing
since August, 1943, has been de-
clared dead by the War Department
Sergt. Lamont, who would have
been Is November 8, was sent over
seas in August, 1912, and was re-
ported missing in the North African
theater after an air mission.
Graduated from Eliot Junior High
and Eastern High Schools. he was
employed In the Norfolk Navy Yard
in Portsmouth, Va, before enlistine
rim the Army Air Forces in July, 1941
He was Star carrier in his youth.
sergt. Raymond Dombroski, 25
whose brother, Alphonse A. DOM
broski, lives in Beltsville, Md, was
killed August IA in Italy. the War
Department has announced.
Winner of the Air Medal. Sergt
Dombroski, was born and educated
in Wilkes-Barre, Pa, and was en-
ployed in the Sterling Hotel there
when he enlisted in the Army Air
Forces in November, 1943. He left
for Europe in July, 1914.
He is survived by two other BROTH
ers, Pvt. Robert Dombroski, para
trooper in India, and Daniel, stu
dent in Greenbelt High School. An
other brother, Pvt. Charles DOM
broski, U. S. M. c., was killed in Au-
gust, 1912. in the Pacific.
Pvt. George f. DuFrane, jr., "a,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. F. DuFrane,
ST., of 500 East Nelson avenue, Alex
andria, was reported killed in ac-
ton in May, 1914, around Carano.
Italy, the War Department has
announced.
Born in Buffalo, he was graduated
from Geerge Washington High
School in Alexandria. He enlisted
in the Army in April 1899. Besides
his parents, he is survived by a
brother, Pvt. John j. DuFrane with
the Army Air Force in warrens-
burg, Mo-, and three sisters.
Tech. Sergt. william T. Lemon, 26,
son of Walter H. Lemon of Purcell
vile, Va, was killed In the battle
for st. Lo, France, on June II, the
War Department has announced.
Born in Lincoln, Va, Sergt. Lemon
was graduated from Lincoln High
School and was a plumber until his
induction into the Army in May
1941. He was sent to England in
October, 1912. According to his
father, Sergt. Lemon was killed by
German machine gun while try
ing to lead his men out of q trap
He is buried in meadow II
Normandy.
Staff Sergt. Charles s. Darby, 80
died of burns in an English hospital
after his plane crashed into the side
of mountain on an operational
flight over enemy territory, the Wal
Department has informed his father
William R. Darby, % North Knowles
street, Kensington.
Sergt. Darby was radio operator
on a troop-carrying transport plane
A graduate of Emerson School
Sergt. Darby attended Corcorau
School of Art from 1927 to 1929.
| Besides his father Sergt. Darby
is survivede by two brothers, Chief
Petty Officer william r. Darby. jr.
who recently returned from two
years Of duty In the Pacific with the
Seabees, and Hale Darby. a local
architect.
Pvt. Myer Epstein, whose father
Harry Epstein, has been carpen-
ter with the District government
for Is years, was killed in Holland
on October 5, relatives have beer
notified by the War Department.
Pvt. Epstein, 80. operated an auto
repair shop near the Epstein home
at 4O12 Illinois avenue NV. before
entering the Army II months ago
He attended Business High School
His father, who came from Rus
sia almost 40 years ago, served In
Manchuria during the Russo-Japa-
neSe War.
Pvt. Epstein Is survived by his
widow, Anita, and q daughter, Phyl-
lis, and two brothers, Archie, who Il
In the Army, and Albert, now serv-
ing in the Navy.