Evening star., 1944-09-19
1o District Area Men Listed
AS Killed in Action, ! Wounded

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Capt. Smith Pvt. Glyn
CKiIleD (Killed)
Nineteen District area men have
been killed in action, one has beer
wounded and three have been dec
Grated, the War and Navy Depart
; ments have announced. One Alex
} andria, Va, man was reported
missing.
One of those listed as killed In
the War Departments casualty list
was Col. Douglas C. McNair. son OF
the late 1t. Gen. Lesley j. McNair
chief of Army Ground Forces. Col.
McNair's death was reported in The
Star August 8.
Killed
Pvt. Irving L. Cooper, 10, son Of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cooper Of 1923
Whittier street NV, was reported
killed in action July u, In the battle
of Saipan.
Pvt. Cooper was graduated from
Roosevelt High School and was en-
ployed by the Times Herald before
entering the service last year. Be-
sides his parents he is survived by
a brother, Jack, %, in the Navy; an
other brother and a sister.
Second 1t. Jackson Palmer, jr.,
son of Col. and Mrs. Jackson
Palmer, sr., 1900 Rhode Island ave-
nue. NE, was listed as killed May
18 over Germany.
1t. Palmer was previously listed
as missing in action and the story
appeared in The Star on July 10.
Later the War Department and the
family were informed by the Inter-
national Red Cross that 1t. Palmer
was killed when he was shot down
over Germany.
He has been posthumously
awarded the Purple Heart and the
Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Clus-
ter.
Capt. Talbert A. Smith, 81, para
trooper. who was reported missing
since June 8, was killed in action
July in France, the War Depart
ment has notified his grandparents
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Smith, 8O8
Maryland avenue NE.
A native of Washington, Capt.
Smith was graduated from Mary
land University. He entered active
service in January, l94l, and was
attached to the Quartermaster
Corps. Two years later he trans
ferred to the parachute infantry
received his wings at Fort Ben
ming, Ga, in March, 1943, and went
overseas last January.
His widow, Mrs. Elizabeth j.
Smith, and 1-year -old daughter live
in Baltimore.
Pvt. Henry O. Glyn, 81, Of 1912
ThisfV-Arst~-stTeet, Mount Haini6r,
M6..was killed in action in Frsfee
August 8, the War Department In
formed his mother, Mrs. Henry r.
GlZn. %, a. an. o,a. -,
aprn In Mount Rainier, Pvt. GYM
graduated from Mckinley High
School. Before entering the Army
in June, 194l, Pvt. Glyn was en-
ployed at the David Taylor Model
Basin in Carderock, Md.
He went overseas in September,
1912, to serve with the 29th Infantry
Division A brother. Joseph, is in
the Army Air Force, and another
brother, Frank, is with the Navy In
the Pacific.
Staff Sergt. Malcolm L. Perrault,
husband of Mrs. Mary e. Perrault
of 1904 South Capitol street, was
listed as killed In action in the Med
literranean area.
Staff Sergt. Joseph Cheseldine,
brother Of Mrs. Mary Gates Of 30s
Seventh street SW, was reported
killed during the invasion OF
France.
The stories Of II other men listed
by the War Department as killed In
action appeared in The Star after
the next Of kin had been notified
The stories appeared on the dates
indicated. The men are:
First 1t. Marvin E. Balderson, son
Of Mrs. Maude l.. Balderson Of 1906
Thirtieth street, Mount Rainier
July 18).
Sergt. william H. Clements, son
of Mrs. Agnes " Clements, 1901
Sixteenth street NE. July 1s).
First 1t. william Hume, son OF
Mrs. Ethel w. Hume, 1920 -Four.
teenth street NV. august 16).
First 1t. Gino Valenti, son of An
thony Valenti, 1924 Perry street
NE. (July 81.
Pfc. James Simmons, jr., son OF
Mrs. Christine Simmons, Upper
Marlboro, Md. July 2D.
1t. Col. william e. WArfleld, hus-
band of Mrs. Ester c. Warfield, 940s
Woodland drive, Silver Spring, Md
(July y.
Pfc. Henry E. Furr, son Of William
Furr, 2o07 North STAFFORD street
Arlington (September y.
STAFF sergt. Maurice M. Williams,
brother of Mrs. Martha Dove. Cedar
avenue, Fairfax, Va. July 81.
Pvt. Daniel p. Burke, son of Will
liam Burke, 155 North Carolina ave-
nue. Sc. (July 29).
Pvt. John L. Schumacher, hus-
band Of Mrs. Violet Schumacher
5741 Colorado avenue NV. July
25),
Staff Sergt. Albert d. Woodward,
son Of Mrs. Ethel G. Woodward
6Sol Pineway, Hyattsville. Md. (July
29O,
Pvt. Jack r. Vogel, son OF Mrs