Evening star., 1944-08-17

and IL have been wounded, accord
ing to War Department and Navy
Department casualty lists. The
family of another Washington SOL
dier has been notified he is missing
Killed
Capt. HOratio Gates Sickel. 4th,
U. S. NJ, At, husband of Mrs. Fran
ces Ball Sickel, IL Shaw street, An
napolis, Md, was killed July 81 in
the same plane crash-in the Pacific
which cost Rear Admiral Charles
P. Cecil his life. Mrs. Sickel has
been informed by the Navy Depart
ment.
Capt Sickel. a 1920 graduate of
the Naval Academy, was with the
Army-Navy Munitions Board here
at the outbreak of the war He par
ticipated in the landings at Casa
blanca and later was captain of a
cruiser operating in the Pacific
area. He was en- route to a new
assignment, following a leave, at
the time of his death.
His two sons, Ensign Horatio Gates
Sickel, jr., 1943 graduate of the
Naval Academy, and Ensign John
Andrew Sickel a 1914 Annapolis
graduate, are now serving with the
Navy.
Maj. Stanley c. Scott, son of Brig
Gen. Stanley L. Scott, director of
planning, Army Service Forces, and
Mrs. Scott, 1923 Twenty-eighth
street NV, was killed in action in
France. August 3, the War Depart
ment notified his parents.
Maj Scott landed in France on
his 26th birthday-June 8. He was
attached to a field artillery. obser-
vation battalion.
A graduate of Central High
Maj. Scott also attended
high school in Honolulu, and was in
the 1899 graduating class at West
Point. He was member of the
pentathlon squad for the 1910
Olympics. which were Cancelled be-
cause of the war
Maj Scott, who was unmarried,
attended Field Artillery School at
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and was sent
overseas last October.
He is also survived by two brothers,
1t. William B. Scott, who is in North
Carolina with combat engineer
unit. and Gilbert, Woodrow Will
son High School student.
Gen. Scott recently returned from
is months in Iran as chief of staff
of the Persian Gulf Service Com
mand.
1t. Calvin B. Meyers. %. son of
Mrs. Bessie E. Meyers of 927 Elev-
enth street NE. and the late Fred
erick w. Meyers, was killed in ac-
ton in France on July g. His wife.
Mrs. Virginia Meyers, lives with his
parents.
A native Of Washington, 1t Mey-
ers was a graduate of Mckinley
High School and George Washing
ton University. Prior to entering
the armed forces in October. 1912,
he was manager of the Leroy Thay-
er Dance Studios. He had been
overseas since January, 1914.
James Wilfred Brazzell, chief mo-
tor machinist's mate, U. s. N. R..
whose wife, Mrs. Winona Ann Braz-
zell, lives at 103 Longfellow street
NV, was officially reported as dead
today by the Navy Department Mr..
Brazzell native of Spokane, Wash.
previously was listed as missing.
His wife is now visiting his mother,
Mrs. M. j, Brazzell, at Moline
Manitoba, Canada.
Pvt. Edwin w. Warren, %. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Warren. 5028
Nebraska avenue NV. was killed
in action on July l6 in Italy, his
parents have been notified by the
War Department
Overseas since March, 1914, Pvt.
Warren was among the first troops
to enter Rome. After graduating
from Mckinley High School he was
employed for several years at the
Federal Bureau of Investigation be-
fore entering the service last Sep
tember.
A native Of Washington. Pvt. War
rem was a member of Potomac Post.
Veterans Of the Foreign Wars. of
which his father was a past COM
mander, and the Washington
Council, Knights of Columbus.
1t. Paul w. Newgarden, son of
Col. and Mrs. George J. Newgarden
jr., formerly of Washington, was
killed in action in France a few
days after he landed there, it was
learned today.
He was graduated from the Uni
versity OF Maryland last year.
1t. Newgarden was the grandson
Of the late Col. George j. New
garden, Medical Corps, and of
James L. Du Hamel Of Washington
His uncle. Maj. Gen. Paul w. New
garden, commander Of an armored
division, recently was killed in q
plane crash.
1t. Newgarden also is survived by