Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11

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partment communication receive,
by his mother.
The young Marine Corps ONCE
attended Powell Junior High Schoc
and Central High School. He wa
graduated from Bladensburg Higl
School where he played on tn
schools football and basketball
teams.
He enlisted November 10, 1882
and two weeks later was chosen t,
attend Officers Candidate School
He received his commission in Jun,
of last year.
1t. Bolen was a member of Signs
Pi Omicron.
His sister, 10 Ann Bolen, Is, wht
works for the War Department, sait
she had received a letter from hin
dated June 70 in which he sale
everything is o. K. at this end.
am still in fair shape"
Saipan was his first action.
Pfc. Peter Zanakos, jr., OF IA Fifth
street NE, has been killed In actor
in France, the War Department
has notified his parents, Mr.. ane
Mrs. Peter Zanakos, ST., of the same
address.
The 21-year-old paratrooper wa.
graduated from Eastern High Schoo
in 1912, He was employed by the
Army Map Service until his enlist.
ment in the Army in March 1913
After completing his training he
was sent to England in January
In his last letter to his parents he
wrote that he couldn't wait until he
would be back home.
Besides his parents, Pfc. Zanakos
is survived by a brother, Pvt. An.
thony Zanakos, in the Air Corps al
Good Fellow Field, Tex, and two
sisters, Mary and Helen.
Pvt. Hugh Oliver Fitzhugh BeIote
10, son OF Mrs. Katherine F.. Belote
1852 Monroe street NE, was killee
July II in action on Saipan.
Pvt. Belote was a senior at Nc.
Kinley High School when he en-.
listed in August, 1913. He received
his basic training at Fort Mcclellan
Ala, and was an infantryman. Ac.
tive in high school extra activities
Pvt. Belote was cited for his par.
ticipation in cadet work at McKin.
ley. He was born at Portsmouth
Va, and moved to Washington with
his family in 1896.
Surviving also are his brother. Ell.
nest C. Belote, jr., and his sister
Mrs. Alfred r. Groome, Phoebus
Va
Pvt. James r. Martin, 20, son OF
Mrs. Eta Martin, 4O5 Seventy frs,
street, Seat Pleasant, Nd, was
killed July Is during infantry fight
ing in Normandy, his mother has
been informed.
Pvt. Martin, native of Middle
town, Md, and a graduate of Eliot
Junior High School, was a printer
helper before he entered service in
March l943. He served at Fort Nc.
Clellan, Ala, before going overseas
IN March 1884.
Pfc. Benjamin Kemp, 10, wa.
killed in action in Italy July 10, his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin F
Kemp, 800 Cedar avenue, Takoms
Park, Md. have been informed BY
the War Department.
An infantryman, Pfc. Kemp wa!
native Of Takoma Park, where ht
attended Montgomery Blair High
School. He entered the Army ir
l943 after graduation from high
school, and received his training a
Camp Lee, Va. and at Camp Adair
Greg. He was sent to North Africa
in April and went to Italy July /.
Besides his parents, he is survived
by twin sister, Betty Kemp, ane
two brothers, Paul Kemp, Takoma
Park, and Corpl. Robert D. Kemp
stationed with the Army Air Forces
at Drew Field, Fla.
1t. Col. George E. Halliday, 81
who was employed here as a bio
chemist with the Agriculture De-
was killed in action July
Is in Italy, according to word re.
ceived by his aunt, Miss Georgia I
Tough, 20l9 I street NV.
Col. Halliday had been overseas
since August II, 1912, and saw action
In the Tunisian, Sicilian and italian
campaigns. Before coming to Wash.
ington in 1896, he taught chemistry
at Purdue university.
He is survived by his widow and
their two children, who have re.
turned to their former home in West
Lafayette, Ind. During their stay
here they lived in Arlington.
Missing in Action
1t. David Spencer Wilson, q
husband Of Mrs. Cecil Train Wilson
OF II Grafton street, Chevy Chase
has been reported as missing II
action by the Navy Department.
1t. Wilson's home is in Hamp
den-Sydney, Va, where his fathel
is the dean of the college.
The lieutenant graduated from
the Naval Academy at Annapoli!
in 1910 and has been on active dut,
since that time.
Mrs. Wilson is the daughter o.
Admiral Harold c. Train.
Capt. Walter Russell Guthrie, Is
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick P
Guthrie Of 1901 Argyle terrace NV.
has been reported as missing IL
action while en- route to an assign