Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-10
On the Roll Of Honor

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/ Pfc. Clarke Pvt. Norris
tKilIed) (Wounded)
Killed
7 Marine Pfc. John Freeland Clarke
20, son of Mrs. Mary E. Clarke, SOL:
Illinois avenue NV, was killed II
action somewhere in the Pacific, &C.
cording to word received here by his
mother
Born in the District, he attended
Truesdell Primary School, Macfar-
land Junior High School, and was
a junior at Roosevelt High Schoo
when he enlisted in the 5th Bat
talon, Marine Corps Reserve, here
under command of Col. Harvey
Miller. He left Washington with the
battalion November 7, 1941, anc
trained first at Quantico. He saw
service at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Iceland and after a furlough a home
early in 1912, left for the Pacific the
alter of war. He participated in the
campaigns on Guadalcanal, Cape
Gloucester, New Britain and others
Details of his last activities were not
available today.
Pfc. Joseph E. Hill, husband O.
Mrs Louise Parlette Hill, Mechan.
icsville, Md, was killed in actor
September in Belgium, the Wal
Department has notified his widow
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. J. Hill
also of Mechanicsville, Pfc. Hill was
an infantryman, and had served in
the North African, Sicilian and
Cherbourg campaigns. He was a
graduate of Margaret Brent High
School. Surviving also are two small
daughters and a brother, st. Clair
Hill of Mechanicsville.
Wounded
Pvt. Marshall L. Norris, 10, hus-
band of Mrs. Gloria Norris, 1409
South Carolina avenue Sc, and son
of Mrs. Eta N. Griffin, 642 Eleventh
street NE, was listed on today's
War Department casualty report as
wounded in action in the European
area. Both of his legs and one of
his arms were injured July 26
during infantry fighting in France
and he is now recovering in hos
pital in England.
Pvt. Norris, a graduate of Eliot
Junior High School. entered service
in May, 1913, and went overseas in
June, 1914.
Pfc. James j. Brooke, %, husband
of Mrs. Marie Brooke, 6528 Forty
sixth place, Riverdale, Md, and son
of Mrs. Harry Brooke SIT Eight
zenith street NE, was listed on
today's War Department casualty
report as wounded in action in the
European area. One of his ear
drums burst and his right leg was
injured so badly it had to be ampu-
tated as a result of German ma
chine gun and mortar fire July II
in France. He is recovering in a
hospital in Battle Greek, Mich.
r Brooke. who attended Abbott
Vocation School, entered service in
February. 1912. and went overseas
in May ,sl944.4-4ss x4 49,
Pvt. Raymond E. Rodriguez, son
of Mrs. Christine E. Rodriguez, 4523
Thirty-second road, Mount Rainier,
Md, was listed on todays War
Department casualty report as
wounded in action in the European
area. He was wounded July II
during infantry fighting near st. 10,
France; spent 30 days in an English
hospital and has returned to France
Pvt. Rodriguez, a graduate of
Mount Rainier High School, entered
the service in November, 1943, and
went overseas in April, 1914.
Pfc. Miles w. Sinclair, %, hus-
band of Mrs. Evelyn D. Sinclair,
1911 Third street NV, was listed
on today's War Department casualty
list as wounded in action in the
European area. He was wounded
July 2 during infantry fighting in
France.
Pvt Sinclair, who formerly
worked for the Briggs Clarifier Co.,
entered service in December, 1912,
and went overseas in April, 1914.
Pvt. Carl G. Frederickson, IS, hus-
band of Mrs. Mary Frederickson,
1916 Eleventh street NV, was listed
on today's War Department casualty
report as wounded in action in the
European area He was injured
July Is during infantry fighting in
Normandy, but has returned to duty
after convalescing in an English
hospital.
A native of Duluth, Mimi, Pvt.
FrederickSon came here eight years
ago and was a member of the uni
formed guard force at the Treas
ury Department before entering
service in November, 1913. He went
overseas in May, 1914.
Sergt. Frederick w. Cameron, %,
husband of Mrs. Lucy Cameron,
1904 Alabama avenue Sc, was listed
on today'S Navy Department cas-
ualty report as wounded in action
for a second time. He was shot in
the left chest and left arm by Jap
sniper July 81 while serving with
the marines on Tinian, after pre-
viously having been wounded by
shrapnel June 16 on Saipan. He is
now recovering at a rest camp.
Sergt. Cameron, a native of Meri-
den, Conn.,, attended high school
there and enlisted in the Marines
in August, 1910. He went overseas
in December, 1913. His parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Amos j. Cameron, live in
Meriden, Conn.
Pfc. William M. Christie, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Christie of
Washington Grove, Md, was seri-
ously wounded in action in Ger
many on September 10, the War De-
partment informed his wife, Mrs.
Mollie Waters Christie, who lives
in Germantown, Md.
Before Pfc. Christie entered the
Army in January, 1913, he worked
for the Wisconsin, Oliver branch of
the Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele-
phone Co. He was graduated from
the motorized mechanics course at