The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-02
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War Casualties

War Casualties Ca
Since our last issue, five men have
been reported killed in action, one
killed in a plane crash, five have
been reported missing in action and
ten wounded.
Killed In Action
Lieut.. William M. Amman, 26, hus-
band of Mrs. Jane (Bowers) Amman,
navigator of the 486th Bomber
Group of the Eighth Air Force, was
killed October Is in England.
1t. Amman and his crew left the
United States on August 80 on their
Liberty Bell ship which they flew
over and on October he was
awarded the Air Medal. He COM
pleted his training at Sellman Field,
Ala.
A graduate of the Hagerstown
High School, he was formerly en-
ployed at the Hagerstown Gas Com
pany.
Besides his wife, surviving are:
Mother, Mrs. j. Stewart Amman,
Aberdeen Proving Grounds; sisters,
Mrs. Edwin Miller, Arlington, Va;
Mrs H. c. Burrill, Aberdeen Prov
ing Grounds; brothers, Tvs John
Amman, U. S. Army, Italy, and James
c. Amman, this city.
Sgt. Chester L. Bennett, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Bennett, $40
South Potomac street, was killed
in action in France on October H.
His brother, Pvt. Clarence Lee
Bennett, drowned at ST. Johns,
Newfoundland, July 10, 194l. An
other brother, First Sgt. James l..
Bennett, Jr., is in Panama.
Other surviving brothers and sis
tiers are: Mrs. C. F. Keedy, Mrs. c.
j. Keedy, Mrs. Roger Shellman,
Betty Bennett, Madeline Bennett
and Charles Raymond Bennett.
Pvt. George w. Johnson, 80, son
of Mrs Nora James, 635 North Lo-
Gust street, died at hospital base
in Ringwood, England, October Is
of injuries received in a bomb ex-
plosion
Besides his mother, Pvt. Johnson
is survived by his wife, Mrs Helen
Seder Johnson; daughter, Dolores
Ann, of Frackville, Pa; sisters, Mrs.
Anna Shearer, Mrs. Grace Wiles
and Mrs Edith Schaffer, all of Ha-
gerstown; brothers, Lester Hoffman. /
this city, and Pvt Joseph Hoffman,
Camp Rucker, Ala.
George Marvin Mauck, Pharma-
cist's Mate Third Glass, son of Mr..
and Mrs. George w. Mauck, Mau-
gansville, was killed in action on
September Is.
Although an enlistee in the United
States Navy, Pharmacists Mate
Mauck had been transferred to the
Marine Corps year ago, and was
serving with the Corps in the South
west Pacific.
Twenty years old, he enlisted on
January %, 1943. Boot training and
instruction at the Hospital Corps
School in cambridge were followed
by duty at the Naval Hospital at
Bethesda He was then transferred
to California and the Marines, and
left this country on December 80, |
1913.
Educated at Hagerstown High
School, he was employed by c. d.
Kenny and Moller Corporation
Surviving, besides his parents, are
a sister, Mrs Thelma Martin, Maui
gansville, and two brothers, Lloyd
E. and Nevin, at home.
Pvt. Harry R. Palmer, aged 10,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Palmer,
Paper Mill road and Pangborn
boulevard, was killed in action in
Holland on October 5.
Private Palmer, who attended the
Lappans school and was an employee
of a coal trucking firm near Ha-
gerstown, entered the service in
September, 1943, and was sent over
seas. in May of this year. He was a
member of an infantry unit.
Besides his parents he is survived
by three sisters, Rosalie, Genevieve
and Betty, all at home
Killed In Crash
Cpl Guy Garfield, son of Harry
Garfield, 73 Dale street, was killed
in the crash of R-24 Tiberator