Evening star., 1944-12-17

Pershing driUe, Silper Spring,
Nd, a Marine Corps combat cor
respondent, uho ,Das one of Is
D. C. marines in the battle on
Pelehu.)
SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC
Delayed Eleven of the 16 Wash
ington area marines, who fought in
a famed regiment of the lst Marine
Division, came safely through the
battle of Peleliu. Four were wound
ed and evacuated by ship to base
hospitals. One gave his life in driv-
ing the Japs from the bastion in
the Palau group.
Corpl. Donald E. Gray, 20, the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald E. Gray,
2845 Monroe street NE, was killed
in action.
Wounded were:
Corpl. Edwin C.. Detmer, "A, q
machine-gun squad leader, son of
DR.. and Mrs. Charles E. Detmer,
2o2 Shepherd street, Chevy Chase,
Md.
Pfc. Herbert J. Honecker, jr., %,
Browning automatic rifleman, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert J. Honecker
ST., 3137 Twenty-fou street NE.
Pfc. Warren L. Mason, II, head
quarters man, of 1408 Massachu-
sets avenue NV, son of Mrs. Ben
janin o. Brown of Herndon, Va.
Pfc. Ebert Satterwhite, ~, a
flame-thrower operator, the son of
Mrs. Gertrude Sattehwhite of 20
New York avenue NV.
Killed in First Clash.
Corpl. Gray, a fighting quarter
master, met death the first night
Of battle, according to Warrant Of
ficer Clifford G. Bossley, "a, of Nine
veh, N. Y.
"Six of us in the quartermaster
section were in tank trap on the
beach," said Mr.. Bossley. I'VE each
had foxhole dug within the trap.
Gray stood watch from 8 pm. until
II pm, was relieved and came back
to his hole. About 1:30 am. the Japs
opened mortar barrage. The first
one came over and landed behind us
on the waters edge. The second one
hit right on the edge of the tank
trap.
1--WE knew that some one was hit,
but it was too dark to see who it was.
So we called the roll.
Gray didn't answer"
A veteran of the Cape Gloucester
and Talasea, New Britain, fighting,
Corpl. Gray was a clerk at the Gov
ernment Printing Office before en-
listing Is months ago. In the winter
of 1912 he punehed his way through
the featherweight class in the Gold
en- Gloves tournament in Turner's
Arena.
Resting From Battle.
The other Washington Marines
now resting from the Peleliu opera
ton are:
Sergt. Edward j. Bennett, 81, of
4534 Harrison street NV, son of
Army Air Forces Maj. E. j. Bennett
of Washington, now on duty at
Atlanta, Ga.
Sergt. Walter F. Conway, 36, of
1850 Harvard street NV, whose
wife, Dorothy Collins Conway, is
assistant personnel director OF
Peoples Drug Stores.
Pfc. Joseph F. Goddard, 81, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E. Goddard OF
1922 Foote street NE.
Pfc. John A. Huber, 10, husband
Of Mrs. Wipifred Huber, 1854 10Th
road, South, Arlington, and son OF
MIR. and Mrs. George L. Huber, 400
South Wayne street, Arlington.
Corpl. Walter L. Lindsay, son OF
Mrs. Sadie M. Seek of 706 Flower
avenue, Takoma Park, Md.
Pfc. Eugene Mays, jr., 20, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Engene Mays Of 1856
Kalorama road NV.
First 1t. James P. OLaughlin, 23
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John C.
OIaughlin, 1904 Underwood street,
NV.
Corpl. William r. Picken, 90, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Picken,
3100 North Seventh street, Airing
ton.
Platoon Sergt. William j. Walden,
"a, of 6314 Ager road, Hyattsville,
son of Army 1t. Col. L. M. Walden
and Mrs. Alta Eifer Walden.
Sergt. Lawrence A. White, 81, son
Of Mrs. Jennie White, of $50 Farra-
gut street, NV.
Each man played a definite role In
the Peleliu fighting, which devel-