Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-24
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Killed

Lit. Joseph Andrews, 26, Army
fighter pilot, was killed in actor
over France on August Is, the Wa,
Department has informed his par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Burt w. An.
drews, ST., 600 Whittier street NV
Overseas since April, 1t. Andrew.
had served as base operations Off.
Ger in Sicily and in the same ca.
pacity at glider base in Italy
A native of Fairfax County, Va, ht
attended Roosevelt High School
where he was a battalion adjutant
in the Cadet Corps. He was grad.
uated from The Citadel, Charles.
ton, S. c., and held a commission
iE the ROTC. He was called tc
active duty early in 1912. A brother
1t. Burt w. Andrews, jr.. is or
duty with an infantry unit in Italy
Pvt. Merton E. Gage, %, son OF
Capt. Edgar w. Gage, A. U. S., and
Mrs. Gage, 8001 Blair Mill drive
Silver Spring, Md, was killed on
July IA while serving with the in
fantry in France, the War Depart
ment reported.
A native of Cambridge, Mass.
Pvt. Gage was educated in the
Massachusetts, public schools. He
enlisted in the Army in February
1887, during his junior year in high
school. He received his basic train
ing at Fort Devens, Mass, was sta
toned for 10 months in Panama
and later was at Fort jackson, S.
c. He had been overseas since last
November.
Pvt. Robert F. Hanlon. 20, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel J. Hanlon, 200
Rhode Island avenue NE, was killed
in action in France on July 80, the
War Department has announced.
Pvt. Hanlon, a graduate of Nc
k1nley High School, was a senior
at Georgetown University when he
entered the service last December
He was sent overseas in July A
native of Medford, Mass, he has
two brothers in the service, Marine
1t. Frederick R. Hanlon, now in the
Southwest Pacific and 1t. q. g.
Daniel j. Hanlon, jr,. U. S. N, sta
toned in San Pedro. Calf. .
Second 1t. James L. Burke. 26,
son of Mr.. and Mrs James C. Burke,
of Bland, Va, was killed in action
in France on July 10, the War De-
partment has announced. Before
entering the service in the winter of
1912, 1t. Burke operated a restau-
rant in Wytheville, Va. He was sta
toned for time in Washington and
went overseas last May. He was
born in Bland and received his edu-
cation in the Virginia public schools.
Pvt. Ben L. Gaddie, 20, whose wife
Mrs. Alice D. Gaddie, lives at 1905
Fifty-eighth street, Hillside, Md,
was killed in action in France near
Cherbourg on July 6, the War De-
partment has reported. He was
serving with an infantry unit
Pvt Gaddie entered the Army
last September and had been over
seas since March. A native of
Green County. KY, he came to the
District in 1910 and was employed
by Sears. Roebuck and Co. Prior
to entering the service, he was
civilian employe at the Patuxent
River Naval Air Station.
Pvt. Woodrow w. Berry, whose
wife, Mrs. Hazel Berry, lives at 1901
South Thirteenth street, Arlington,
Va, was killed in action in Nor
mandy June %. the War Depart
ment has announced.
Attached to the Army Medical
Corps. Pvt. Berry was born in Eden
ton, NJ c. He moved to Arlington
in 1888 and was employed as
painter. He entered the service in
September, 1943, and was sent to
England in March.
Staff Sergt. Ralph A. Speer, whose
brother-in-law, Capt Keith D. Tar
rant, lives at GIT South Fillmore
street, Arlington, Va, was killed in
France on June Is while serving
with the air-borne troops, the War
Department has announced. His
mother, Mrs. Minnie M. Speer, lives
IN Detroit, Mich.
A native of Detroit, Sergt. Speer
was a student at Wayne University
when he enlisted in 1912. He was
sent to England a year ago He is
one OF four brothers in the armed
forces.
Pvt. Maurice Crouch, 10. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Crouch of
Manassas, Va, was killed in action
on July 3 in Cherbourg, the War
Department has announced.
Pvt. Crouch enlisted in the In
fantry in March. 1912. and received
his basic training at Camp Hunter.
N. c. He was born and educated
IN Manassas.
Pvt. Richard c. Schonrank, IS,
whose wife, Mrs. Eunice A. Schon-
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