Evening star., 1944-09-10

fvt. voehi Pvt. Hilton
(wounded) (Wounded)
Five District area men have los
their lives in the service of thei
country. eight have been wounded
two are prisoners of war in Ger
many and one is missing, relative
have been notified by the War an
Navy Departments. Two other
have received decorations.
Killed
First 1t. Julian Ira Columbus, q
grandson of Mr.. and Mrs. r. n
Jones, 1927 Ingomar street NV
who was reported missing in a stor,
in The Star on August l3, now ha
been listed as killed in a fight owe
Germany.
1t. Columbus mother, Mrs. Julia
Weant, lives in Herndon, Va, bu
he was born here, and lived here
all his life with his grandparents
He was a graduate of Woodrow
Wilson High School, and was q
Sunday school teacher at the AL
Saints Episcopal Church.
A member of the National Guard
he reached the rank of sergeant
before transferring to the Army All
Forces as bombadier.
He was reported missing over
Hamburg on June 20. Since that
time, the German government ha,
reported him killed, according to
the War Department.
Sergt. George r. King, 20, tail
gunner on a Bit, was killed in
action on his first mission over
enemy territory April %, his par
erts, Mr.. and Mrs. George H. King
Alb G street NE, have been in
formed. He previously had beer
listed as missing.
Sergt. King, a native of Bryr
Mawr, Pa, attended Mckinley High
School and formerly was an employe
OF the David Taylor Model Basin
Carderock, Md. He entered the All
Forces in April, 1943, and had beer
in England since March.
Sergt. Jesse w. Williams, 27, sor
OF Mrs. w. S. Williams, Chesapeake
Beach, Md, was killed in action ir
France on August IT, his mother
has been notified.
A veteran of the African and
Sicilian campaigns, he held the Sol
diers Medal for Valor. After the
Sicilian campaign, he was sent tc
England for preinvasion training
and landed in Normany three days
after D-day. He had written his
mother he expected to be back In
this. country soon. He was engaged
to marry-Miss Beatrice Armiger o1
Annapolis, Md.
1t. Alfred Marston Shearer, jr.
%, son of Col. and Mrs. A. M. Shear.
er. 23l5 Fortieth place NV, dice
August 19 as result of fall in 9
neutral country where he had beer
interned. the War Department has
informed his mother.
1T. Shearer had served 10 month.
in thaf Southwest Pacific and al
navigator of a Liberator bomber
had been awarded the Air Media
and the Silver Star for his part ir
sinking enemy shipping while under
attack by japanese Zeros. He also
shared in several Presidential unit
citations.
Returning to this country fol
duty last summer he remained here
until May when he was sent to the
European theater, arriving in Eng
land on D-Day.
Born in the Philippine Islands
1t. Shearer had lived in Washington
on several occasions when his father
was stationed here. He was a stu
dent at the University of Michigan
when he entered the Army Air
Forces early In 1912.
His father is on duty in the Eu-
ropean area.
Ernest Gillenwater, gunner's mate
first class, %, who lived with his
uncle at 1901 North Englewooc
street, Arlington, Va, during the
time he went to Washington-Lee
High School, was killed in action or
the English Channel, his family in
Rogersville, Tenn, has been notified
A native of Rogersville, Mate Gill
lenwater came to the District in 1916
and played on the Washington-Lee
High School championship football
team that year and in 194l. He went
with the latter team to the Tobacco
Bowl in Richmond, Va. He entered
the service in October, 1912, and had
been in the North Africa, Sicily
Salerno and Normandy invasions.
Wounded
First 1t. Walter r. Ward, 80, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur R. Ward
81 Montrose avenue, Garrett Park
Md, received a back wound from
shrapnel in the Southwest Pacific
area on July 6.
Born in the District and a gradu-
ate of Mckinley High School, 1t
Ward enlisted in the Signal Corps
in 1912. At the time of the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor, he was sta
toned atWheeler Field, Hawaii. Re-
turning to this country in August
1943, he was stationed near Tampa
Fla. He was sent overseas in Febru-
ary and had taken part in the fight
ing on New Guinea. A brother
William H. Ward, petty officer, third
class, is on overseas duty with the
Navy.
Pvt. Richard A. Kearny, 2l, was
wounded August q while serving
with the infantry In France, his
parents, DR.. and Mrs. Richard A
Kearny, 1921 Chesterfield place
NV, have been notified.
Pvt. Kearny, native of Wash
tngton, was graduated from the
Landon School. Prior to entering
the service last February, he was
employed at Boiling Field as a ma
chinist learner. He had been over
seas since July.
Tech. Sergt. William A. Barbee,
26. husband Of Mrs. Lorraine M.
Barbee, 4907 Auburn avenue, Be-