Evening star., 1944-09-12
On the Roll Of Honor
Six District Area Men Killed
In Action, 6 Others Wounded

serrt. Sasce serEt. Davis
killed killed
Six District area servicemel
have been killed in action and 81,
wounded, relatives have been mott
fed by the War and Navy Depart
ments. One Maryland fighter pilo
is missing.
Killed
First 1t. william c. Jones, %, sol
of Mr.. and Mrs. Parke P. Jones
1869 Runnymeade place, Chew.
Chase, has been killed in action
the Marine Corps has notified hi
parents.
Born in the District, 1t. Jone
was graduated from Woodrow Viii
son High School and Washington
and Lee University. Shortly afte
he finished his studies in 1912 HI
enllSteQ IN the Marines.
Sent overseas last December. h,
was on duty as an artillery spotter
observing results and locating tar
gets from light planes, when he wa
killed on July 80 in the Centra
| Pacific.
Sergt. Hiram George Vasco, Is
Engineer Corps, was killed in actor
August during fighting in the out
skirts of Paris, according to wore
received by his parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Pasquale Vasco, 1902 Trinidad
avenue NE
A veteran of the North African
and Sicilian campaigns and the D.
day landing in Normandy, Sergt
Vasco, in letter written to hi
parents the day of his death, in
closed copies of two presidential
citations awarded to his battalion
for it's service in North Africa ane
France
Sergt. Vasco, who during the NORTH
African campaign was cited fol
bravery in locating and destroying
mines, was a native of the District
A plumber by trade, he enlisted II
the Army in April, l941, and hae
been overseas since August, 1912.
Staff Sergt. Ray Ingram, 26, we'll
known Washington lightweight anc
featherweight boxer, was killed ir
action in Corsica August IA, accord.
ing to word received by friends here
Sergt. Ingram, who had more
than 200 professional fights to his
credit, had been serving with an
Army Air Forces ground crew over
seas for 26 months. He had been
in the service for four years
His mother, Mrs. Hattie Broad
we'll, lives in Florida. A brother
Serst. John Broadwell, Marine
Corps, is a veteran Of the Guadal-
canal campaign
Sergt. James Porter Davis, jr.
son of the ONCE of Price Admins.
tration regional administrator anc
Mrs. Davis, 370l Massachusetts ave.
nue. NV, who was reported missing
in a story in The Star on Septem.
ber 2, now is listed as killed II
France, the War Department has
notified his parents.
Besides his parents, two brothers
Officer Candidate Edwin l.. Davis ir
New Orleans and Pfc. Ted Davis. re.
Gently sent overseas: sister, Jean
and three uncles in Government
service survive.
Sergt. Jesse Williams, 27, son ol
Mrs. w. S. Williams of Chesapeake
Beach, Md, has been reported killeo
in action in Northern France in g
War Department communication te
his mother
Sergt. Williams, who was with ar
antiaircraft unit. served in the in
vasion of Africa, Sicily and Nor
mandy.
He was working in Annapolis, Md
when he entered the service in May
of 1912. He was graduated from Up.
per Marlboro High School,
He has brother, William, AZ, who
is a lieutenant colonel with the Ma.
rine Corps, now serving in the South
Pacific.
! Marine Corpl. Joseph A. Taylor
son of Mrs. Ruth Taylor. 6760 Oxor
Hill road Sc, died of wounds re.
ceived July q in action on Guam
Island, his mother has been notified
by the Navy Department.
Corpl. Taylor had served on Quad.
alcanal and Bougainville. He en-.
tered the Marine Corps in August
1912, and received his training al
Paris Island, S. c., and New River
N. C. Three brothers, Robert l..
Alfred A. and Charles r., are serv.
ing with the Army.