Evening star., 1944-09-10

country, eight have been wounded
two are prisoners of war in Ger.
many and one is missing, relatives
have been notified by the War ane
Navy Departments. Two Others
have received decorations.
Killed
First 1t. Julian Ira Columbus, 20
grandson of Mr.. and Mrs. r. N
Jones, 4227 Ingomar street NV.
who was reported missing in a story
In The Star on August 13, now has
been listed as killed in a flight over
Germany.
1t. Columbus mother, Mrs. Julia
Weant, lives in Herndon, Va, but
he was born here, and lived here
all his life with his grandparents
He was a graduate of Woodrow
Wilson High School, and was a
Sunday school teacher at the All
Saints Episcopal Church.
A member of the National Guard,
he reached the rank of sergeant
before transferring to the Army Air
Forces as bombadier.
He was reported missing over
Hamburg on June 20. Since that
time, the German government has
reported him killed, according to
the War Department.
Sergt. George r. King, 20, tail
gunner on Bit, was killed in
action on his first mission over
enemy territory April 20, his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George H. King,
4l8 c street NE. have been in
formed. He previously had been
listed as missing.
Sergt. King, a native of Bryn
Mawr, Pa, attended Mckinley High
School and formerly was an employe
of the David Taylor Model Basin
Carderock, Md. He entered the Air
Forces in April, 1943, and had been
IN England since March.
Sergt. Jesse w. Williams, q, son
of Mrs. w. S. Williams Chesapeake
Beach, Md, was killed in action in
France on August II, his mother
has been notified.
A. veteran of the African and
Sicilian campaigns, he held the SOL
dier's Medal for Valor. After the
Sicilian campaign, he was sent to
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 of
Annapolis, Md.
1t. Alfred Marston Shearer, jr.,
%, son of Col. and Mrs. A. M. Shear
er, 23l5 Fortieth place NV, died
August 10 as result of a fall in a
neutral country where he had been
interned, the War Department has
informed his mother.
1t. Shearer had served 10 months
In the Southwest Pacific and as
navigator of a Liberator bomber
had been awarded the Air Medal
and the Silver Star for his part in
sinking enemy shipping while under
attack by Japanese Zeros. He also
shared in several Presidential unit
citations.
Returning to this country for
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 Englewood
street, Arlington, Va, during the
time he went to Washington-Lee
High School, was killed in action on
the English Channel, his family in
Rogersville, Tenn, has been notified.
A native of Rogersville, Mate Gill
lenwater came to the District in 1910
and played on the Westinghouse
High School championship football
team that year and in 1941. 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