Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09

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~ txo s9'Hsi, t \! DiHs5
jr., %, was killed in action over the
Netherlands Indies, the War De-
partment has informed his mother
Mrs. Marcia v. Setback of 452 Oak
wood street Sc.
A resident of Washington for the
past II years, 1t. Setback was grad
uated from Mckinley High School
and at the time of his enlistment on
January 7, 1912, he was attending
Maryland University. Upon COM
pletion of his training at San An
gelo, Tex, he received his wings as
a navigator in the Army Air Corps
1t. Setback went overseas in May
OF this year and was killed on his
fourth bombing mission.
/ Besides his mother he Is survived
by his father, William Robert
Setback, and sister, Gloria C.
Setback, both of 1l6 Normandy drive
Silver Spring, Md.
Pfc. Charles II. Mills. 10, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles L. Mills, 1902 South
Oakland street, Arlington. Va, was
killed June Is during infantry fight
ing in Normandy, his parents have
learned
Pvt. Mills, graduate of Washing
ton and Lee High School in Airing
ton, entered the Army In June, 1913
and trained at Camp Croft, S. c.,
before going overseas in December
l943 He received four years mill
tary training in high school, and was
cadet first lieutenant in his senior
year;
Second L. Blair J. Dixon; %, OF
20l7 Thirty-seventh street NV. has
been killed in action In Normandy
the War Department has informed
his wife.
Son of Herbert A. and Goldye E
Dixon, the young officer was a grad
uate of Roosevelt High School and
was employed by the Safeway
Stores, Inc, before entering the
service
/ His wife, the former Maxine Rich
ards, and l-year-old daughter Pa
tricia Anne are living with the wife
parents at Duluth, MINI.
/ 1t. Dixon went overseas last jan
uary and participated in the in
vaSion. His mother said he de-
scribed in his letters several brushes
with death he experienced in the
early fighting, but that he cheer
fully wrote he would come through
safely and be home soon.
| In one of his last letters, 1t. Dixon
wrote that he would have to wait
to see some of France, for he was
living from foxhole to foxhole," and
was in the thick of the fighting.
A member of Wallace Memorial
Presbyterian Church, the officer was
sent to Fort Mcclellan, Ala, for
training after his induction, but was
selected for officer candidate school
and received his commission at Fort
Benning, Ga.
Missing in Action
Tech. Sergt. Joshua d. Lane. IT.,
%, of 1ll6 Eighth street NV, was
listed as missing in action in the
european theater of war in a War
Department release issued today.
The family has learned that his
plane was hit by fax over France on
June IA and fell out of formation
A native of Bavboro, N. c., Sergt.
Lane was graduate of Stonewall
IN. c. High School in 1889 He
was working for Peoples Drug
Stores, Ninth and F. streets NV. at
the time he entered the service in
the summer of 1912 He took his
training as an aerial engineer for
Flying Fortresses at Gulfport, Miss,
and Las Vegas, New. He has the
Air Medal with an oak leaf cluster
and needed only few more mis-
sions, the family said, before he
would have earned furlough home
Second 1t. Jack d. Montgomery,
26, of 1913 North Danville street.
Arlington, Va, was reported missing
IN action over Austria on June 26,
his parents said They recently
received a letter dated June "a from
their son saying he was we'll.
1t. Montgomery was born in
Hagerstown, Md, and was a gradu-
ate OF Washington and Lee High
School in Arlington, Va. He was
working for the George E. Muth
Co. in Washington at the time he
entered the anti-aircraft service in
May. 194l. In 1912, he transferred
to the AAF, and won his wings in
September, 1943. at Waco, Tex. He
left last December for overseas.
Tech. Sergt. Gerald w. Grady, q
OF 80 Tulip avenue, Takoma Park
Nd, was listed by the War Depart
ment as missing in action follow
ing a mission over Romania on
June %.
Sergt Grady was a graduate of
Fort Hill High School in his native
town OF Cumberland, Md. He was
working for the Baltimore g. Ohio
Railroad there at the time he en-
tered the AAF in December, 1912.
He took his training as a radio
operator and gunner at Miami, Fla,
and Scott Field, ILL., He left from
Lincoln, Nebr.. for overseas. in Feb
ruary, 1914. His father, Wilson c.
Grady, was In the infantry in the