Evening star., 1945-04-26
Killed

MAJ. rJ0nn l.. Mckee, jr., son o
Brig. Gen. John L. Mckee, assistan
commander of the 87th Intantr
Division, was killed in action il
Germany on April II while fight
ing with the field artillery of tn
18th Infantry Division, his famil.
has been notified. His widow is tn
former Miss Coils Allen, daughte
Of Maj. Hugh A. Allen, retired, an.
Mrs. Allen. 201 East Glebe road
Alexandria, Va.
Maj. McKee's mother makes he
home at 1908 North Pershing drive
Arlington, Va. His widow lives with
her father.
The father and son were togethe
on Easter Sunday, they wrote. The.
had seen each other several othe'
times before, when Maj. Mckee
could arrange to 60 to headquar.
ters. Gen. Mckee sent a message
to his wife accompanying the casu.
atty telegram.
Maj. Mckee attended Western
High School and was graduated
from high school in Honolulu while
his father was stationed there. HI
returned to this country to attenc
West Point, from which he was
graduated in 1912.
Sent overseas last November, he
was appointed major in February
Two younger brothers, James D
and Donald E. Mckee, both are
students at Valley Forge Military
Academy, Wayne, Pa.
Pfc. John Anderson Parrish, 26
whose widow, Mrs Mary C. Parrish
lives at 1921 Powhatan street, Alex
andria, died April 3 of wounds he
received in, action March IA while
fighting with the oath Infantry in
Germany, according to a War De-
partment announcement. Pvt. Far
rishs mother. Mrs. j. w. Twilley,
lives at 204 East Monroe avenue,
Alexandria.
He was formerly an apprentice
machinist at the Washington Ter
minal Railroad and attended Jeffer-
son High School in Alexandria and
was graduated from Jefferson Jun
ior High School in Washington. Pvt.
Parrish entered the Army in May,
1941. and went overseas in Febru-
ary. He had been in combat three
weeks when he was wounded Mrs.
Parrish is employed at the Air
Transport Command at the National
Airport.
Pfc. Clarence p. johnson, %,
whose wife, Mrs. Janet o. Johnson,
lives near Silver Spring, Md, died
as "A result of wounds received in
battle, the War Department an
nounced today.
Pvt Johnson was one OF four
brothers in the service. The others
are Pvt Lawrence johnson, now
serving in the Army in Germany;
Corpl Theodore j. johnson, in
Texas, and Corpl Floyd johnson,
in New Hampshire. Pvt. johnson
was born at Sandy Spring, Md,
where he attended Sherwood High
School, He entered the Army last
August and went overseas in Janu-
airy. Before going into the service
he was a carpenter here. !
Myron Hubert Cook aviation ma
chinist mate, second class, 20, U. S.
N. R., whose mother. Mrs Viola
Dickinson. formerly lived at 7l9
South Patrick street, Alexandria, has
been reported killed in action jan
uary 7 in the Caribbean area. He
was formerly reported missing.
Born in Castlewood, Va, where
his mother and sister, Miss Erma
Nell Cook, now live, Mate Cook
attended high school there and
was graduated from the Glenn L.
Martin Co. Training School in Bal
timore before ne enlisted in the
Navy in December, 194l. :
Sergt. Claude A. Bodine, 80, was
killed in action April 10 in Ger
many, according to information re-
ceived by his wife. Mrs. Nettie C.
Bodine, 610 Mississippi avenue, Sill
yer Spring, Md. A former military
policeman, Sergt. Bodine was serv-
ing with the infantry in the Sd
Army when killed
A native of Warrenton, Va. Sergt.
Bodine came to Silver Spring with
his parents II years ago. He was
graduated from Montgomery Blair
High School and operated the For
est Glen Ice Cream Mart until he
entered the service in January, 1941.
Sergt Bodine was wounded in action
about a month after going overseas
last November. He was out of ac-
ton only month, however. Sergt.
Bodine leaves 2-year-old son,
James Carl. Sergt. Bodine's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Bodine. live
at 40 Silver Spring avenue, Silver
Spring.
Pfc. Horace E. Madison, 81. son of
Walter G. Madison, 325 U street
NV, died in Italy April 4 OF
wounds received the day before, his
father has been informed. He was
serving with a headquarters COM
pany on reconnaissance duty and
was believed to have been on a
scouting mission when fatally
wounded.
Pvt. Madison attended Howard
University under the Army special
lied training program before he was
transferred to the infantry and sent
overseas, His father is an engineer
ing instructor at Howard. Two other
brothers are in the service. Pfc.
Ira B. Madison is in Charleston.
S. c., and Pvt. A. w. Madison is
attending the Officers Candidate
School at Fort Belvoir. Va.
The following men were officially
listed today as killed in action
Stories previously appeared in The
Star after the next of kin had been
notified:
Pvt. Lyman 5. Schlosser, son Of
Mrs. Inez C. Woodward, 702 Ramsay
street, Alexandria.
Corpl. Edwin d. Peddicord, U. S.
M. C. r., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
H. Peddicord, 422 Frederick avenue,
Gaithersburg, Md.
Wounded
1t. George /. Berger, jr., a men,
Der Of the 18th Armored Division
with the 7th Army, was wounded In