Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-13
On the Roll Of Honor
Killed

Killed
Pvt. Francis @. America, ~, OF
4018 Southern avenue Sc, died in
Germany on February q of wounds
! received in action. His widow, Mrs
Mary Collins America, and two
daughters, 17-month- Mary
Frances and 2-month-oid Margaret
Elizabeth, live at the Southern ave-
nue. address.
Pvt. America was born in Owasso
Mich. He attended the Holy Com
forter and Immaculate Conception
Boys Schools in Washington. He was
employed as an electrician at the
Indianhead Powder Plant at In
Indianhead, Md, before he entered
the service on August 81, 1914, and
was trained at Camp Hood, Tex,
before being sent overseas in Febru-
airy, 1945.
Also surviving are his parents,
Mrs. Frances America of 1919 Forty
fifth place Sc. and w. O.. America
of 1909 Twelfth street NE; two
sisters, Mrs. F. Prochazka and Mrs.
Ralph Miller, and brother, Leon
ard America, all of Washington.
Mass for Pvt. America was said
this morning at st. Francis Xavier
Church, Twenty-e eighth street and
Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Sergt. Charles Carter Anderson, IT,,
U. s. M. c., 81, of 361l Thirty-fourth
street NV, died on board ship
commanded by his father, Capt.
Anderson, as a result of wounds re-
ceived on Two Jima. See separate
story on page B-1.
Corpl. Joseph c. (Jacy) Van
Slyke, %, son of Clair Van Slyke,
l760 Euclid street NV, was killed
in action in the Southwest Pacific
on January 25. Corpl. Van Slyke
was graduated from Central High
School, and worked in an airplane
factory near Riverdale, Md, before
entering the Army in April. 1943
He was sent overseas last fall. Be-
sides his father, who is an employe
of the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co., Corpl. Van Slyke is sur
vived by one sister, Mrs. James
Welsh of Baltimore.
Pfc. Francis Buddy" Jaronske,
10, U. S. M. c., nephew of Mrs.
Belle McNealy, 1913 Harvard street
NV, was killed in a truck acct
dent at Honolulu, November %,
while recuperating from wounds re-
ceived at Saipan, his family has
been informed.
A few days before the accident,
Pvt. Jaronske and a brother, Sid
ney, a coast artilleryman, met for
the first time in five years. Later,
Sidney Jaronske was transferred to
California and is now stationed so
miles from Arlington, Calf, where
his mother, Mrs. Frances Porter,
lives.
Pvt. Jaronske left Central High
School to enlist in the Marines in
September, 1912, when he was IT..
He was sent overseas two years ago,
and fought in the Marshall Islands
until wounded last June.
Sergt. Alfred Bruce Mcclure, %,
son of Mr.. and, Mrs. Alfred B. Nc
Clure of Fairfax, was killed in the
drive for the Rhine on March /.
Sergt. Mcclure entered the Army
May 7, 1941, and went overseas with
the 10Th Division in September,
1912.
He took part in the invasion on
D day, and was the first American
soldier to step on French soil in his
sector. His outfit encountered an
unreported German division and
suffered heavy casualties, but he
came through the battle unscathed,
and took part in the battle of st. Lo,
where he was wounded.
After recovering, he rejoined his
outfit with the 9Th Army.
Sergt. Mcclure was a graduate of
Fairfax High School and was on the
basket ball team that won the
State championship. He was q
member of the Fairfax Fire Depart
ment and starred on its baseball
team. He was a member of Truro
Episcopal Church. He was employed
by the Virginia Public Service Co.
In addition to his parents, Sergt.
Mcclure is survived by a sister, Miss
Sarah Dean Mcclure of Fairfax.
Wounded
Ensign william Judson Beardsley,
%, son of Col. and Mrs. Lewis G.
Beardsley of 1850 Wisconsin avenue
NV, was wounded in the right
arm during naval action in the
Southwest Pacific in December,
1914.
Now fully recovered, he recently
was home on leave, and has re-
turned to duty He was graduated
from Western High School in 1889
and then spent one year at George
Washington University. He entered
the U. S. Naval Academy at An
napolis in 1941 and was graduated
in 1914. Ensign Beardsley has an
older brother, Everett L. Beardsley.
%, member of the Navy VIZ pro-
gram at Bucknell University and
former radar man on the U. S. air.
craft carrier Lexington, which was
sunk in the battle of Coral Sea in
May, 1912.
Pvt. Robert H. Davis, jr., 10, son
Of Robert H. Davis, deputy director
of building Inspection for the Dis
trict, and Mrs Davis, 1895 Abe
marie street NV, is reported in a
hosnital in Fro nca with frosthita
He was graduated from woodrow
Wilson High School in June, 1913.
and was sent overseas in Septem-
Der, 1914, after attending Clemson
College in the Army Specialized
Training Program.
A sister, Anne B., is with the
WAVES and stationed at Jackson
vile, Fla.
Pvt. Bernard M. Swami, %, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip B. Swami,
SAB East Capitol street, has been