Evening star., 1945-03-25
On the Roll of Honor


(Wounded) tMissinE)
in Italy. where he was fighting with
the infantry.
Sergt. Harlan entered the Army
in November, 1912, with his younger
brother, Ned. They were together
until December 81, 1943, when Ned
received medical discharge. Sergt
Harlan is a graduate of Dunbar
High School and was employed by
the War Production Board when he
entered the Army. He went over
seas In October, 1914.
Pvt. William C. Mcneil, 26, was
wounded a second time while serv-
ing with the Sd Army in Germany
March 3, his mother, Mrs. Ella Nc
Neil, 488 I street S.W., was notified.
Both knees and his left hand were
injured, but he wrote he was in a
hospital in England and was get
ting along fairly good" He went
into the Army in September, 1941,
and was sent overseas in November,
1943. Before entering the service he
was a truck driver.
He has two brothers in the serv-
ice, Pfc. John T. Mcneil in Ger
many and Seaman, First Glass,
Fred G. Mcneil.
Pvt. william e. Orrison, jr., "a,
was wounded in action in Germany.
his wife, at 720 Irving street NE,
and his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam E. Orrison, Leesburg, Va, have
been advised.
Pvt. Orrison has written that he
is recuperating in a hospital in Eng
land and is healing nicely. A grad
uate of Leesburg High School, class
of 1898, he worked for the Interna-
tional Business Machine Corp. here
until he entered the Army in July,
1914. Father of an infant daugh-
ter, he want overseas in January,
1945, and has been serving with the
gath Infantry Division of Gen. Pat
tons Bird Army. Pvt. Orrison has
brother, Pfc. Albert Ofrison, %,
who is fighting with the 7th Army
in France.
Missing
Sergt. Calvin T. BIaden. %. has
been reported missing in action over
Germany, his wife, Mrs. Dorothy
Bladen, 2l22 North Nineteenth
street, Arlington, has been notified.
A radio gunner on a Bit. Sergt.
Bladen's plan. the notice said. went
into spin after it sustained dam
age on a mission and crash landed
in Germany near Magdeburg, Sep
tember IL, 1914.
Since then, Mrs. Baden said, no
word has been heard of him or three
other members of the nine -man
crew She has been in communica-
ton with relatives of the other miss
ing men, she said, but to date has
learned only that the bombardier
was killed and the pilot, co-pilot,
navigator and one gunner are pris-
oners.s
Born in Capitol Heights, Md,
Sergt. Bladen was an auditor en-
ployed by the Federal Government
in Colorado at the time he enlisted
April IL, 1943. He went overseas
July II, 1914, and was on his second
mission when the plane crashed.
Pfc. Francis Morgan Garner, Is,
whose wife, Mrs. Lillian Garner,
lives atD 642 I street Sc, has been
reported missing in action in Ger
many since March 9, his wife has
been notified. The son of Mrs.
Clara L. Garner. of 425 Seventh
street Sc, he was fighting with the
infantry.
Pvt. Garner is a native of the Dis
trict and attended the Lennox
School and Eastern High School. He
worked as a cartridge-case maker
at the Navy Yard before his induc-
ton last July. Sent overseas in
January, he was reported missing
two months later. He is the father
of two children, Frances and Ray,
3, and has two brother in combat
service.
Prisoner
Pvt. Douglas E. Workman, 81, an
infantryman listed as missing in &C
ton since December 8, is a prisoner
of war in Germany, his brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Workman of 1914 North Seventh
street, Alexandria, have been noti-
fled. A story about Pvt. Workman
has previously appeared in The
Star.