Evening star., 1945-03-14
Killed

! Killed
Pvt. Joseph Leonard Levy, 1s, sor
of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Levy
1889 Kennedy street NV, and q
former tennis champion at Roosevelt
High School, was killed in Luxem-
bourg January II.
Pvt. Levy was on championship
doubles team at Roosevelt, where
he graduated in June, l943, men,
Der of his family said.
Pvt. Levy entered the Army in
September, l943. and was sent over
seas in December, 1914, while await
ing an opening at Officers Candi-
date School, for which he had been
recommended. After receiving Off
cial word that Pvt. Levy had been
killed, his family received his last
letter saying he had been assigned
to baZooka unit.
Besides his parents, Pvt. Levy is
survived by two brothers and two
married sisters The brothers are
Seaman 1/c Henry Levy, with the
Seabees in the Pacific, and Pfc
Jonas Levy, who is with the Air
Transport Command. The sisters
are Mrs Arthur Barron and Mrs
Jack Rothbaum.
! Staff Sergt. Joseph F. Frene, "a
foster son of Jefferson S. Graves
( fdnS ri,ro rI cfr lyt1la1
December "a in Belgium while fight
ing with the infantry. He had
previously been listed as missing In
action in Luxembourg on December
ID.
His mother, the late Mrs. Minnie
Frene, died in March, 1943. He was a
native of Washington and was a
graduate of Randolph-Macon Mill
tary Academy in Front Royal, Va
He entered the Army in November
1912, and went overseas last summer
He worked at the Washington Navy
Yard before entering the service.
Pfc. Robert r. Lands, 81, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel S. Lands of
1902 Fifty-eighth street, Hyattsville
Md, was killed in Germany February
4. He previously had been wounded
twice ana held the presidential unit
citation and Infantry Combat Badge
Pvt. Lands graduated from East
ern High School in June, 1941.
Before entering the infantry in
January, 1943, he worked as a ma
chinist's apprentice in the Navy
Yard. He was sent overseas on
June 13, 1943.
Besides his parents, Pvt. Lands
is survived by another brother,
Samuel S. Lands, jr., %, an Army
aviation cadet, and two sisters,
Esther, 10, and Nancy, years old.
Mr.. Lands is supervisor at the
Navy Yard.
Tech. Sergt. Gerard w. Anon, %.
whose wife, Mrs. Esther A. Anon,
lives at Kansas Hall, Arlington
Farms, was killed last May 8 when
his plane was shot down over Ger
many.
A native of Duluth, Mimi, Sergt
Anon was educated there and was
employed at the Monroe Calculat-
ing Machine Co. before entering
the service in 1912. He had been
overseas only month when shot
down. A brother, First 1t. Robert
Anon is in the South Pacific Sergt.
Amon's parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Henry J. Anon, live in Duluth.
Sergt. Amons widow came to
Washington in November, 1943, and
is employed in the Press Branch at
the State Department.
Lloyd Lounds Travers, 18, seaman,
first class, son of Mrs. Lula Dent,
Beltsville, Md, previously reported
missing, has now been listed as
killed.
He was born here and attended
high school at Bladensburg, Md.
He was employed by the Miller
Casket Co. in Beltsville when he
entered the Navy in January. 1914,
and had been on sea duty six
months when he was reported miss
ing in October.
Staff Sergt. Claude G. Tyler, Is,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Tyler,
Landover, Md, Who was reported
missing on October 27, 1943, has
been reported killed. (See story on
this page)
Pvt. George E. Valentine, son of
Jesse j. Valentine, whose address
was given as 1903 Perry street,
Brentwood, Md, also was listed as
killed in action.
Stories about the following men
listed by the War Department today
as having been killed in action in
the European area appeared in The
Star on the dates mentioned below,
after next of kin were notified.
Second 1t. Thomas v. Burke, 2l2O
Sixteenth street NV. January 81.
Pfc. Ernest H. Fuller, 40 Inde-
pendence avenue S.W., February 18.
Pfc. Sheldon HI. Canoe, 1914 Nor
rison street NV, February II.
Flight Officer Staten H. GoQden,
jr., 1926 Biltmore street NV, Feb
ruary %.
Capt. John M. w. Greene, l7O6
First street S.W, February 6.
Second 1t. Eugene S. Koshkin,
2116 P street NV, February 10.
Corpf. Werner w. Moore, jr, 3106
Chain Bridge road NV, Febru-
ary %.
Pvt. Eugene r. Umberger, Ger
mantown, Md, February 8.
Wounded
Marine Pfc. Ross F. Workman, IT,,
was wounded in action in the battle
of Two Jlma on D day. February 10,
his father, Ross F. Workman of 1917
Adams Mill road NV, has learned