Evening star., 1945-04-02
Todoy's Casualty Lists

/ men from the DISTRICT area
hare been reported killed.
Killed
S Sergt. Richard NJ. Bell, %, anti
tank infantryman with the 29th Di-
vision. was killed in Germany Feb
ruary %. the War Department has
announced His parents are Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenly S. Bell, "a Bladensburg
road, Kensington. Md. Sergt Bell is
buried in an American military
cemetery in Holland, his father said.
Sergt. Bell. who was married De-
cember 7, 1943, in London to the
former Miss Barbara Jenn of Lon
don, had been wounded in August,
1914, and had returned to his out
| fit. He entered the Army Decem-
ber 7, 194l, as a member of the
National Guard, and went overseas
more than two and half years
ago. He is a graduate Of the Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase High School,
class of 1910. His father is proprie-
tor of the Bell Electric Appliance
| Co, kenSlngton.
lst 1t. Richard o. Curtis, 81,
Thunderbolt fighter pilot. son OF
Mrs. Marjorie Curtis, 4635 Forty
ninth street NV, was reported
killed after his plane was destroyed
while attacking an antiaircraft in
stallation near Euskirchen, Ger
many, October 26, 1914, according
to the War Department. He pre-
viously was reported missing for
three months.
Mrs. Curtis said her son was re-
ported to have been seen bailing
out off his plane, but the German
government reported he was killed.
He entered the service in NOvem-
Der. 1912. and went overseas in
June, 1914. Born in Niagara Falls,
he was graduated from the Lake
land fla High School. He had
received the Air Medal and three
Oak Leaf clusters.
A brother. Maj. Robert c. Curtis,
81. shot down IA NaZi planes in the
Mediterranean theater before he re-
turned to the United States last No.
vember. his mother said.
Sergt. Henry w. Wilson. 25,
infantry, whose wife. Mrs. Joyce M
Wilson. lives at 1900 H street NE,
is officially listed as killed in action
in Italy last November l8. Mrs,
Wilson previously was informed her
husband was reported missing on
that date.
Formerly of Independence, Kans,,
Sergt Wilson attended Independ-
ence Junior College and entered the
Army in June, 1912 He went over
seas in October. 1914 A son. Henry
w. Wilson. jr., 2 months, was born
after the father was killed. Sergt,
Wilson'S brother, Cadet Leroy J. Will
son, is stationed with the Army Air
Forces at Tuskegee, Ala. Mrs. Will
son formerly was employed by the
War Department
1st 1t. John A. Edison, %, AAF,
only son of Mrs May P. Patterson,
1928 Fulton street NV. was killed
February IT, 1914, in plane crash
at Grotta Ferrata. Italy, the War
Department announced officially to-
day. 1t. Edison, pilot of B-24, was
reported missing March %, 1914, his
mother said.
1t. Edison enlisted in the Royal
Canadian Air Force in July, l94l,
and the next year transferred to the
18th Air Force. He had been in
Italy three days at the time Of his
death. A native of Charlotte, N. c.,
he lived most of his life in New
Orleans and was attending Tulane
University, New Orleans, before en-
tering the RCAF.
Corpl. John \. Makara, %, whose
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas
Makara. live at 2700 Seventeenth
street NE. was killed in action in
Belgium on January 2. l945 accord
ing to the War Department.
A native of Detroit. Mich. Corpl
Makara was graduate OF Latay-
ette High School at Lincoln Park.
Mich. Before entering the service,
he worked in Iran for construction
company. He entered the service in
August. l943, and received his train
ing in the engineers at Camp Nc
Cain. Miss. He went overseas in
September, 1914 A brother, War
rant Officer William Makara, U. S.
M c., is stationed at San Diego,
Calf
Pvt. William A. Krus, jr.. U. S. M.
C. R., 26, whose parents live at 1929
Tenth street NE. died OF wounds
suffered on Two Jima. his parents
were notified. A native of Washing
tor. he had been overseas since
November. Before entering the
service in June of last year, he
worked as a machinist at the Navy
Yard He attended st. Anthony's
grammer and high schools.
REQUIEM mass will be offered at
St. Anthony's Church, Twelfth and
Monroe streets NE, at 9 am. We'd
nesday. Besides his parents, Pvt,
Krug is survived by three sisters and
three brothers: Mrs. Helen K. Vio-
lette. 1744 Jackson street NE;
Misses Adele and Eileen Krug. and
Paul T. Krug of the Tenth street
address, Pvt. Edward l.. Krug, Fort
Meade; Corpl. Harold E. Krug, in
the Philippines, and Pfc. Joseph G.
Kxug, in India.
T/5 George w. Askey. 25. whose
wife, Mrs. Mary Askey, lives at 1903
Massachusetts, avenue Sc, was
killed in action in Germany on
March Is, his wife has been noti-
fed. A native of Scottsboro, Pa.
Ti5 Askey was stationed here for
two and a half years before going
overseas last November. He was
switchboard operator with the Army
here, but went overseas with a
mechanized division. Besides his
widow he leaves his parents and
six brothers.
Pfc. Joseph w. Harper, son of
Mrs. Juliet Harper, 1919 r street
NV. was reported by the War De-
partment as killed on January ~
in France. Mrs. Harper is now visit
ing in Midway, KY. where her
father recently died, it was said at