Evening star., 1945-06-20
Todoy's Casualty Lists
Killed

Marine COrpl. Ernest l.. O'Bryhim
"a. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest M
O'Bryhim of Sis Second street Sc.
was instantly killed in battle June
on Okinawa, the Navy Department
notified his family.
Corpl. O'Bryhim, who was wound
ed last July on Guam, wrote his par
ents last month that he had been
slightly wounded again and was in
hospital recovering and that there
was nothing to worry about. He had
been in the New Georgia. New Gale
donia, Guam and Okinawa cam
paignS.
A student at Eastern High School.
he was employed at CANDLES Meat
Market as a truck driver until he
entered the Marine Corps in July
1912. He was sent overseas in Feb
ruary. l943
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs. Louise White
Of the Second street address.
Pvt. Donald r. Garten, %. son OF
Mrs. Margaret A Hinkle of 6303
Rlverdale road, Riverdale, Md, was
killed May % on Luzon. He was
a machine gunner in 38th Division
infantry unit.
A native Of Indianapolis, Pvt
Garten came here in 1885. He at
tended Mckinley High School. He
WAS employed by Western Union
as messenger in the Press Build
ing when he entered the Army In
l94l as member of the National
Guard
After serving as machine gun
he was sent overseas in mid-l94
and fought in the New Guinea
campaign
A brother. Gunners Mate ! c
Charles w. Garten. is serving in
Puerto Rico after a year in the
Mediterranean theater Two other
brothers, Harold Garten, San Diego
Calf, and James, of Riverdale. and
sister. Mrs Mary Tillett OF In
dianapolis, also survive.
1t. Stafford M. Wheeler, "a
U. S. N. r.. was killed April l3 in
Yugoslavia by the explosion of a
Nazi land mine. his wife, Mrs. Anne
B. Wheeler. 1911 Stratford road
Bethesda. has been informed. 1t
Wheeler, winner Of the American
Typhus Award. was on duty with
the Naval Medical Corps typhus
commission when he was killed
A graduate of Harvard University
Medical School, where he later
taught, 1t. Wheeler left the staff oi
Harvard to enter the Navy in June
1912. He served as an instructor al
the Medical Center in Bethesda be
fore going overseas Besides his wife
he leaves two children, Sarah, Z
and Philip, 4. and his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Philip M. Wheeler, West.
port Harbor, Mass
Corpl. william G. Yeatman. 81
hhose home was at 104l8 Lorain ave-
nue., Woodmoor, Silver Spring, Md.
was killed in action on Okinaws
April q. his wife. Mrs. Helen Orme
Yeatman, has been informed by the
War Department.
Born in Washington, Corpl. Yeat.
man moved to Colorado As a chile
with his parents. He was in hi.
junior year at the University Of
Colorado when he returned tc
Washington and went to work fol
the Washington Loan d. Trust
Co. He had been employed there
about nine years when he entered
the service in July, l943. Besides
his wife, Corpl. Yeatman leaves 6
daughter. 4-year-old Mary Diane
and his mother. Mrs. Elsie L. Yeat-
man, 2006 Thirty seventh stree,
NV.
Pfc. Robert J. Thomas. son o1
Mrs. Eleanor Thomas, 926 MaSsa-
chusetts avenue NV, also listec
by the War Department today as
having been killed, was the subject
of a story in The Star after his
mother had been notified.
Wounded
Pfc. William F.. Smoot. jr.. rs
was wounded in action May 1s or
Luzon. his wife, Mrs. Pauline Smoot