Evening star., 1945-03-15
Todoy's CosuoIty Lists

] men from the District area
| hare been reported killed.
Killed
Pfc. Roger Shields, 80, was killed
February in Belgium, his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Shields of
Gray Rocks, Silver Spring, Md, have
learned. Pvt. Shields widow lives
in Lincoln Park, N. j.
A native of the District area, Pvt.
Shields attended Friends School,
Fork Union Military Academy and
the University of Virginia. He was
employed in Washington for several
years by the Army g. Navy Register
and later worked on the New York
World Telegram. Before entering
the service he was employed as
public relations officer IN the Office
of the surgeon general of the Army.
Pvt. Shields father Is senior men,
ber of the law firm of King & King
in Washington.
Staff Sergt. Bert ]. Rodgers, "a
year-old infantryman, was killed in
action January IL in Belgium. His
wife, Mrs. Kathryn Rodgers, lives
at 26 Chesapeake street SW. and
works at the Army ground forces
headquarters at the Army War Col
lege.
Sergt Rodgers was wounded twice
last summer while fighting in
France, his wife said. He was born
in Windber, Pa, and was graduated
from high school there. He entered
the Army in August, 1898, and was
stationed with the Sd Cavalry at
Fort Myer until February, 1912. He
went overseas last, April.
(See separate story on this page
about Sergt. Rodgers and his
brother r-in-law, Pvt. James Oldham,
woundedD
Pfc. Louie w. Reeves, 80, formerly
a foorscraper here, was killed in
action January 13 while fighting
with the infantry in Belgium. His
cousin, Walter Trumble, lives at
2205 K street NV.
Pvt. Reeves was born here and
attended the Wallach School. He
entered the Army in January, 1943,
and went overseas about last April.
Pvt. Reeves two brothers are also
overseas, Pfc Charles E. Reeves
with an automatic weapons bat
talon in Belgium and Corpl. Frank
Reeves with the Signal Corps In
India.
First 1t. Carl M. Berge, %, field
artilleryman, whose sister, Miss
Mable P. Berge, lives at 2812 Buena
Vista terrace Sc, was killed In
action February 16 while fighting in
Germany.
Born in Grand Forks, N. OAK,
1t. Berge was graduated from high
school there and attended the Uni
versity of North Dakota for two
years. He worked for construc-
ton company before he entered the
Army in November, 1910, his sister
said. He went overseas almost a
year ago. Miss Berge is employed
in the Signal Corps Division of the
Pentagon.
Pvt. Calvin S. Shumaker, 26, was
killed in action January % in Bel
gium, his widow, Mrs. Margaret Shu-
maker. 4570 ST. Barnabas road, Oxon
Hill, Md, has been notified. Pvt.
Shumaker's father, Edward w. Shu-
maker, is a guard at the Lorton Re-
formatory.
Born in Virginia, Pvt. Shumaker
IN, cahNo1c q
entered the service July 20, 1914, and
had been overseas less than a month
when he was killed. Besides his
widow and father, Pvt. Shumaker
is survived by two daughters, Clara
Jane, 6, and Mary Ann, S; two BROTH
ers, Pvt. Edward Shumaker, jr, who
is in the Philippines, and Pfc. Rob-
ert G. Shumaker, who is with the
5th Army in Italy, and three sis
ters. Mrs. E. Suthard and Miss Eliz-
abeth Shumaker of Washington, and
Mrs H. Nichols of Roanoke, Va.
The following men were listed by
the War Department as killed in
action. Stories previously appeared
in The Star after the next of kin
had been notified.
Pfc. Bartolome CastellanOs, whose
wife, Mrs. Margaret F. Castellanos,
lives at 615 Franklin street NE.
Pvt. Norman F. C. Flet cher, whose
wife. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Fletcher,
lives at 1416 Trinidad avenue NE.
Staff Sergt. John G. J. Gibbons,
son of Mrs. Mary F. Gibbons, "a
Todd place NE
Pfc. Charles E. Hall, son of Mrs.
Mary E. Browne, 1851 Columbia
road NV.
Pfc. Fabian J. Augustine, son of
Mrs Frances G. Augustine, 522
Sixty ninth street, Seat Pleasant,
Md.
Staff Sergt. Randolph L. Hutchi-
son. son of Mrs. Elizabeth Hutchi-
son, Route l, Fairfax, Va.
Wounded
1t. Col. James Blair Glennon, jr,
81, U. S. M. c., whose father, Capt.
j. B. Glennon, U. S. NJ (retired), Is |
in charge of the Naval Powder
Factory at Indianhead Nd, was
wounded in action February while
fighting in the Pacific area.
His wound was Of minor nature, !
his father said, and he has now re-
turned to duty.
A native Washingtonian, Col.
Glennon was graduated from West
ern High School in 1885 and from
the Naval Academy in 1899, his
mother, Mrs. Ellie L. Glennon Of
the Indianhead address. said. He
later transferred to the Marine
Corps and was stationed year in
Cuba In December, 1941, he went
to the Pacific theater. /
Col. Glennon is the grandson and