Evening star., 1945-05-21
Todoy's Casualty Lists
Killed
(National.)

conas, %, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Louis Chaconas, 1911 Holly street
NV, was killed Saturday in an air.
plane crash at the Naval Training
Station, Pensacola, Fla, his family
has been notified. Funeral arrange
ments are incomplete, pending ar
rival of the body, his father said.
Cadet Chaconas entered the Navy
in February, 1912 He was grad
uated from Roosevelt High School
and attended Columbia Tech. He
had only three more weeks to go
before completing his flying course
at Pensacola.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by two brothers, Constantine
and James, and sister, Miss Evan
geline Chaconas, all of Washington.
Stories about the following men,
reported in today's casualty list as
killed, previously appeared in The
Star when next of kin were notified
1st 1t. Robert ID. Lawrence, son of
Mrs. Beatrice H. Lawrence, 1888 Fort
Davis place Sc.
Pvt. Robert E. Powell. son of Mrs.
Mary E. Powell, 1855 Old Fort road.
1st 1t. Ralph o. Lill, son of Mrs.
Eva w. Lill, 4007 Fifty-third street,
Bladensburg, Md.
1t. John F. Kincaid, U. S. N. R.,
son of Mrs. Nan l.. Kincaid. Lees
burg, Va.
Maj. John L. Mckee, jr, whose
wife, Mrs. Coils A. Mckee, lives at
201 Glebe road, Alexandra.
Wounded
Capt. Robert ]. Wieferich, 80, in
fantry, whose wife, Mrs. Helen
Wieferich, lives at 231o Connecticut
avenue NV, suffered a shoulder
wound April II on Luzon. Previously
he was slightly wounded on Leyte
last February.
A native of Chicago, Capt. Vie
ferich was an attorney with the
Wage and Hour Division of the
Labor Department before entering
the service in December, 1941. He
went overseas in November, 1912
Capt. Wieferich is a graduate of
Northwestern University and Law
School, Mrs. Wieferich is a secre-
tary in the Office of the general
counsel of the Federal Works
Agency.
Pfc. Richard T. Lusby, 18, ar
mored infantry, son of Mrs. Caro-
line G. Lusby. 5000 Newton street
Cheverly, Md, was wounded in Ger
many May /. He entered the serv-
ice last September. 1914, and went
overseas last February.
A graduate of Bladensburg High
School, Pvt. Lusby was employed in
the Hyattsville Post Office before
entering the service. A brother. Pvt
Harold E. Lusby, was inducted re-
Gently and Is stationed at Fort
George G. Meade, Md.
Pfc. Harry v. Ridgeway, 10, in
fantry, son of Mrs. Effle P. Racey
1928 Thirty-sixth street Sc, was
wounded May 2 in Czechoslovakia
A resident of Washington Is years,
Pvt. Ridgeway entered the service
last August and went overseas last
January. Before entering the serv-
ice, Pvt. Ridgeway attended the
Chamberlain Vocational School and
was employed at the Lord Baltimore
gasoline station at Eighth and
Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
I'd 1t. Stanley M. Folkman, 20,
armored forces, whose wife Mrs
Esther H. Folkman, lives at 1925
Thirty street NV, was
wounded in the right hand April IL
in Germany.
A resident of Washington since
he was IL years old, 1t. Folkman
was graduated from Western High
School and attended Benjamin
Franklin University two years He
entered the service in May, 1912, and
went overseas last September. He
was commissioned in the field last
February.
Pfc. Matthew I. Duncan, 80, in
fantry, whose wife, Mrs. Billie G
Duncan, lives at 500 Atlantic street
Sc, was wounded April II in Italy
He is now in a hospital in italy