Evening star., 1945-04-15
) in Armed Services
From District Area
Have Roles in Rites

Five Of the men from the armed
services who were guards and body
bearers for President Roosevelt's fu-
neral yesterday were from the Wash
ington area. Two served as body
bearers in the funeral cortege from
Union Station to the White House
and three stood guard in the East
Room of the White House, where
the brief funeral. services were held
The body bearers were T/Sergt
Richard O'Neil, Army, who formerly
lived at 4716 North Twentieth street,
Arlington, Va, and Boatswain's
Mate 1/c Arthur A. Arnold, Coast
Guard, whose home is on Route l,
New Alexandria, Va.
The White House guards were
Pfc. Reed H, Straw. Army, of %
Ninth street Sc; Signalman &c
Jack E. Hudson, Navy, of Alexan-
dria, Va.
One of 16 Children.
Sergt. ONeil is in the Regular
Army and fought in France during
the last war. He was at Pearl
Harbor when the japanese attacked,
and suffered an injury there. His
former wife lives at the Arlington
address. Sergt. O'Neil's son, Pvt.
Ben ". O'Neil, Is overseas.
Boatswain's Mate Arnold Is one
of 16 children of Mr.. and Mrs
Robert A. Arnold, Alexandria, and
was awarded Silver Star for his
action in the landing on Celia, Sicily
There the former baseball pitcher
for the George Washington High
School team threw hand grenades
stopping two machine guns which
were firing at his landing craft. On
the day on which he received his
award in England, he was in the
brig at a United States naval post
for overstaying leave. Two brothers
are in the Army and two others are
in the Coast Guard.
Signalman Kennon, 20, has beer
in the Navy year and a half ano
returned from overseas duty several
months ago. He was in the in
vasion of France, and now is sta
toned at the Navy Yard. His
mother, Mrs. Claudia ChadWick
Kennon, lives at the Massachusetts,
avenue address.
Pfc. Straw is a regular White
House guard. In the Army about
IL years, he was overseas four years
and was at Pearl Harbor at the time
it was bombed. His wife, Mrs
Mary C. Straw, an employe of the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co., lives at the Ninth street address
His parents live in Pennsylvania.
Others Listed.
Others acting as body bearers
were: Army, M/Sergt. James w
Powder, Rockford, Ill; M/Sergt
Bentley K. Hurt, Williamson, w
Va; Marines, M/Sergt. Roy A. Cul-
berson, Syracuse, Ala; First Sergt
Robert F. Buckley, Detroit; Navy
Chief Fire Controlman Thomas E
Ballew, Ell Paso, Tex, and Chief
Gunner's Mate David H. Cleaver,
Dunsmuir, Calf; Air Forces,
MiSergt. William I. Murray, Nc
Kees Rocks, Pa.
Others acting as guards at the
White House were: Army, 1st 1t.
Charles A. Howe, jr., Kenmore,
N. Y; Pfc. John j. Cipkowski, Wa
terford, N. j.: Pfc. John T. Conley,
Cranston, R. l.; Pfc. Charles L. Sen
try, Brazil, Ind; Marines, Capt.
George E. Thomas, Detroit; Pfc.
Stephen j. Jedinak, Minneapolis,
Mimi; Pfc. Winton H. Layton,
Macon, Ca; Pfc. Henry H. Screws,
Birmingham, Ala; Pfc. Ellsworth D.
Quist, Jamestown, N. Y.
Also: Navy, 1t. Francis F. Neal,
North Berwick, Me-; Seaman 1ic
Conrad w. Johnson, New Orleans
Seaman 1/c Paul w. Pevonak,
Bronx, N. Y; Seaman 1/c Walter E
Van Arsdale, Philipsburg, N. j., and
Seaman 1/c John L. Bander, Phila-
delphia. Air forces, S/Sergt. David
A. Porter, Dayton, Ohio; Sergt. Mi
chael j. Bolas, New Salem, Pa;
Corpl. Walton L. Traylor, Lynch
burg, Va.