Evening star., 1945-04-01

| men from the District area
I haze been reported killed.
Killed
Capt. Carl o. Bachman. %, of 1927
Chevy Chase drive, Chevy Chase,
Md, was killed in action March IA
on Two Jima. according to word re-
ceived by his widow, Mrs. Ellen
Bachman.
Capt. Bachman was born in State
Center, Iowa, and was graduated
from Morningside College, Iowa. He
took a postgraduate course at New
York University. He enlisted in
the Marine Paratroopers before
Pearl Harbor and served overseas in
the Pacific early in the war. He
later transferred to the regular
branch of the Marine Corps and
trained in this country.
He participated in several Pacific
battles before he was killed on Two.
Besides his widow, he is survived by
an 18-month- daughter, Sarah
Jane Bachman, and his father, Carl
w. Bachman, who lives in Min
nesota
T/5 Philip Pergande, 90 Route l.,
Falls Church. Va, died January 3
of wounds received in action, the
War Department announced last
night. His brother, Sergt. Bradford
Pergande, is missing in action. (See
separate story on page -
Staff Sergt. Albert H. Melcher, 27,
whose wife, Mrs. Gelene S. Melcher,
and parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A.
Melcher, live at 1908 Otis street
NE, died December II in Belgium
from wounds received that day, ac-
cording to War Department tele-
gram received by his family March
20.
Sergt. Melcher was a graduate of
st. Paulis College. A member of an
armored division, he had been over
seas three months and in the service
four years at the time of his death,
his mother said. Besides his wife
and parents, twin sons. Albert and
Emmett, 2 years old. and a sister,
Miss Edna G. Melcher, survive. He
held the Expert Infantryman,s
Badge and the Combat Infantry
Badge.
Pfc. George Lee TOmlinson, %, a
member of the Marines 4th Division,
was killed in action on Two Jima
February 20, his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. O. w. Tomlinson, route S,
Alexandria, Va, have been advised
by the Navy Department.
He was born in Kansas City,
Kans., and moved to Washington
with his parents in 1885. He at
tended Eliot Junior High School
and later Abbott Vocational Schol,
and was employed as a steamfitter
at Harrington before induction in
Febr dary, 1943. He had been over
seas 13 months and was veteran of
Kwajalein, Saipan and Tinian.
Besides his parents, Pvt. Tomlin-
son is survived by a brother, Pvt.
o. w. Tomlinson, jr., who saw action
in the Aleutians and is now stationed
at Fort Sill, Okla. Mr.. Tomlinson
is supervisor at the Naval Torpedo
Plant at Alexandria.
Wounded
Pfc. James A Miers, 10, son of the
Rev and Mrs. James H. Miers, 2715
Thirteenth street NV, was reported
wounded in Germany on March IA,
according to his parents.
Pvt. Miers was born in Perth. On
tario, Canada. and was brought to
Washington when he was weeks
old He graduated from Central
High School and was attending
Wilson Teachers College when he
Joined the Army in March. 1914.
He trained at Fort McClelland, Ala,
and Camp Pickett, Va, before being
sent overseas last October.
His father is pastor of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church at Thirteenth
and Fairmont streets NV. Another
son, Donovan. II, is now student
at Central High.
Second 1t. Firman r. Cotter, 26,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph w.
Cotter. jr, 1915 Monroe street NE,
was slightly wounded in the knee
by shell fragments March 16 in
Germany and is recuperating in a
hospital in France, his parents have
been notified.
A native of Washington, 1t. Cotter
was graduated in 1888 from Dewitt
School, where he was captain of
the basket ball team. He also at
tended st. Mary's College and Mary
land University. He entered the
Army October 10, 1941, and was
serving in the field artillery with
the Sd Army when he was wounded.
He received a battlefield promotion
to a second lieutenant last January
18. 1t. Cotter's father is employed
in the composing room of The Star.
His late grandfather, F. r. Horner.
was vice president of the McLachlen
Banking Corp.
Pfc. Carroll b. Garrison. IS, was
wounded in action March / in Ger
many where he was fighting with
the 1st Army, his wife, Mrs. Frances
Lee Garrison of Laurel, Md, has
been informed. He is now in hos
pital in, Paris where he is receiving
treatment for wounds in the right
thigh and right knee.
!. A native of Hyattsville, Pvt. Gar
rison was graduated from Hyattsville
High School. He was employed at
the Engineering & Research Corp.
in Riverdale before entering the
services Aast June. He has two
children; Carroll David, 4, and
Karen Lee, 20 months. Pvt. Garri-
sons parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Garrison also live in Laurel
Pfc. Ralph B. Cockrill, 80, son of
Mrs. Frank Cockrill, Mclean, Va,
was wounded in action in Germany
last october Is, he has written his
mother. He was hospitalized In