Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-28
Killed

Killed
Second 1t. Harold D. Kraft, jr,
%, was killed In action January II
over Luzon Island in the Philippine.
while he was plotting a BIS, hi
parents, 1t. Col. and Mrs. Harold .
Kraft, ST., 1922 Forty-fourth street
NV. have been notified.
Col Kraft, who is chief of the
decorations and awards branch OF
the Army Air Forces at Gravelly
Point, was informed several week!
ago that his son was listed as miss
ing. Later, he received a telegram
notifying him that his son wa:
killed
Born in Minneapolis. 1t. Kraft
was graduated from Wilson High
School here. He also attended st
Adams School and was in his second
year at Rutgers University when he
enlisted in the Air Forces February
2, 1943. He had been overseas about
five months when he was killed.
A brother, Warrant Officer Fred
eric Burton Kraft also is in the Air
Forces. 1t. Krafft's father was gen.
eral agent in the District for the
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co
before he was called to active duty
The Kraffts formerly lived at 1900
Loughborough road NV.
Ensign william North Sturtevant,
jr., U. S. N. R.. son of 1t. and Mrs,
w. N. Sturtevant, ST., 2311 Con-
necticut avenue NV. was killed in
q plane crash in Jacksonville, Fla,
last Sunday. A separate story on
Ensign Sturtevant appears on this
page.
Pfc. Leonard J. Nolan, "a, whose
wife. Mrs. Dorothy A. Nolan, lives
at 28l6 Fifth street NE, was killed
in action on February % in Ger
many, Mrs. Nolan has been in
formed.
Pvt. Nolan was born in Newark
N. j., and worked for the Civil
Service Commission before enter
ing the infantry in November, 1912
Overseas since last September, he
was a member of the 1920 Infantry
Division, and held the Combat
Infantry Badge.
Besides his wife and 7-week-old
son, he is survived by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Nolan. New
ark, a bApther, Andrew Marcus, a
private in the Army in Italy, and a
sister, WAC Corpl. Mabel Nolan, in
Paris.
Ensign Thomas WEIGH Fortune,
u. S. N. R. whose father and STEP
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Henry
.Fortune, live at 73l South Twentieth
street, Arlington, Va, has been
killed in action in the Pacific. He
is the son of the late Mrs. Mamie
Browning Fortune, who died in
1886.
Pilot of a Hellcat plane, Ensign
Fortune had been reported missing
January 49, He worked in ship
yard in Norfolk, Va, before joining
the Navy in December, 1912.
Ensign Fortunes widow, Mrs. Fern
Louise Fortune, now lives in Odessa,
Mimi, and a daughter was born to
her March 20. He also leaves four
brothers and two sisters. The
brothers are Joel Henry. jr., and
Tunstall E, both of Alexandria
Robert Sidney, in the Navy, anc
William E., Roanoke, Va. The sisters
are Mrs. Norman Purvis of Shipmar
and Mrs. Murvin Duncan, Faber, Va
Pvt. Carson T. Mcdaniel, jr., Ia
was killed in action March 8 on Two
Jima. where he was fighting with
the Sd Marine Division. his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Carson T. Mcdaniel
453l Illinois avenue NV, have
learned.
Born in Danville, Va, Pvt. Nc
Daniel moved to Canada with his
parents when he was a child. His
family came to Washington in 194l
and he attended Roosevelt High
School before entering the service
about year ago. Pvt. Mcdaniel
was sent overseas last August and
was in his first battle when killed
His father is employed at the
Patuxent River Md Naval Air
Station.
The following men were listed BY
the War Department today as killed
in action Stories about them ap-
peared in The Star on the dates
indicated after next of kin were
notified:
Sergt. Donald r. Sprague, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Sprague, 1454
Bangor road Sc, March 81.
Sergt. Earle E. Sullivan, jr., 1875
New Hampshire avenue NV, Feb
ruary Il.
T/Sergt. Frank L. Peak, jr- sos
Dartmouth street, Silver Spring
Md, March IT.
Capt. William c. Mckee iii OF
l16 Ingraham street NV, March 2
S/Sergt. Abe M. Kuzminsky, 432(
Fourteenth street NV, March IL.
Pfc. William NJ. Bruce III, 10s
Fifth street NE. January Is.
Pvt. Dominic J. Di GennarO, 40l
Seventy first street, Seat Pleasant
Md, March 10.
Sergt. Charles Carter Anderson
jr., U. S. M. c., of 3611 Thirty fourth
street NV, was killed in action or
Two Jina on March IL, the Navy
Department officially announced.
A story about him appeared in Tht
Star on March 13.
Wounded
1t. Col. EIery M. Zehner, 80, who's
wife, Mrs. Ruth T. Zehner, lives al
2800 Connecticut avenue NV, wa:
wounded in both arms, legs ane
face by shrapnel on February % II
France. 1t was the second time h,
was wounded He is in hospital II
France.
Born in Warsaw, Ind, he wa!
graduated from West Point in 1887
and has been serving with the 100tf
Infantry Division of the 7th Army
He has been awarded the Silver Sta
and Bronze Star Medals. He wa!
one of the first men in the 100tf
Division to be awarded the Silver
Star lin recognition of individual
action, and demonstrating unusua
initiative and bravery under fire.
A baby, Ruth Robin, was born tt
Mrs Zehner eight weeks ago. Sh'
Was in Hawaii uhep tha TapS Mt