Evening star., 1945-04-04
Killed

Killed
Pvt. Leo Joseph Hayes, 19. son of
Mrs. Kathleen Gott Hayes, 3435
Brown street NV, was killed in
action last month on Two Jima,
where he was fighting with the 4th
Marine Division, his mother has
been notified.
Pvt. Hayes entered the service in
September, 1943, several months be-
fore he was II. He was sent over
seas Is months ago and had par
ticipated in the fighting on Tinian,
in the Marshall Islands and Saipan
before going to Two. He attended
Sacred Heart and Leonard Hall
schools before enlisting in the Ma
rines. A brother, MiSergt. Thomas
Leonard Hayes Is home on furlough
after two years in the Pacific.
Sergt. Eugene T. Tayman, 23, an
infantryman, has been killed in ac-
ton in Germany, his wife, Mrs.
Virginia Colonna Tayman, 7lo3 Al
lentown road, Allentown. Md, has
been notified. The telegram came
the same day that Sergt. Taymans
brother. Pfc. Seabrooke C. Tayman,
arrived home at Upper Marlboro,
Md, from France on a furlough.
A mail carrier at the Navy Yard
before he was inducted last May,
Sergt. Tayman went overseas in
October and later received the In
fantryman's Combat Medal. Besides
his wife, he leaves two children,
Eugenia Ann, 3, and Mary Eliza
beth, 18 months. Another brother,
Corpl. John Thomas Tayman, 26,
Is expected home soon from New
Guinea, where he has been serving
in the Army Medical Corps. A grad
uate of Surrattsville High School
in Clifton, Md, Sergt. Tayman was
the son of B. NJ Tayman of Upper
Marlboro.
Pfc. Louis J. Perrus, 80, whose
brother, Pfc. Constantine Perrus,
%, has been a prisoner of war In
Germany for two years, was killed
in action in Germany March 4,
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
L. Perrus of 1928 Spring road NV,
have been informed. Also surviving
him are his widow, Mrs. Angeline
Perrus, and his daughter, Louisa, 8
months, who live in Alliquippa, Pa.
A native of Connellsville, Pa, Pvt.
Perrus came here with his family
several years ago. He enlisted in
the Army in April, 1941, went over
seas last May as a member OF
tank destroyer crew with the Sd
Army. Three other brothers are in
the service: Cerpl. Photius Perrus,
"a, in the air force; Pfc. Theodore
Perrus, %, in the air force IN Eng
land, and Chrysanphus Perrus, 10,
a Navy pharmacists mate, first
class.
Sergt. Thomas Di Girolamo, "a, a
paratrooper, was killed in action
February on Luzon where he was
engaged in landing medical supplies
by air, his wife. Mrs. Doris Melva
Di Girolamo, 1885 Nichols avenue
Sc, has been informed.
Born in San Antonio, Tex, Sergt.
Di Girolamo lived in Philadelphia
before entering the service eight
years ago. He was stationed at the
Army War College here for two
years before the war and transferred
to the paratroops after Pearl Harbor.
Overseas for 90 months, he had
never seen his 2-year-old daughter
MeIva June One Of his brothers,
Pvt. Louis Di Girolamo was killed in
Belgium January g. Another brother,
Pfc. Casper Di Girolamo Is with the
Marines in the Pacific. Sergt. Di
Girolamos widow is employed at the
Navy Yard.
Pfc. James S. Rideout, 20, was
killed in action March in Germany,
his mother, Mrs. Romano Ferbush,
1347 Twenty eighth street NV, has
been informed. He was serving with
the Quartermaster Corps.
Pvt. Rideout was born in Phila-
delphia and attended Cardozo High
School here. He was employed as a
clerk in a grocery in the District be-
fore entering the Army March 16.
1943 He had been overseas 16
months when killed.
Pfc. George Jackson Stevens. r-
%, was killed March Is in Germany,
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
j. Stevens, 4707 West Virginia ave
nue., Bethesda, Md, have been noti-
fed.
A native of Chevy Chase. Pvt.
Stevens was graduated from Be-
thesda Chevy Chase High School,
where he played in the school band.
He was employed at the National
Cancer Institute before entering the
service in September, ls43. Three
brothers are in the service: 1t. q.
g. Rogers Stevens, in the Pacific;
Petty Officer &c Charles c. Stevens,
now home on leave. and Pfc. John
David Stephens, with the infantry
In Germany. Pvt. Stevens father Is
employed at the Navy Yard.
Sergt. Warner T. Clarke, 80, cav
alryman, was killed in action on
Luzon February "A, his sister, Mrs.
Corinne Munchmeyer, OF l424 Tay-
lor street NV. has been notified.
Born and educated in Covington,
Va, Sergt. Clarke had been in the
Army for IS years. Before the
war he was stationed at Fort
Bliss, Tex, and in l943 went over
seas. Besides Mrs. Munchmeyer,
Sergt. Clarke leaves three other
sisters, Mrs. Charlotte Montgomery
Of Falls Church, Va; Mrs. Ann