Evening star., 1945-04-19
On the Roll of Honor

opdl dWdluS, WAS WOulluCQ III ACUlO
for the third time. according to Al
Army casualty release today. H
Is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harr
L. Clark, All Guilford road, Col
lege Park, Md.
1t. Clarke had knocked out tw
German tanks when a third hi
the building in which he was fight
ing on March Is. His shoulder an
arm were torn. his mother sale
and he Is now hospitalized II
France.
He was first wounded october l
and again December % when h
received a wound in his uppe
arm. All three times he was fight
ing with the infantry in Ger
many, his mother said.
1t. Clarke recently received tn
Silver Star for action in Franc,
the latter part of last summer
He was a platoon leader.
Overseas since November, 1912
1t. Clarke was a member OF tn,
Maryland National Guard. He wa
graduated from Hyattsville Higl
School and worked for his father
wholesale supply business here be-
fore he went into the Army wheI
the National Guard was mobilized
He has been overseas since Novem'
ber, 1912.
Col. Edmund X. Daley was injured
March % when he was thrown ou
of jeep somewhere in Germany
according to his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
Daley, 3lO0 Connecticut avenu.
NV.
Included on today's casualty lists
Col. Daley had been wounded frs,
last November in Belgium wher
he received shell cuts on his leg
Mrs. Daley said. He has been over.
seas two years and holds the French
Legion of Honor and the Croix dt
Guerre.
Born in West Point, N. Y, Col
Daley was graduated from the
United States Military Academy r
1928 and was stationed here two
years as chief of the Engineers OF.
fee He has two children, Edmund
ir., Is, and Beatrice 4. Col. Daley'i
father-i -in-laW, Brig. Gen. George c
Shaw, retired, also lives at the Con.
necticut avenue address.
1st 1t. Edward J. Dravo, 81, sor
of Col and Mrs. Charles A. Dravt
of Annapolis, Md, was seriously
wounded in action in Germany on
March 81 while serving as a para
trooper in the 18th Airborne Divi-
sion, his parents have been informed
by the War Department. Col. Drs-
vo is acting adjutant general of the
District National Guard.
A graduate of the United States
Military Academy at West Point in
the class of June, 1914, 1t. Dravo
left for overseas duty last February
after completing training as a para
trooper at Camp Mackall. N. C. He
attended Dewitt Prep and the Sulli-
van School here. A brother, Corpl.
Charles A. Drayo, jr., Is on duty
with the Army Air Forces in the
Pacific.
Pvt. John S. Cook, 27. husband of
Mrs. Ethel M. Cook, 4O4 Forty ninth
avenue, Capitol Heights, Md, was
wounded in action April in Ger
MANY, according to information re-
ceived by his wife.
Pvt. Cook attended Maryland
Park High School. He was employed
as floor flnisher before entering
the service last August IL. Pvt. Cook
has been in Germany with the in
fantry of the Sd Army since March
l. He has two children, John, 5, and
James, 3. Pvt. Cooks mother, Mrs
Nettie Cook, three sisters and a
brother live in the 400 block OF
Forty ninth avenue in Capitol
Heights.
Marine Corpl. James B. Naurot
20. son of Mrs. Alverta Mueller OF
Sykesville. Md, was wounded on
Two Jima February % while serving
with the 4th Marine Division, the
Navy Department announced to-
day. He is being treated at the
Naval Receiving Hospital, San
Francisco, Calf, his mother stated,
and expects to return home-for
the first time in u months-when
released from the hospital. His in
juries consisted of hand and chest
wounds.
Corpl. Naurot, who attended
Sykesville High School, volunteered
for the Marine Corps in August,
1943. He went overseas in January,
1914, and has participated in the
battles of Roi, Mamur, the Marshall
Islands, Saipan and Tinian. He is
recipient of a special commendation
and a Presidential Unit Citation.
A brother, Pfc. John Francis
Naurot, was wounded in November
while serving in France with the
9Th Army.
Corpl. Wallace d. Miller, 20, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy G.. Miller,
Weyanoke Village, Fairfax County.
Va, was wounded March 2 on Two
Jima, his parents have been in
formed.
Corpl. Miller has written his
mother from a base hospital in the