Evening star., 1945-04-20
Todoy's Casualty Lists
Killed

Comdr. David Richard Stephan
"a, died April 4, two days after his
destroyer collided with another ship
In the Pacific, the Navy Department
has notified his parents, Mr.. ano
Mrs. David Edgar Stephan, 1856
Euclid street NV. Comdr. Stephan
was fatally injured in the collision
and he was buried at sea.
Comdr. Stephan was born in
Washington and attended Central
High School and Force School. He
was graduated from the Naval
Academy in 1888 and was on duty at
Pearl Harbor at the time of the
Japanese attack. Comdr Stephan
served in the Pacific for 18 months
after the beginning of the war and
returned to Pacific duty a year ago
after service in the United States.
He has brother, Comdr. Edward
Stephan, also in the Pacific theater
of action and another brother, AL
bert E. Stephan, who was discharged
from the Navy after serving as a
lieutenant. A sister, Mrs. Alice Whe-
Ian, recently arrived in Manila to
serve with the Red Cross. Comdr.
Stephan's wife, Mrs. Hazel Man.
sning Stephan, lives in Los Angeles.
Pfc. Harry ]. Bud" Collin, jr., %,
U. S. NJ. c. R., who was District
junior bowling champion before en-
tering the Marine Corps, was killed
March 18 on Two Jima, the Navy
Department disclosed today. His
wife. Mrs. Audrey Colin, who lives
at So Buchanan street NE, said she
had learned her husband was killed
by japanese sniper. Pvt. Colin
was a flamethrower and Two Jima
was his first major engagement.
A native of Washington, Pvt. Coz
lin was graduated from Roosevelt
High School in 1889 and worked at
surveying for the District govern
ment and as clerk for the Wash
ington Terminal Co. before entering
the service in August, 1943. He went
overseas a year later.
Besides being champion bowler
he played first base on several base
ball teams here Besides his widow
he is survived by a 4-month-old
baby, Carolyn Lee, whom Pvt, Coz
lin had never seen; his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry j. Colin, ST.,
a sister, Eleanor, and brother,
Navy Yeoman 1Ic Robert Lee Coz
lin, 20, now in Atlantic service.
Pfc. Dean d. Nichols, %, was
killed in action March "a in Ger
many. where he was fighting with
an airborne division, his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Stephen E. Nichols,
$3.50 Long Branch parkway, Silver
Spring, have been notified. Pvt.
Nichols was killed while trying to
help a fallen comrade,' a letter
from a man in the same outfit said
Born in Cleveland, Pvt. Nichols
was a graduate of the Carson Long
Military Academy at HarriSonburg,
Va He attended Maryland Uni
versity and was employed in Silver
Spring before entering the service
two years ago. Pvt. Nichols had
been overseas about six months. His
wife, Mrs. Mildred Nichols, lives in
Harrisonburg.
Pfc. Gladstone w. Donovan, 26,
whose father, Cleo Donovan, holds
an administrative job at Fort Bel
voir, Va, was killed in action March
Is in Germany. the War Depart
ment announced today He previously
had been reported missing, Mr.,
Donovan said
Pvt. Donovan was born in Har-
risonburg, Va, and graduated from
high school there. He also attended
Bridgewater College. Bridgewater,
Va. He mad gone into partnership
with his father in the wholesale meat
business and had also worked as
assistant manager of the Fort Bel
voir post exchange warehouse before
entering the Army as an infantry
man on April 10, 1914. He went
overseas last December 30.
Besides his father and mother he
Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nele
V. Donovan, who is now in Har-
risonburg, and two children, Cleo
Scott, 4 years old, and Sue Ellen,
IL years old, who are with her.
Pvt. Orman ]. Botany, whose
wife formerly lived at 210 Anacostia
road Sc, was listed as killed in
action on today's casualty list. A
story about Pvt. Botany appeared
in The Star after Mrs. Botany was
notified of her husbands death.
Wounded
Pfc. Charles Izac, the son of Rep
N6,o T1on