Evening star., 1945-02-20
Killed

Killed
1t. Marshall Hughes, "a, para
trooper, was killed In action Januar.
: in the battle of Ardennes in Bel
. giuIn, the War Department has mott
fled his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Johl
E. Hughes of Middleburg. Va. HI
was serving with the 82d Air-born
Division.
1t. Hughes was q graduate O
Groton and had one year at Har
ward. He entered the Army in 1874;
and attended the antiaircraft offlcel
candidate school at Camp Davis
N. c. Later he was transferred t,
the infantry and upon arrival IL
England he volunteered for tn,
paratroops.
1t. Hughes was well known as 8
|steeplechase rider In Virginia, Mary.
land and Pennsylvania. His father
lis prominent Washington attorney
He also is survived by three broth.
ers. his twin, Milton, Army private
fighting in Germany; First 1t. Johr
Hughes, with the 38th Division or
Luzon, and 1t. Hamilton Hughes
AAF, in China.
Comdr. Henry Robert DOzier, Il
whose widow, Mrs. Loretta A. Dozier
resides at 1905 Carolina avenue
Alexandria. Va, has been listed BY
the Navy Department as killed ir
action.
Formerly carried as missing
Comdr. Dozier had been on sea duty
for two years. He was stationed
with the Bureau of Aeronautics al
the Navy Department here before
leaving for active duty.
A native of Omaha. Nebr.. he was
graduated from the Naval Academy
in 1927. Besides his widow. he is
survived by two sons, John and
Henry r., jr., and two daughters
jeanne and Angela Dozier.
Pfc. Earl Newton Tut, ~, infan-
try, veteran of the New Britain
campaign, was killed in action jan
uary ~ on Luzon, the War Depart
ment notified his father, Leslie C.
Tut, sos High street, Alexandria.
Yesterday Mr.. Tut received q
letter his son had written on the
25th and mailed the 27th-the day
of his death. I'VE have a hard time
keeping up with the Japs-they are
running so fast" the letter said.
Last year, as Pvt. Tut got on
his ship a6 Hawaii he asked SER
geant for change for q $40 bill
The sergeant was Garry Tut. He
said, Sorry, bud" turned to go and
then suddenly recognized the broth
er he hadn't seen for three years
Pvt, Tut was graduated from
George Washington High School
and worked for q .Safeway Store
before he entered the Army tive
years ago. He went overseas In
July, 1913. Another brother. Billy
is with the marines in the Mar
shall Islands.
Pfc. Paul J. Costine, Is, infantry
formerly of 1874 Twelfth street
NV, was killed in action Novem-
ber 10 in France, his cousin, Charles
Green, 1445 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, has learned. He previously
was reported missing.
A native of Providence, r. l., Pvt
Costine came here in 1910 to work
at the Navy Department and at
tended night classes at Georgetown
University. He entered the Army
January, ls43, and went overseas
last August.
Wounded
First 1t. Andrew J. Cavanaugh
III, who formerly lived at 6lS1 Utah
avenue NV, was wounded the Sec
ond time January 8 in France his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew J
Cavanaugh, jr., informed The Star.
1t. Cavanaugh was wounded ir
late December, also. He was grad.
uated from Wilson High School ir
1899 and from the Virginia Mill
tary Institute in 1943. Commissioned
at Fort Benning, Ga, In September
1943, he was sent overseas last Sep.
tember. His parents now reside ir
Cynwood, Pa.
Corpl. Floyd A. Donovan, 26, was
wounded in Germany the day after
Thanksgiving His wife, Mrs. Rebs
F. Donovan, resides at 3701 Massa-
chuSetts avenue NV, with her sis
ter, Mrs. Eleanor E. Mcneil.
Born in Standardsville, Va, Corpl
Donovan was employed as fore
man in a Baltimore defense plant
when he was inducted into the Army
in December, 1943. He went over
seas in April, 1914 He is now back
on active duty.
Second La Wilfred G. Schroeder,
81, son of William H. Schroeder
3618 Connecticut avenue NV, was
wounded in action November 13 with
the Sd Army near Metz in France
He had been wounded slightly Oc-
tober % and had returned to duty.
1t. Schroeder was born in Ke-
nosha, Wis, and was graduated from
the high school there. He then at
tended the Peabody Conservatory
of Music at Baltimore and was grad
uated three years ago. He was first
violinist in the staff orchestra at
Radio Station WBAL in Baltimore
and q member Of the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra His father il
a violinist and a member of the
Washington Music Teachers Asso-
citation. 1t. Schroeder has been re-
turned to this country and is re.
ceiying hospital treatment now al
Memphis.
Pvt. william J. O'Connor, 20, in.
fantry, was seriously wounded ir
action in France November %. Hi
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
| C'Connor, $40 Forest road NV. HI
is still In a hospital in England
recovering from q leg injury, hi,
mother said.
/ Pvt. O'Connor attended school IL
Peekskill, N. Y, and worked at tht
naval torpedo station In Alexan.
dria, Va, before entering the Army
j last Nav. He went overseas in DC,