Evening star., 1945-04-19
Todoy's Casualty Lists
Killed

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1st 1t. Gail c. Kuhn, %, was kille
In action April 3 in Germany fight
ing with infantry attached to tn
9th Army, his wife, Mrs. Margare
S. Kuhn, 2212 I street NV, ha
been notified.
Overseas since last July, 1t. Kuh
was wounded last November but re
turned to action about two month
before he was killed. A native G
Ohio, 1t. Kuhn came to Washing
ton in 1885 and was employed sevel
years at the Agriculture Depart
ment. He attended George Wash
ington University and was workin
at the Office of Censorship when h
entered the service in March, 1914:
1t. Kuhn's parents, Mr. and Mrs
F. j. Kuhn, and a sister, Rosalie
live in Orlando, Fla. A brother
Sergt. Byrdell Kuhn, has been miss
ing in Germany since March Is
1t. Kuhns wife is employed by tn
Soil Conservation Service of tn
Agriculture Department.
I'd 1t. Jack Duryea MOntgom
cry. 26, Liberator pilot, who was re
ported missing June 26 over Vienna
today was listed by the War Depart
ment as killed in action. His par
ents, DR.. and Mrs. Benjamin F
Montgomery, live at 1913 Nortl
Danville street, Arlington. 1t. Mont
eomery had flown 80 missions an.
was based in Italy with the 15tl
Air Force
Born in Hagerstown, Md, he cam,
to Arlington when 10 years OF age
He was graduated from Washington
and Lee High School and worked
for the George E. Muth Co.. Inc
Overseas since December, 1943. HI
had been awarded the Air Media
with four Oak Leaf Clusters. HI
would have been in the Army foul
years next month.
1st 1t. Robert H. Hartung, %. was
killed Tuesday in California wher
his plane crashed during training
fight, his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry B. Hartung of North High
land street, Arlington, Va, have been
notified. 1t. Hartung, a veteran OF
IS combat missions over Germany
returned to this country in January
and was training to fly ATC planes
when he was killed.
A native of the District area, 1t
Hartung attended Westinghouse
High School in Arlington and was
graduated from Central High School
in the District. Before entering the
service in March, 1943, he was en-
ployed by the Interior Department.
1t. Hartung was sent overseas last
May and had been awarded the Air
Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters,
the Distinguished Flying Gross and
a Presidential Unit Citation. 1t
Hertung's widow. the former Miss
June Elaine Miller, Washington, left
for California on receiving word OF
her husbands death.
Pfc. William Franklin GOssard, IS
son of Mrs. John M. Young, Gath
ersburg. Md, was killed in action
March 80 in Germany, according tC
information received by his mother
Pvt. Gossard was born in Bealls-
vile, Md, and attended public
schools in Maryland. He enlisted in
the Army in August. 1910, and was
stationed at Fort Myer, Va, until
he was sent to Iceland, where he
was stationed for two years. He then
was transferred TO the. European
theater.
Pvt. Lyman Stephen Schlosser, 10,
son of Mrs. Inez S. Woodward, '02
Ramsay street. Alexandria, was
killed in action in Germany March
26, his mother was informed. He
had been missing in action since
March Is, she said.
A graduate of George Washington
High School, Pvt. Schlosser was in
the cadet corps there He worked
ct the Department of Agriculture,
where his mother is employed. In
Quoted into the Army in June, 1914,
ne went overseas last February. Pvt.
Schlosser was in the radar branch
Of the antiaircraft artillery lefore
he was transferred to the infantry
just before Christmas, Mrs. Wood
ward said.
Pvt. Orman ]. Botany, "a, former
Navy Yard employe. whose wife,
Mrs. Elizabeth l. Botany, lives at
2l0 Anacostia road Sc, reported
missing in action in Germany March
25, today was listed as killed in ac-
ton by the War Department on
that day. He was with an infantry
division
Born in Wahpeton, N. OAK, Pvt
Botany came to Washington five
years ago. He entered the Army
last August and had been overseas
three months to the day when he
was killed, his sister-in-law. Mrs.
w. T. Welch, 80 New York avenue
NV. said.
A 14-month-old son. Darrell Car
lyle Botany, also survives.
Pvt. Albert F. Miller, 81, died
of wounds March l8 in hospital
IN England. He had received leg
injury January while fighting with
the air-borne infantry in Belgium
His mother, Mrs. Helen Reedy, lives
at 5S06 Cleveland avenue. Riverdale.
Nd.
Pvt. Miller, whose name appeared
on an owl release, attended high
school in Baltimore and worked for
the Western Railroad there before
he went into the Army in November,
1912. his sister, Miss Rosa May Mil
Ter, said. He went overseas in Au-
gust. A brother, Pvt. Reginald c.
Miller, is stationed in Texas with
the infantry. Mrs. Reedy Is a
nurse.
Names of the following men were
included on today's War Department
list of those killed in action. The
Star previously carried the stories
after the next of kin had been no.
tilted:
Pfc. BENJAMIN F. Rodill, son oi
Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. Rodill, l501
Thirty-third street NV.
T/Sergt. Arthur A. Mainville
whose wife, Mrs. Margaret Main
vile, formerly lived at 1881 Euclic
street NV.
Capt. Elmer Kiehl, U. S. n, whose
wife. Mrs. nellie Grant Kiehl, live.
at 4e17 Hampden lane, Bethesda