Evening star., 1945-03-09

P1c. Everett I. SmltH, ~, wa
killed in action January % or
Luzon, his parents, MI and Mrs
Carter F. Smith. $40 Eighth stree
NE, have been notified.
A native of Washington, Pvt
Smith attended Mckinley High
School, where he won letters in bas
ket ball, football and baseball. Hi
was employed at the City Post Office
before entering the service. Over
seas Is months. Pvt. Smith hac
been awarded the Combat Infan'
tryman's Badge and wore the Presi.
dental Unit Citation awarded hi!
group for its part in the Bougain.
vile campaign. A brother, Pvt
Jack A. Smith, who is with the Is
Army, is in hospital in France re-
covering from a dislocated shoulder
Wounded
Second 1t. John w. Donaldson, 81
son of Col. and Mrs. Thomas @
Donaldson, III, 1870 Wyoming ave-
nue. NV, was wounded in actor
in France on January 6, according
to an official release of the War De-
| partment today He has now re.
turned to active duty, his mother
said 1t. Donaldson is the fifth
generation of his mothers family
and the third of his fathers family
to be in the Regular Army. His
paternal grandfather was Gen
Thomas @. Donaldson II, and hi;
maternal grandfather was Col. David
j. Rumbough. His father is now In
Italy
1t. Donaldson was graduated from
West Point last June and was sent
overseas last December He took
his preparatory education at Mil
lard's School here. Two brothers
also are in service: Capt. Thomas
@. Donaldson ", with the 18th
Armored Division, and 1t. David R
Donaldson, paratrooper, now sta
toned in Florida.
Staff Sergt. Harvell J. Craig, 81
whose wife, Mrs. Margaret B. Craig
lives at 2620 Sixth street NE, was
wounded in action in Germany on
January %, according to the Wal
Department release. He is now in a
hospital in England recuperating
from shrapnel wounds of the left
leg. A native of Washington. Sergt
Craig attended Tech High School
and worked at the Department OF
Agriculture before going into the
Army in March, 1912. He was sent
overseas in August, 1914 His mother
Mrs. Marie H. Craig, lives at 1916
Trinidad street NE.
Sergt. Purvis L. Stacks, 20, an
aerial engineer and the son of Mr.
and Mrs Joseph E. Stacks, 1887
Pierce street North, Arlington, Va
who was reported missing in action
over Germany on December IT, now
has been reported wounded in action
and is in an American hospital in
Italy, the War Department has in
formed his parents. An official card
from Italy said Sergt Stacks was
recuperating from wounds in the
left thigh.
Sergt. Stacks, native of the Dis
trict, entered the Army in 1943 and
went overseas last September. A
brother, Pvt. Joseph E. Stacks, jr.,
is stationed at Camp Lee. A letter
to Mr.. and Mrs. Stacks from the
commanding general of the 18th
Air Force in Italy said: While par
ticipating in combat missions in
this theater your son has distin-
guished himself and has won the
respect and admiration of all his
fellow airmen for the many sterling
traits of character which he pos
sesses.
Pvt. Edward F. Petty. %, of 1885
Powhatan street, Alexandria, Va,
was wounded In action on Decem-
ber 18 in Belgium, according to
word received by his wife, Mrs.
Dorothy May Petty. The son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Petty of 9
Bernard street, Alexandria, and
one of five brothers in the service,
Pvt. Petty was shot in the leg
above the knee and is now in a
hospital in England.
Pvt. Petty was born in Alexandria,
and attended Jefferson School. He
was employed by the Briggs Meat
Packing Co. in Washington until
he entered the Army in June, 1912.
He was sent overseas in November,
1914, and was in England, France
and Germany before going to Bel
gium. His brothers are James, now
overseas with the Navy; John, in
California with the Navy; Henry
of the Seabees, now convalescing in
a South Pacific hospital from
wounds received in action, and
David, Army private now stationed
at Fort Meade, Md.
Pvt. Donald r. NAPLES. 81. son of
Mr.. and Mrs NJ w. NAPLES, Ill
Southbrook lane, Bethesda, Md
was wounded in action for the third
time in Germany on January IA
according to the War Department
release. He is back in action again
his mother reports Pvt. NAPLES
was wounded the first time last
July 3, in France. He returned to
duty a week later, and was wounded
in the head on August IA in Ger
many. That time he was hospital
ized for three months, but again
returned to duty.
He attend I'd Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School and Hargrave
Military Academy in Chatham, Va.
and later worked at the Washing
ton Terminal before joining the
Army three years ago. He wen,
overseas last May.
Corpl. John p. Dodd, %, whose
wife, Mrs Betty j. Dodd, lives al
108 Thirteenth street Sc, wa,
wounded in action in France OF
January 9, according to the Wa
Department release. A native O
North Carolina, Corpl. Dodd wa
sent to Washington soon after h
Joined the Army in 1886, and wa
stationed here until Pearl Harbor
He was sent overseas last Septem
Der and is now in a hospital II
France, recuperating from . wouns