Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-09
Todoy's CosuoIty Lists
Killed

actlon IN Belgium on Christmas
day, was killed that day. the War
Department has informed his wife,
Mrs. Rea Rosa, 1881 Emerson
street NV
Pvt. Rosa was wounded in France
last September and had received
the Bronze Star, Mrs. Rosa said.
A native of Washington. he was a
taxicab driver before entering the
service in November, l943 He went
overseas in April, 1914. Mrs. Rosa
is employed at Lansburgh's.
rs Randolph C. Smith, %, was
killed in action April Is, in Italy,
his wife, Mrs. Lois Smith of 1924
Leona street southeast, has been
informed. Mrs Smith. who for
merly worked at the War Depart
ment, has left for her home at Leba-
non, Mo.
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce
Smith Of Remington, Va, Corpl.
Smith attended Warrenton High
School and came here about four
years ago. He worked for the Gray
bar Electric Co. before going into
the Army in December, 1913. In a
letter written few days before he
was killed, he told of visiting Rome.
He has two brothers, Ashby Smith,
1929 E street Sc. employee of the
Capital Transit Co., and Harvey
Smith, Catlett, Va.
LIST 1t. Carl H. Bradshaw, %. son
nj Mr. ond
901 C street NE, and husband of
Mrs. Grace Bradshaw, 1l3 C street
NE. has been killed in action. See
story elsewhere in this edition.
Woman lie Mark ID. Bingaman,
q. S. N. r., who formerly lived at
1881 Eighteenth street, Arlington,
has been killed in action. His
widow, Mrs. Marcella Kathryn
Bingaman, returned to Iowa, her
home state, after being notified of
her husbands death. Yeoman
Bingaman lived in Iowa before Join
ing the Navy.
Pvt. John c. Riddle, whose wife.
Mrs. Leona Riddle, lives at 11l6 D
street NE. has died of wounds re-
ceived in action, his wife has been
informed. He had been listed as
wounded in the casualty roster
scheduled for publication today.
First 1t. Ralph o. Lii, %, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Lii, who
formerly lived at 4007 Fifty third
street, Decatur Heights, Nd. was
killed in action in Germany April Is,
his parents have been notified.
1t. Lii was born and educated in
Detroit, where his parents now live,
He came to Washington in l941 and
was employed at the Office of De-
. tense Transportation until he en-
tered the service in January, 1913
Overseas since December, 1t. Lii
was slightly wounded in February
but returned to action about three
weeks later. A brother, William A.
Lii, is serving with the Seabees in
the Pacific.
The following men, listed by the
armed services today as having
been killed in action. were the sub
Jects OF stories in The Star after
their next of kin had been notified:
Sergt. Claude A. Bodine. whose
wife, Mrs. Nettie c. Bodine. lives at
6l0 Mississippi avenue, Silver
Spring.
Sergt. William C. FUR, whose
wife, Mrs. Lillian o. Fur, lives at
31l9 North Seventh street, Ar
lington.
Pvt. George l.. Fearnow, whose
wife, Mrs. Dorothy v. Fearnow, lives
at 1923 Piney Branch road, Silver
Spring.
S/Sergt. James p. Bryant. son of
Mrs. Inez D. Bryant of 1901 Savan-
nah street Sc.
Wounded
Pfc. Reuben April, 19-year-old
veteran of three years in the Marine
Corps, was injured in his first &C.
tlon against the Japs at Okinawa,
his mother, Mrs. Helen April, 5O7
Seventh place NV, has learned.
Mr.. April said a letter from his
son told the family not to worry
and described how the Marine suf-
Tered grenade wounds. Three
Nips came walking up to our lines
at O'Clock in the morning" he
wrote. 4 got two of them, but they
dropped couple of hand grenades
In our foxhole."
Before Pfc. April enlisted in 1912
with his mothers consent, he was
a student at Mckinley High School.
Pvt. Wilson c. Bowling. jr., 20.
whose parents live in La Plata, Md,
was wounded in italy April IL. He
is member of 5th Army infan-
try unit.
He attended Sacred Heart School.
La Plata, and ST. Josephs Military
Academy, Hays, Kans, before enter
Ing the Army February IL, 1943. He
went overseas the following June
and served in Africa before going
to Italy.
Pvt. Herbert Schwarz, 10. a refu-
gee from Germany serving in the
5th Army, was wounded in Italy
April is. He was struck in the head
by a shell fragment and has been
hospitalized in Italy.
Pvt. Schwarz and his brother
Guenther, now II, fled Germany in
1889, were cared for in France
made their way to Lisbon and were
brought to the United States by
the United States Committee for
the Care of Children. Guenther
Schwarz lives in the Jewish Foster
Home on Spring road
Pvt. Schwarz was graduated from
Mckinley High School, which his
brother now attends, and entered
the Army in December, 1913. He
went overseas the next summer.
rs John T. Yost, %, whose wife
lives at 5732 Fourth street, NV,
was slightly wounded in Germany
April IL. He is a member of 7th
Army mechanical cavalry unit.
He is the son of Mrs. Eleanor
Morgan, Pittsburgh, and the father
OF a son, Richard, 2. He was en-
ployed as Capital Transit Co.
trainman when called to Army duty
in ,Jllne 1910 He u,or rocarv;ct