Evening star., 1945-03-05
Todoy's Casualty Lists
Killed

fIc. faul l.. HugneS, 81, nuSDan
: of Mrs. Mildred L. Hughes, 83
, Eighteenth street NE, has beel
! killed in action, the War Depart
. ment has announced. He had beel
! overseas since March, 1943.
; Before entering the Army il
April, 1912, Pvt. Hughes was em
ployed for two years in the Interio
Department. He was killed Decem
ber rs in Italy, according to wore
received by his wife. A native o
Baltimore, Md, he also is survived
by brother, Pvt william Hughes
now overseas with the Army.
Pvt. John T. Akers, 3S, husban.
of Mrs. Kathryn M. Akers, 1926 {
street NE, has been listed as killed
in action. He also is survived by 6
2-year-old son, Thomas Nelson, two
brothers and five sisters.
! Pvt. Akers, who formerly was re.
ported missing, was killed Novem-
ber 10, while serving with the in
fantry in France. He was born in
Buckland, Va, and was employed
with the U. S. Army Engineers al
Boiling Field before entering the
Army in July, 1943. He shipped
overseas last August.
Pvt. Charles P. Kuhn, jr., 20. hus.
band of Mrs. Eleanor NJ Kuhn, 21C
Twentieth street NE, was killed in
action November 20 in France, &C
cording to notification received by
his wife.
Born in Petersburg, Va, and q
graduate of Mckinley High School
Pvt. Kuhn was former employe
of the, Sun Life Insurance Co. He
went overseas in September. Be-
sides his widow, he Is survived by
two sons, Kenneth Wayne, ano
Charles P. Kuhn, Sd. ana his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P
Kuhn, ST.. all of Washington.
Pvt. Hedrick E. Bruffy, 30, brother
of Clarence Bruffy. 1896 South Scott
street, Arlington, Va, has been listed
by the War Department as killed in
action. Overseas since October, Pvt
Bruffy was killed December 20 in
Belgium. his family has learned.
Pvt. Bruffy, a native of Lynch
burg, Va, was employed with the
Barton Transportation Co., Ross
lyn. Va, when he entered the serv-
ice in March, 1942. He saw action
in France and Belgium with the
Sd Armored Division.
Pvt. Charles w. Myers, 81, son of
Mr., and Mrs. Arnold Myers, 1906
North Capitol street, has been re-
ported as killed in action. He pre-
viously had been reported missing
since action at Anzio December II.
Entering the Army in 1943, Pvt.
Myers shipped overseas the follow
ing August. He was born and edu-
Gated in Pennsylvania and was a
former employe of the Palais Roya.
Department Store. Besides his
parents, he is survived by three
sisters, Miss Betty Myers, Miss Mary
Myers and Miss Ruth Myers.
Pvt. Edmund j. Sendgikoski, 20.
son of Mrs. Anna Wingert, 1900
Maine avenue S.W, has been killed
in action in the Mediterranean area.
An infantryman, Pvt. SendgikoSki
had been overseas since November,
1943. He was born and educated in
Newark, N. j., and was employed
here for two years at l.. S. Briggs,
Inc, meat packers. He entered the
Army in May, 1943. He has two
brothers in the service, Corpl. Lewis
Sendgikoski, in Italy, and Albert
Sendgikoski, Navy carpenters mate,
first class, recently returned from
duty in the Pacific.
Corpl. Theodore Hanford, "a, son
Of Mrs. Helen Burns Hanford,
Nurses Home, Emergency Hospital,
has been listed as killed in action.
A paratrooper, he was killed on
Christmas Day in Belgium, his
family has been notified.
He was born in Leesbrrg, Fla,
and attended The Citadel Before
entering the service, he was en-
ployed with the State road depart
ment in Florida. He had been over
seas since September, 1943. He also
is survived by brother, George T..
Hanford, Los Angeles, Calf, and a
sister, Mrs. w. B. Clements, Lees
burg, Fla.
First 1t. James Jackson Ormsbee,
33, has been listed as killed in ac-
ton over Germany on April 13, 1914,
according to word received by his
mother, Mrs. ROLAND Holden Orms-
bee of Beverly Park Gardens, Alex
andria.
Mrs. Ormsbee said that until i st
December 7, her son was listea as
missing, but she received word on
that date from the War Department
that he and several other members
of the bomber crew, of which he
was pilot, had been killed and the
rest taken prisoner.
1t Ormsbee was born in Phoenix,
Ariz. He enlisted in the Army in
July. 1941. While in charge Of the
radio control tower at Maxwell Field,
Ala, he was accepted for training as
an air cadet and entered school
there. graduating from Freeman
Field. Seymour. Ind. in June, 1943.
He went overseas in December, 1943.
Mrs. Ormsbee, who recently re-
ceived her sons Purple Heart, is en-
ployed at the Maritime Commission.
His father, mining engineer, is In
Nevada.
A brother, Alex F., 20. Is a TECH
nical sergeant with the 9th Air
Force in England. and sister,
is a WAC corporal stationed
In the Philippines. Another brother J,
Allen, IS, is student at the Univer-
sity of Illinois, and a sister, Louise,
IL