Evening star., 1945-10-12
News of District Area Men in Armed Forces
Killed

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Killed
T/5 Robert E. Jordan, %, SON oi
Mr.. and Mrs Elmer Jordan, 2lt
Upshur street NV, has been listed
by the War Department as killed ir
action.
Formerly listed as missing in Bel.
gium since December IT, Corpl. Jor-
dan had been with the goth Division
since September, 1914 His parents
and his wife, Mrs. Helen Jordan, who
lives at 45l3 New Hampshire avenue
} NV, were notified of the change OF
status about two weeks ago.
Il Corpl. Jordan attended Central
High School and worked for the
Public Health Service before enter
ing the. Army two and half years
ago.
On February S, The Star carried a
story about Corpl. Jordan and his
brother, 1t. Leo Jordan who were
missing in action. 1t. Jordan was
a prisoner of the Germans for four
months and was released May lst.
He has been discharged from the
Army. Another brother, Sergt. Ed
ward S. Jordan, military policeman,
is stationed at Fort Myer, Va.
Liberated
Walter John Cook, chief aero
grapher's mate. U. S. N, whose wife,
Mrs Dorothy G.. Cook, formerly liv-
ed at 1904 Nineteenth street NV,
has returned to the United States
after four years of Jap imprison-
ment. He was taken prisoner on
Wake Island.
Discharges
Two hundred and fifty-seven men
and three WACS and five WAVES
from Washington and the vicinity
have received honorable discharges
from the armed forces, according.
to dispatches from the services.
One hundred and five Navy fathers
were discharged at the Anacostia
Receiving Station Tuesday because
they had three or more children.
Under a, new Navy ruling, en-
listed men with three or more chill
dren may be discharged although
they may have insufficient points.
Many of the seamen brought their
wives and families along to witness
the ceremony.
Capt. C. w. A. Campbell took
time out from his official Navy du-
ties to shake hands with most of
the several dozen children and
wives. And Seaman 1fc Nathan
Gerhoff of 1914 Kenilworth street
NE. brought along Mrs. Gerhoff,
his two daughters and son.
Others discharged at Anacostia
included:
Thomas !; Faulconer, fireman 1/c
Greenbelt: Md. Albert NJ. Caldwell, motor
NE; Woodrow a. Harley, seaman iIc.
seaman &C. Boyds, Nd; Charles A. a. Hazen.
seaman 1Lc, l443 Girard street NE;
Joseph ]. ,Mahar, aviation storekeeper sc,
BOB South Orme street Arlington; Viii
liam Scott RhoaCes. fireman lie. 309 T
street w: Hadley s. Rogers, seaman , ic,
Hams Point: Fred Smith, seaman &c,
radarman 3Ic, 1915 Capitol avenue N E.;
and Samuel O. Eckard. seaman l /c, III
Mount Vernon place NV.
The five WAVES discharged at
the United States Naval Barracks
here are:
Sylvia Mohr. yeoman &c, 605e North
Cohen. storekeeper &c, 7i0 I street NE;
Dolores Anita Petit, aviation machinists s
mate e; Greenbelt, Md; 1t; q; g.) Gym
s5aSESn s6oa Poer ans Street lei 4 Nv Ruth Thornton
Those discharged at Fort George
G. Meade, Md, included:
T/5 Louis Dandy, GAL, PENNSYLVANIA ave-
une Sc; Pfc. Eugene F: Galerizzo. 2OIo
Hatton, 203S Fourth street NV: TISergt.
Bernard H. Prosise, 1914 S street Sc;
Tlsergt; Gustav A; Rathgebor. r.. 1901
Venture. 1926 Wisconsin avenue NV;
Corpl. Slater A Maddox. 1928 Park road
NV: Corpl. William II. Sincerney, jr.,
916 Seventh street NE; T/5 Anthony M
Einaldi. sos Buchanan street NV. and
corpl: Rufus Shepard, .203 R street NV.
street NE; Pfc Carmen A. Thomas, lO8
U street NE; T/3 Randolph E. Beckington.
43ls Cs. chesapeake street NV; To Arthur
Pxt sn1wdsn' Sl1S Twentieth street r.
street NE; Pfc. John E. Brown, 20s Thirty
Twenty-second street NV: T/Serct. Nor
man E. Ford, 1949 Vermont avenue NV,
and To Harry W Hill, 22 Fenton Street
TL.5 Charles Mecottry. 1872 Howard
sishth Fig s.vsIts street NE; Pfc. Henry L Boyd
Brooks, 1884 Meade street T NV; Pfc. &c.
Henry N. Gibbs, 1914 Lamont street NV;
pyt; Street chsrlss M Digs 2424 Seventeenth
Spring road NV: Ti5 Ernest A. Peter' t
1913 N street NV. Sergt. George L. Rey-
noIds. II Blackstone road NV, and Pvt.
artnqr streat N Il Il Aiderton' 1927 1hirty-second
sIsergt. Carl w Anderson. so4 Delafield
Place pace NV; TISeTgt. William A; Jordan.
E. Dennis, 1871, willard street NV; T/3
Eugene Lunsford. ,5O65 Macarthur bouie-
EiIsl Eard lsrs.f NW; Pte WssIey Ss Grifth $40
1906 Fifth Street NV: S5 T15 Eugene e. IsS Les-
sane. 1912 Vernon street NV; TI5 Ollie |
Norris Norris; 14s2 s street NV; TL5 oliver q
Latimer; 1927 Kenyon street NV.
sfts.t pts VEPsn e n. n; Smith. IIs5 Sineteenth
ton place NV; Pvt. wesley r. Gross s5s4
Jay JIay street NE; PVT. John c. Ritman. io5
F1ttleth street NE; Sergt. Albert W.
Stefanel. 241S G street NV; TIA Leon
willis, II M street S.W; CorpI. George
3; = mel Mcdonald, 504 Ridge place s.w.. and
street NV.
Tfsergt. Alvin H. Gresham, 1712 Massa-
Wright, 1884 Champlain street NV: MI
Sergt Miles D. Orr, 3711 Appleton street
NV; Pfc. Bill Nelson, 1247 Kenyon street
NV; Sergt. William G. Kendall, 4OI9l
Fifth street NV; Corpl James r. Thomas,
2O2 M street Sc: Pfc. Chester r. Ander-
SON. liza Sumner road Sc; Pfc John o.
Hale. 2466 Tunlaw road NV; Sergt. Jack
y. Martin, 1900 Taylor street NV, and
T,5 Everett H. Gasch, 915 Emerson street
Pfc. Harry Louis. 1888 Randall street
NV: Pfc. Morris Sternberg, 62I6 Georgia
avenue NV: S/Sergt. Walter M. Kern
1920 Chaplin street NV; S/Sergt. Forrest
H; Lee, 1443 B street NE; SISergt.
CHARLES ]. Orzel, 1924 Forty-first street
NV; TI5 Frederick F. Graney, 741 Tenth
street Sc: TL5 Ellsworth w. Johns As M
street NV; Pvt. John R. Brown, 1920 N
street NV; T/5 James Blackwell 1921
N street NV, and Pfc. Donald B. Mohler
1905 Seventeenth place Sc.
Pfc: Joseph A. Warwick, Box 4524.
Brookland: SlSergt. Ralph e. Fortune,
3403 @ street NV: SISergt. William L.
Woolridge. 1912 Seventeenth place Sc;
TL5 Kenneth Moser, 4704 Crescent street
NV: Pfc. John Adriani, 637 Tenth street
NE; Tf5 William A. Kempar, 1704 Ken
yon street NV; Ti5 Sprague C. Talholm,
j.. 1114 F street NE; T/3 William "
Hungerford, $685. Oxen Hill road Sc:
TI5 Charles B. Jones, 1902 First street
NV, and Pfc. John r. Gladdon, 1O14