Evening star., 1945-03-08

Co. here before he entered the Army
in March, 1914.
Second 1t. Harry G. Thorpe, IS,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Thorpe,
1903 North Pershing drive, Arling-
ton, was wounded in action January
IA, the same day he had entered
the Army three years ago. 1t.
Thorpe, with an armored division
of the infantry, was lighting in Bel
gium when he was wounded, his
sister, Mrs. J. N. Small Of the same
address, said. He Is now in an
English hospital
1t. Thorpe was graduated from
high school in Martihsburg, w. Va,
and clerked in an Arlington store
before he entered the Army.
Pfc. Eugene T. Hoover, 20, whose
wife, Mrs. Jeanne l.. Hoover, lives
at 40 Grafton street, Chevy Chase,
Nd, was wounded in action Janu-
|ary 19 while fighting with the in
fantry in Luxembourg. He is now
IN an English hospital, Mrs. Hoover
said.
Pvt. Hoover was graduated from
Mckinley High School and worked
as art director for an advertising
agency here before he entered the
Army in December, 1943. He went
overseas last May. He has a 2-year-
old daughter, Lois. Pvt. Hoover s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene T
Hoover, sr., live at 1928 T street
NV.
Pfc. James SiAey, 81, infantry
whose wife, Mrs. Dorothy Sisley
lives at 1888 Columbia road NV.
has been wounded in action for the
second time.
Pfc. Lawrence E. Neipling, 81, par
atrooper, whose mother, Mrs. May
M. Neipling, lives at 6513 Colesville
rd., University Park, Md, was
wounded In action January 3 in
Belgium.
Overseas a year, Pvt. Neipling
went in the Army about 18 months
ago, his cousin, Mrs. Harry Bright
OF the Colesville road address. said,
Pvt. Neipling's mother is employed
by the Maritime Commission.
Pvt. Clarence r. Boyd, "a, Tank
Corps, whose wife, Mrs. Louise l..
Boyd, and parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Boyd, live at 953 Fourteenth
street Sc, is in hospital in Eng
land suffering from FROST bitten feet
as the result Of the fighting in Lux
embourg.
A native of the District, Pvt. BOYD
was graduated from Eastern High
School and worked in The Evening
Stars circulation department and
at the Naval Torpedo Station in
Alexandria before he went in the
Army in June, 1874. He went over
seas last December. his wife said.
Pvt. Boyd has six-month- -old
daughter, Donna Rae.
:. Corpl. Richard W. Bolander, %,
infantryman, whose wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth M. Bolander, lives at 462I
Quarles street NE, was wounded
in action January 80 in Belgium.
Corpl. Bolander went overseas last
January.
Mrs. Bolander is employed by the
War Department.
Corpl. Richard H. Creel, 20, whose
father, James H. Creel, lives in
Sterling, Va, was wounded in ac-
ton January 13 in France, while
fighting with an armored division.
Corpl. Creel Is in a hospital in
France, his sister, in-law, Mrs.
Philip Creel of Herndon, Va, said.
1t. Charles E. Calhoun, %, whose
wife, Mrs. Betty Calhoun, lives at
205 Wilson street, Laurel. Md, was
wounded in action January % in
Germany.
Mrs. Calhoun, who lives with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Mer-
son, said her husband had been
wounded once before on Christmas
eve, 1914, in France.
C0rpl. Richard J. Schrott, %
whose wife, Mrs. Clarice c. Schrott,
lives at 1920 Sixteenth street NV,
was wounded in action Decerho" "7
while fighting with the infantry in
Germany. He is in a nospl.a. AL
England, Mrs. Schrott said.
Corpl. Schrott was inducted into
the Army In June, 1912, and went
overseas last September. Mrs
Scbrott formerly worked for the
Civil Service Commission here and
the Office of Strategic Services.
Pfc. Paul c. Buck, 20, was wound