Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-19
Todoy's Casualty Lists

men from the District area
haze been reported killed.
Killed
I Second 1t. Aloysius S. Fennell, jr.
"a. of the Marines, died on Febru-
airy "a of wounds received on Two
Jima, his father. a veteran official
of the District highway department
was notified yesterday.
The young officer, who made his
home here with his father. 1901
Kearney street NE. has two broth
ers in the service, Pvt. Thomas A
Fennell of the Marines and Radio
man Third Class Francis X. Fen
nell of the Coast Guard. Only a
short while ago the paths of the
boys crossed somewhere in the Pa
cific and they spent part of their
brief visit together writing a group
letter to their father.
1t. Fennell played football at
Gonzaga in his high school days
and later attended Georgetown Uni
versity. He joined the Marines in
June, 1912, and attended officers
candidate school at Quantico, Va
He was assigned to the 26th Regi-
ment of the 5th Marine Division.
Harris Palmer LETTER, %, motor
machinists mate, second class, who
has been missing since February 10
when he was washed overheard
: from a s,,hna ripo in tho Coutb D.
clflc, is now presumed to be dead
the Navy Department has notified
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. Carr
LETTER, 2027 RoSemont avenue NV.
I Mr.. LETTER was on his second Pa
clflc trip when he was lost. A grad
uate of Central High School. he was
employed at the National Cash Reg
lister Co. when he entered the serv-
ice more than two and a half years
ago. Besides his parents, he is sur
vlved by two brothers.
Theodore Samuel Smith. "a, sea-
man, second class. previously report
ed missing, now is listed as dead. the
Navy Department has informed his
widow, Mrs. Anna M. Smith. 915
Philadelphia avenue. Silver Spring,
Md, who said her husband was
aboard the U. S. S. Warrenton when
it sank during hurricane in the At
! lantic last fall.
Mrs. Smith was writing a letter to
her husband last September when
she heard it announced over the
radio that the Warrenton had gone
down. She explained she wrote her
husband every day, often two and
three times a day-they were ex-
pecting baby in December. Their
son, Theodore Samuel Smith, jr.,
was born December, IL. ,42..
A graduate of Hyattsville High
School, Seaman Smith was employed
at Glenn L. Martin Co. in Baltimore
prior to entering the service last
May. Besides his widow and son,
he is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Irene Smith, gill, Thirty ninth
place, Hyattsville, and sister, Mrs.
G:~' F. Myers, 1908 Kimberly road,
Hyattsville. -
Sergt. Robert P. Fowler, 81, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Fowler. 627
Powhatan place NV, was killed in
action on Iva Jima. his parents
were notified March 7. He was a
squad leader with the Dist Regiment
of the Sd Marine Division.
Sergt. Fowler was born in Wash
ington and was graduated from
Paul Junior High School. He was
attending Coolidge High School
when he entered the service No.
vember 7, 1910 At the time he was
a month over II years of age.
He went overseas in February
l943. He took part in the fighting
at Bouginville and Guam before the
invasion of Two Jima. His mother
received a letter from his company
commander in which he extended
his sympathy, but said that consor-
ship rules barred any further infor-
nation at this time.
His father is an employee of the
Post Office Department, and he has
a sister Mrs. J. H. Jones, retired
Army nurse.
Pfc. Richard H. Bussey, jr., 10,
lldS bCCli hl1lCO AL dSLiOil I1lS pal
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard H.
Bussey, 1926 Canal road NV, have
learned his death occurred January
30 in Burma, where he was serving
in the infantry.
Pvt. BuSsey attended Gordon
Junior High School and delivered
The Star on a route in his section
of town as boy. Before he en-
tered the service in February, 1914,
he was employed as an assistant
engineer for the Harwood- Nobel
Construction Co. He had been in
the cavalry but transferred to the
infantry when he went overseas last
October A brother, Bobby Joe Bus
sey, seaman, first class, is in the
Pacific. Pvt. Bussey's father is en-
ployed at the Naval Torpedo Sta
ton in Alexandria.
Pvt. Edward G. Howe, Is, whose
mother, Mrs. Floy B. Howe, for
merly lived at 1925 F street NV,
was killed in action December Is
on Leyte where he was fighting
with the infantry, the War Depart
ment has announced. Pvt. Howe's
sister-in-law, Mrs. John R. Howe,
lives at 1888 Thirty first street NV.
Pvt. Howe attended schools in
Colorado. He was employed at a
local steel works when he entered
the service about three years ago.
Overseas since January, 1914, he
also participated in the invasion of
Guam Pvt. HoWe's brother, Sergt.
John r. Howe, is in France. His
mother is now living in California.
Pvt. Emil E. Collins, whose wife,
Mrs. Veronica Collins, formerly
lived at 1907 Sixteenth street NV,
has been killed in action in the
Pacific area, according to a War
Department announcement. Mrs.
Collins has moved to the Midwest
where she and her husband lived
before he left the country.
Pfc. Doyle E. Hatfield, whose wife,
Mrs. Flonnie H. Hatfield, is listed as
living at 1916 South Thomas street,
Arlington, has been killed in action
in the Pacific, the War Department
FhaS announced
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