Evening star., 1945-05-16
Killed


whose widow and parents live a
Ais Emerson street NV, was killet
in action in Italy on April 26, hi
family has been notified.
After being graduated with honor
from the University of Maryland il
l942, Pvt. White was employed il
the engineering department of tn,
Glenn Martin Airplane Plant il
Baltimore. He entered the Army
last June and had been oversee,
since November.
A native of Montgomery County
Pvt. White was the first baby borr
in Montgomery County Genera
Hospital after it opened in March
1920. Besides his widow, Mrs. Doro.
thy Brust White, and his parents
he is survived by two brothers, Fran
els w. White, %, a gunner in the
Naval Air Forces, now in the Pa.
cif1c. and Richard Lea White, 10.
Pfc. ElwOod r. Putnam. %, whose
widow. Mrs. E. Gwendolyn Putnam
lives in Upper Marlboro, Md dice
April 10 Of wounds received in Ger
many the preceding day. He was q
member of the 96th Infantry Divi-
sion, had served in both the Sd ano
9Th Armies and had been wounded
previously, December l3, during the
battle for Saarlautern.
Born in Amissville. Va, Pvt. Put
nam was the son of Mr.. and Mrs
Ollie T. Putnam. now living in Refs
terstown, Md, and was the father OF
two children, Terry Elwood, 3, and
Phyllis Eileen, 2. He is survived by
two brothers. Archie Putnam, Reis-
terstown. and Theo Putnam, Upper
CO.. Md. Mrs. Putnam's brother, Pfc.
Townsend E. Duley, a 5th Army in
fantryman, was killed in Italy July
10.
Pvt. Putnam attended RoSedale
fMdo High School When inducted
into the Army in February, 1914, he
was employed as carpenter by the
Western Building & Loan Co. He
went overseas as an infantry re-
placement inkAugust.
1st 1t. NorKan Fl. Marean, %, son
OF Mr.. and Rsrs. H. s. Marean, 602
South West street, Culpeper. Va,
was killed in action in Italy April %
He was member of 5th Army in
fantry unit. to which he had been
transferred from an antiaircraft bat
talon a short while before.
A native of Culpeper County, he
attended Culpeper High School and
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. where
he was graduated in 1897. He was
employed by the Tennessee Valley
Authority at Knoxville and at the
Newport News shipyards prior to his
entry into the Army in April, 1912
He was rejected on physical grounds
at his first attempt for a commission
to which his ROTC training entitled
him, but succeeded subsequently.
He fought at Salerno and at Cas-
sino and was killed shortly before
his regiment entered Genoa.
T/5 Joseph B. Nicholson. 20, son
of Mr. and Mrs. w. B. Nicholson
Olney, Md, was wounded and died
in Germany March 30. He had
been reported missing in telegram
sent his parents April II. Notif1ca-
tion OF his death reached them
May 4. He was a member of 7th
Army tank destroyer unit.
T/5 Nicholson attended Sherwood
High School, Sandy Spring Prior
10 his entry into the Army in Oc-
tober. 1912. he was employed in the
Olney District Grocery Store. He
went overseas last November.
A brother, 1t. William B. Nichol-
son, jr, A. A. F.. was killed last year
IN plane crash in Louisiana. Two
other brothers, Lewis and Reuben
Nicholson, are serving with the
Army in Europe Memorial services
will be held at 1890 am. May 27
at Brookville, Md.
I'd 1t. Streit w. Cunningham, son
of Mrs. Clotilde Cunningham of
2227 Twentieth street NV, listed
among those killed in action in Eu-
rope in today's War Department
casualty list, was the subject of a
story in The Star after his mother
had been notified
Pvt. Walter S. Pratt. son of Mrs
Lille v. Pratt Of 624 Fifty-seventh
avenue, Capital Heights, Md. in
cluded among the wounded on the
War Departments casualty list
today, has died in Europe. His
family was notified OF his death
this week.
Wounded
Sergt. Carlton J. Shayler. 81,
whose wife. Mrs. Mary Frances
Shayler. lives ct 1925 Eleventh
street NV, was seriously wounded
April n in Germany. she has been
Informed by the War Department
He was born in Toronto. Canada,
but went to high school at Deland.
Fla. He worked here for two years
as a shoemaker before he entered
the Army in March, 1943. He has
been overseas for 20 months Mrs.
Shayler was told her husband is in
a hospital in Germany.
Pfc. Donald E. FinnelI, 10, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Finnell of 80
Jongfellow street NV, was wound
ed in Germany April 18. He was
shot in the upper right leg, accord
ing to a letter to his parents, and
has been hospitalized in England
He is member of the 9Th Army
infantry division which established
the first contact with the Russians
in Germany.
A native of Washington. he at
tended Coolidge High Schol. Prior
to his induction into the Army, he
was employed as statistician in
the surgeon generals department
In the War Department. He went
overseas last November.
A brother, 1t. Charles r. Fin
nell. is serving with the Quarter
master Corps in the Philippines.
Sergt. Lawrence H. Sage, %, son
of Mr. and Mrs. 8. Blodgett Sage OF
1924 Second street S.W., was re-
ported wounded in italian mountain
fighting April 8. A letter to his par
ents dated April ii failed to men,
ton the occurrence, but a subse-
quent card, sent from a hospital in