Evening star., 1945-05-02
Wounded

Wounded
Capt. Warren S. Ducote, 25, whose
wife lives at 1923 14th street NE,
was wounded April when his ar
tillery observation plane was shot
down during a reconnaissance night
over Germany. Letters to his FAM
lily indicated he suffered a broken
arm and nose.
Capt. Ducote is a native of Lou
isiana and is graduate of the Lou
lslana State University. BY virtue
of ROTC membership he entered
the Army as a second lieutenant in
194l. He was sent overseas in Au-
gust. l943, and participated in the
landing at Anzio. During his hos
pitalization in France he encoun-
tered his sister, Miss Yvonne Du-
cote, a Red Cross field worker.
1t. John ConrOy Dougherty, an
infantry officer, was wounded in ac-
ton April 2 on Okinawa, his wife,
Mrs. Elizabeth Jean Dougherty,
3709 Window place NV, has been
notified. 1t. Dougherty's father,
Emmett Dougherty, is publicity di-
rector at Catholic University
In letters to his wife and parents,
who live at 3031 Sedgwick street
NV, 1t. Dougherty wrote that he
was hit in the right leg by a shell
fragment two days after his divi-
sion landed on Okinawa. He is now
in base hospital in the Marianas.
1t. Dougherty was graduated from
st. Johns College here and was in
his second year at Georgetown
School of Foreign Service when he
was commissioned in April, 1912.
He was in combat at Attu, in the
Aleutians, in May, 1943; at Kwaja-
lein in February, 1914, and on Leyte
in February, 1945. He has been
overseas since July, 1942, except for
months leave in Washington last
October, when he married the for
mer Elizabeth Jean Hayes.
Pfc. John w. Zavash. 18, son of
Mrs. Rose Zavash of 3l6 Third ave-
nue., Quantico, Va. was shot through
the left arm during fighting in Ger
many April S. He has been hospital
lied in England
A native of Quantico, Pvt. Zavasr
attended Linton Hall Military School
and Manassas High School. When
1nducted into the Army last August
he was employed as carpenter.
He went overseas in January, 1914,
as an infantry replacement.
Capt. Robert L. Jackson, 26, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther B. jackson of
5424 Roosevelt street, Bethesda, has
been wounded in Germany. A War
Department telegram described the
wound as Serious" but in letter
to his wife Capt. Jackson reported
no bones broken She is in San
Diego with their Is month old
daughter, Diane.
Capt. Jackson is a native of the
District, but has lived most of his
life in Bethesda. He was graduated
from Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School and studied engineering
three years at the University of
Maryland.
A member of the National Guard,
he entered active duty as a 2nd
lieutenant in February, 194l. After
training with a tank destroyer unit,
he transferred to 7th Army combat
engineer unit and went overseas In
December, 1914.
COrpl. Joseph F. Welch, %, son of
Oliver w. WEIGH, 1905 G street Sc.
was wounded April in Germany.
Letters to his mother described his
wounds as leg and arm injuries and
said he had been flown to a hos
pital in France. He is a member of
a medical company.
Corpl. WEIGH is graduate of
Eastern High School and was en-
ployed at the Academy Theater
when called to military service in
1943. He went overseas early in
1914. Two brothers, Pvt. James o.
WEIGH and Robert L. WEIGH, an en-
listed man in the Navy, are serving
overseas.
Pvt. Johnnie Mountjoy, 25, whose
wife, Mrs. Rebecca K. Mountjoy
lives at 6l3 avenue E. District
Heights, Md, was wounded Febru-
ary 4 in the fighting on Luzon. He
described his wounds in letter to
his wife as head and shoulder in
iuries.
A native of Stafford County, Va,
where his mother, Mrs. Ella Louise
Mountjoy, resides, Pvt. Mountjoy
attended public schools there. At
the time of his induction into the
Army in February, 1943, he was en-
ployed as laborer at Ft. Belvoir
Va.
He went overseas as an infantry
replacement December "a, 1914.
Pfc. James E. Birchell, jr., whose
wife, Mrs. Edan Birchell. lives at