Evening star., 1945-03-09

Corpl. Dodd Pvt. Payne
(Wounded (Wounded)
in his side. One brother, Barney
Dodd. is in the Navy. Corpl Dodd
is father of one child, John, jr., 2.
Pvt. James E. Payne, 80, son of
William H. Payne, 1744 Corcoran
street NV, was wounded in action
in Belgium on December "a, accord
ing to the War Department release.
He has now returned to duty, his
father said. Pvt. Payne attended
schools in Warrenton, Va, and en-
tered the Army in June, 1913. He
was sent overseas last April.
Sergt. Jay c. West, %, was
wounded in action in Germany
February and is now in hospital
in England, the War Department
has informed his wife, Mrs. Dorothy
A. West, 936 D street S.W. Sergt.
Vests parents. Mr. and Mrs. La
fayette R. West, live at 1102 Vir-
ginia avenue S.W.
Born in Marion, Va, Sergt. West
was graduated from Mckinley High
School in 1941. He entered the
Army in February, 1943, and went
overseas last October. A brother,
Pfc. George West, is also overseas.
Sergt. West formerly worked at the
Barber Supply Co. here.
Tech. Sergt. Orville w. Miller, "a,
whose wife, Mrs. Helen B. Miller,
lives at 1409 Fifteenth street NV,
was wounded in action in Belgium
on January 6, according to the War
Department release He is now re-
cuperating from shrapnel wounds
in the left hip, his wife said. Sergt.
Miller Joined the Army soon before
Pearl Harbor and was sent over
seas last October. He is a native
of Indiana, where his parents live.
Pvt. Velman G. Rhodes, jr, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. v. G.. Rhodes, 309
Hume avenue. Alexandria, Va, was
injured in Luxembourg on January
IL, according to the War Depart
ment release A student at George
Washington High School, he joined
the Army in July, 1943, and was
sent overseas last March.
Pvt. Sinclair B. Fowler, Is, son
of Mrs. Gertrude Fowler, 154O
Seventeenth street NV, was
wounded in action on Leyte on De-
cember Is. according to the official
War Department release. Wounded
in the shoulder, arm, leg, and back,
Pvt. Fowler is now en- route to the
Camp Pickett (Va) hospital his
mother said. He entered the Army
while he was student at Central
High School. Previously he had at
tended St Patrick's School here.
David w. Dinges, technician fifth
grade, 80, whose wife, Mrs. Della
M. Dinges, lives at 43O7 Fortieth
place, Brentwood, Md, was injured
in Belgium on December 30. ac-
cording to the War Department. He
wrote his family that his feet had
been frozen. Technician Dinges en-
tered the Army in November, 1912,
and went overseas last September.
Before that he worked as a sheet
metal worker.
Roy Robert Trumble, technician
fifth grade, %, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy R. Trumble of Route l, Burke,
Va, has been wounded in action
in the European area, the War De-
partment has informed his parents.
He was native of Baltimore,
Md, but had lived in Fairfax Coun-
ty for several years before going in
the Army in November, 1912. Be-
fore entering the service he was
as an automobile me-
chanic by the Arlington Motor Co.
Staff Sergt. Dee L. Flynn, %,
whose wife lives at 5301 Fortieth
avenue, Hyattsville, Md. was
wounded in action in Germany on
January 27. according to the War
release. Hit by shrap-
mel in the leg and ear, he is now
in a hospital in England. He at
tended school in Colfax, N. c., and
moved to Maryland in 1910. He
worked as tile setter before join
ing the Army in the fall of 1912,
and was sent overseas in June, 1914,
with the 29th Division of the 9th
Army. He has one daughter, Grace
Louise, 2.
Sergt. James Cox Garner, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Lemuel Garner,
Indianhead, Md, was wounded in
action in Germany on January %,
according to a telegram received by
his parents from the War Depart
ment. He was serving with the 9th
Armored Division as a combat radio
operator and is now in a GONZALES
cent hospital in England. He was
student at Mount st. Mary's Col
lege in Emmitsburg, Md, before en-
tering the service.
Pvt. Henry L. Meisels, son of
Mrs. Gertrude Meisels, formerly of
921 Emerson street NV, was also
reported wounded in action on the
War Department list Mrs. Meisels
has moved away from the Emer-
son street address and could not be
reached for information about her
son.
Pvt. John F. BurrIss, son of Mrs.
Virgie Burriss, r. F. D. /, Wheaton,