Evening star., 1946-01-31
News Of D. G. Men
In Armed Forces
Killed

mate 2fc, U. S. N. r., whose sister
Mrs. Mary Carpenter jackson, live
at 20l0 Fifteenth street NV, Is re-
ported dead in today's ofiicial Nav,
casualty release. A brother, William
B. Carpenter. is also listed as livin,
at 902 Twenty-second street NV
The Navy Department had officiall.
listed Mate Carpenter as missing il
action last May.
Ernest Preston Oxford, water
tender 2/c, U. S. NJ, was reportet
dead by the Navy today. His mex
of kin was listed as his wife, Mrs
Mable Oxford, of zoos / street Sc.
the Navy announced in its officia
casualty release.
Returnees
The following District area mer
arrived at New York yesterday
aboard the Flip de Neve:
.TIsergt. Daniel w. Bohman and corpl
Milton E. Stewart, both Of Washington
Il. Thateher. A both d % oi Arlington. e RS '0'eD'
Arrived at New York Tuesday
aboard the transport Dade:
Sergt Robert L. Ayers, Corpl. Leo r
inston, and Pic. James /. OAKLEY, Laurel
Due to arrive aboard the Cape
Ducato at New York soon:
Tisergt. Francis g.. Riley, Tksergt
Luther 4 as !; saugwar and Tl5 Robert Biiiek
Arriving at San Francisco tomor.
row aboard the Gen. Mitchell:
Capt. William D. Anderson, 1st 1t. Glenr
g.. Hilliard and 1st 1t. Milton M. Turner
all, Of WASHINGTON. and I'd 1t. Louis r
Delavisne, Silver Spring.
Decorated
Col. Luke w. Finlay, executive of
ficer to the chief of transportation
whose home here is at 3110 Newark
street NV, has BEEN awarded tht
Distinguished Service Medal for hi.
outstanding part in the develop.
ment Of effective controls - ano
general supervision over the variou.
operating divisions of the Trans.
portation Corps" the War Depart.
ment announced today.
Col Finlay served as chief of the
control division and executive Of
ficer from September. 1912, to last
September.
Brig. Gen. Arthur w. Pence, whose
mother, Mrs. w. P. Pence, lives at 131
North Fairfax street, Falls Church
received an Oak Leaf Cluster to the
Legion Of Merit at a recent cere.
nony at Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
where he Is now stationed as a mem
ber of the faculty of the Command
and General Staff School.
Gen. Pence was cited for "excep.
tionally meritorious service" as di.
rector of service instruction for thu
school from August. 1914, to las
September.
T/5 Alan Huntley, son of 1t. Col
Theodore A. Huntley, former Wash.
ington newspaper correspondent, o.
1921 Langley court NV, and Mrs
Maude G. Huntley, 1928 Ninth stree
NV, has been posthumously award.
ed the Bronze Star Medal for hero.
ism in combat last April Is neal
Mount Pigna, Italy.
His decoration was accepted BY
his mother at ceremony in the
once Of Brig. Gen. Robert N
Young, commandant Of the Military
District of Washington.
Killed while attempting to keer
vital communication lines in op.
Grafton between his unit commander
and forward fighting units, tht
young 87th Mountain Division SIX
trooper was cited for fulfilling hi.
mission without fear or hesitation
~ under the intense barrage
In progress" 1an
PFC. Harold M. Cohn, 20, Of $685.
Hartford place NV. also has beer
awarded the Bronze Star Medal for
heroism In action with the 42d
(Rainbow) Division during the at
tack on Wurzburg, Germany. Janu-
ary 6, 1945, his family mere has
learned.
Overseas more than a year, Pvt
Cohn now is stationed In Sauzburg
Austria, with the occupation forces
He also wears the Purple Heart for
hip wounds suffered In Germany
last April 3.