Laurel outlook., 1946-06-26

OF the draft was the TACT that
only three of the smallest of the
nations three thousand counties
failed to suffer a casualty. These
counties were King, in Texas; Es-
meralda, in Nevada, and Yellow
stone National Park in Wyoming.
The greatest losses among counties
were in the most thickly populated
areas: Cook (Chicago), Illinois,
1923; Los Angeles, California,
6,674; Kings (Brooklyn), New York,
5,S41. New York City, which is
made up of the five borough-coun-
ties of Bronx. Kings, New York
Manhattan Queens and Richmond
(Staten Island), suffered 16,112
deaths. Other city totals were not
available except in such cases as
San Francisco (1365), Philadelphia
(4,393), Baltimore (2,031) and st
Louis (1,636), where city and Gun
ty are coextensive.
To insure greatest accuracy in
preparation of the lists, the adju-
tant generals office in Washington
used punch-card tabulating and
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ally printed from coded cards the
information appearing in the books.
The lists were proof-read after pre-
paration and were reproduced to
printing plates by p~hoto-offset pro-
cess, which reduced the possibility
of error in composition.
In releasing the booklets, the war
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listing was a preliminary one, and
might because of its scope contain
errors which would be corrected
when determined. In addition to
possibility of error in preparation,
it was emphasized that misinfor-
nation often is given unintention-
ally by an individual when he en-
tiers the service (such as a mistak-
en- Identification of his home coun-
ty and other inaccuracies are from
time to time apt to be introduced
into the individuals records.
Distribution of the limited supply
of booklets was made to the press,
congress, state adjutants general
and local selective service boards.
This distribution exhausted the sup
ply of booklets, the war department
announced. A revised and final list
is expected to be published at a
future date.
The state of Montana contained
0.42 per cent of the population of
the United States and possessions
%(including the Philippine Islands in
1910 and contributed 0.40 per cent
of the total number who entered
the army. OF these men and wo-
men of Montana who went to war,
4.53 per cent failed to return. This
figure represents 0.59 per cent of
the army's total dead and missing.
Yellowstone county lost 46 killed
in action, seven who died of wounds,
SO who died of non-battle causes,
and - who were declared dead I'M
der public law $50 of the 77th
congress. The county's army dead
from all causes was 80.
Eleven Montana men are still list
ed as missing. They are one each
from Cascade, Deer Lodge, Flathead
and Lake counties, two each from
Fergus and Petroleum counties and
three from Missoula county.
The total army dead in Montana
was greatest in the three most
populated counties, Silver Bow with
100, Cascade with ia and Yellow
with 80. Carbon lost Al and
10.
The Montana total of army dead
and missing is 1858.
The war departments listing of
Yellowstone county army losses fol-
lows, the symbols KIA meaning kill
ed in action; DOW, died of wounds;
Dol, died of injuries; DNB, died
(%non-battle), and FOD, finding of
under public law 400:
Jvt. Robert w. Allen, DNB.
Pvt. John S. Babcock, DNB; Pvt.
Charles r. Barr, KIA! TO Fred M.
3lodgett, KIA; Pfc. Albert H.
3rickman, KIA; 2 1t. Alfred C.
3uckner, DNB; Pfc. Steve R. Bueno,
DOW; Pvt. Edwin G. Burton, KIA;
Cpl. Clarence E. Card, DNB; T-5
j. Carollo, KIA; Sgt. Devol
T.. Cassidy, KIA; 2 1t. w. M.
Christensen, Jr., FOD; S. Sgt. Law
'ence V. Clark, FOD; 2 1t. R.
Clark, KIA; Pfc. Joseph V. Codneys,
DOW; Maj. Jonathan Coxwell,
)NB; 2 1t. George S. Crosser, KIA;
1t. David F. Cunningham, KIA.
Pvt. George H. DAILY, DOW; Pvt.
Roy L. Dietrich, KIA.
Sgt. George w. Farr, DNB; 2
It. Robert C. Flint, DNB; 1 1t.
Daniel j. Foley, KIA; Sgt. Gene l..
KIA; Pvt. Alex Fox,KIA.
Sgt. John D.. Gresser, DNB.