Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-05

In Action, ; Others
Listed As Wounded
A 19-year-old District soldier
has been killed in action in Korea,
the Defense Department an
nounced today. The casualty re-
port listed three other Washing
ton men as wounded and reported
a fifth has been injured. -Four
nearby Maryland and Virginia
GIs were included in the list.
Pvt. Warren w. Wilson, son Of
Mrs. Florence H. Wilson of 261O
Bowen road Sc. was killed In
action with the oath Infantry of
the 25th Division around Waba-
Ri. South Korea, his mother said.
Mrs. Wilson said her son en-
listed in the Army last August
and was stationed in Japan for a
time before being transferred to
Korea. He attended st. Angus
tines School here before enlist
ing.
Mrs. Wilson, a widow, received
only two letters from her son
after he was sent overseas, she
said. Another son, Walter, Joined
the Army in January. Pvt. Wilson
is survived also by three other
brothers and a sister.
Col. Paul L. Freeman, jr., 43,
OF the Hotel Windsor Park, 1900
Connecticut avenue NV, COM
mander of the 23rd Regiment of
the End Division. was wounded by
mortar fragments February IS.
Now at Pentagon.
Col. Freeman was attached to
the Latin American branch of the
plans and operations Office of the
Army at the Pentagon until last
June. He was transferred to
Korea in July.
Col. Freeman is at the Pentagon
as a courier for a few weeks, and
expects to return to Korea soon.
A West Point graduate in the
class Of 1929, Col. Freeman served
In the Philippines and elsewhere
In the China Burma India Thea
ter during World War II.
Corpl. John G. Phipps, son Of
Mrs. Ellis G. Phipps of 11os I
street Sc, was wounded slightly"
February 7 in action with a
medium tank unit Of the 25th
Division.
A former member Of the Dis
trict National Guard, .!Corpl.
Phipps resigned to enlist in the
Army in October, 1949. He was
ordered to Japan in September,
1949, and later assigned to Korea.
where he was made corporal
last December.
Pfc. Thomas r. Hammond, 81,
son of Mrs. Harold A. Poole Of
1905 R street NV, was slightly
wounded February 8, his mother
said. He is a rifleman with the
1st Cavalry Division.
Heard From Son January Z.
Mrs. Poole said her son wrote
from Korea January 7 that he
thought he would be leaving
Korea soon. Pvt. Hammond,
a graduate of Fork Union (Va)
Military Academy, enlisted in the
Army in September. 1948. he was
sent overseas in July.
Pvt. Donald B. Levi, brother of
Harold H. Levi of 1910 Macomb
street NV. was injured early in
February when he slipped and fell
on ice Relatives here said he wrote
from a hospital in Japan that men
were being hit by enemy fire all
around him when he fell and
suffered a dislocated shoulder. He
is in a cast from his neck to his
hips.
. Mother Lived Here.
Pvt. Lewis mother, Mrs. Herman
L. Somehow, a former Washing
ton resident, now lives in Miami,
Fla. He attended Fork Union
Military Academy and worked for
the Hecht Co. here before enter
ing the Army in 1916. He was dis
charged after 18 months, but was
recalled to active duty in the re-
serves last October. He arrived
in Korea just before Thanksgiving.
The Defense Department also
announced Jessups Md and
Stanton VaD soldier suffered
wounds in action in Korea. They
are Sergt. Bertram E. White, hus-
band of Mrs. Doris White, of Vic
toria Park, Jessups. and Corpl.
Jacob j. Holbert. jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob V. Holbert, Of
Route 3, Staunton. Pvt. Henry C
johnson, brother of Miss Annie
K. johnson, of Port Tobacco, Nd,
was listed as injured, and Pfc
James w. White, son of Wesley P.
White, of Glen Burnie, Md, was
reported recovered from wounds
and returned to duty.