Evening star., 1951-02-26
Lotvio-Born DIP, 20, Wounded
In Action With 10Th Division
Kensington Man and
ii D. c. and Nearby
Men Are Casualties

Men Are OQSu0lrieS
A Latvia- born youth who came
to live in Kensington, Md, two
years ago as a displaced person
has been wounded in Korea, the
Defense Department has an
nounced.
The young soldier is Pvt. Edvins
Plavnieks, 20, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gustavs Plavnieks, 10510 Wheatley
street, Kensington. Member Of an
engineer unit in the 26th Division,
he was wounded February 8.
District soldier, five Virginians
and five others from Maryland
also are reported wounded in the
Defense Departments casualty
lists No. 235 and 236.
Pvt. Plavnieks and his family
were brought to this country from
a DIP camp in Hanau, Germany,
under sponsorship of Kensing-
ton builder, who now employs his
father and two brothers, Richard,
%, and Imants, e. His sister,
Dzidra, %, is Maryland Univer-
sity freshman.
Forced to flee their home near
Riga, Latvia, in 1941, the Plav-
nieks were seized by the Germans
and placed in forced labor until
their liberation in 1945. Edvins
worked in a lumber mill.
Until his enlistment last Sep
tember, he had been working as
a cabinet-maker's apprentice at
the General Millwork Co., Garrett
Park.
Victim of Grenade.
Corpl. Gerard c. Wallace, IL,
son of Mrs. Edna Wallace, lll9
E street NE, was wounded Slight
ly in the leg by grenade fragments
January %. He wrote his mother,
Mrs. Edna Wallace, that God was
with me-" because fragments from
the grenade passed through his
clothing at the shoulder.
Corpl. Wallace enlisted in the
Army in October, 1949, at the age
of Is, after spending a good part
of his teens Joining up," his
mother said. He ran away from
home at ID and enlisted in the
Marine Corps. using a birth cer-
tiflcate of brother then serving
in the Navy, but was returned
home after three months. Mrs.
Wallace said her son is fully re-
covered and awaiting assignment
at an infantry replacement CEN
ter in Pusan, Korea.
Corpl. Wallace attended Holy
Comforter School. He was a mes
senger for The Star after being
discharged from the Marines. He
is the son of 30-year Navy vet
eran, who died in 1886. His two
brothers. Lawrence. 81. and Sam
uel. "a, both served in the Navy
during World War II They now
are Metropolitan policemen.
Arlington Man Wounded
A 19-year-old Arlington soldier,
Pfc. Chester D, Holiday, grand
son of Mrs. Sarah Holmes, of
Seminary road, also is reported
wounded. He was wounded in the
leg last July but his second in
jury. suffered February 2, was
listed as slight.
Pvt. Holiday joined the Army
last April. He was sent to Korea
in July and was wounded soon
after that. He is a member of the
26th Division.
Pfc. Robert H. Peters, %, hus-
band of Mrs. Carolyn Lang Peters,
6626 Willston place. Falls Church,
also was listed as wounded. Mrs.
Peters said a letter from her hus-
band received Friday indicated he
suffered serious abdominal wounds
but is feeling much better and
hopes to come home.
Pvt. Peters was discharged from
the Army after two-year hitch
last March. A member of the
active reserve, he was recalled to
duty in october and arrived in
Korea a few days after Christmas.
A native of Orlando, Fla, Pvt.
Peters was reared in Washington.
He was working for the Northwest
Supply Co., 1177 New Hampshire
avenue NV. when he was re-
called to service. Mrs. Peters is an
employe of the Navy Departments
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
They have a 10-month-old daugh-
ter, Carolyn.
Maryland Man Listed.
Two nearby Maryland men are
included in the list of wounded.
They are Corpl. Herman johnson,
son of Mrs. Alice Johnson. Route
3, Gaithersburg, and Corpl. Nor
man Hackley, Bowie. A story about
Pvt. James j. Lloyd, Mitchellville,
reported Killed in action, appeared
In The Star yesterday.
The Defense Department also
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