Evening star., 1951-04-16

Korea, the OelenSe O6pdLbueut
announced today.
Reported killed were Marine
Corps MfSergt. Floyd e. Compton.
l27; Corpl. William e. Proctor. %.
and Pvt. Maurice williams. 10.
The departments 277th and
278th casualty lists of the Korean
war also listed two Washington
and two nearby Virginia soldiers
as wounded In action. A Silver
Spring CT was reported returned
Ito duty after recovering from
wounds.
Sergt. Compton. husband of
Mrs. Elizabeth Line Compton. OF
l2211 Fortieth street NV, was
killed April 5, little more than a.
month after arriving In the war
area.
Father Stricken Ill.
A veteran of eight years In the
Marine Corps, Sergt. Compton was
a native of st. Joseph, Mo. His
wife left Washington Tuesday for
st. Joseph to care for her hus-
bands father there, according to
|her mother, Mrs. Myrtle e. Line.
|of the Fortieth street address. Mrs.
Line said the father became Ill
after hearing Of his sons death.
Two letters Sergt. Compton
wrote April / and 2 are waiting for
Mrs. Compton when she returns.
Mrs. Line said.
He few everything but Jets" in
Korea, Mrs. Line said. He was a
reserve lieutenant and a pilot in
structor during World War II.
Sergt. and Mrs. Compton were
married in February, 1946. while
he was stationed at Quantico. Va.
They have two sons, Robert, 3. and
Edwin, 2, Washington's first baby
of 1949. Pictures of Mrs. Comp
ton and Edwin appeared in Wash
ington newspapers after he was
born shortly after midnight, Janu-
ary /. 1949.
Sergt. Compton was discharged
from the Marine Corps in 1916. but
entered the service again after al
few months Of civilian life-thisI
time as a sergeant. He had been
stationed at Cherry Point. N. c..
before being ordered to Japan in
February. He arrived at a Ma
rine fighter base In South Korea
March 2.
Field Medic Killed.
Corpl. Proctor. half-brotl1er OF
Mrs. Siberia Gray, Of 1926 EadsI
street NE, was killed in action
March while serving as a field
medic.
He wrote from Korea February
3 that "I am all right and there Is
nothing to worry about" Mrs.
Gray said.
A native Of Washington, Corpl.
Proctor was graduated from Arm
strong High School In 1946 and
went right into the Army. HeI
was stationed at an Army hospi-
tai in New Jersey before leaving
this country for Korea January IL
His mother, Mrs. Rose Rawlings
lives in Charlottesville, Va.
Pvt. Williams, only son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Williams, was
killed in action March 10. An
infantryman with the 25th Divi-
sion, he had been In Korea since
December.
Four Sisters Survive.
Pvt. williams attended Randall
Junior High School and Phelps|
Vocational School, but quit toI
work for his father. a trucker. inI
1949. Mr.. Williams lives at 317I
e street Sc.
The dead soldier leaves fourl
sisters. Irma, %: Edith. 20: Vivian.
II, and Letitia, 8. They live with
their mother at 1913 Third street.
S.W.
Reported wounded were Pfc.
Fred L. Bennett, jr.. 18, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred L. Bennett oil
1905 c street Sc; Corpl. WilliamI
E. Dunmore, 80, son of JeromeI
Dunmore of 1908 Stanton road
Sc; Pfc. Frank H. Moore. 10. sonl
of Mrs. Frank Moore of 120 SOUTH
Henry street, Alexandria, and Pfc.
Roy T. Pearson, son of Mr.. andI
Mrs. James E. Pearson of Fairfax,
Va.
Pvt. Bennett was wounded
Slightly" in the left eye March %.
his parents said they have learned.
He is to be operated on soon atl
a hospital in Japan, they said.
He enlisted last June after hel
was graduated from Phelps Voca-
tional High School as an electri-
clan, Mr.. Bennett said. In Korea,
he was attached to a heavy mortarI
company Of the 25th Division.
With 25th Division.
Corpl. Dunmore, a veteran of the
Pacific theater during World War
II, was slightly" wounded March
% while serving as a rifleman with
the 25th Division, his father said.
He was discharged from World
War II service in 1916 after four
years and four months and worked
at the Navy Yard here, where Mr..
Dunmore also works. In 1916,
Corpl. Dunmore enlisted again.
He was stationed in Japan when
the fighting began in Korea and