Evening star., 1952-10-26
Men Killed in Korea
Include Two From
Bel Air and Fairfax

An 18-year-old Bel Air (Md. }
lnfantryman and Fairfax (Va.)
youth have been killed in Korean
fighting, the Defense Department
announced yesterday.
One District man and five from
nearby Maryland and Virginia
were wounded. One other District
man was listed as injured.
Killed were:
Pfc. Guy Dowell, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mack Dowell, Bel Air.
Pvt. Alfred w. Fox, son of Mrs.
Bertha E. Fox, Route 2, Fairfax.
Wounded were:
First 1t. William R. Conelley,
whose wife lives at 10807 Jewett
street, Silver Spring.
Pfc. Arthur Higgins, son of Mrs.
Novelia Higgins. COOL E street NE.
Marine Pfc. Daniel E. Ager,
whose wife lives at STA B street,
Bradbury Heights, Md.
Marine Pfc. Albert Thomas Cop
lin, jr., son of Albert Thomas Cop
lin. ST., of Laytonsville, Md.
Corpl. Paul B. Boone, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent E. Boone.
Forestville, Md.
Marine Pfc. James w. Jenkins,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Jen-
kinS, Warrenton, Va.
Injured was:
Sergt. Harry L. Dickerson, hus-
band of Mrs. Mary M. Dickerson,
1853 Bladensburg road NE.
Was Cited for Bravery.
Pvt. Dowell was killed in action
October 8. He was cited for
bravery his family said, one week
before that date. They did not
yet know the exact decoration.
He enlisted in May. 1851. and
left for Korea early this year.
A native of Sparta, N. c., he
moved to Bel Air about four years
ago with his family. He worked
at the Prospect Hill horse farm,
Bel Air, before entering the Army.
Pvt. Dowell was one of nine
children.
1t. Conelley. 25. was wounded in
the left arm and back October 8
while fighting on the west central
front, his wife said.
At that time, 1t. Conelley was
company commander in the 18th
Regiment, 7th Infantry Division.
He now is hoSpitalized in Japan.
He enlisted in the Army in 1916
and graduated from officers can
didate school at Fort Benning
Ga, in May, 1947.
1t. Conelley was sent to Korea
first in 1947. and then was trans->
ferred to Nagasaki, Japan. He
was returned to this country be-
fore going back to Korea last
January
A native of Marion. Ind, he
moved to Washington in 1914
with his family. He is a graduate
of Eastern High School. He and
his wife. Mrs. Dorothy F: Conel- !
ley, have one child. Stephen Ross
Conelley. 1t. Conelley is the son
OF Mr., and Mrs. R. E. Conelley of
GroVeton. Va.
He expects tc return home next
month, Mrs. Conelley said.
Wounded Second Time.
Pvt. Higgins, 81, of Company
K, 23d Regiment, End Infantry /
Division, was drafted in Septem-
ber. 1851. and left for Korea last |
December.
He was wounded slightly about
four months ago. No details of
the latest action were available.
Born in Lawrence County, S. c.,
he came to the District with his
family about IL years ago. He
is a graduate of Dunbar High
School here.
Pvt. Agar, %, of Company D.
Seventh Regiment, First Marine
Division, has been in Korea seven
months.
He was wounded October 6 by
shell fragments in the face while
on patrol in night action, his
family reported.
The action, he wrote, happened
when his group surprised an en-
emy patrol at night.
Pvt. Ager is a native of Capitol
Heights. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Augustus Ager, 305
Sixty-first place.
He graduated from Maryland
Park High School. where he played
baseball and football. He also was
an amatuer boxer, his family
said. Before entering the service,
he worked with his father, who Is
a painter.
He was married one week before
he was drafted.
Wounded in Few Weeks.
Pvt. Coplin. "a, of the First Ma
rine Division, was wounded Octo-
ber 6 in the leg and foot. He now
is hospitalized in Japan, his fam
lily said. He had .aazss,sssssss,sass2 sssxs8
been in Korea M SS
only few
weeks before he '||If
was wounded. : ~.
Pvt. Coplin -
was drafted Oc- 3 Ska4
tober Is. 1851.
Born and reared
in Laytonsville, - sS$@
he was a farm Il ss3
worker before
entering the
service.
Corpl. Boone,