Evening star., 1953-08-16
-Four More Area Men
Listed by Reds as,
Dead in POW Camps

Dead in POW Camps
Four more Washington area
men were on a list released last
night of American prisoners re-
ported to have died in North
Korean prisoner of war camps.
The list was drawn up by the
Communists. The actual fate Of
the men, all in the Army, has
not been confirmed by United
States authorities.
The four men were:
Pfc. Raymond T. Handy, IS,
colored, Of 1874 Kendall street
NE.
Sergt. Frank w. Bullock, 36.
colored, husband of Mrs. Bessie
Bullock, S22 Otis place NV.
Pfc. Charles T. Compton, 20,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hamel L.
Compton, 1912 Auburn avenue,
Bethesda, Md.
Corpl. Benjamin Terrell, 33,
colored, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Lee Terrell, r. F. D. No. l, Lor-
ton, Va.
Six From Nearby States
The list also reported six other
Army men from Maryland and
Virginia had died while prison.
ers. They we're: Pfc. William K.
Wallace, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel w. Wallace, Edgewood.
Md: Sergt. Henry C. Harris, son
of Mrs. Mary E. Harris, Madison
Heights, Va; Pfc. Henry G. Har-
rison, jr., son of Mr.. and MRS.
Henry G. Harrison, Dublin, Va.
Corpl. Amos L. Scott, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Scott.
Rose Hill, Va; Sergt. David J.
Spragges, son of James F.
Spragges, Farmville, Va; and
Sergt. Roy E. Head, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Roy E. Head. Clinch-
port, Va.
Saw Action on Saipan.
Pvt. Handy, native Of Wash
ington, enlisted in the Army in
July. 1850. He went to Korea in
September, 1850, and two months
later was reported missing in
action.
He was a veteran Of World
War II, serving in the Pacific
and seeing action at Saipan.
After he was discharged in 1945,
he worked as a clerk in the post
Office until he re-enlisted. He
was a graduate of Armstrong
High School.
Two brothers. Joseph and Ver-
non Handy, live at 1874 Kendall
street NE. A sister, Mrs. Cecilia
Williams, lives at 2109 I street
NE. and another brother, Leon
ard Handy. lives at 2100 Second
street NV. The youngest Handy
brother, Morton, was killed in a
plane crash during Army ma
neuvers in 1852.
Notice that Raymond Handy
was on the list of prisoners who
had died in Communist camps
was the first word his relatives
had received since he was re-
ported missing in action. Joseph
Handy SAID.
Veteran of World War III.
Sergt. Bullock, a veteran of
World War II. re-enlisted in the
Army in 1948. He was trans
ferred to Korea in 1850. The
Defense Department informed
Mrs. Bullock in February, 1851,
that her husband was missing in
action. The following month
she received word that he was
not missing in action but that
he had gone absent without
leave. A letter the following
August. however, said that the
A. w. o. L. notice was not cor
rect and that he was missing in
action. He had more than eight
years service in the Army.
Pfc. Compton attended Leland
Junior High School and Bethes-
da-Chevy Chase High School. He
enlisted in the Army in the spring
of 1850. He had just finished
basic training at Fort Knox, KY.
when the fighting began in Ko-
rea. He was sent overseas in
the fall of 1850.
Before his capture in January,
1851, Pfc. Compton had beer
wounded four inches above the
heart. He recuperated in a hos
pital in Japan and was sent
back to duty. His parents had
heard nothing from him until
the Defense Department noti-
f1cation that he was on the list
of POWs who died in prison
camps.
Captured in 1850.
Corpl. Terrell, native of Mad
ison County, Va, was reported
missing on November 26, 1850,
in North Korea. His parents,
however, we're not notified until
May of 1851.
When captured, Corpl. Terrell
was 80 years old and veteran
of seven years in the service.
During World War II. he served
with the Air Force in Europe and
Japan. After a year of civilian
life, he re-enlisted and was sent
to Korea in the fall of 1850.
Months after his capture. Mr..
and Mrs. Terrell, who live on
Gunston road near Lorton, re-
ceived confirmation of the event.
A CAPTAIN of the 9th Infantry