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thethebe-who have been listed as missing . . . who have been wounded.Some were killed at camp, others at home while they were on furlough. They are men of the armed forces, the same as those who lost their lives in Guadalcanal. in North Africa, in the Aleutians. They were preparing to serve their country . . . They were on their wav to help those men who were fighting on Guadalcanal. in North Africa, In the Aleutians.A list of the casualties of area has been compiled from files of the Daily Telegraph.ginning with the first contingentof men to be sent to camp in 1940. It includes those who have been killed in action, those who have been reported missing, those who have been wounded and injured, those who have died, in prison camps, those who have been reported as prisoners of war and those who have been ill while in the service.It has been compiled through notices sent this newspaper from the United States army and navy.and from relatives, who havepassed on to us the telegram:“We regret to inform you . .The Daily Telegraph casualty list includes the names of 94 area men killed in the sendee; 42 missing in action; 52 prisoners of war;and 93 injured while in the service.Killed In ServiceMen from this area who have been killed while in the service, as compiled from Daily Telegraph flies, are as follows;Perry V. Addison. Bluefleld; Howard Lucas Adkins, Goodwill; John Keaton Allen. McCctnas; Rector Amey, Bluefield.Kenneth D. Bailey. Welch; Virgil Kenneth Baldwin. Spanish-burg; Raymond Bare. Pocahontas. Va.: Bernard Lionel Baxter,Princeton; Walter P. Beavers. Jr., Bishop. Va.: William J. Bell.Welch; Robert B. Benfield, Sinks Grove; Hollis Bilbrey. Glen Rogers; John Richard Bronson. Ber-wlnd; Floyd K. Bryant, Jr.. Pine-ville: Lionel L. Burks. Bluefleld; Howard Houston Burton, Bluefleld.L. E. Carbaugh, Jr.. Princeton; Charles H. Carver. Princeton: Everett Thomas Clark. Roderfleld; Halsey Cline. Isban; Ernest Conley, Clearfork: Andrew F. Cook, Red Jacket; Bill B Crotty. Bluefleld; William T. Cnite. Princeton.Charles H. Davidson, Lex; Arthur James Davis, Brushfork;Princeton.Henry Revmond Jenks, Black-stone, McDowell county.Van Rolo Lambert. Bluefield.Blaine Kinzer, Beckley.Robert Lawrence Lester. Venue; Sanford Shelburn Lusk, Crumpler.Lonnie Green Mabry. Big Four; Shuble Martin, Bluefield: Ulvert Matthew Moore, Bluefield; Virgil D. Morrison, Bradshaw.William Edward Park, field; Arthur C. Phillips,Arnold W. Profitt, Thorpe.John C. Ratliff, Vansant; Earner Lee Richards. Asco; D. R. Roth, Welch.Calvin Coolidge Sparks. New Richmond, near Pineville; Jack Roland Spratt. Roderfleld Omar Thomas. Welch; Buford C. Vaughan. McComas.Knight Wilson, Bluefleld; Meredith Winzerith, Mullens.RedBlue-Page;Injured Or 111Those who have been reported injured while with the armed forces are listed below. The list includes those who have been ill at their respective camps in this country and those who have become ill overseas. It also includes those in the service who were wounded while on furlough and the like.They are:Robert C. Anderson, Bluefleld, Va.; Raymond Baldwin, Coal-wood; Arthur J. Ballard, Welch; Clyde R. Barr, Sophia; Jack C. Beckett, Bluefleld; William Blake,Bluefleld; Scott Blankenship. Eck. man; Ralph D. Bratton, Bluefleld; Charles F. Bunn, Premier; Raymond R Burgess. Kistler; Walter Ray Burnopp, Bluefleld; Bill Byrd, Bluefleld; Claude Cassady, Panther; Marvin R. Cline. Winding Gulf; Gilbert Cook, Koppers-town; Harold Cordle. Raven. Va.; Ralph Counts, Welch; James M. Crawford, Princeton; George M. Crotty, Princeton; Thomas Fred Crow, Bluefield.Kermit Edward Ellison. Welch;C. R. Frampton, Bluefleld; IssaciAwrence Garrett, Jr.. Powhatan; Charles C. Garten. Princeton; W. T. Gillespie, Bluefleld, Va.; DavidD. Gilpin. Bluefleld; Thomas Goode. Crystal; Albert R. Hankins, War; Arthur C- Harless, Boissevain. Va.; Hubert E. Hill, Falls Mills. Va.; Cecil W, Hon-aker, Canebrake; John L. Hopkins. Bradshaw; James J. Hott, Bluefleld and Welch; Robert Hungate. Winding Gulf; Jim B. Hurt, North Tazewell, Va.; Buford E. Hutcherson. Switchback.Ralph A. Johnson. Coebumoiaude F. Rasnake. Bluefield: Joseph G. Robertson. Jenkin-jones; Ernest Rogers. Jr.. Salt-!vdlle. Va.; William V. Rudlsill,Caret ta; Roy L. Ryan, Princeton.Luther Self, Buchanan county,Virginia; Paul Shultz, Bramwell;Walter E. Sutherland, Clintwood, Va-John R. Tilley. Clear Fork; George Todd. Welch.Herman R. Vaughan, Rock;Rive Vaughan, Rock.Scott Warner. Richlands. Va,; Josiah W. Worthington, Princeton; Earl J. Wyatt. Glen White.Roy F. Young Hambleton.Those who hae been listed in the miscellaneous file, including whereabouts unknown and thelike, are:Claude A. Belton. Bluefleld. who has been listed as missing twice, I and both times has been reported safe after a few weeks: WittHancock. Bluefield. Associated Press correspondent has not been heard from since the fall of Java; Eugene Clay Harrison. Bluefleld. I was reported missing, and later relatives received a message from him which had been picked up by short wave radio; O. M. White Jr-. Bluefield. after being reported missing, was reported as being safe.Editor’s Note:—The Daily Tele- * graph is attempting to keep a complete and accurate file on the area men in the service w'ho have beenwounded, reported missing, reported killed, or who have beenimported prisoners of the enemv., The newspaper wiil appreciate anvthere McCa and i from being CoiarmypositiandbombJapaithe gvious drive Medi fight and *gulf,(Cin yelandMilnorthintodayli:ranowhiclhaze,ers tlt;tion,suingof BltionNegnplan?HuSavWhal=33335.Remember, theand labor you doito help our fightHelp pa»« them tlnition by taking bof what you hav«
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Sun, Jul 04, 1943
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