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One Killed Two Missing and 3 Wounded in War News
The Citizen reports multiple family losses and injuries from the war. Francis Clayton was killed December 9 in Leyte. Ferne Clayton and two other Clayton brothers served or were reported wounded. S/Sgt. James P. Condie, Pvt Gordon Gailey, and Pvt Royce Fuhriman are among the wounded or missing. Corproal Eldon Bingham was strafed and wounded in England. Letters from prisoners in Japan and Wake Island reach families.
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S. H. Nelson
Preston
George W. Wheeler
Glendale
Francis Clayton
Pacific
Claytons
Rio Linda
California
Leyte
Ferne
Guadalcanal
Boise
James P. Condie
P. M. Condie
France
Condie
Ft. Lewis
Washington
Ft. Ord
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Seventh Army
Vaughn Gailey
Clifton
Pvt
Gordon Gailey
60Th Infantry
9Th Army
J. A. Hadley
Swan Lake
Tommy
Japan
Wake Island
Royce J. Fuhriman
Franklin
Red Cross
Eldon Bingham