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THE FREDERICK POST* FREDERICK* MD.* MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1045*At Least 172 From City And County Gave Lives In WorM War IIThe three years and eight mcaths of World War Twc cost Frederic* county the lives of a* least 172ofsons. tmaScial casualty 5gares from the £les of The Xeas-Pcst indicate.T.-ie death Lit vi.21 probably be aigher -ahen official compilations ar-* mice because some men are on tre missing list ano in a— probabil.ty are dear There may he ■'.advertent cm^.cr.s frcm me rollThe casualty totals are confined to Fr.uer.ck county and do not 12 adio-KJig cvjftties wsto tne possiole exception of two borderline to Am*—Mt. Airy a:xi Hyatss-io* r-The list of wounded total* 4’t, according to the unofficial figures, but thb may be somewhat misleading since it ine.udes a number of men wounded twice and a few who were wounded three times. How-, ever, the number who sustained wound® would be 400 or more.The char: shows 21 persons st:-! on the ni-ssing list and at leas: 54 city and county persons who were prisoners ot war at one ime or another.Ot the deaths, 4S were from Frederick city. The city wounded hit was 129. The deaths include those killed in action, died of wounds or of other causes. Early in the war. a number died jn acci- ^ dents in the United States.The deaths are nearly three, times those of World War I when 65 persons were killed or died in’ service The- wounded total is t more than five times above the. first World War, when 86 persons i were listed as wounded. 1I The total city-county casualties' . of more th3n GOO dead and wound- I ed represent close to one-tenth of; all the Frederick county men and! „ women estimated to be in the arm-. 1 ed service* at one time or another.! i This figure was placed recently at j 6,000 to 6.500. The casualty total, far exceeds the strength of the J three companies of the 115th In- j f an try -when they were mobilized! into federal service here February } 3, 1941. The total strength of Com- ■ jpany A. Regimental Headquarters i Company and the Band Section at I that time was 242. j Not included on the death list is ' the illustrious Frederick county na-1 tive. Major General Allan C. McBride. w ho died May 9, 1944, m his ileep in a Jap prison camp on Formosa after several years imprisonment folio wing the fall of Cor-regidcr. X«r does the list include Pfc W. S. Domer. Ijamsvllle, killed m an automobile accident while on furlough.The “gold star* list;R, Jacob Stambaugh. 3uckmghmn SchoolLieu: J. Ellsworth Eur2!i, Myers-villePvt G. F. Ferrell. Jefferson Pfc Francis L Kennedy. Frederick Pvt. Clarence sL X-^r. Yellow SpringsTech. 8 Roger William Poole, Mt.AiryLieut W T. Delaplair.e, III, FrederickCorp. Balfour SL Thomas. Buckeys-townPvt_ Paul E. Dadd. Yew Market Lieut. Robert C- McCianahan, FrederickDonald E. Younkins, Burk-ttfville Harry C. Martin. Carrollton Lieut. Joseph H Comer. Monrovia John Was. McDevitt. BuckinghamSchoolPfc. KelLsie Gaver. Myers ville Pfc William Shankle. Frederick Sergt. Wilbur R. Long. Emmitsburg Ensign James W. Schwartz. FrederickLieut. Charles T. Wright. Doybs Ensign Edwin C. Creeger, Jr..Thurmont Lieut. John D- Culler. Jefferson Major William R. Beal!. Hyatts-tow.nPfc. Albert R. Watch. Frederick Sergt. Wesley 3- Dolan. Brunswick T '4 Raymond J. 3owens, Buckeys-townPvt. Gerald Tritapoe. Weverton Sergt Paul E._ Huffer, Brunswick S Sergt. Harbard Gladhlll, EmmitsburgLieut. Chas. L. Sharrer, Jr., Em* •mitsburg Pfc. Norman Windsor. Uraana Pvt. Raymond L. Pryor, Thurmont Lieut. Paul R Hyatt. Brunswick Pvt. Russell Y- Dansberger, FrederickRayhugh George Michael. FrederickF. O Dallas D. Watkins, Monrovia Tech. Sergt. Chas. W. Andrews.Monrovia Pvt. Norman II. Wachter, FrederickLieut. Charles V. Gouker. Eilerton Pvt. Wilbur A- Davis, Mt. Airy'Pfc. Calvin C. Cannon. Yellow ; SpringsIpvn William B. Smith, Liberty-tOWQ,Pvt- Edward L- Fulmer, Micdie-: townPfc. Dale M_ Ford. Thurmont Corp Charles D, Kidwiler, Bruns-wickPvt. Robert Lee Hessons. Wolfsville ' Pvt. Charles E. Kerchner, Walkers-: Lieut. Kenneth L. Forts, Walkers-1 i vlilePfc. Raymond W- Sweeney, Frederick-Marlin Lee Keeney. New Midway pfc Austin Reed, Thurmont ‘Sergt. Roy C- Kcwstz. Mt Pleasant pvt. Charles R. Waters. Knoxville .Fleet B. Neighbours, Frederick Pfc Janies El Wiles. Frederick pfc Donald F. Sier. IjanisviUe Sergt Paul K. Dean. Middletown pfc. John W. Davis. Frederick Sergt. Hasson S Sauble, ThurmontI Sergt. Richard W. Huntzberry, FrederickPvt Sherman £. Axiine, Peters ville Capt. Earl Wayne FitZAater. FrederickLieut. John S. Baer, Frederick Sergt. Merhl G. Lee, Adamstown Pfc. Donald A. Duncan. Thurmont Pvt. Leo H. Ward. Middletown Pie. Paul C Cummings. Brunswick Pfc. Clarke Lee Davis. Frederick. Route 3Staff Sergt. John R. Gall, ThurmontPfc. Richard B. House. Middletown Seaman 2,'c Charles JL Stull. Thtir-* Platoon Sergt. Harry A. Nogle. ; FrederickPvt. James Austin Null, Frederick ] Corp. Gordon L. Pryor. Thurmont ‘Sergt. John C- Felix, Emmitsburg Corp. Ira Leslie Moore. Frederick Pfc. Paul W. Esworthy. Frederick ! Sergt. John Francis Eyler, Emmiti-burgF. O. Irvin B- Gaver. Frederick Pfc Annon C. Shriner, Thurmont Pvt. Charles D. Kemp. Frederick Pfc. Jay Jones, Middletown ‘Pvt. Donald V. Griffith. Brunswick Corp. Claude T. Ramsburg, Thtir-‘ Capt William F. L:nes, Frederick ; Pfc. Charles F Kennedy, Frederick T/Scrgt. Harry R. Brown, Mt. I Pleasantpfc. Robert Walters. Frederick ;p:c. Joseph M. Shaw, Frederick T Sergt. Carl P. Gochr.auer. Adams-I townPvt. Harry E. Wolfe, Mt. Airy ; Major R. A. Lane. Frederick• Pfc Lester E. Stull. Yellow Springs jpvt. Arthur J. Hessong, Wolfsville I Sergt. Major Leslie A. Himes, j Knoxville; Pfc. Earlston. F. Shafer. Rocky ; SpringsS.'Sergt. Edmond K. Seiier, Jeffcr-| ' son.15/Sergt. Frank W. Albaugh, Thur-' montPvt. William J. Grimes, Thurmont :?vt George E. Rice, Lewistown Lieut William Guy Duvall. Fred-• erick‘F. O- Orman Garland Sell. Ijams-' villePvt. Richard C. Geisbert. FrederickPfc. John G. Poland. Frederick ‘ Pfc. Alton J. Plair.e, LeGore Corp- George W. Ford, Frederick Seaman !/c John Franklin Knott, Thurmont Sergt. Richard F. Simmons. II, Frederick Pvt. Thomas E. Miller, Frederick .Pvt. William Francis Beacht, Frederick, Pfc. Vernon L. Etzler. near Liber-. tvtown' Corp. Milton Lewis Fletcher, Lime KilnCapt Olin W. Bales, near LewistownI Sergt. Clarence C. Hood. Frederick Second Lseut. 3I:lIer B. Cassell, Jr., Frederick . Lieut. Uovd H. Herbert, ’Frederick ' Staff Sergt. William C. Moberly, I Frederick• Pfc. Aubrey* L. Homer, LeGorei Pfc. Earl M. Harwood, Burkitts-1 villePfc, Herbert F. Price, Jr., Fredericki Pfc. Harry M. Nuse, Knoxville• Sergt Llewellyn C. Eyler, High-5 eld• Sergt Clarence E. Roberts, Ijams-I viUePfc, Richard Lee Fleming, Fred-j erickI Pfc. Joshua E. Murphy, Jr., Fred-j erick! Second Lieut Nathan G. Dorsev. ; Jr.. Mi. Airyj T, 5 Morris E. Hoffman, near Creag-. erstown• Pvt. Harry M. Hahn. Jr., Bruns-1 wickCorp. Johnny T. DeGrange, FrederickPfc. Preston Yonnkins, near BolivarPvt Charles A. Rhodes. Franklin* villePfc. Reuben Holier, near KnoxvillePic. Melvin L. Baker. Mt. Airy Pvt. Wilson T. Carmack, Jr., Harmony Grove Pfc, Orville F. Streight, Brunswick Pvt. Irving William Culler, FrederickPvt Monroe £. Hosszer. Frederick T, 5 G. LeRoy Burdette, near Mt AiryLieut. Ignatius Keyser. Frederick Pvt. Roy C. Miller, Frederick Sergt. Roland E. Moss. Knoxville Corp. Garland 2L Hightman. FrederickSeaman 2 'c Marion C. Talley, Frederick Pvt. Woodrow W. Smith. Frederick Pvt. George A. Strathem, BrunswickPvt. CarroU M. Kline, Wolfsville Staff Sergt. Ernest F. Wiles, FrederickLieut. John Francis Leatherwood.Mt Airy Pvt Thomas Fleming, Frederick A M. M, 2'c Charles T. Mills.Brunswick Sergt. Marvin D. Lowry, BrunswickPfc, Harry F, Fraley, Thurmont Si Sergt Glenn W. Eyler, LeGore Pfc. Francis E. Valentine, Thurmont ,Staff Sergt. Gilmour M. Will. Jr..Brunswick Second Lieut Kenneth F. Fagan, Frederick Second Lieut. Fred P. Timmerman, Emmitsburg Pfc. John W. Little. Emmitsburg T/5 Dominic D. Varano, Frederick Corp. Michael Busch. Mt. Airy Pfc. Leon Biser, Sabillasviile Pfc. Joseph E. Hemler, Emmits-burgPfc. Merhl £. Leatherman. MyersvillePfc. Warner M. Poole, near Frederick Junction Staff Sgt Paul L. Poole, near Frederick Junction -Pfc Reginald R, Linton. Frederick Pfc. Earl F. Miller, Frederick Pfc. Owen A. Nichols. Frederick Pvt Robert Morris, near Walkers-villeSergt. Donald S. Reeder, FrederickPfc. Franklin B. Make!, Frederick
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