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The News, August 9, 1945
PFC. FRANKLIN BENJAMIN MAKEL, colored, formerly of 21 West Sixth street, died at Ashburn General Hospital, McKinney, Texas, on Wednesday morning after an illness of eight months. Private Makel had been in France before being hospitalized in England and Texas. He was a son of the late B. Franklin and Georgianna Barnes Makel, of Frederick. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Anna E. Thomas and Mary Makel, both of Frederick; one brother, Harry O. Makel, Frederick, and one halfbrother, Samuel Barnes, Columbia, Pa. Two nieces and two nephews also survive. Private Makel's body is being shipped to Frederick and arrangements will be announced when government notification has been made. M. R. Etchison & Son, funeral directors.
The News, August 13, 1945
Funeral services for Pfc. Franklin Benjamin Makel, who died at Ashburn General Hospital, McKinney, Tex., last Wednesday, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock with brief services at his former home, 21 West Sixth street and final rites at Quinn A. M. E. church at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be made in Fairview cemetery. M. R. Etchison and son, funeral directors.
The soldier's body arrived in Frederick Saturday, escorted by Sgt. John R. Durrette. Pfc. Makel was inducted into the Army June 6, 1943, trained at Camp Swift, Tex., and then took further training in England. During active service in France he became ill and was sent back to a hospital in England. Eight months ago he was returned to Texas, where his death was attributed to carcinoma of the lung. His entire Army service was with Co F, 1323rd Engineers Regiment. He was the son of the late B. Franklin and Georgianna Barnes Makel, of this city.

1ST LT REYNOLDS MARROW

PFC HARRY CLAYTON MARTIN

CAPT MARVIN LEON MCADAMS JR

The News, November 15, 1942
Distinguished Service Medal Awarded to GENERAL ALLAN C. MCBRIDE Wife Receives U. S. Honor for Officer Prisoner of Japs Since Fall of Bataan
The War Department has awarded the Distinguished Service Medal to Brig. General Allan C. McBride, Frederick native, who is now believed to be a prisoner of the Japanese, for the exceptional services which he rendered in the Philippines.
The Medal was presented to Mrs. McBride at ceremonies this week in the offices of General Lesley J. McNair, in Washington.
The citation disclosed that General McBride supervised the hazardous evacuation from Bataan Peninsula. Apparently he was taken prisoner during or shortly after the evacuation was under way. General McBride was chief of staff in the Philippines at the time of the Japanese invasion and the award was made for "exceptionally meritorious services to the government," according to the citation read by General McNair.
On Bataan, according to the citation, General McBride supervised operations behind the lines and also the evacuation from the peninsula "largely with improvised means and under continuous aerial bombardment."
Attending the ceremonies with Mrs. McBride, who lives at 2133 Tunlaw road, N. W. Washington, were a son, Lieut. Andrew C. McBride, Coast Artillery, and a daughter, Miss Susanne McBride.
There has been no report that any direct word has been received from General McBride this year. The War Department informed Mrs. McBride in April that the former Frederick resident was a prisoner of war and believed to be in an internment camp. After the fall of Bataan, he had at first been reported as either killed or captured.
Mrs. McBride received a letter from her husband April 1 which was mailled December 21, a short time after the attack of Manila.
General McBride is a well known former Frederick resident and one of the top ranking officers from this section of the war. A son of the late Sheriff A. C. McBride, he is a World War I veteran and field artillery specialist.
During the first war he commanded a battalion of Field Artillery in France and later served in Germany. He was assigned to Army headquarters in the Philippines as plans and training officer February 20, 1941.
His sister, Mrs. M. Staley Shafer, resides on West Patrick street. A brother, Edgar H. McBride, wellknown attorney and banker, died some years ago.
The News, March 15, 1944
Brig. General Allan C. McBride, Frederick native who has been a prisoner of the Japanese since the fall of Corregidor nearly two years ago, may have been moved from his prison camp on the island of Formosa, relatives here believe.
Their information came from the general's wife, who resides in Washington, and there was no indication as to where Gen. McBride might have been taken, if he was moved. The belief resulted, it was said, from reports that efforts to contact the general at Formosa, evidently through the Red Cross, had been unsuccessful.
The last word received by Mrs. McBride from her husband was a message apparently in the form of a Christmas card, which arrived late in January. It said only that he was well. Last year, he reported in a message to Mrs. McBride that he was working in a garden for exercise.
General McBride, on General MacArthur's staff in the Philippines, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his exceptionally meritorious services. Chief of staff of the American forces on Bataan, he supervised the evacuation from the peninsula "largely with improvised means and under continuous aerial bombardment," according to the citation.
The News, March 26, 1945
In faraway and primitve Assam, India, Cpl. L. Sheridan Barber, this city, picked up a January 18 copy of the service paper, "CBI Roundup" and ran across a front page item from "Frederick, Md," conveying news of the death of Brig. Gen. Allan C. McBride in a Japanese prison camp, under the heading of "Hero Dies." Cpl. Barber, who is with an air cargo resupply squadron of the Air Corps, sent a copy of this paper home.
The News, December 22, 1947
The body of Brig. Gen. Allan C. McBride, native of Middletown Valley, who died in a Japanese prisonerofwar camp on Formosa, will be repatriated at an unannounced date for interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery War Memorial ground, his widow, Mrs. Avis H. McBride, disclosed Sunday night.
Gen. McBride, died May 9, 1944 at Shirakawa Prison Camp, Formosa after his capture by Japances forces at Corregidor, P. I., where he was commander of United States forces when the geleagured Philippines bastion fell. Mrs. McBride, at her home in Washington last night said, "the general's body would have been left where he fell, according to his and wish except that no American warcemeteries are being set up in Japanese territory."
His widow said Gen. McBride had often talked with her about his passing and expressed this philosophy. "I don't want any fuss made over my burial. After life has departed the body only dust remains. If I fall in the field as I expect perhaps to do, I just want to be wrapped in an Army blanket and be buried right there in a plain pine coffin."
Mrs. McBride said she felt his wishes had been fulfilled when he was buried in Formosa and she and his children had no intention of having the body brought home until a month ago when the Quartermaster Department of the Army notified her that by an Act of Congress the General's remains had been removed with the bodies of all other American wardead from Formosa; and now are resting in a mausoleum in Hawaii.
She said Gen. McBride had never served a tour of duty in Hawaii, that the family had few if any friends or acquaintances there, and because no cemeteries were available in Japan whereby his bruial request might be fulfilled, the family has recently decided to have reinterment made in Frederick County, "where Mac, at last will lie at the final rest among his friends and fellow countians."
She said she has not yet been advised by the War Department when Gen. McBride's body will be brought here. The News, May 26, 1948
In keeping with his oft expressed wishes, Brig. Gen. Allan C. McBride was reinterred with simple ceremonies in Mount Olivet cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
With his widow, Mrs. Avis H. McBride, and several other close relatives in attendance, the body of the General was buried in the War Memorial section of the cemetery.
Services were conducted in Mt. Olivet chapel at 2 o'clock by Rev. Dr. Edwin H. Sponseller. General Charles Gearhardt, Second Army commander, Fort Meade, represented the Army.
Pallbearers were: Col. Frederick C. Rogers, G. William Trout, Philip Wertheimer, Guy Anders, Ernest Helfenstein,Jr., and Melvin M. Seeger. C. E. Cline and Son, funeral directors, had charge of arrangements. In the family group with the widow was their youngest daughter, Mrs. Suzanne Farnsworth, and her husband, and Mrs. Carrie E. Shafer, this city, a sister of the deceased.
Mrs. McBride previously said the General, who died in a Japanese prison camp after his capture in the fall of Corregidor, always said: "I don't want any fuss made over my burial. After has departed the body only dust remains. If I fall in the field as I expect perhaps to do, I just want to be wrapped in an Army blanket and be buried right there in a plain pine coffin."
The widow said that she thought his wishes had been fulfilled when he was buried in Formosa and she and her children had no intention to return the body for burial until they learned that the body had been removed to a mausoleum in Hawaii.
She added that the General had never served a tour of duty in Hawaii and that the family had few friends or acquaintances there. In view of the fact that no burial ground was available in Japan, she said, the family decided to have his remains brought here to rest "where Mac at least will lie in final rest among his friends and fellowcountians."
The News, no date, but found in the 20 years and 50 years ago listing
Major General George Parker, who had been held in the same Shirakawa Japanese prison camp with Brig. Gen. Allan C. McBride of Middletown Valley, Frederick County, reported that Gen. McBride had died of starvation and not "heart failure"as was reported by the Japanese.
From "Maryland in World War II Marylanders of General Rank in the Army"
Allan Clay McBride. Allan McBride was graduated from St. John's College in 1908; on September 25th of the same year, he accepted a commission in the regular army as a second lieutenant of field artillery. February 1941 found him a permanent colonel assigned to headquarters in the Philippine Department at Manila as Plans and Training Officer. On December 18, 1941, he became brigadier general (temporary). He received the Distinguished Service Medal in November 1942 for exceptionally meritorious service in expediting the partly complete mobilization of the Philippine Army, for supplying the combat forces in the field, providing needed transportation and expanding hospital facilities during the defense of the Philippines. On May 9, 1944, he died in a Japanese prison camp. He was a native of Frederick, Frederick County, where he was born on June 30, 1885.

The News, May 15, 1943
Full military rites were held Monday at Fort Myer, Va., and Arlington National cemetery for LIEUT. ROBERT CHARLES MCCLANAHAN, 30, who died suddenly May 6 at Camp Butner, N.C., of a cerebral hemorrhage, after having been ill a short time with pneumonia. Mrs. McClanahan, the former Miss Joan Harwood, of Adamstown, resides at 4 West Second street.
A biologist, Lieut. McClanahan was a native of Pensacola, Fla., but had resided for seven years in Washington, D.C., where he was associated with the Department of Agriculture. He left Washington in January 1942 for military service and his wife recently moved to Frederick.
Lieut. McClanahan was graduated from the University of Florida. His parents, mr. and Mrs. Max O. McClanahan, reside in Pansacola and also surviving him are three sisters, Miss Jo Ann McClanahan, at home, Mrs. J. C. English, also of Pensacola, and Mrs. Ralph H. Peterson, of Washington.
At Camp Butner, where he was stationed with the 402nd Field Artillery Group, Lieut. McClanahan had been sick only a short time, and although his wife knew that he was ill she was not aware that he had pneumonia or that his condition was serious. His condition having improved, he was expecting to be discharged from the hospital within two weeks, when he suffered a relapse. Death came within a few hours.
The funeral services were held at Fort Myer Chapel at one o'clock Monday afternoon with interment following in Arlington cemetery.

The News, June 14, 1943
JOHN WILLIAM MCDEVITT, 20 year old Frederick youth who was an aerial gunner in the U. S. Navy, was struck and instantly killed by the propeller of a taxiing airplane at the Naval Air Station at Atlantic City Monday, according to a telegram received last night by his brother and sister, who reside in Frederick.
No other information was made available immediately but it was anticipated that further word would follow and arrangements would be made for funeral services and burial here.
McDevitt's father, the late Austin Z. McDevitt, was also killed in a tragic accident here some fifteen years ago when he was crushed between two trucks. His mother died shortly thereafter.
Word of the death of the young man came particularly as a shock at Buckingham School, near Buckeystown, where McDevitt was described this morning as "one of the finest boys we have ever had." He entered the school following the death of his parents and graduated as an honor student in 1939.
At the school, he was one of the star athletes, performing in all branches of sports, with particular emphasis on basketball and baseball.
After working in Baltimore for a time, he entered the Navy July 18, 1942, and was stationed at Norfolk, Jacksonville, Fla.., and Newport, R. I., before being moved to Atlantic City. He had completed his Naval Aviation course, specializing in aerial gunnery, and was reported to be awaiting assignment when the accident occurred. He held the rating of a thirdclass petty officer.
Relatives here had recently received word from him and he had planned to come to this city on a visit Friday. Word of his death was received by his brother, Thomas McDevitt Bennett and his sister, Ruth N. McDevitt, who reside at 1011 North Market street. Alton Y. Bennett, local attorney, has been guardian of and friend to the family since the mother's death left the five children homeless.
The other children are Austin Z. McDevitt, of Baltimore, and Betty Jane McDevitt, of Elkridge, who were notified of their brother's death. There are no other close relatives, as far as could be learned.
The News, June 16, no year listed
Funeral services for John William McDevitt, this county, a Naval aerial gunner who was killed in a tragic accident at Atlantic City, N. J., Monday afternoon, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Y. Bennett, 1011 North Market street, where the young man resided while in this city. Rev. John B. Jones, of the Methodist church, Buckeystown, of which McDevitt was a member, will officiate. Interment will be in Mt. Olivet cemetery. C. E. Cline and son, funeral directors.
McDevitt, who father and mother died some years ago, was killed when he was struck by the propeller of a taxiing airplane. The body arrived here by train this morning and was taken to the Bennett home this afternoon.

The News, November 30, 1942
Word of the death of CAPT. JOHN FRANKLIN MEEHAN, 42, of the Army Air Corps, in an airplane crash at Danbury, Conn., yesterday afternoon was received last night at the home of his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Feiser, Woodsboro.
Capt. Meehan was engaged in airplane operations along the east coast for the Army working out of Rome, N. Y. airfield, where he was engineering officer. No details of the crash in Connecticut has yet been learned in this county today, but it was reported that Capt. Meehan was the only fatality, although a number of other persons were involved.
Capt. Meehan, a veteran of the World War I, was married in 1935 to Miss Frances Feiser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Feiser. They have two children, John Franklin Meehan, 3rd, and Joan Meehan. Mrs. Meehan and the children have been living at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Feiser since October 1.
Capt. Meehan left high school in Philadelphia to enter the first war, serving in the Navy on a destroyer, then returned to school after the war and graduated from Lafayette College. He was connected with the J. Franklin Meehan, Inc. nursery firm in civilian life and had resided in Philadelphia until called to war service.
He had a large number of friends in the city and county, where he had visited on numerous occasions. He came to Frederick's Detrick Field during several summers as a member of the 104th observation Squadron. He is the second casualty from the squadron, the first being Capt. Louis M. Rawlins, of Baltimore, whose wife was also from this county being the former Miss Barbara Dennis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Dennis, Jr.
Capt. Meehan, in addition to his wife and children, is survived by a brother, Major Thomas Meehan, of Fort Houston, Texas, and three sisters, Mrs. George Johnson, Mrs. Robert Anderson and Mrs. Ralph Raynor, all of Philadelphia. His parents are deceased. Funeral services and burial will take place in Philadelphia.
The News, December 7, 1942
Funeral services for Capt. John Franklin Meehan, who was killed November 29 at Danbury, Conn., in the crash landing of the plane he was piloting, were held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the home of his sister, Mrs. Robert Anderson, Chestnut Hills, Philadelphia, Pa. Burial was in the family lot at Bluebell, Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Feiser, of Woodsboro, parents of Capt. Meehan's wife, and former Senator Harry W. LeGore, of Le Gore, attended the services, which were conducted by Henry H. Houston post, No. #. Of the American Legion, Germantown, Philadelphia. Capt. Meehan was buried with full military honors. A number of his former colleagues in the old 104th Observation Squadron, which trained each summer at Detrick Field, also attended the services.
From emails from son Frank Meehan to Keith Roberson, October 1999
My father, John Franklin Meehan, Jr. was born on June 2, 1899. He died the day before my brother, Richard Wood Meehan, was born. My father's brother, Thomas, disappeared on D-Day. My father had also served in World War I, in the navy, and was based in Spain and Brazil but was not in combat.
He is buried in Boehm's Church Yard in Blue Bell. There is a large beech at the edge of the cemetery furthest away from the church. My grandparents are there. Closer to the church, and to the right, are my father and aunt. The church is now a United Church of Christ, but at the time was a German Reform (I think).

PVT PAUL MEGNA

The News, April 14, 1943
SHIP'S COOK RAYHUGH GEORGE MICHAEL, believed to be the first naval casualty from Frederick City, is reported "missing in the service of his country" according to a message received by his mother, Mrs. Mamie Michael, 253 Washington street, Tuesday afternoon. The notice was signed by Admiral Jacobs, Chief of Navy Personnel.
Michael, aged 28, had been in the Navy four years. His father, Sidney Michael, is employed on a dairy farm near Frederick.
Mrs. Michael said she has reason to believe her son might have been on duty in the Pacific. His last letter, dated February 4 said he had been transferred and gave a new address, which the mother refused to disclose under naval orders admonishing secrecy of matters which could give possible aid to the enemy. The last Vmail letter from the missing man arrived here February 23.
In the communication, in addition to telling of his transfer, Michael acknowledged receipt of a book and cookies which his mother sent him for Christmas, the package taking nearly two months for delivery. The sailors Christmas gift to his mother was a check for $100 which arrived before the holiday.
A premonition that something was wrong with her son, was explained by Mrs. Michael, upon being notified of his being missing. She said he wrote frequently and not hearing from him for nearly two months had caused her "to feel that something had happened to the boy." The Navy telegram does not, for obvious reasons, state the date on which the loss of the man occurred.
Neither does the official notification say the sailor was killed in action or was missing in action, the exact wording of the telegram sent the mother being, "missing in the performance of his duty and in the service of his county." The missing sailor in addition to being transferred just recently had also recently received his First Class rating in the Navy. He has been serving during the past year on a reenlistment or was held in the service for the duration, following the expiration of his initial "hitch," last year, his mother said.
Michael enlisted in the Navy in 1939. He previously served five years in the Army; three years in the Air Force of the Army at Langley Field, Va., followed by two years in Panama. He had not been in Frederick to visit (rest of article is missing).
The News, May 17, 1944
Mrs. Mamie B. Michael, 253 Washington street, has been officially notified by the late Secretary of the navy, Frank Knox, that her son, Rayhugh George Michael, Ships Cook, First Class, U. S. N., who had been carried on the records of the Navy Department in a missing status, is deceased.
"He is officially missing in action as of 22nd of March, 1943, having been aboard the U. S. S. Grampus, when the submarine was lost in the Southwest Pacific area while on patrol operations. To date, the Navy Department has received no information from any source to indicate that any of the personnel aboard the Grampus survived that patrol mission. In view of the circumstances, and considering the length of time that has elapsed, I am reluctantly forced to the conclusion that your son is deceased," the message said.
Michael was born February 23, 1914. He was graduated from the Frederick High School in 1931, as valedictorian of the class. He was a member of the Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church and Church School, was a teacher in the school and sang in the church choir. He was a member of the Order of DeMolay, joining the order on June 24, 1930. Young Michael enlisted in the U. S. Army in September, 1933, and for three years was stationed at Landley Field, Va., in the Meteorology Department. After a reenlistment he was sent to Panama, where he spent two years. He enlisted in the Navy in February, 1939, and saw service on the U. S. . Bridge, the U. S. S. Black Hawk, the U. S. S. Fulton and on February 4, 1943, was transferred to the submarine U. S. S. Grampus. It is presumed that his entire service on the Grampus was spent in the Southwest Pacific area.
Mrs. Edna Michael Peppler, of Baltimore, is a sister and survives the deceased Navy man, as does the father, Sidney B. Michael, of Frederick.

The News, April 4, 1945
PFC. EARL FRANKLIN MILLER, 29 East South street, is officially reported by the War Department as missing in action in Germany on March 15. The telegram was sent to his wife, Mrs. Beulah Miller, and stated that further details would be supplied when available.
Pfc. Miller was inducted last August 18 and received his basic training at Camp Wheeler, Ga. He left there last Christmas Day and spent a fourandahalf day delay en route at his home, leaving Frederick the last of December. He arrived in France January 26 and the last letter received from him was dated March 11. At the time he was reported missing, he was on duty with an infantry unit attached to the Third Army.
Pfc. Miller is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer F. Miller, 374 Madison street. He has a son, Earl Franklin, Jr., and a stepdaughter, May Delores. A brother, Pfc. Roy C. Miller, died last December 28 of wounds received in France during action, on December 17.
The News, July 11, 1945
Pfc. Earl Franklin Miller, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer F. Miller, 374 Madison street, died in a German prison camp March 16 of wounds sustained in action, the War Department has notified his wife, Mrs. Beulah Miller, 29 East South street, by telegram.
He was the second member of his family to die of wounds in the European campaign. His only brother, Pfc. Roy C. Miller, died December 28 of serious wounds sustained December 17 in Holland.
The telegram said a letter containing any further information would follow. Pfc. Miller was a machine gunner with Company H, 357th Infantry, attached to Patton's Third Army.
The Frederick infantryman had been reported as missing by the War Department since March15 in a telegram received here early in April. Only last week, a soldier who had been in the same outfit stopped in this city and talked with Mrs. Miller, telling her that her husband was taken prisoner March 15 at the time his unit captured a German town. This soldier said that so far as he knew, Pfc. Miller was not wounded in the action.
Pfc. Miller was inducted last August 18 and had his basic training at Camp Wheeler, Ga. He was here for a few days late in December before going overseas January 8. He landed in France in late January and proceeded from there with his unit through Belgium into Germany.
The last letter received by his wife, dated March 11, said he was in Germany in one of "Hitler's pillboxes," indicating that his outfit was going through the Siegfried Line.
Before entering service, Pfc. Miller was employed at the Salvage Center here, prior to which time he worked at the Farmers Cooperative Association for about 10 years.
In addition to his parents and his wife, he is survived by one son, Earl Franklin, Jr; a stepdaughter, May Delores; two sisters, Mrs. Clyde Culler, Frederick, Route 4; and Miss Ruby Miller, at home; and a stepsister, Mrs. Raymond Clem, Lewistown.

The News, December 20, 1944
PVT. RICHARD O. MILLER has been missing in action in German since December 5, his wife, Mrs. Theada E. Miller, ten miles west of Thurmont, was notified by the acting adjutantgeneral of the Army. Other information or details will be given as received, the War Department notice said.

The News, March 17, 1944
PVT. ROY C. MILLER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer F. Miller, 372 Madison street, arrived overseas the latter part of January.
The News, January 3, 1945
Pfc. Roy C. Miller, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer F. Miller, 372 Madison street, was reported seriously wounded in Holland on December 17.
The News, January 16, 1945
Pvt. Roy C. Miller, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer F. Miller, 378 Madison street, died December 28 of serious wounds suffered on December 17 in Holland, his parents were informed Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller were notified January 2 that their son was seriously wounded. They had not heard anything further until they received the telegram Monday. Pvt. Miller went overseas the latter part of January, 1944. His wounds were sustained the second day of the German counter offensive that raged until December 27. Besides his parents, he is survived by a brother, Pvt. Earl Miller, in Army service, either overseas or en route overseas; two sisters, Mrs. Clyde Culler, near Feagaville, and Miss Ruby Miller, at home.

The News, April 21, 1945
PRIVATE THOMAS E. MILLER, back on duty with his armored tankmachine gun battalion on March 2 after almost a month's hospitalization for treatment of back injuries sustained in action in France February 4, was again seriously wounded in Germany on April 10, a War Department telegram informed his mother, Mrs. Martin L. Miller, 326 West Patrick street, Friday night.
Writing to his mother on April 8, only two days before he was hurt a second time, the young soldier stated that his buddies were being hit all around him, but he was not worried, and his injured back was giving him no trouble. He also commented on the fact that his nineteenth birthday would occur a month from then, on May 8.
Former employed by the Ox Fibre Brush Company and a member of the local State Guard, Pvt. Miller entered the Army last August and went overseas in January. He has been awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, a unit citation, and the Purple Heart, which his mother received about two weeks ago.
The News, April 23, 1945
Pvt. Thomas E. Miller, 18, son of Mrs. Martin L. Miller, 326 West Patrick street, died April 10 of wounds inflicted in Germany on the same day, according to a War Department telegram received by his mother Sunday. The telegram said a confirmatory letter would follow.
The telegram was received less than two days after a first telegram reporting Pvt. Miller had been seriously wounded on April 10. It was the second time that Pvt. Miller had been wounded and he had apparently been in combat only a little over two months.
Pvt. Miller was the third Frederick soldier to be listed as dead in four days. All died of wounds.
Pvt. Miller was slightly wounded on February 4, apparently a few days after he went into action with the armored tank machine gun battalion. He was hospitalized with back injuries for nearly a month before rejoining his unit. His last letter was written April 8 and said his previous injury was giving him no trouble.
His mother said she did not know in what part of the fighting in Germany he was engaged at the time he met his death, nor the Army to which he was attached.
Pvt. Miller, who would have been 19 on May 8, entered the Army August 15 and received his basic training at Camp Wheeler, Ga., before going overseas January 6. He was in the infantry in this country but was transferred upon his arrival in France.
He was the son of the late Martin L. Miller, wellknown Shell Oil Company truck driver, and had been employed at the Ox Fibre Brush Company before entering service. He attended high school here until his father's death. Besides his mother, he is survived by one sister, Ruth, at home.
The News, December 30, 1948
Reinterment of the remains of Pvt. Thomas E. Miller, twice wounded, 18year old Frederick soldier who died of wounds received in action in Germany in April 1945, will be made in Memorial Plot, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Sunday afternoon. The remains arrived in Frederick from overseas Tuesday.
Pvt. Miller sustained the second wound, which proved fatal, only days after being returned to combat duty with an armored tank unit, from hospitalization for a previous wound which had won him the Combat Infantry Badge, Purple Heart and Unit Citation decorations.
A son of Mrs. Eleanor Bell Miller, 121 West Fifth street, Frederick and the late Martin L. Miller, Pvt. Miller died two weeks before reaching his nineteenth birthday.(sic)
He attended the United Brethren Church here and its Sunday School. Before entering the armed forces, he was employed at the Ox Fibre Brush Co., and belonged to the local unit of the State Guard.
After joining the Army in August, 1944, he was sent overseas in January of the following year and was first wounded in combat February 4, 1945. His fatal wound was suffered April 10.
Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home, 106 East Church street, Sunday, 2 p.m.
Surviving besides his mother, is a sister, Mrs. Frank Nikirk, Middletown. M. R. Etchison and son, funeral directors, will be in charge of reinterment.
The News, January 3, 1949
The funeral of Pvt. Thomas E. Miller, 121 West Fifth street, who died in Germany April 10, 1945, took place from the funeral home, 106 East Church street, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. John H. Ness, Jr., officiated. Military honors were given by Maryland National Guard Co. A, 115th Infantry. Pallbearers were Charles Main, Charles Collins, Robert Levering, Robert Handley, Archie Wisner and William Kennedy. Interment was in the Memorial Plot in Mount Olivet cemetery. M. R. Etchison and Son, funeral directors.

The News, March 3, 1945
AMM2/C CHARLES T. MILLS, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Mills, of B street, Brunswick, has been killed in action in the Pacific, his parents were notified this week by telegram from the Navy Department. No further word has been received.
Young Mills was on duty aboard an aircraft carrier, relatives said, to which he had been attached for some time. The last letter received by his parents was dated around the middle of February, it was reported. The exact date of his death could not be learned.
A graduate of Brunswick High School, Mills enlisted in the Navy about two and a half years ago after working for a time in the Baltimore and Ohio railroad shops at Brunswick. He was sent to Norfolk, Va., and later attended school at Jacksonville, Fla., before being assigned to sea duty. He was last home on his birthday during the past summer.
Besides his parents, he is survived by three brothers, John Lee, Jr., Larry and Ralph, all at home, and three sisters, Mrs. Stanley Conklin, of Peru, and Anne and Sharon, at home.

The News, May 28, 1945
SGT. WILLIAM C. "JACK" MOBERLY, crew chief and flight engineer, Army Air Forces, son of Mrs. Elfreda Hanft Moberly 118 East Patrick street, and the late Mehrl F. Moberly, was instantly killed Saturday afternoon in the explosion of a B25 bomber near Colesville.
S/Sgt. Moberly was one of four killed in the explosion and complete disintegration of the plane in flight. Cause of the accident is unknown.
S/Sgt. Moberly was 28 years old. He graduated from Frederick High School with the class of 1933, at the age of 16 years. He enlisted in the Army in 1940 and was sent to Boston for training, being transferred to Bolling Field, Washington, the following year. He has since made his home in the capital where his widow, Mrs. Nancy Moberly resides. His infant children reside with their grandmother here.
Relatives here said that the Fredericktonian had been assigned as an instructor and was rated as an aviation engineer with flying status. He lately had been assigned to fly with high ranking passengers aboard the ships on which he was crew chief and flight engineer.
The plane was en route to Washington from Biloxi, Miss., and missed its destination in the heavy overcast. The airship and crew were returning from a routine training flight.
Surviving S/Sgt. Moberly besides his mother and widow are a son and a daughter, Jack, Jr., aged five months, and Diane, aged 16 months, who were visited here Sunday morning by the Bolling Field chaplain, surgeon and flight dispatcher, with official condolences and known details of the accident pending an official investigation.
Two brothers in the services, and three sisters, also survive him; Cadet J. Kenly Moberly, veteran enlisted gunner of the Mediterranean was theater, now training for a pilot's commission in California, Seaman Mehrl Moberly, Jr., USNR, in Philippine waters, Miss Barbara Moberly, UNRRA, Washington, Mrs. Marion (Jean) Prior, Blue Ridge Summit, and Miss Muriel Moberly, just completing a course at Hull House, Chicago, preparatory to entering social welfare work.
Residents of the Colesville area of Montgomery County first noticed the ill-fated Mitchell two engine plane as it passed overhead at approximately 500 feet. Over Quaint Acres Orchard, coowned by Altus L. Quintance, spectators saw a burst of flame and heard a tremendous explosion. Observers said occupants of the plane never had a chance. The plane was blown to bits, parts and equipment being distributed over nearly a quarter square mile.
Funeral arrangements are to be announced by C. E. Cline and Son, funeral directors.

The News, June 15, 1945
S 2/C HOWARD VICTOR MOBLEY, JR., son of Howard V. Mobley, Doubs, and Mrs. Arthur McLean, Jr., Bethesda, was killed in action in the Asiatic area, according to word received from the Navy Department.
His death is thought to have occurred the early part of April, although the exact date is not known and his last letter to his mother was dated March 20. The Navy Department has informed Mrs. McLean that death was due to shrapnel wounds in the chest, both arms and legs, resulting from explosion of an enemy shell.
He had been on a destroyer which participated in numerous Pacific engagements including Saipan, Peleliu, Suragio Strait, second Battle of the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He held at lest four service ribbons in addition to the major battle stars and the Purple Heart. The ribbons were th European theater, Pacific and Asiatic, Philippines and American Defense.
S2/c Mobley was born in Washington June 18, 1927, went to school at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and enlisted soon after he graduated in 1943. His last visit home was in January, 1944. Several shipmates of the young man visited his mother after hearing of his death and said he was one of the most popular boys aboard, taking part in entertainment and athletics.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by two younger brothers, Bob and Dick.

The News, August 3, 1944
CPL. IRA LESLIE MOORE, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira V. Moore, 10 East South street, has been missing in action in France since June 13, the War Department notified his parents. Cpl. Moore was a member of a medical detachment of the Second Division.
Cpl. Moore was one of the first Frederick men to be inducted, leaving here January 16, 1941. He was stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., for about 19 months and in November, 1942, was transferred to Camp McCoy, Wis. He remained there until around September of last year, when his outfit went to the East Coast, sailing for England in October.
The unit was located in north Ireland for about six months, moving to England in April. His parents heard regularly from his until June 3, date of the last letter received up to this time. That was just prior to the invasion while the unit was in England.
Cpl. Moore is a graduate of Frederick High School and was employed at The NewsPost for some time prior to his induction. He is a member of St. John's Catholic church. He is the third casualty from the NewsPost.
The News, August 10, 1944
Cpl. Ira Leslie Moore, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira V. Moore, 10 East South street, was killed in action in France on July 14, the War Department this morning notified his parents by telegram.
The notification came exactly one week after Cpl. Moore had been reported as missing in action in France since June 13. The discrepancy of more than a month in the dates was not explained and there was no other information disclosed.
Cpl. Moore, a member of a medical detachment of the Second Division, was the third former NewsPost employee to be killed in service since the start of the war. He was wellknown and had many friends in this city, where he attended St. John's school and Frederick High School, graduating from the latter institution in 1937. He went to work some time afterward in the composing room of The News and remained at his work until he entered the service January 16, 1941. He was one of the first local men to be inducted.
For about 19 months he was stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and later was at Camp McCoy, Wis., where he remained until last September when he accompanied his unit to the east coast and sailed to England. His outfit was in north Ireland until April, when it was moved to England. He presumably went over with some of the first DDay troops, since the last letter to his parents was dated June 3, prior to the invasion.
A member of St. John's Catholic church, Cpl. Moore is survived by his parents, one brother, Vernal C. Moore, and two sisters, Misses Mary C. and Corinne Moore, all of this city. He was engaged to Miss Helen McGowan, of Burkittsville.
The News, December 15, 1947
The body of Cpl. Ira Leslie Moore, son of Ira V. and Pansy Carlin Moore, 10 East South street, killed in action in France on July 14, 1944, will arrive in Frederick from the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot via the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on Tuesday afternoon at 3:55 o'clock. It will be taken directly from the local station to the C. E. Cline and Son funeral home, 8 East Patrick street, where prayers will be held Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock, followed by a low requeim Mass at 10 o'clock at St. John's Catholic church. Interment will be in Mt. Olivet cemetery, military honors being omitted upon request.
The body arrived in New York from France on November 25, aboard the USAT Robert Burns and has since been at the Philadelphia Depot, pending local arrangements. The escort to Frederick will be T/5 Stanley Smulski, attached to the Depot, the War Department telegram received here Sunday stated.
Cpl. Moore, who was 26 years of age at the time of his death, was attached to a medical unit of the Second Division. He was one of the first Frederick men to be inducted, leaving here January 16, 1941. He was stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas for about 18 months and in November, 1942, was transferred to Camp McCoy, Wis. He remained there until around September, 1943, when his outfit came to the East Coast in October. The unit was located in north Ireland for about six months, moving to England in April, 1944. His parents heard from him regularly until June 3, the date of his last letter, just prior to the DDay invasion. Shortly afterward, he was reported missing in action, and official word of his being a battle casualty was not received here until the following August.
A member of St. John's church and Holy Name Society, he attended St. John's school and Frederick High School, from which he graduated. He was employed at the News Post prior to his induction and was the third casualty from the newspaper force.
Besides his parents, he is survived by one brother, Vernal C. Moore, this city, and two sisters, Miss Mary C. Moore, at home, and Miss Corinne E. Moore, of Baltimore. One niece also survives.

The News, May 27, 1942
PVT. ROBERT MORRIS, has been listed as "missing in action" by the War Department since the fall of Corregidor. Pvt. Morris was last heard of when his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Emory B. Shipley, west Patrick street, had a letter from him written early in February. The letter was received here the latter part of March and stated that he was then stationed at Fort Mills. He was with Battery L, 30 and 50 AntiAircraft Machine Gun Division.
Pvt. Morris, who is about 22, formerly made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Shipley and had a number of friends here. He is a nephew of Mr. Shipley. He had worked on the Walkersville farm of Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Derr, how of near Union Bridge, and also on several other farms in that vicinity before he enlisted more than a year ago. Mr. and Mrs. Shipley were notified as his "next of kin" by the War Department that he would be considered "missing" until more definite information can be secured.
The News, July 30, 1945
In a letter received today by Mr. and Mrs. Emory B. Shipley, West Patrick street, the War Department confirmed the announcement of the death of their nephew, Pvt. Robert Morris, which had been made a few days ago in a telegram. Pvt. Morris, a prisoner of the Japanese since the fall of Corregidor, was killed in area 15 in December 1944, while being transported aboard a Japanese vessel.
According to the letter, 1,619 prisoners of war were being embarked on the 13th of December at Manila for transfer to Japan. Their ship was bombed and sunk in Subic Bay, Philippine Islands on December 15, 1944. After considerable delay a partial list of those lost was obtained from th Japanese government. Of the 1,619 prisoners, 942 were officially reported by the Japanese to have lost their lives at that time.
Of the survivors remaining n the hands of the Japanese, 20 were reported to have died. Only two of the men are known to have evaded the enemy and returned to the American forces.
Pvt. Morris is a nephew of Mr. Shipley and had made his home with his uncle and aunt from the time of his mother's death, when he was nine, until he enlisted in the Coast Artillery in May 1941. Before enlisting he had been employed on the Walkersville farm of Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Derr, now of near Union Bridge, and on other farms in that district.
Since he was never of robust health, the fact that he could even have survived the "death march" on Bataan after his capture was almost more than his relatives here could believe. Their last letter from him was written in February, 1942, received in April of that year. Last May they received an undated Japanese communication bearing his signature stating he was well.
Pvt. Morris is survived by his father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Morris, of Philadelphia, Pa., a sister and two brothers, Marian and Richard, in Philadelphia, and Pfc. Clifford Morris, in Hawaii.

The News, December 10, 1944
PVT. WARREN R. MORRISON, son of Mrs. Mary C. Morrison, of Youngstown, O., was killed in action on November 8 in France, according to word received by relatives. His grandmother was Mrs. Mary Hiteshew Morrison, a native of this city, and there relatives here. An aunt, Mrs. Ella Morrison McFarland, of Youngstown, who has been a subscriber to The News for years, is also a survivor.

The News, January 6, 1945
SGT. ROLAND E. MOSS, about 22, of Knoxville, is missing in action in France, the War Department this morning notified his mother, Mrs. Alice Moss, Knoxville, by telegram. The notification said Sgt. Moss had been missing since December 16.
Sgt. Moss, an infantryman, has been overseas for about six months, it was reported. No word has been received from him for some time. He was with the First Army.
A well known resident of Knoxville, where he attended the Lutheran church and was active in the Sunday school. Sgt. Moss entered the service February 18, 1943. Prior to that time he had worked in the shops of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Brunswick after graduating from Brunswick High School in 1941. His father was the late Clarence E. Moss. He has two brothers, one Lenwood, also being in service overseas, and two sisters.
The News, August 13, 1948
Military reinterment in his native Knoxville cemeter, Friday, will be accorded the remains of Sergt. Roland E. Moss, killed in action in France, December 17, 1944, Commander Richard C. Bowers, Steadmna-Keenan Post, American Legion, Brunswick, announced last night.
Sergt. Moss' remains will arrive in Brunswick under military guard this afternoon at 3p.m. From overseas. The flag draped coffin will be taken to the funeral home in Brunswick, where it will remain until time of services there at 3p.m. Friday. Rev. Dr. H.C. Erdman will officiate at the religious services.
A member of K. Of P. Lodge 122, Brunswick, and of the Lutheran church at Knoxville, Sergt. Moss was a son of Mrs. Alice Stewart Moss and the late Clarence E. Moss, of Knoxville.
At aged 22 years, he was a non-commissioned officer of the 347th Infantry Regiment, 87th Division spearhead of General Patton's armies in France. He was killed in his first engagment, at Sarre Union and buried in a U.S. Military cemetery near there.
Besides his mother, he is survived by these brothers and sisters, Clarence Moss, Washington; Sarah Lucille and Rosie E. Moss, at home; Lenwood C. Moss, Rosemont.
Reburial arrangements are being handled by C.E. Feete and Bros., funeral directors.

The News, June 25, 1945
PFC. JOSHUA E. MURPHY, JR., 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua E. Murphy, 210 South Carroll street, has been killed in action in the Philippines, a War Department telegram Sunday informed his parents. The brief message said only that Pfc. Murphy was killed June 4 on Mindanao.
An infantryman, Pfc. Murphy was believed to have been in the Philippines only a short time. His last letter received up to this time was dated May 29 and told his parents not to worry about him. He had related little of his activities, indicating that he felt any such information would be censored.
Pfc. Murphy had been in service about two years and three months. He had his basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C., and at Camp Pickett, Va., going overseas 16 months ago. He was first in New Guinea and later in the Dutch East Indies, before being transferred to the Philippines. It was believed that he had been in the Philippines only about a month before his death.
Pfc. Murphy was reported to have been in a unit in which there were several other men from this vicinity.
Before entering the service, he was employed at Shankle's garage and the Farmers Cooperative Association plant here and at the Glenn L. Martin plant in Baltimore.
He is survived by his parents and one sister, Kathleen, at home, as well as his maternal grandfather, John Shankle, this city. He was unmarried.
The News, August 14, 1948
The remains of Pfc. Joshua E. Murphy, Jr., son of J. E. Murphy, Sr., 210 South Carroll street, Frederick, are among the 3,961 being returned from the Pacific area aboard the United States Army Transport Dalton Victory, the Department of the Army announced today. Arrival of the vessel will be announced at the San Francisco Port of Embarkation.
Pfc. Murphy lost his life in action on Mindanao on June 4, 1945 at the age of 20 years. An infantryman, he received training at Fort Jackson, S. C. and Camp Pickett, Va., and was in the New Guinea and Dutch East Indies campaigns. Before going into the service he had worked for the Farmers Cooperative Association, Shankle's garage and the Glenn L. Martin Company.

SGT WILLIAM C. MYERS

The News, August 24, 1942
FLEET BOND NEIGHBOURS Dies in Archangel
Word has been received here from the Navy Department of the death of Fleet Bond Neighbours on August 16, 1942, and of his burial in Archangel, Russia.
He was a son of the late Fleet R. and Anna Bond Neighbours, formerly of Buckeystown and Frederick.
Mr. Neighbours was a graduate of the Frederick Boys' High School in the class of 1915 and of Virginia Polytechnic Institute of Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1919. At the time of his death he was in the employ of the Alcoa Steamship Company of New Jersey.
He was in this country about four months ago and then left on another voyage, destination unannounced.
He is survived by a sister, Miss Mary F. Neigbours, of "Arcadia", Lime Kiln: a half-brother, Owen J. Neighbours, Wabash, Ind., and a half-sister, Mrs. C. Jasper Price, Hyattstown.

The News, August 20, 1945
CAPTAIN ROBERT P. NEISSER, who was recently promoted from first lieutenant, is now assigned to the Air Service Command's 310th Ferrying Squadron and has been overseas since June, 1943.
As a pilot with this squadron, he supplied combat outfits in both the European and Mediterranean Theaters of Operations with aircraft throughout the war. According to an Air Service Command release in July, Captain Neisser was bringing airplanes back for redeployment to the Pacific.
He is the son of Mrs. Eva M. Neisser, 11 Tamworth Road, Baltimore, and husband of Mrs. Anna S. Neisser, 137 West Patrick street, this city. Before entering the Army in December, 1942, Captain Neisser was an employee of the Union Manufacturing Company. He was one of Frederick's most enthusiastic flyers, holding a commercial pilot's and instructor's license before enlisting.
The News, August 22, 1945
Capt. Robert P. Neisser, one of Frederick's best known prewar aviation enthusiasts, was killed Saturday in an air crash somewhere in Switzerland, his wife was notified Tuesday by the War Department.
No details of the crash were supplied by the department.
Recently promoted from a First Lieutenancy, Capt. Neisser had been assigned to the Air Service Command's 310th Ferrying Squadron. He has been engaged in piloting aircraft back from the European theater for redeployment in the Pacific areas. He had been overseas since June, 1943.
A native of Littleton, North Caroline, he was employed by the Union Manufacturing Company prior to entering the Army in December, 1942. He held a commercial pilot's and instructor's license before enlisting.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Eva M. Neisser, Baltimore; his wife, Mrs. Anna S. Neisser and children, Bobbie and Patsy, 137 West Patrick street; sisters, Mrs. Joe May and Mrs. Horace Burris, both of this city and a brother, S/Sgt. Harry Neisser, stationed in California.
The News, May 28, 1948
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the funeral home at 106 East Church street for Capt. Robert P. Neisser, of the Army Air Forces, who was killed in an airplane accident in Switzerland on August 18, 1945. Reinterment will be made in the War Memorial plot of Mt. Olivet cemetery. M. R. Etchison and Son will be in charge of local arrangements.
Captain Neisser, who widow resides at 137 West Patrick street, was a wellknown Frederick flier before World War II.
The local man at the time of his death was engaged in piloting aircraft back from the European theater for redeployment in Pacific areas, and had been assigned to the Air Service Command's 310th Ferrying Squadron. He held two Bronze Stars and was to receive another.

The News, July 30, 1945
PFC. OWEN A. NICHOLS, 22, son of Mrs. Bessie E. Nichols, Chapline apartments, West Patrick street, and the late Albert L. Nichols, died in the India-Burma area July 24 as a result of a vehicle accident, his mother was notified over the weekend in a telegram from the War Department. A confirmatory letter will follow, the telegram said.
Two letters arrived this morning from Pfc. Nichols, dated July 21, indicating that he was moving from India over the Burma road to China in a jeep, that the road was extremely rough and that on occasions the thoroughfare was so high that he was above the clouds. It is presumed that the accident occurred on this journey which caused his death.
Pfc. Nichols was with the Army Engineers and had been stationed near Karachi, India, for a time. He entered service September 11, 1943, was inducted at Camp Lee, Va., and had his basic training at Fort Belvoir, Va., where he was stationed until December 12, 1944. After a 15day furlough at home, his last visit here, he went to Indiantown Gap, Pa., and was shipped overseas around the middle of February. In April he reported by letter that he was in India.
Pfc. Nichols was a graduate of Frederick High School in the Class of 1941 and was wellknown in a wide circle of friends here. Following his graduation he was employed in the office of the Frederick Iron and Steel Company until he was inducted into service. He had an excellent scholastic record at Frederick High.
Pfc. Nichols was a member of Calvary Methodist church and the Sunday school. He was a former member of Frederick chapter, Order of DeMolay.
The Nichols family formerly lived on East Third street for a number of years. Besides his mother, he is survived by two sisters, Misses Ethel and Ruby Nichols, both at home.

The News, August 4, 1944
PLATOON SERGT. HARRY A. NOGLE, 29, was killed in action with the 29th Division while storming St. Lo on July 11, relatives here were informed last night in a telegram from the War Department.
Sergt. Nogle was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Nogle of East Seventh street, this city, and for many years had resided with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bentz, 272 Dill avenue. He was in the 29th Division from it's induction and had only recently been raised to a platoon sergeant from staff sergeant, Mr. Bentz said last night. The last letter received from him was mailed from Normandy July 6 and was of a very cheerful tone.
Sergt. Nogle, who was well known and popular locally had a premonition that he would not survive the war. Last May he had dinner with Yeoman Harry L. Decker, this city, in the latter's apartment in London and in bidding farewell expressed the opinion that "I'll never get back to old Frederick." He explained that the 29th Division had gone through the most rigorous of training and that he would certainly be in the thick of the fighting when the invasion was launched and that his chances of survival were slim.
Sergt. Nogle was an excellent marksman with a rifle and vitally interested in affairs of the Frederick Club. He was a member of the civilian rifle team that represented Maryland in the national shoot at Camp Perry, O., several years ago. He was a graduate of Frederick High School and was active in DeMolay circles. He was a member of Grace Evangelical and Reformed church, this city. From the time of his graduation to his induction he was employed at the Rug Store owned by Mr. Bentz.
The News, August 5, 1944
Sergt. Harry A. Nogle, well-known resident of Frederick, was killed in action in France on July 11, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Nogle have been informed by the War Department. Sergt. Nogle was a member of the 29th Division and was an expert rifleman.
The News, February 10, 1948
The remains of S/Sgt. Harry A. Nogle, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Nogle, Frederick arrived home for reinterment Monday afternoon, escorted by another local veteran, Sergt. Gearhart.
S/Sgt. Nogle was killed in France while fighting with the Maryland National Guard's 115th Infantry Regiment. Under orders of the U. S. Army Quartermaster, Philadelphia, the remains were received at Frederic by the Harry E. Carty Co. funeral directors, at the B. & O. depot here yesterday at 4 p.m. They were taken to the funeral home at 54 East Patrick street.
Full military rites will be accorded, with funeral services at the funeral home, Thursday at 2:30 p.m. U. S. Army Chaplain W. J. Reed, Brunswick, officiating. Pallbearers will be former comrades in arms of the deceased, from the 29th Division Association. Interment will be in the family plot in Mt. Olivet cemetery.
S/Sgt. Nogle was graduated from Frederick High School, Class of 1932. He was a member of the Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church here and of the Independent hose Co. Prior to entering the Army, he was employed as assistant to his uncle, Edward Bentz, in operating the Rug Store, 4 East Patrick street.

The News, August 4, 1944
PVT. JAMES AUSTIN NULL was killed in action with the 29th Division while storming St. Lo on July 11, his parents were informed last night in a telegram from the War Department.
Pvt. Null was the elder of two sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. Arthur Null, 610 Magnolia avenue. Familiarly known as "Austin", although the Army designates him as James A. Null, the soldier was sent overseas only last May. Before entering the armed forces in November last year, he had been employed in defense work with the Martin plant at Baltimore. He was 22 years of age at the time of his death. The last letter from him was dated June 12, but relatives said last night that a Government notice saying he had left England was received after that date by them. His brother, Pvt. Donald E. Null, entered service immediately following graduation from Frederick High School, 1942. He is now in France with the 29th Division.
The News, June 13, 1945
A Vmail letter written home from Germany by Pfc. Charles C. T. Stull, Jr., to his parents at Frederick, Route 3, describes a visit into France to the grave of a friend, Pvt. James Austin Null, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Arthur Null, Magnolia avenue, who was killed in action with the Twenty-ninth Division during last summer's storming of St. Lo.
Explaining that he had heard of a trip that would take him past American cemetery headquarters, Pfc. Stull stated that he requested this assignment and thus was able to obtain exact information on the location of young Null's grave. He learned that the cemetery was situated along the highway just two miles outside LaCambe, France, a town which he termed about the size of Walkersville, and about a week later he said opportunity came to him to make a visit there. "Aside from its inevitable significance," he commented, "it is a beautiful place. I found his grave not far from the road in a row paralleled by long rows of large maples. In the cemetery are many graves of unknown soldiers and there is one consolation",at least, we know where he is at rest. I wanted to place some flowers on his grave, but it was so uncertain as to whether or not I would see his grave and we were in a furry to get back before dark. As I stood there it didn't seem possible that such a good friend was living no more. I bowed my head and said a prayer to God, asking Him to take good care of him and all his fellow soldiers who had lost their lives in battle and had been called home by God."
Pfc. Stull was employed by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in Baltimore prior to his entrance into the Army on March 30, 1943. He arrived overseas last November and has duty with a headquarters detachment in England, France, Belgium and Germany.
The News, June 3, 1948
Funeral services for Pvt. James Austin Null, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Null, 601 Magnolia avenue, this city will be held at the funeral home, 106 East Church street, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. J. H. Schmitt will officiate. Interment will be in the War Memorial section of Mt. Olivet cemetery. M. R. Etchison and Son, funeral directors, have charge of arrangements.
Pvt. Null entered Army service in November 1945 and trained at Camp McClelland, Ala. He was with the 30th Division in Europe. He was 23 years old when killed.
Besides his parents he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. John W. Droneburg, this city, and Miss Nancy Null, at home; two brothers, Donald E. and Robert L. Null, also at home.
The body is at the funeral home, 106 East Church street, where friends may call after 7 p.m. Friday evening.
The News, June 7, 1948
The funeral of Pvt. James Austin Null, 601 Magnolia avenue, who was killed in action at St. Lo, July 11, 1944 took place from the funeral home, 106 East Church street Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. J. H. Schmitt officiated. The funeral was largely attended and there were many floral emblems. Pallbearers were Walter L. Roney, George C. Mullican, Albert H. Linthicum, Bernard F. Gilbert, Jr., Carl F. Darner and Charles C. T. Stull, Jr. Interment in the Memorial Plot in Mount Olivet cemetery. M. R. Etchison and Son, funeral directors.

The News, August 19, 1944
PFC. HARRY NUSE, A Knoxville soldier, was reported missing today. Pfc. Nusz is the son of Mrs. Carrie Nusz, of Knoxville, who this morning received the War Department's telegram advising her that her son had been missing in action in France since July 31. She has a younger son and two daughters at home.
Friends said that Pfc. Nusz was about 20 or 21 years of age and had been in the Army a little more than a year. He attended the Knoxville elementary school. Before July 31 letters had come through regularly from him.
The News, September 19, 1944
Pfc. Harry M. Nuse has been missing in action in France since July 31. He has been in service 18 months, eight of which have been spent overseas. The young man is the son of Mrs. Carrie M. Nuse, Knoxville, and a brother of Mary, Dorothy and Thomas Nuse, all at home.
The News, June 2, 1945
Pfc. Harry M. Nuse, 20, of Knoxville, who was reported missing in action in France nine months ago was killed in action on July 31, the War Department has just notified his mother, Mrs. Carrie M. Nuse, of Knoxville.
The date is the same as that upon which Pfc. Nuse was listed as missing. He had served 16 months over seas in Company L of the 116th Infantry and had been in service for several years. Before entering the service he was employed by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Besides his mother, Pfc. Nuse is survived by two sisters, Dorothy M. and Mary E. Nuse, and one brother, Thomas E. Nuse, all at home.
The News, April 25, 1949
The remains of Pvt. Harry M. Nuse, Knoxville, who was killed in action in France on July 31, 1944 at the age of 20 years, will arrive in Brunswick Tuesday. The will rest at the funeral home until 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, when brief services there will be followed by further rites in the Knoxville Lutheran church with Rev. Martin L. Zirkle officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home until the time of the funeral services.
Members of SteadmanKeenan Post, American Legion, will be in charge of full military rites. Interment will be in the cemetery at Knoxville. C. H. Feete and Bro., funeral directors, have charge of arrangements.
Besides his mother, Mrs. Carrie Nuse, the deceased is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Russell at home, and Mrs. Mary Olden, Brownsville, and one brother, Thomas E. Nuse, at home.

The News, April 20, 1943
PVT. CLARENCE E. NUSZ Killed on Africa Front, Patents Told
Word of the death of Pt. Clarence E. Nusz on the North African front reach Frederick this morning by telegram from the War Department. He is survived by his parents, three sisters and one brother. Private Nusz entered the service January 28, 1942, and was stationed in England for some time.
The News, May 14, 1948
The remains of Pvt. Clarence E. Nusz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Nusz, Yellow Springs being sent home on the Army transport, Barney Kirschbaum, which was due to dock at New York today, the Department of the Army announced this morning. Nusz was killed in the spring of 1943 on the North African front. He entered the service January 28, 1942, and was in England for a time.
The News, June 2, 1948
Military funeral services for Pvt. Clarence E. Nusz of Yellow Springs, who was killed March 31, 1943, will be held at the funeral home, 106 East Church street Friday at 2 p.m. Interment will be on the family lot in Mt. Olivet cemetery.
The remains of Pvt. Nusz arrived this afternoon in Frederick and were taken to the funeral home.
He was 25 years of age at the time of his death and had served overseas about eight months, being an infantryman with the First Division. He was killed in Tunisia near the end of the war in North Africa.
Besides his parents, mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Nusz, Sr., Yellow Springs, he is survived by the following brother and sisters, Guy Nusz, Jr., Mrs. Monroe Moss, Mrs. Ralph Fry, Jr., all of this city; and Mrs. Rhudel Putman of Frederick, R.F. D. 2. His grandfather, Charles Crebbs, Yellow Springs, also survives.
M. R. Etchison and Son are the funeral directors.
The News, June 6, 1948
The funeral of Pvt. Clarence E. Nusz who was killed in North Africa March 31, 1943 took place from the funeral home, 106 East Church street, Friday afternoon at two o'clock. Rev. Thomas Morgan officiated. There was a profusion of floral emblems. Military honors were given by Maryland National Guard Co A, 115th Infantry under the command of S/Sgt. Paul L. Crum, Jr., and Bugler Norman E. Marsden. Pallbearers were Braden Keyser, Raymond Dyer, Harry Moss, Benjamin VanFossen, Martin Walsh and Roger Wills. Interment in Mount Olivet cemetery. M. R. Etchison and Son, funeral directors.

The News, April 20, 1944
PFC. ROBERT L. PELLICOTT, formerly of Baltimore, is stationed at Salina, Kas., with the Army Air Corps. His wife, Mrs. Minnie Royer Pellicott, resides at 232 East Sixth street.
The News, July 31, 1945
Staff Sgt. Robert L. Pellicott, has been missing in action since June 26, the War Department informed his wife, Mrs. Minnie Royer Pellicott, 232 East Sixth street, by telegram Monday evening. The flyer was assigned as a tail gunner on a B29 based on Saipan.
Overseas since December, S/Sgt. Pellicott has been decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, several Oak Leaf Clusters and the Good Conduct medal. He has been in the Air Corps since March 4, 1943. His twentythird birthday will occur October 17.
Son of Mrs. Helen M. Pellicott, of Baltimore, and the late John F. Pellicott, he has two brothers in the Army, one in Germany and the other in Louisiana, and a sister at home. Staff Sgt. Pellicott met his wife when he came to the former C.C.C. camp near Old Braddock, now the site of a German prisonerofwar camp. They have a twoyearold son. Before entering service, S/Sgt. Pellicott was employed at Glenn L. Martin in Baltimore.
With each letter home, the young flyer would tell his wife he was getting "closer and closer to Japan." His last letter was written June 25. He said he had just come back from a raid and would write again the next day.
The News, May 20, 1946
Staff Sgt. Robert Pellicott, Official Declared Dead
Staff Sergt. Robert L. Pellicot, reported missing in action in aerial action in the Pacific last June 26 has been officially declared dead by the War Department, his wife, Mrs. Minnie Royer Pellicott, 232 East Sixth street, reported Sunday. His mother, Mrs. Helen M. Pellicott, resides in Baltimore.
Besides his wife and mother, the tail-gunner on a B-29 leaves a young son, two brothers and a sister.
Mrs Pellicott met her husband while he was attached to the old Braddock C.C.C. Camp near Frederick. He wa employed at the Glenn L. Martin plant in Baltimore before entering the service. His last letter, dated the day before he was reported missing, said he had just returned from a raid and would write again the next day. His letters had reported that he was getting closer and closer to Japan.
The News, May 24, 1945
CPL. WILLIAM CLINTON PETTY, 22, USMC, has been killed in action on Okinawa, his mother, Mrs. Velma Grady, 121 West Second street, was notified by telegram from the Navy Department early this week.
The telegram said only that Cpl. Petty was killed on May 11. A member of the Sixth Marines, Cpl. Petty and been wounded on Guam last July and recovered at a New Caledonia hospital, apparently rejoining his old outfit for the invasion of Okinawa on Easter Sunday.
Cpl. Petty, a graduate of the Blancoe, Tenn., high school, joined the Marine Corps on May 27, 1940, soon after leaving school. He was stationed in Iceland for about 11 months, following basic training at Parris Island, S. C., then was shipped back to Parris Island and stationed at LeJeune, N. C., for a number of months. He was moved to Hawaii and from there went to Guam, where he was wounded in the fighting on that island. His mother said today he had never disclosed the nature of his wounds and the last letter from him was dated in February, saying he was well and getting along fine at that time. He was apparently recuperating at the hospital when he wrote the letter.
Mrs. Grady, who was employed at the Huntsville, Ala., arsenal for some months before coming to this city, said her son had never visited here because he had been in service since leaving high school. His father lives in Louisville, Ky., and Cpl. Petty had spent considerable time with his aunt, Mrs. W. W. Porter, in Huntsville. A sister, Mrs. J. W. Rich, resides at Logansport, Ky., and a younger sister, Shirley Ann, lives with her.

Then News, March 4, 1943
2ND LIEUT. JOHN KENNETH PHELPS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Orman Phelps, Route 4, was a member of the eleventh class of aviation cadets to graduate from the new Columbus Army Flying School, near Columbus, Miss., in February. He received the silver wings of a flying officer and his commission as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces. Lieut. Phelps entered pilot training May 7, 1942, and attended flying schools at Camden, S. C., and Bainbridge, Ga., before his graduation at the advanced flying school near Columbus.
The News, January 18, 1944
With his big bomber almost entirely unflyable after being hit by flak, First Lieutenant John Kenneth Phelps, of Jefferson, reported missing in action by the War Department, apparently made a direct hit on his target at Bremen November 26 before the ship crashed.
This information is contained in a letter to his mother, Mrs. Benjamin O. Phelps, from First Lieut. Arthur B. Pack, a member of the same bomber squadron and his closest "buddy" among his comrades in the air force. The letter was read Sunday morning at the session of the Leaders Bible Class of Calvary Methodist church, of which Lieut. Phelps was a member before he entered the service.
Lieut. Pack, after saying that Lieut. Phelps went down Nov. 26 "on our raid over Bremen," added that when he (Pack) got back home that afternoon, and learned that his comrade had definitely had gone down, "I was heartbroken."
"I went over to his field the next day and found out all I could about it. His ship was hit by flak (anti aircraft guns) about five minutes before the target. It knocked off his left stabilizer and made the ship almost entirely unflyable. By some superhuman effort that I'll never understand, our Kenny managed to keep his ship flying until he reached the target. He dropped his bombs there and as far as I can ascertain, made a direct hit."
"He maneuvered his ship then in such a manner as to remove all danger from the rest of his formation. We have to love him all the more for that particular action, because at a time when his ship and his life were in peril he was thinking of the rest of us flying with him. From the time he left the formation until the time his ship hit the ground was about twenty minutes, which was more than ample for his crew and himself to bail out and land safely by their parachutes. Although the fact that he won't be here to fly alongside me any more makes me pretty bitter, we can both take cheer in the fact that I know positively that he is alive now."
"I am trying to tell you in this letter pretty much how I feel, Mrs. Phelps. We must both know that he is alive. You through your intuition and me through my knowledge of the circumstances. If he is a prisoner of war, he will be interned for the duration and then be returned home. We'll have him back soon and when we do, we'll all throw a darned big party."
"When I complete my tour of operations here, I am going to apply for permission to go on an additional five raids to make up for the ones that Kenny would have gone on. In the meantime, I manage to carry along a few extra bombs on every raid. I know he would have done the same for me."
"Kenneth is a pretty big hero. If every man in America does as much for his country as Kenny did, this war would be over in days no rather than in months."
Lieut. Pack said he expected to be in England for about six months and added that the clothes and personal belongings of Lieut. Phelps were being sent to his mother "until he returns to use them again." At the outset of the letter, Lieut. Pack says:
"This is a letter I dread starting and I know I'll hate to finish. I know that by now (the letter is dated December 16) you have received a communique from the War Department stating that our Kenny is missing in action. I wanted very much to write to you much sooner, but I had to wait twenty days for the communique to pass through. I know how you must fee, Mrs. Phelps, because I know how my own mother would feel about me, and I know how I feel about losing him. I've lived side by side now with Kenneth for more than a year and have known him almost two years. We enlisted together, started training together and had our first taste of war together. If there were any two boys that could have been any more brothers than Kenny and myself, I've yet to see them."
The News, March 27, 1944
The day after First Lieut. John Kenneth Phelps failed to return to his base in England from a mission over Bremen, Germany, November 26, announcement was made that he had been cited for "exceptional meritorious achievement" and was to receive the U. S. Army's Air Medal. But the young pilot still doesn't know about it.
Instead, the medal has just been received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Orman Phelps, near Jefferson, who have heard nothing more about their son since he was reported missing in action December 9.
The citation, signed by Col. A. W. Kissner, Air Corps Chief of Staff, Army Air Forces, U. S. Army, for the Third Bombardment Division in England, and made to a number of flyers, reads "Citation for exceptionally meritorious achievement, while participating in five separate bomber combat missions over enemy occupied continental Europe. The courage, coolness and skill displayed by both officers and enlisted men upon these occasions reflect great credit upon themselves and the armed forces of the United States."
Lieut. H. J. Peckham, materiel command, Fairchild Aircraft, Hagerstown, and Lieut. P. F. Cummings recently brought the medal to Mrs. Phelps after she had received the following letter from Maj. Gen. J. A. Ulio, adjutant general:
"I have the honor to inform you that, by direction of the President, the Air Medal has been awarded to your son, First Lieut. John K. Phelps, Air Corps, for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight against the enemy. "Since this award cannot be formally presented to your son at this time, the decoration will be presented to you. The Air Medal will be forwarded to the Commanding General, Third Service Command, Baltimore, Md., who will select an officer at a nearby Air Corps installation to make arrangements for the presentation of the decoration to you......"
The News, October4, 1945
A memorial service will be held on Sunday by the Leader's Bible Class of Calvary Methodist church for First Lieut. John Kenneth Phelps, of near Jefferson, who has been finally listed among the dead by the War Department after being missing in action over Germany since Nov. 26, 1943.
Lieut. Phelps was believed alive as late as March, April of this year when a brother was reported to have identified him in a photograph of liberated prisoners which appeared in a Washington newspaper. However, the identification was apparently incorrect since nothing was heard from him and the War Department finally listed him as dead Aug. 31, 1945.
Lieut. Phelps, Eighth Air Force pilot, was shot down on his 30th mission over Bremen and a friend later wrote to the young flyer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin O. Phelps, that the county man had maneuvered his ship to remove all danger from others in the formation even though he was about to crash after being hit by flak. Phelps also made a direct hit on his target before going down.
The memorial service will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday morning at the regular meeting of the class, of which Lieut. Phelps was a member.

The News, April 14, 1943
Mr. and Mrs. John Plaine, LeGore, have two sons in the service, Cpl. Alton Plaine, whose post is at the Station Hospital, Fort Monroe, VA., and Pvt. Oliver Plaine, who is a Military Policeman stationed somewhere overseas. He has a wife and son. Both men have had two years training.
The News, April 17, 1945
Pfc. Alton J. Plaine, 21-year old son of Mr. And Mrs. John Plaine, LeGore, was killed in action in Germany on March 24, a War Department telegram notified his parents. He was understood to have been serving with a tank division at the time of his death.
Formerly employed by S.W. Barrick and Son, LeGore, Pfc. Plaine was inducted into the Army on March 25, 1941, was stationed in Virginia before being transferred to Fort Knox, Ky., and later to a training post in California. He had been overseas for about a year.
Surviving in addition to the parents are three brothers, Pfc. Oliver Plaine, last reported in Belgium; Charles Plaine, at Medford, and John Plaine, at home; also four sisters: Mrs. Margaret Horning, Westminster, and Genevieve, Grace and Carolyn Plaine, all at home.

The News, April 17, 1945
In service less than nine months, PFC JOHN G. POLAND, 32, died on April 5 of wounds received in action in Germany. A War Department telegram to this effect was received Saturday by his wife who resides at 25 DeGrange Street.
Pfc. Poland inducted into the Army on July 12 of last year and was sent to Camp Walters, Texas, for basic training. He remained there until the latter part of November and the first week of December he came home on a furlough en route overseas. Attached to an infantry unit, he was sent overseas early in January and at the time he was wounded he was with one of the units making up the Ninth Army.
Before induction, Pfc. Poland was employed by the Everedy Company, and with H. K. Ferguson Company, contractors at Camp Detrick.
Besides his wife, the former Ruth Handley, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Clarence Handley, Frederick, Route 2, Pfc. Poland is survived by four children, Patricia, 6; John 4; Olive, 3; and Saron, one year old.
The telegram, Mrs. Poland said, came as a severe shock, in view of the fact that she just a few days prior received a letter from her husband, dated March 30, in which he stated all was well.

MELVIN W. POOLE

The News, June21, 1944
CPL. PAUL L. POOLE, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Poole, near Araby Church, has been reported slightly wounded in France on June 9, his parent learned Tuesday night.
Cpl. Poole was attached to the Twenty-Ninth Division and had been stationed in England some time before the start of the invasion of France.
The News, August 19, 1944
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Poole, Frederick Junction, have received their third telegram from the War Department telling them of the wounding of one of their sons. Sgt. Paul Poole, wounded in the D-Day invasion, has once more been hospitalized after being slightly wounded a second time on August 1, on the Normandy front.
Meanwhile his brother, Cpl. Samuel T. Poole, who on August 3 was reported as seriously wounded in action in France, has been brought to this country and is now in a hospital in Richmond, Va., where his family hopes to visit him Sunday. Nothing has even been learned of the nature of his injuries.
The telegram from the War Department received Friday by Mr. and Mrs. Poole was preceded several days earlier by a letter form Sg. Poole. He stated that he had a leg injury but he expected to be out of the hospital again in a couple weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Poole have two other sons in the service.
The News, December 16, 1944
Twice wounded in Normandy, Staff Sergt. Paul L. Poole, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Poole, near Araby church, is now reported missing in action, his parents were advised in a War Department telegram received Friday night. The parents were informed that he has been missing in Germany since November 27.
Slightly wounded on June 9 in the invasion of Normandy, S/Sgt. Poole quickly recovered to return to duty. Again on August 1, he was wounded on the Normandy front. On both occasions his wounds were described as slight.
Sergt. Poole is one of four brothers in service. Cpl. Samuel T. Poole was seriously wounded in France on June 23 and has been hospitalized in this country for the past several months.
The News, July 6, 1945
Recently it was reported that Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Poole were notified that their son, Staff Sgt. Paul L. Poole, missing in Europe since November, was dead.
Sgt. Poole was reported in December as missing in Germany since November 17. Notification of his death came after a six month period elicited no further information concerning him, it was reported. He was unmarried and about 27 years of age.
Sgt. Poole, with the 29th Division, had been twice wounded before he was reported missing. He was slightly wounded June 9 in the invasion of Normandy and August 1 he was wounded again on the Normandy front. Both wounds were slight.

T/SGT ROGER WILLIAM POOLE

The News, August 3, 1944
CPL SAMUEL T. POOLE Seriously Wounded
With his brother back in action after being wounded on the Normandy front, Cpl. Samuel T. Poole, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Poole, of near Frederick Junction, is now in a casualty hospital in England. He was seriously wounded in action in France, June 23. His brother, Sgt. Paul L. Poole, who was wounded on D-Day, has returned to duty. Both are members of the 29th Division.
Cpl. Poole has sent two letters to his parents since being wounded. The first was written for him by a hospital attendant and stated that he had been wounded in France and rushed to England by airplane. Later he wrote a letter himself, saying that he was getting along nicely. The second letter came last week just after the arrival of the War Department telegram announcing his injury. It was at first reported that Sgt. Paul Poole had been wounded the second time, but this was incorrect.
Cpl. Poole is the second of Mr. and Mrs. Poole's four Army sons to be wounded. Another brother, Pvt. Warner M. Poole, is now in New Guinea, while Pvt. George E. Poole is serving in North Africa. And now Mr. and Mrs. Poole are wondering if they will be called upon to send a fifth son off to war, one of their younger boys having just turned 18. They have nine sons.
In September Cpl. Poole will have been overseas two years. He went into the Army April 26, 1941, and has served in a heavy artillery unit. He attended school in Urbana.

The News, July 6, 1945
PFC. WARNER M. POOLE, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Poole, of Araby church, near Frederick Junction, has been killed in action in the Pacific, the War Department has notified his parents by telegram.
Only recently, it was reported, Mr. and Mrs. Poole were notified that a second son, Staff Sgt. Paul L. Poole, missing in Europe since November, was dead.
A third son, Cpl. Samuel T. Poole, seriously wounded in action in France June 23, has gotten along fairly well. He was twice wounded, once sustaining a head wound.
There is a fourth son, George E., who is in service. Mr. and Mrs. Poole had nine sons and three daughters.
Little information could be learned concerning the reported death of Pfc. Poole, who was about 21 years of age and unmarried. Pfc. Poole had his basic training at Camp Shelby, Miss., where he was with the 31st Division. If he was still with this unit, his death probably occurred in Mindanao. He was in New Guinea for a time. Two other deaths of men in the 31st Division are listed in The News today, both on Mindanao. Pfc. Poole had been in service for several years, prior to which he was employed by the Farmers Cooperative Association plant here.

The News, September 14, 1944
2ND LIEUT. KENNETH L. PORTS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Ports, Walkersville, is stationed in France with an infantry division. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland, and has been in the Army for 18 months.
The News, October 7, 1944
Another Frederick County Army officer was reported killed in action in a telegram received by his parents Friday. 2nd Lieut. Kenneth L. Ports, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Ports, of Walkersville, was reported killed in action in France on September 18.
A former soccer and basketball star at Walkersville High School, from which he graduated in 1939, Lieut. Ports graduated from the University of Maryland in February, 1943. He immediately enlisted in the Air Corps and transferred to the infantry when he failed to meet Air Corps requirements.
He trained at Fort Blanding, Fla., and was stationed in Alabama before going to Camp Joseph T. Robinson in Arkansas. His infantry command was a part of the Black Panther Division, which has been in France for several months.
Besides his parents, he is survived by a brother, Roscoe Ports, Jr., Walkersville, Mrs. Emma Ports, Hanover, Pa., his paternal grandmother, and Mrs. Mary Reddick, Walkersville, his maternal grandmother.
The News, December 8, 1948
The remains of 2nd Lieut. Kenneth L. Ports, killed in action in France, September 18, 1944, arrived home from overseas today for reinterment in Mount Hope Cemetery, Woodsboro, Friday afternoon. C. C. Barton, Walkersville, funeral director, said last night the train bearing the remains will arrive in Frederick this afternoon. They will be taken to the home of the deceased officer's mother, Mrs. Ruth Reddick Ports, Walkersville, where they will rest after 6 p.m. until time of funeral services there at 2 p.m. Friday.
Lieut. Ports, son of Mrs. Ports and the late Roscoe H. Ports, Sr., was 22 years old at the time of his death in action with the 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th U. S. Division, at Maxevillle, near Nancy, which latter city his division liberated from the Germans in September, 1944
He was a member of the Walkersville Evangelical U. B. Church, a graduated of the Walkersville High School, with the class of 1939 and of the University of Maryland, February class in 1943. While at the university, he became a member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and was selected for the AllAmerica college soccer team.
Upon graduation, the late officer went to Officer Candidates School at Ft. Benning, Ga., where he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army, Mary 26, 1943.
Subsequently he was stationed at Camp Blanding, Fla.; Ft. McClellan, Ala.; Cape Girardeau and Camp Robinson, Ark., training with the "Black Panther" Division at the latter place.
In June, 1944, he was sent to France as an excess officer and was assigned to the 134th Infantry Regiment.
Besides his mother, he is survived by a brother, Roscoe H. Ports, Jr.

The News, May 1, 1945
PFC. HERBERT F. PRICE, JR., Son of Mrs. Edna Price, 706 North Market street, has been missing in action since April 7 somewhere in Germany, the War Department has notified his mother.
Pfc. Price was with an armored infantry battalion attached to the Ninth Army. He began his basic training December 28, 1943, and was stationed at Fort Riley, Kas., and Camp Polk, La. He went overseas the latter part of October or the first of November, landing in England, and presumably entered combat soon afterward. He had been in action almost four months when he was reported missing.
The News, July 10, 1945
A War Department telegram early this morning informed Mrs. Edna Price, 706 North Market street, that her son, Pfc. Herbert F. Price, Jr., died of wounds on April 9 while a prisoner of war of the German government. The official notification arrived just about a month after another telegram which had listed Pfc. Price as missing in action inside the Reich since April 7. No details were contained in today's message.
With an armored infantry battalion attached to the Ninth Army. It is believed he had seen about four months of action until the time he was reported missing. About 19 years of age, young Price entered the service December 28, 1943, and after training at Fort Riley, Kas., and Camp Polk, La. Sailed overseas late last October or early in November. No word of his being a prisoner of the Nazis was ever received here, the telegram stating that he was missing and the notification of his death being the only information made available to his mother.
Pfc. Price was unable to complete his high school education prior to his entrance into the service, but is was said that he was planning to continue his studies upon return to civilian life. He is survived by a younger brother, Lowell, at home.

The News, August 7, 1944
CPL. GORDON L. PRYOR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Pryor, Thurmont, was reported killed on Saipan on July 11. His brother, Pvt. Raymond L. Pryor, was fatally injured last April 5 in an explosion while on maneuvers at Camp Blanding, Fla. The casualty was the first in recent months reported from the Pacific theaters.
Besides his parents, Cpl. Pryor is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Donald E. Pryor, Youngstown, O.; Lillian E. Pryor, Thurmont; Mrs. Helen E. Kuhn, Edgemont; Sgt. Samuel L. Pryor; Mrs. Margaret V. Long, Rockville; Lester L., Betty Jean and Kenneth R. Pryor, at home.
The News, June 8, 1948
The remains of Cpl. Gordon L. Prior, Co. H, 105th U. S. Infantry, killed on Saipan, July 11, 1944, were returned to Thurmont, Monday for reinterment Thursday. He was born December 19, 1917, a son of Samuel P. and Dora M. Lewis Pryor, Thurmont. Surviving besides his parents and maternal grandfather, J. Hooker Lewis, are these brothers and sisters: Donald E. Pryor, Warren, O.; Mrs. Lillian Domingue, Thurmont; Mrs. Helen E. Kuhn, Quincy, Pa.; Sergt. Samuel L. Pryor, Andrews Field, Washington; Mrs. Margaret V. Long, Rockville; Lester L. Pryor, Betty Gene(sic) and Kenneth R. Pryor, at home. The body rests at the funeral home in Thurmont, where friends may call until time of services there, Thursday, 7 p.m. (DST). Rev. Adam Grim will officiate. Semimilitary rites will be observed. Reinterment will be in Blue Ridge Cemetery. Mr. L. Creager and Son, funeral directors.

The News, April 11, 1944
PVT. RAYMOND L. PRYOR, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Pryor, of Thurmont, died last Friday night in a Fort Blanding, Fla., hospital of injuries sustained in an explosion on maneuvers a week ago, it was learned here Monday night.
His parents arrived at the camp last Wednesday, it was learned, and talked to the youth before his death. He remained conscious, it was said, despite the loss of one arm and one leg. He was administered thirteen blood transfusions. Army surgeons held some hope for his recovery, his parents reported. Details of the fatal explosion were not revealed.
Pvt. Pryor was inducted into service last December 8 and was serving with Company F, 260th Battalion, 64th Infantry Regiment.
His body will arrive in Thurmont tonight and will remain at the funeral home in Thurmont on Wednesday, when services will be held in the Thurmont Methodist church at 5 p.m. Rev. A. D. Kesler will conduct the service. Interment will be in Blue Ridge cemetery. M. L. Creager and Son have charge of arrangements.
In addition to his parents, Samuel P. and Dora M. Lewis Pryor, the deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary S. Grable Pryor; a son, Lester William Pryor; his maternal grandfather, J. Hooker Lewis, near Thurmont; and the following brothers and sisters: Donald E. Pryor, Youngstown, O.; Lillian E. Pryor, Thurmont; Mrs. Helen E. Kuhn, Edgemont; Sgt. Samuel L. Pryor, Fort Myer, Va.; Cpl. Gordon L. Pryor, on foreign duty in the Pacific; Mrs. Margaret V. Long, Rockville; and Lester L., betty Jean and Kenneth R. Pryor, at home.