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Carolinians In List Of Navy Casualties

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  • This newspaper article dated June 24, 1942, titled “Carolinians In List Of Navy Casualties” is part of the Samuel Robert Owens Collection. Samuel Robert Owens (1918-1995) was stationed at Cavite Naval Yard in the Philippines when the United States entered World War II. He was a member of the crew of the submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9), which was actively involved in the defense of the Bataan peninsula until the fa ll of Bataan on April 9, 1942. The majority of the crew of USS Canopus, including Owens, were captured by the Japanese at Corregidor, and became prisoners of war. Owens remained a POW until the end of the war and received the Silver Star and Bronze Star for his service.
  • -WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1942 Carolinians In List Of Navy Casualties Three "North Carolinians Reported as Dead, 25 Missing, For Period Covering May 11-June 16 — One South • Carolinian Dead, 12 Missing. WASHINGTON, June 23.-L(ff>—The Navy department released today its casualty list No. 5 which included three North Carolinians listed as dead and 2fi as missing. The list covered the period May 11 to June 6 Lncl The names and next of Id DEAD. srge Rome Clawson, J second ell Rome Clawson, S Josiah Owenby, .1 an third class, father, En ah Owenby, Sr., Candler. Wheeler Holden Rawls, achinist's mate second class, fath- Kawls, Woodland. MISSING. M. C, mother, Mrs. Herbert Lyon, Creedmoor . Harold Glenn Bruton, machine's mate first class, wife, Mrs. era Pearl Bruton, Chocowinity. Benaga Green Carawan, pharmacist's mate third da Daniel David Spencer, Scnanton. Fred Odell Causi late first class, U. S. N. R., moth- , Durham. John Marvin Cheek, chief tor- Frank Ussery, platoon sergean' r! C. M. C . lass, U. S. M. C, grandmothei Walker, 1305 Berkley lumbia, n: rat ton Cbrislensr K. N. R., brother, Niels Chi sen, Beaufort. Herbert Graj U. S. N. R., f Kdenton. Mrs. Elmer Harper, North Fayette- .veil, signalman third class, father, Duncan Agry Harvell, Bolivia. Robert Filmore Helsabcck, Jr., id class, father, R. F. : i-.. Ether. Hoggard, water ten- itl er, Thomas Ed mate secon4 class, wife, Mrs. Johi son, Cramerton, Anderson Mitchell Munn, electrician's mate third class, father Joseph Thomas Munn, Louisburg. Samuel Robert Owens, torpedo- an second class, father, Stephen J. Owens, Webster. Leonard Virgil Pickett, chief ra- oman, wife, Mrs. Louise Elizabeth Pickett, Poplar Branch. Walter Edward Portis, boatswain's ate second class, father, Sewell Monroe Portis, Mayodan. John Robert Reaves, chief s keeper, U. S. N. R., sister, Mr W. Flowers, Mount Olive. David Mas i Robi Sr.. 307 South Columbia street, Gastonia. George Benjamin Roebuck, sea- ,an first class, mother, Mrs. Myrtle Irene Roebuck, Stokes. Ralph Norfleet Searcy, torpedo- ian first class, mother, Mrs. Alice Brown Searcy, Hendersonville. Kenneth W. Stapp, private, IT. S. M. C. R., mother, Mrs. Virgie Marie Stapp, Charlotte. Robert Hiram Welch, aviation machinist's mate, father, James Lee Welch, Waynesville. Robert Archie Wilkes, carpenter's mate third class, sister, Mrs Jessie Mae Bass., 718 Chestnut street, Wilmington. Thomas Wesley Young, aviation letalsmith second class, mother, Mrs. Bessie Lena Young, Durham. South Carolina List Reports One Man Dead. WASHINGTON, June 23.—(£•)- nvy announced today its casual!. list No. 5, which covers the period from May 11 to June 6 inclusive. It included one South Carolinian listed as dead and 12 as missing The names and next of kin: DEAD. Durward Webb, chief veom wife, Mrs. Julia Webb, 475 King street, Charleston. MISSING. Joseph Louis Roudolf, carpenter's mate first class, father, Henry Doudolf, 87 Washington street, Charleston. Demaree Buckler, chief swain's mate, wife, Mrs. Margaret Buckler, 86 Rutledge avenue. Charleston. Claude Bernard Cooper, yeoman first class, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude P. Cooper, Spartanburg. Robert Ginsberg, chief torpedo- man, U. S. N. R., wife. Mrs. Mary Louise Ginsberg, 6 Water street, Charleston. James Waymon Harkins, apprentice seaman, U. S. N. R., mother, Mrs. Estha Harkins Wynne, 17 Richardson street, Greenville. Otto Bennefield Harris, seaman second class, mother, Mrs. Maggii Lee Harris, 39 Burdette I ' Greenville. Charles Olasky, chief yeoman, wife, Mrs. Corinne Olasky, Mary street, Charleston. Lester Frank Pursley. chief tor- pedoman, brother, Bedford Pursley, Clover. Austin J. V. Robe;: geant U. S. M. C. R, father, William F. Roberts, Kershaw.

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