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23 NAMES ARE ADDED TO HONOR ROLL SINCE SEPT. 5

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23 NAMES ARE ADDED TO HONOR ROLL SINCE SEPT. 5

48 OF 590 LOCAL BOYS KILLED, WOUNDED, MISSING OR PRISONERS OF WAR

    Mar. 15, 1945
    According to a check-up made by F.W. Minninger last week, the following names of local boys have been added to the community honor roll here since last Labor Day:
    With 590 boys and girls now in service, this community has suffered unusually heavy casualties in proportion to population, the complete list now reading: 12 killed in action, 25 wounded in action, 8 missing in action, and 3 are prisoners of war.
    Names of all casualties to-date are:
    Killed in Action
    Wounded
    Missing
    Prisoners of War (Germany)
    * Added to casualty list after the Memorial was dedicated last Labor Day.
An additional article in the following week's Lowell Tribune, dated March 22, 1945, added a few more names to the Honor Roll list. This article was found on page 1, column 2:

    FOUR MORE NAMES ADDED TO COMMUNITY HONOR ROLL

    In endeavoring to bring the names on the Community Honor Roll up to date as of last week, it has been brought to our attention that the following were omitted:
    The following are additions to the list of those wounded in achtion and killed in action:
    Killed
      Sherman Brown
Last updated on April 16, 20124.

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