Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-04-06 | Page 13 | Three Utahns Listed Killed, Two Captured

Three 1 Listed tisted Killed I Two Captured Casualties Occur In Asia Pacific And Eur European A Areas War and navy department casualty casualty casualty cas cas- lists listS' released d Thursday Included included in In- eluded the names of three killed In action and of ot two others numbered among prisoners of the German government Another Utahn was reported wounded Killed In action Private Darrell Larsen 19 9 son of Mr and Mrs H. H P. P Larsen Elwood Box Elder county killed March 26 in India Private Clyde Borgstrom 28 U TJ S M C son of Mr and Mrs Albin Borgstrom Thatcher Box Elder county killed in south Pacific area Staff Sergeant George Clarence Goddard Jr son of ot Mrs G. G C. C Goddard Cedar City killed in Asiatic area Prisoners Private First Class Merrill L. L Smith 19 son son of ot J J. J Ray Smith Sandy Second Lieutenant Francis W. W Betenson 25 son of Mr and Mrs Leland Betenson Cedar City Wounded Private First Class Earl C. C Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son husband of Mrs Sarah E. E Johnson 2 7 72 2 Almond street wounded In action in Bougainville district Parents are Mr and Mrs John Johnson North Second West street Private Larsen entered service in March 1943 as the first youth drafted from Bear River high school and had been overseas since November 1943 He was born on November 27 1924 at Elwood Survivors include his parents two brothers and five sisters Mrs Orpha Thompson Corinne Mrs Irene Linder Ogden l' l Mrs Ella Hunsaker Cokeville Wyo Mrs Verna Earl Deweyville Le Roy Larsen Bancroft Idaho and Wayne Larsen Elwood Staff Sergeant Goddard was the husband of Mrs Dee Dee Goddard Cedar City In addition to his widow and mother he is survived by two brothers Frank S. S Goddard Goddard Goddard God God- dard Cedar City and Richard L. L Goddard with the armed forces and a sister Mrs MaryJ Bywater Los Private Borgstrom had spent two of ot his four years in the marine corps on overseas duty and had hadnot hadnot hadnot not returned home since his enlistment enlistment en en- Four of his brothers are in the services Roy E. E Boyd Rulon and Rolan Borgstrom Other survivors are three sisters Mrs Mildred Smith Promontory Box Elder county Mrs Leda Burton Thatcher Thatch Thatch- er and Mrs Wilma Hawks Howell How- How ell 11 Il Box Elder county and a fifth brother Eldon K Borgstrom Thatcher