Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-05-19 | Page 13 | S L Flier Listed as Prisoner; Officer Wounded

S L 1 Flier Listed As Prisoner Officer Wounded Utah casualties reported Friday by the war department included one airman as a prisoner of war warin warin warin in Germany and a Magna man wounded in the south Pacific Prisoner First Lieutenant Henry J. J Varela Va- Va rela bombardier son of Mrs Maria Varela Varea West First South street who originally was reported missing since April 8 over Europe Wounded Second Lieutenant Ellis Ems B BO B. Madsen Madsen Madsen Mad- Mad sen 22 son of Mr and Mrs Delbert Delbert Del- Del bert Madsen Lieutenant Varela a graduate of West Vest high school and a former fornier student at University of Utah has been overseas since February 1944 1914 He has been in the service three years A native of ot Ogden he moved to Salt Lake City with his parents in 1929 S 0 Lieutenant Madsen is confined to a hospital in the south Pacific his parents learned The wounds suffered in action on the Admiralty islands are not serious The lieutenant lieutenant lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant is a graduate of Cyprus high school