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Show Cedar Resident Reported Missing In Pacific Conflict The Pacific War was brought close to Cedar City Saturday night when word was received by Mr. and Mrs. Mark McMullln that their son, Mark Douglas McMullln Is missing In action. l&f V ' A. 1A Douglas McMullin A telegram was received from the Navy Department which read as follows: "The Navy Department deeply regrets to advise you that your son, Mark Douglas McMullln, Mc-Mullln, seaman first class, U. S. Navy, is missing, following action In the performance of his duty and in the service of his country. The department appreciates your anxiety anxi-ety and will forward you further informat.on promptly when received." re-ceived." War regulations forbid the divulj-lng divulj-lng of details of such cases, but information in-formation released by the Navy Department to the general pre.;s indxates that wfilie this Cedar City lad Is reported only to be missing, miss-ing, leaving some hope that he will yet be reported safe, this hope is small, and It appears that Cedar City has suffered its first casualty casual-ty In actual battle in the present war. Douglas joined the United States Navy on July 19, 1940, and has been in foreign service for sometime. Before Be-fore the war he was attached to a unit of the Pacific fleet. Seaman McMullln was born in Cedar City on July 16, 1922, and attended at-tended public school and high school here. He is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. McMullln and has one sister, Mrs. Paul Cox of Cedar City. Reports indicate that a number of other Utah boys were lost in the same naval engagement. |
