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Show Army Reports Three Cache Men Missing Three Cache Valley boys,., members mem-bers of the armed forces of 1 the nation, have been reported by the war department as "missing in action as of May 7," in the Philippines. Phili-ppines. Either killed or captured oy the Japanese, the war department informed in-formed their parents, Joseph Richard Rich-ard Jenson Jr., 19, and Ben Thomas- Griffin, 25, of Logan, and Ballard Bal-lard King Yeates, 20, of Nibley, will be classed as "missing" until further information regarding their fate is available. ! The men were serving either on Bataan peninsula or on Corregi-dor Corregi-dor when Japanese forces overran the Philippines, the war department depart-ment reported. Japan is expected to release a list of war prisoners through Geneva, and when the list becomes available the parents will be informed whether their sons were killed or captured. Private Jenson is a son of Professor Pro-fessor and (Mrs. Joseph R. Jenson of Logan. He was born in Logan and attended Logan city schools. He enlisted in. the army medical corps on December 10, 1940, served five months at Fort ' McArthur, San Pedro, Calif., then was transferred trans-ferred to the Letterman general hospital at the Presidio of San Francisco, where he studied laboratory labor-atory methods. He left for the Philippines Oc-. lyuw a, isti. uiu tuiiveu wieie November 1. A radiogram he sent to his parents November 2, from Manila was the last word... they received from him. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Alma Yeates of Nibley, Private First Class Yeates was born in Nibley, attended South Cacne mgn school and studied for two quarters at Utah State Agricultural college. He enlisted in the army air corps in March, 1941. After training at Hamilton Field, Cal., he won a radio specialist's rating and was transferred to foreign service November No-vember 1. Mr. and Mrs. Yeates received a letter from their son after he left for foreign service, but did not know his location until they received the war department announcement. an-nouncement. A son of Mrs. Ida Griffin of j Logan, Private Griffin was born in Clarkston, May 1, 1917. He was graauauea irom worth (jacne nigh school. He enlisted in the coast artillery corps February 21, 1941, and received his training in San Francisco. In April, 1941, he was sent to the Philippines to serve at Fort Mills on Corregidor. Mrs. Griffin received her latest letter from him last December. i The letter was writetn in October, and he inclosed a photograph taken of .him in the Philippines. He has a brother, Corporal Reese Alfred Griffin, who enlisted in the The letter was written in Ociooer 1940, now stationed at San Diego, Cal. |