Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Thur. Aug. 26, 1943. Page 8. 2 VERMONTERS DIE IN ACTION. 19 Others Wounded in Africa and Southwest Pacific, According to War Dept WASHINGTON, Aug. 25--The War department today released an official list two Vermont men killed and19 others wounded in action in North African and Southwest Pacific areas : Killed in the North African area were; Pvt. John M. Houlihan, son of Mrs. Michael Houlihan of Bellows Falls. Pfc. Hollis W. Mayo, brother of Mrs. Hazel Clapper of Montgomery Center. Wounded in the Southwest Pacific and North African areas were : Pfc. Berkley A. Ballard, son of Mrs. Nina Ballard of Fairfax. Capt. Nelson N. Barnes, husband of Mrs. Madeline M. Barnes of St. Albans. Sergt. Ernest W. Duprey, husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Duprey of Northfield. Pvt. Herbert G. Evans, son of Mrs. Carrie A. Evans of Woodstock. Sergt. Harold K. Field, son of Thaddeus Field of Vergennes. Tech. 5th Grade Lawrence Gowette, son of Joseph F. Gowette of Burlington. Sergt. Raymond J. LeBlanc, son of Albert J. LeBlanc of Bennington. Pfc. John J. Mulcahy, son of John L. Mulcahy of Sudbury. Staff Sergt. Joseph A. Parsons, son of Mrs. Melvina Parsons of Washington. Sergt. Robert F. Patenaude, son of Archie Patenaude of Winooski. First Sergt. Merton H. Whitcomb, husband of Mrs. Doris E. Whitcomb of Sheffield. Pvt. Lawrence R. Wright, son of Mrs. Ethel Wright of South Burlington. Sergt. Richard J. Bellemare, son of Mrs. Odila Bellemare of Bennington. Pfc. Clarence A. Clifford, nephew of Carl Clifford of Northfield. Pvt. Frank E. Lorette, son of Frank E, Lorette, sr., of Bennington. Pfc. Robert R. Paquette, son of Alexander Paquette of Highgate Springs. Corp. Robert R. Weddell, son of Mrs. Jane Martin of Burlington. Pvt. Charles H. Wheeler, son of Mrs. Margaret Price of Arlington. Pfc. Erwin W. Wheeler, son o Mrs. Ida Wheeler of Newport. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby Genealogy not just a hobby, but a labor of love.