The sea services: ten names

1941 – 1945

The summary's own rule: The Navy Department's State Summary of War Casualties for Indiana (compiled February 1946) states its scope on its face, and the scope is printed here with the roll it bounds: inclusion is determined solely by the residence of the next of kin at the time of notification; the casualties listed are only those resulting directly from enemy action or from operational activities against the enemy in war zones, from 7 December 1941 to the end of the war; casualties in the United States area, or from disease, homicide, or suicide anywhere, are not included; and men listed as missing "will be officially presumed or determined dead," some to be found alive. The roll below is therefore the whole of Mishawaka's sea-services dead at that scope — the town's Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard battle dead and missing. It cannot see a Mishawaka sailor who died of illness in a stateside hospital, and it does not pretend to. Each entry gives the man as the summary prints him, with the next of kin and the Mishawaka address that are his attribution.

John Courtland Felabom — Motor Machinist's Mate Third Class, United States Naval Reserve. Missing in action. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alden M. Felabom, 422 E. Batell St., Mishawaka (the summary's spelling).

Thomas J. Heltzel — Corporal, United States Marine Corps. Dead. Wife, Mrs. Thomas J. Heltzel, 303 N. Merrifield Ave., Mishawaka. He stands on the Navy Department's summary alone among the records swept; the county veterans index does not carry him. His place here is the summary's own rule: a man is listed under the residence of his next of kin at notification, and his wife's residence was Mishawaka.

Bernard J. Howland — Private First Class, United States Marine Corps. Dead. Father, Mr. Ralph M. Howland Sr., 109 Towle Ave., Mishawaka. 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, on the county veterans index's record; his remains were brought home to Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka. The index also carries him a second time under the spelling Holland; it is the same man.

George Walter Phillips — Coxswain, United States Navy. Dead. Father, Mr. Walter George Phillips, 221 Columbia St., Mishawaka.

Francis Xavier Scheibelhut — Motor Machinist's Mate Second Class, United States Naval Reserve. Dead. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Scheibelhut, 809 Lincoln Way West, Mishawaka.

Homer Leroy Smith — Fireman Second Class, United States Naval Reserve. Dead. Wife, Mrs. Ruth Edith Smith, 728 E. 6th St., Mishawaka.

Allen Charles Streich — Radioman Second Class, United States Naval Reserve. Dead. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Charles Streich, 1640 Homewood Ave., Mishawaka.

Lavern E. Trittipo — Private First Class, United States Marine Corps Reserve. Dead. Mother, Mrs. Hazel Trittipo, Rt. 2, Mishawaka.

Harry Noel Van Driessche — Seaman Second Class, United States Naval Reserve. Dead. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Van Driessche, 111 W. 6th St., Mishawaka.

John Vicsik — Fireman First Class, United States Naval Reserve. Dead. Wife, Mrs. Adahbelle Barbara Vicsik, 214 E. Dattel St., Mishawaka (the summary's spelling; the street is Battell).

Sources:

1. Navy Department, State Summary of War Casualties, Indiana (1946) — the ten entries, in the naval-history.net transcription of the state summary, checked against the St. Joseph County veterans index, which carries nine of the ten under Penn–Mishawaka (Thomas J. Heltzel is the exception, noted in his entry).
2. St. Joseph County veterans index — Bernard J. Howland's regiment and division and his Fairview Cemetery burial.