April 1, 1943 - George Stanford April 6, 1943 - C. Hayden Malmstrom April 22, 1943 - Thomas Ashton April 26, 1943 - Dominick Cassera
April 2, 1944 - John Canis April 3, 1944 - Gordon Tasney
April 22, 1944 - Charles Coburn April 25, 1944 - Richard Teeple
April 7, 1945 - Frank Garruto April 11, 1945 - Russell Wester April 17, 1945 - Gilbert Davies April 17, 1945 - Walter Kotwica April 19, 1945 - Robert Gray April 24, 1951 - William Nolze April 10, 1963 - Pervis Robison Jr. Nutley Sons Honor Roll
March 1, 1945 - Emil Liloia March 4, 1945 - Arthur Abbott Jr. March 6, 1945 - Vincent Fields March 6, 1945 - Howard Harle March 15, 1951- Van Der Linde March 17, 1969 - David Dinan March 19, 1944 - Robert Cary March 22, 1943 - William Nutzel Jr. March 22, 1951 - Alexander MacMillan March 22, 1955 - Lawrence DiVuolo Nutley Sons Honor Roll
February 2, 1945 - Frank Burak February 4, 1953 - Robert Bliss February 15, 1951 - Reed Smith February 20, 1945 - Norman Bell February 20, 1967 - Charles Katt Guttilla Februay 28, 1968 - Matthew Dwyer February 1945 - E. D. Kurz Nutley Sons Honor Roll
January 8, 1946 - John Mutch January 15, 1944 - Cecil Dunthorn January 16, 1945 - Frederick D. Kurz January 19, 1919 - Pasquale De Francesco January 19, 1944 - Charles Haney January 19, 1967 - Michael Halpin January 18, 1942 - Preston Hastings January 23, 1967 - Thomas Van Houten January 25, 1957 - Salvatore Pillitteri January 26, 1966 - Arthur Rego January 1943 - Souren Avedisian Nutley Sons Honor Roll
Tuesday, August 5 at 10:30 a.m. Free Weekly Program for Students and Adults
NUTLEY, N.J. -- The first session of a new historical program "Celebrating America, Celebrating Nutley" begins Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 10:30 a.m. in the Public Affairs Building, Chestnut Street, Nutley, N.J.
Sponsored by Commissioner Steven Rogers, the history series will continue Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the month of August.
Nutley students as well as adults are invited to attend and participate in the series which ends on Aug. 28.
There is no cost for the program.
"If you plan to attend, please call us at 973-284-4976," Commissioner Rogers asks. There is no cost for the program and refreshments will be served.
The Nutley Sun this week reports the recovery of an ID card of Nutley's Vietnam War MIA Lt. David Dinan III.
From The Nutley Sun:
Nutley Lt. David Thomas Dinan III's military identification card was recently found by a rescue team, 45 years after his body was left in Laos during the Vietnam War.
"It was just absolutely astounding," John Dinan, David's brother, of Nutley told the Sun. "I never thought they would find anything."
David Dinan, an air force F105S pilot, was killed in action on March 17, 1969, at the age of 25, after his parachute went down in Laos, located near Vietnam during the war. Dinan had been forced to eject from his plane after his jet had been hit by ground fire. He had parachuted into the trees, went crashing down a steep hill and got wrapped in his parachute. Dinan had been a pilot from the 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Korat Airbase, Thailand.
Informed of Son's Death In Action In South Pacific
C. Bruce Dunthorn, Marine Killed In Cape Gloucester Invasion Mission
(March 3, 1944) - In a telegram received Wednesday from Lt. General A. A. Vandergriff of the U.S. Marine Corps, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus W. Dunthorn of High Street were informed of the death in action Jan. 15, of their son, Pfc. Cecil Bruce Dunthorn, 22, of the celebrated Fifth Marines.
Two days before they had received a letter from Pfc. Jon La Barbera, one of Bruce's buddies telling them of their son's death while on a mission early in February during the invasion of Cape Gloucester, New Guinea.
Lt. Gen. Vandergriff's wire stated that Bruce was "killed in action in the performance of duty and service of his country."
Pfc. La Barbera wrote: "Before he passed away, Bruce asked me to write home for him. I have known Bruce for two years and we've been through thick and thin. When we lost Bruce, we lost the squad. He was undoubtedly the best. Two boys attempted to bring him to safety but did not succeed. One of the boys was wounded, the other was not hurt." When he returned he would be able to tell the story in detail.
Mr. and Mrs. Dunthorn last heard from their son in a letter written Jan. 24, in which he had asked that some toothpaste be sent to him. Earlier, in reply to a letter from his parents in which they had asked what he would like to have for Christmas, he had written that he wanted "only a handful of snow."
Pfc. Dunthorn, who was a sniper scout, had also taken part in most of the battle of Guadalcanal. He had been left behind in New Caledonia because of a broken wrist, but a few days later managed to stow away on a bomber and joined his unit at Guadalcanal.
He entered into the Marines the day after Pearl Harbor, and trained at Parris Island, S.C., and New River, N.C. His unit left New River in May 1942 for New Zealand where they went through an earthquake a day or two after arrival.
After Guadalcanal, Pfc. Dunthorn was evacuated to Brisbane, Australia, going from there to a town near Melbourne for a short rest. He later went to New Guinea for several months duty there.
On Feb. 4, Mr. and Mrs. Dunthorn had received word that their son had been recommended for the Navy V-12 training program in this country.
He is a graduate of Nutley high school.
A brother, Lt. Cyrus Dunthorn Jr., 25, is serving with an ordnance ammunition company in the Aleutians. He was graduated from Nutley high school and won a scholarship to Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken. He later attended Rutgers university.
Another brother, Gunners Mate s/c Byron Dunthorn, is in the Navy armed guard and is captain of a gun crew on a merchant ship. When he last wrote to his family, he was in Scotland. He is also a graduate of Nutley high school and enlisted on Navy Day.
(April 7, 1944) -- Sgt. Charles W. Katt, U. S. Army, died Nov. 27, 1943.
The War department notified Mrs. Aileen Katt of Conover avenue that her husband had gone down on an Allied troop ship -- likelyHMT Rohna -- sunk as the direct result of enemy action.
The soldier, who was graduated from Nutley High School, married Eileen Rulison on July 10, 1941, his 20th birthday and they have a year old son, Charles Richard. He is also survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Katt, and three sisters, the Eleanor, Dorothea and Joan.
(January 7, 1944) - Frederick Comer, 38, a private in the 31st Signal Construction Battalion was reported missing in action since Nov. 26.
Pvt. Comer is married to the former Miss Gertrude Miller, daughter of John Miller of 27 Princeton Street. They have a 17-month old son, David.
Pfc. Frederic W. Comer was in the 31st Signal Construction Battalion. He is listed on the Tablets of the Missing, at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia.
From The Nutley Sun January 7, 1944 In Different Divisions, Both Are Casualties On Same Day
(Nov. 12, 1943) -- Marine Master Tech. Sgt. John Del Grosso, of Cleveland Street, U.S.M.S.R., died Nov. 8 in the Naval hospital at Corona, Calif.
He had been under treatment for pernicious anemia - a blood disease, and in spite of several blood transfusions, succumbed suddenly after a short illness.
With him in California, were his wife, the former Blanche Orlando of Race Street, Nutley, and his sons Jack, 11, and Bob, 9. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Minnie Del Grosso of Newark. A Marine for four years before the war, and honorably discharged, Del Grosso re-enlisted shortly after Pearl Harbor. He had learned to fly in Nutley, and hoped for overseas service. He was stationed, however, at the Naval Air Base at Santiago, Calif., as a technical instructor where he was joined by his family about a year ago. There was plenty of action even in California, for Sgt. Del Grosso was on flight duty, making repairs and testing planes. Nutley residents remember John as the Scoutmaster of Troop 7 and a member of the Franklin Reformed church. He was a watchmaker by trade, and for several years had his own business here. More information.
(Dec. 21, 1945) -- Posthumous awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with one silver cluster and one bronze oak leaf cluster, was made yesterday to Capt. Richard Van Divort, son of Mr. and Mrs. S.E. Van Divort, of Oak Ridge Avenue, who was killed on a routine flight over Forestell, Mo., in October 1943.
The captain was a graduate of Nutley High school and Dartmouth college where he was president of his fraternity, Gamma Delta Phi. More information.
(March 3, 1944) - In a telegram received Wednesday from Lt. General A. A. Vandergriff of the U.S. Marine Corps, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus W. Dunthorn of High Street were informed of the death in action Jan. 15, of their son, Pfc. Cecil Bruce Dunthorn, 22, of the celebrated Fifth Marines.
