Arlington Woman's Son Missing

Donald Million On Navy Casualty List; Mother is Mrs. Fraass

Donald A. Million, aviation pilot first class, U.S. navy, was among six Nebraskans reported missing in action by the navy department last weekend.

Million's mother is Mrs. Lillie R. Fraass, formerly of Arlington, who has been visiting at the Arthur Johnson home in Arlington. Mr. Johnson is a nephew of young Million.

The report showing Million as missing came just seven years after he had entered naval service. The navy's casualty list showed six Nebraskans dead, three wounded and six missing. The report was for the period from August 31 to September 6.

Mrs. Fraass had last heard from her son when he was at Dutch Harbor.

Enterprise 5 Aug 1943

Cite Arlington Man Posthumously

Donald A. Million, Aviation Pilot First Class, U.S. Navy, son of Mrs. Lillie R. Fraase of Arlington, has been awarded the air medal posthumously for gallantry against the Japanese in the Aleutian Islands.

Million, who enlisted at Omaha on September 16, 1935, died in action on August 26, 1942. His award cites him for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight as a navigator and gunner of a patrol plane in action against Japanese forces during the Aleutian Islands campaign last summer.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~