The bolded part is not referenced as per any source. Nor is it followed up in the actual text of the entry.
Contrast that to the section on the two men killed by police in the building, prior to the eviction, who are known and named.
Perhaps the vague unattributed statement:
"Veterans were also shot dead at other locations during the demonstration"
is true, but it does not provide any evidence, nor does it imply the circumstances (if it happened) nor does it indicate it was military firing on the Marchers during eviction.
Oh, the location of where you’re shot makes all the difference in the world! /s
Routing a Ragtag ArmyThe president responded promptly.
"You will have United States troops proceed immediately to the scene of the disorder," Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley told Gen. Douglas MacArthur in a memo dated 2:55 p.m. July 28, 1932. "Surround the affected area and clear it without delay."
About two hours later, four troops of cavalry, four companies of infantry, a mounted machine gun squadron and six whippet tanks lined up on Pennsylvania Avenue near 12th Street. Some of America's greatest military minds were on hand. MacArthur, the commander, was there with Maj. Dwight D. Eisenhower and one of his officers, George S. Patton Jr.
(snip)
The press ran a list of casualties the next day that included one marcher who was shot to death by police and 26 veterans, 15 residents, 11 police officers, five soldiers and one news photographer who had been hospitalized.
There you go, this says only one bonus marcher was shot to death. Now you can excuse the whole thing and call it a shining example of Presidential-Federal authority.