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Kaiser, James S., served in France for one year.
Kanable, Pernal (6), was born in Clinton Co., Ind., in 1896. Ilis discharge was issued at the Chamber of Commerce S. A. T. C., Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 17, 1918.
Kanable, Russell Holcombe (23), son of A. Clintom and Flora Kanable, was born in How- ard Co., Ind., Nov. 12, 1:96. He attended high school for two years at Bear lake, Mich., but graduated from the Kokomo High School in 1915. He was a sophomore at the Hahnemann Med- ical College, Chicago, Il1., when he enlisted in the Regular Army. In August, 1917, he sailed for foreign service attached to the medical section of the Twenty-sixth Engineers. For several months he was in active service, and after the armistice he went to Germany. In March, 1919, he returned to the States and received his discharge at Camp Sherman, Ohio, April 14, 1919.
Karstadt, (. K.
Kassel, Joseph (96), son of Lloyd and Louise Kassel, was born in Ford City, Pa., Nov. 19, 1892. Hle enlisted in the army in Kokomo, Ind., July 26, 1917, and after being sworn in at Fort Thomas, Ky., he was sent to Fort McPherson, Ga., Camp Wheeler, Ga., and Camp Mills, L. I. He landed in France Oct. 21, 1918, with Baking Co. No. 312. Thirty-first Division. On Sept. 6, 1919, he began his voyage home, and was mustered ont at Camp Zachary Taylor Sept. 27, 1919.
Kauffman, Leland A. (26), son of Rev. Bertice A. and Sophia Kauffman, was born in Bates Co., Mo., June 23, 1897. He is a graduate of the high school at Portland, Ind. On June 14, 1914, he enlisted in the army and for three years he was on the Mexican Border, where he was pro- moted to platoon sergeant. He was stationed with Troop C, Fourteenth Cavalry, in the follow- ing places: Fort Clark, Eagle Pass, Del Rio, and Fort Sam Houston. Ile married Marie Rohn,
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CHAUNCEY L.MARLEY
WILLIAM TRAYERS
WILLIAM G. RUSSELL
DENZAL ROY JONES
ERROLL R. WINKLER
CHARLES A.OVERHOLSER
WILLIAM FREDERICK MYERS
HARRY TAYLOR
INDRO E.JOHNSON
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of San Antonio, Texas, shortly before leaving for France in June, 1917. IIls service was with the famous Second Division. He was both gassed and wonnded, and was either a participant or witness of all the engagements in which his command had a part. He brought back to America the horse of General Bundy. His discharge was issued at Camp Lee, Va., Feb. 8, 1919.
Kavern, Victor E.
Kaylor. Kenneth Browning, was born Jan. 10, 1895. HJe enlisted in Kokomo, Ind., June 24, 1918. His service was with Co. B, 158th Infantry, Fortieth Division.
Kerk, James.
Keegan, Edward L. (81), son of Lawrence J. and Hannah Omara Keegan, was born in Kokomo, Ind., May 28, 1891. He graduated from St. Francis Academy in 1907. Ile enlisted in the army at Kokomo May 2, 1918, and embarked for France July 6. 1918. In the meantime he had been in training at Fort Thomas, Ky., Camp Forrest, Ga., and Camp Upton, L. I. Soon after reaching Europe he was sent into the Alsace-Lorraine country and saw active service on the Meuse River and in the Argonne Forest offensive. Ile was wagoner with the supply company of the Fifty-second Infantry, Sixth Division, Regulars. After the armistice he was stationed at Rouvres, France.
Keegan, William Joseph (95), son of Lawrence J. and Hannah Omara Keegan, was horn in Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 23, 1895. He enlisted in the navy May 16, 1918, and four days later he was called to the Great Lakes Training Station. Ile was transferred to Philadelphia, Pa., and embarked for foreign dnty Aug. 26, 1918. He was assigned to Base No. 29. Cardiff, Wales, and saw active service in the submarine zone, as he was plying between British, French and Dutch ports. llis rating was that of first class baker.
Keeling, Frederick L., was born Nov. 21, 1897. Ile entered the army July 17, 1918, and was discharged Feb. 14, 1919. He was a member of the Fiftieth F. A.
Keihm, John W.
Keisling, Lloyd Merrill (72), son of Ira F. and Minnie E. Tarkington Keisling, was born at Tipton, Ind., July 2, 1893. Ile graduated from the New London High School in 1911 and from DePauw University in 1915. On April 29, 1918, he enlisted in the navy and on July 5 weut to the Great Lakes Station. In September he was called to the receiving station at Philadelphia, Pa., and one month later was assigned to the receiving ship band, Norfolk, Va. Ile was released from active duty Feb. 11, 1919, with the rating of musician, second class, reserve forces.
Keisling, Paul Tarkington (2), son of Ira F. and Minnie E. Tarkington Keisling, graduated from the high school at New London in 1913 and was a student at DePauw University for two years. Ile was commissioned second lieutenant at the C. O. T. S., Dec. 4, 1918.
Kellar, Claude Earl (74), son of Lewis C. and Martha E. Pennington Kellar, was born in IToward Co., Ind., July 8, 1883. His wife is Lola Inez Miller Kellar. Ile served an enlistment in the navy from March 12, 1901, to 1905. lle enlisted in the navy again Jan. 31, 1918, and spent oue month at the Great Lakes Station, three weeks at Detroit, Mich., and seven weeks at the League Istand Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. Ile arrived in France May 30, 1918, and one month later he was sent to a hospital. In August. 1918, he was returned to the States, and on Nov. 30, 1918, was discharged from the Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Kellar, John Homer (73), son of Lewis Cass and Martha Evaline Pennington Kellar, was horn near Kokomo, Ind., July 4, 18SS. Ile served an enlistment in the United States Regulars, beginning in 1910. Ile enlisted in October, 1917, in the Canadian Army, and was assigned to Co. D, Fifty-second Battalion. The latter part of January, 1918, he went to France and was in active service on the front lines when he was wounded Aug. 12, 1918, by bursting shrapnel strik- ing his handl.
Keller, Levert N. (01). son of George W. and Minerva Ellen Keller, was born in Hickory Co., Mo., March 22, 1:94. When he enlisted in the army he was sent to the lithographing training school at Washington, D. C .; then on June 13, 1918, he began his service with Co. A. Second Engineers. lle was sent to France, where he saw active service, and after the signing of the armistice he was sent to Germany. During the Mense-Argonne offensive he displayed such great heroism that he was recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross, and was cited for bravery March 21. 1919, by General John J. Pershing at Ehrenbreightstein Heights, near Coblenz. This honor came as a reward for swimming the Meuse under terrific shellfire to make fast a floating bridge, While performing this act of heroism the rifle he carried was shot to pieces and the pack on his back was torn away by shrapnel, but he escaped nninjured. He was discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio, Aug. 16, 1919.
VERL A.WISE
ELMER L.SHUTTERS
GEORGE ROSENHEIMER
E. BRYAN SALMONS
PAUL E MAUDLIN
ALBERT TUBBS
SCOTT C. MYGRANT
OVID ALBERT MEDLEY
RAY E. LANIZ
LOWELLE.SMITH
LLOYD L.SMITH
LOUIS L. JACQUIER
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Kellar, Lewis Ralph (76), son of Lewis Cass and Martha Evaline Pennington Kellar, was born Dec. 15, 1897, near Kokomo, Ind. He married Geneva Murray June 19, 1916. On Feb. 23, 1918, be began his military training at the American University Experimental Station, Wasbing- ton, D. C., and was promoted to sergeant in the chemical warfare section. On Dec. 10, 1918, bis discharge was issued to him at Washington, D. C.
Keller, Dean, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Dec. 8, 1894. He entered the army June 1, 1918, at Glenrock, N. Y. He was a member of Co. L, Forty-fourth lofantry, Camp Lewis, Wash, Later he served at the Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., but his discharge was dated at Cheyenne, Wyo., July 2, 1919.
Kellar, William Otto, entered the army Sept. 21, 1917, and was promoted to corporal of Bat. E, 325th F. A., Eighty-fourth Division. lle served overseas six months and was discharged Feb. 28, 1919.
Kellogg, llarold J., was boro at Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 21, 1889. Ile entered the ser- vice May 10, 1918, and was discharged at Camp Custer, Mich., Feb. 11, 1919. Ilis last assignment was with Co. M, 223rd Casual Co., Brest, France.
Kelley, James E., son of James R. and Winnifred Ann Kelley, was born at Frankfort, Ind., June 26, 1897. lle is a graduate of the Frankfort lligh School. His wife is Bernice llarlan Kelley. After he enlisted in Kokomo, Ind., he was ordered to Camp Forrest. Ga., and two months later left for France. Reaching there in July, 1919, he was in the Argonne Forest drive. and after the armistice he was stationed at Allevard, France, as a first-class private in the med- ical department of the Fifty-second Infantry.
Kelley, Ord M., was sent from Kokomo, Ind., to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., in July, 1918. While in France be served with Co. B, 112th Motor Supply Train.
Kelly, Orval, son of Jobn W. and Harriett Kiver Kelly, was born in Clinton Co., Ind., in 1890. His home is at Russiaville, Ind. He married Martha A. Name. He entered the army Aug. 30, 1918, at Tipton, Ind., and was discharged at Camp Custer, Mich., Jan. 22, 1919.
Kemp, Joseph, was born Aug. 31, 1894. He enlisted in the army May 7, 1918, and served with Co. D, Twenty-second Engineers.
Kemp. David S. (86), son of Sberman and Elizabeth Carter Kemp, was born at Elwood, Ind., Oct. 20, 1892. His wife is Fay Davis Kemp. Hle entrained for Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Sept. 4, 1918, and was assigned to the Fifteenth Co., Fourth Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade. Three weeks later he was transferred to Bat. A, Sixty-seventh F. A., West Point, Ky. After serving as supply corporal, he became orderly for the first lieutenant. His discharge was granted Dec. 20, 1918.
Kempf, William, was born May 20, 1892. Ile enlisted in the army Sept. 21, 1917, and was discharged March 1, 1919, after having been at Camp Zachary Taylor and in France. He went overseas in the fall of 1918 with Bat. D, 325th F. A., Eighty-fourth Division.
Kendall, Ilarry Lawrence (88), son of Charles C. and Rena Stibbens Kendall, was born in Wabash, Ind., Aug. 20, 1900. He graduated from the Kokomo High School with the class of 1919. He was one of the volunteers who left Kokomo for South Carolina Nov. 11, 1918. Govern- ment orders stopped the train at lodianapolis and he returned home the following day and was mustered out Nov. 12, 1918. In September, 1919, be entered Purdue University.
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Kendall, Merrill, son of Howard and Myrtle Kendall, was born in Jasper Co., Ind., Jan. 4, 1898. Ile enlisted in the aviation department and was advanced to sergeant before going to France.
Kendall, Russell F., son of Howard and Myrtle Kendall, was born in Jasper Co., Ind., Jan. 2, 1901. Hle enlisted Jan. 12, 1917, at the age of sixteen; he was then in the second year of high school. Ile was promoted to corporal and served in France for a year and eight months. He arrived in the States July 5, 1919, and was sent to Camp Devens, Mass., to be mustered out of the service.
Kendall, Wilbur H., son of Howard and Myrtle Kendall, was born in Jasper Co., Ind., In 1896. He joined the navy at Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 7, 1917, and was assigned to Port Clinton, Ohio, as a seaman guard. In November, 1919, he was promoted to quartermaster, first class, at the naval alr station, Akron, Ohio.
Kennefick, William M.
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Kenworthy, Clarence Milton (43), son of Earl T. and Louie Thompson Kenworthy, was born Jan. 13, 1900. in Monroe Tp., Howard Co., Ind. He graduated from the New London High School, and entered the S. A. T. C. at DePauw University in September, 1918. His discharge was granted Dec. 14, 1918.
Kenworthy, Clarence William (68), son of Benjamin and Jennie Colborn Kenworthy, was born in Peru. Ind., Sept. 15. 1801. He had served three years in the army previous to his eulist- ment In the World War, May 11, 1918. When he reached France in July, 1918, he was assigned to the 168th Infantry, Forty-second Division ( Rainbow) and was immediately moved to the front lines. Ile was wounded at the St. Mihiel salient Sept. 24, 1918, and was in several hospitals. He sailed from Brest March 3. 1919.
Kenworthy, John Thomas 15), sou of Albert and Georgia Edwards Kenworthy, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Dec. 11, 1:55. He graduated from high school in 1914. He enlisted in the first O. T. C. at Fort Benjamin Harrison, May 12, 1917. On July 2, 1917, he was dtsenarged because of injuries. Jan. 31, 1918, he was accepted as aviation pilot, signal corps, but owing to illness he was unable to answer the call. He entered the S. A. T. C. at Wabash College, but at the end of five weeks was discharged owing to physical disability. Next he was accepted for training at Camp Fremont, Cal., but the signing of the armistice cancelled this call.
Kepner. Henry (20), son of Jacob S. and Maggie M. Kepner, was born in Howard Co., Ind., Jan. 30. 1900. Hle enlisted in May, 1918, and was sent from Jefferson Barracks. Mo., to Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla. He left Newport News, Va., for France with Butchers Co. No. 314, Q. M. C.
Kepner, James Marion (39), son of Harvey and Julin A. Kepner, was born in Miami Co., Ind. lle enlisted at Kokomo, Ind., Nov. 21, 1917, and after receiving training at the base hospital at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., he was sent to France as corporal and wagoner in the Forty-second Motor Ambulance Co. After his arrival in France he was advanced to sergeant and placed in charge of all the motor trucks of his company. He was discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio, Inne 4, 1919.
Kepner, William E. (1), son of Harvey and Julia A. Kepner, was born in Miami Co., Ind., Jan. 6, 1893. Ile completed one year in the Kokomo Iligh School. When war seemed imminent between the United States and Mexico, he enlisted in Co. E, of Kokomo, June 26, 1916, and was sent with the national guard to the Mexican Border, where he was advanced to lientenant. Soon after war was declared against Germany he resigned his command and joined the United States Regulars. Some time later he was commissioned captain of the Fourth Regiment, Infantry, and sent to France. Near Cunef, France. Oct. 5-6, 1918, an attack was made on a woods which was well protected by machine gun nests. In the face of a withering fire, Captain Kepner, with three men, rushed a machine gun nest and in a hand-to-hand fight routed the enemy and put the gun out of action. For this extraordinary act of heroism he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Croix de Guerre, the latter being a French decoration. He was also created a chevalier in the French Legion of Honor, and was given a medal by the U. S. Marine Gnn Corps for four years of good conduct. Ile was recommended for a congressional medal and promotion to major, but neither one of these were granted. At another lime, while under heavy fire, he advanced beyond the lines to make observations and was shot through the face. the ball striking him behind the right jaw, plowed its way through and came out on the left side just below the mouth and tore away a part of the jawbone. Ile was sent to a hospital in Paris, and it was not until Feb. 1. 1919, that he was able to rejoin his regiment in Luxemburg in the Army of Occupation. He arrived in the United States Feb. 15. 1920.
Kessler, Roscoe Virgil (48), was born May 20, 1897. His wife is Rosa Lee Becker Kessler. Ile volunteered Jnne 3, 19IS, taking the oath at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. He received his training at Camp Hancock, Ga., Camp Raritan, N. J., and Camp Eustis, Va. On Oct. 5, 1918, he embarked from Newport News, Va., with the Forty-ninth Regiment, Ordnance Detachment, Coast Artillery Corps. While overseas he was stationed at Havre and Bordeaux. On Feb. 22, 1919, he left France and was sent to Camp Stuart, Va., and then to Columbus Barracks, Ohio, for demobilization.
Kessler, Russell H. (46), was eighteen years of age when he enlisted in the army in July, 1917. Ile was assigned to Baking Co. No. 314 of the Eighty-fourth Division. From Camp Zachary Taylor he was transferred to Camp Sherman, Obio, for a brief period before going to France in September, 1918. Corporal Kessler remained in France nearly a year.
Key, Edward A. (38), son of William A. and Mary Hayes Key, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 12, 1896. He entered the army at Kokomo, lud., May 10, 1918.
Keyes, Phyllis E. (58), son of Charles H. and Martha L. Hunt Keyes, was horu at Walton, Cass Co., Ind., May 31, 1892. Enlisting in the navy at Columbus, Ohio, he was ordered to the Great Lakes Station, Ill. After he was promoted to master of arms, he was sent to the sub- marine base, New London, Conn., and advanced to shipbuilder and later to third-class gunner ;
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then a transfer was made to the commercial guard, and sailed for France on the U. S. SS. "Undaunted." After the armistice he was sent to Germany on an American convoy to escort the German battleships, which were surrendered to the allies.
Keyton, Theodore Floyd, went to France in September, 1918, with the Eighty-fourth Divi- sion and returned to the States about Feb. 15, 1919. His training had been received at Camp Zachary Taylor and Camp Sherman.
Kidder, Ilarry O. (56), served in France as a dispatch rider for nearly twenty months, and was one of the few Howard County men to be awarded the Croix de Guerre. Ile re-enlisted in August, 1919, and was assigned to the aviation service.
Kidder, Alvin Leslie (72), son of Mr. and Mrs. II. G. Kidder, was born Feb. 20, 1899. Ile graduated from the Kokomo High School with the class of 1917. On Oct. 15, 1918, he was mus- tered into service as a marine and on April 17, 1919, he was given his discharge,
Kidwell, Alonzo M., son of Stephen W. and Martha E. Kidwell, went to Camp Zachary Taylor, March 20, 1918, and was sent to France as a sergeant in the Twenty-eighth Division.
Kile. Leonard (19), son of John and Anna Dunlap Kile, was born in Howard Co., Ind., April 9, 1895. Ile was a member of the Twenty-fourth Co., Sixth Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. He received his discharge Dec. 10, 1918.
Kilner, Harry.
Kimball, Willi- Otto (48), son of Mir. and Mrs. Walter Kimball, was born at Middlefork, Ind., June 17, 1900. After the death of his father he made his home with his nucle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. IToward Whitecotton, of Kokomo, Ind.' ile was barely seventeen years of age when he enlisted in the army in July, 1917, going to East Chicago, Ind., and remaining there until September. In October he went to France with Bat. B, 150th F. A., Forty-second (Rainbow) Division. The last word received from him was on Aug. 9, 1918; in May, 1919, information came from the War Department that he had died in France Feb. 18, 1919, from gunshot wounds.
Kimberlain, Richard E.
Kimmel, Fonniain R., was born in Indianapolis, Ind. Ile was twenty-one years of age when he enlisted in the signal corps. Ile was discharged as a first-class private at Ithaca, N. Y., April 16, 1918.
King, Roy Lincoln (84), son of Levi and Arlie Yoder King, was born at West Liberty, Ohio, Aug. 23, 1894. Ile completed one year of high school. His wife is Marie Riley King. He entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 31, 1918, and for two weeks was attached to Co. F., Thirty-second Infantry, Camp Dodge, lowa; then he was sent to Kelly Field, Texas. After graduating from the cooks and hakers school, he was appointed first cook for the E. M. T. D. Feb. 5, 1919, he entrained for Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., and received his discharge on Feb. 18. 1919. At Kelly Field he was a member of the First Co., Third Wing, Concentration Brigade.
Kinnevy, Dan. Kinnevy, Dennis, Jr. Kirkendall, Raymond F.
Kirkpatrick, George A., entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 5, 1918. He was as- signed to Co. C, Unit No. 305, Motor Transport Corps, Metropole Hotel. Indianapolis, Ind.
Kirkpatrick, Roscoe C., son of Mrs. John Boyer, was born in Carroll Co., Ind., but at the age of two years he moved to Howard County. Just a short time before he entered the army he went to California and he was there at the time of the registration. Ile was inducted into service at Long Beach, Cal .. Oct. 5, 1917. His mother received from the War Department the Belgian War Cross which had been awarded for gallantry. Following is the communication: "Roscoe C. Kirkpatrick, first sergeant of Co. C, 364th Infantry, has been awarded the Belgian War Cross by the Belgian government, and the same has been approved by the commander-in-chief. You are authorized to accept and wear such decoration. The award was made for the following services rendered : Due to a shortage of platoon leaders, he was acting as first sergeant of Co. C. IIe took command of a platoon attack that culminated in the capture of Spitalls Bosschen, Belgium, Oct. 31, 1918. Ile bravely conducted his troops and was fatally shocked by the explosion of a shell close to him, his death resulting that afternoon. By command of General Pershing. James G. Harboard, chief of staff."
Kitis, Harvey.
Klein, Alexander (22), son of Eli and Rosa Klein, was horn in Kurland, Russia. He en- listed in Co. E, and was on the Mexican Border six months; then he joined the Regulars and was sent to Fort Morgan, Ala., for duty in the coast artillery. Just as he was ready to leave for
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RAY THOMAS
EARL TAYLOR
OTIS E.WARNOCK
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France the armistice was signed and he was sent to Camp Eustis, Va., to do military police work as a member of Bat. D. Thirty-fifth Coast Artillery Corps. He was discharged Jan. 8, 1920.
Klein, Harry N. (11), son of Eli and Rosa Klein, was born in Kurland, Russia, Oct. 15, 1894. He completed two years in high school. On April 29, 1918, he began his training at Purdue University in the mechanical course, and June 30, 1918, sailed for France and was sent at once to the anti-aircraft gun school in order to become an instructor in this work. He was a member of Bat. C, 344th F. A., Ninetieth Division, and of the Third Army of Occupation in Germany. He landed in the States again June 24, 1919, and was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor to receive his discharge.
Knight, Lawrence.
Knouff, Edgar Norringer (41), son of Harry and Tott Gorman Knouff, was born March 26, 1897, at Logansport, Ind. He enlisted Sept. 1, 1918, as an electrical engineer and was assigned to the Technical High School, Indianapolis, Ind .. and placed in Co. D, Ninety-third Engineers. His discharge was given at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Dec. 16, 1918.
Knowlton, Ernest Eugene (28), son of Chauncey B. and Ilepsie Moss Knowlton, was born in Jackson Tp., Howard Co., Ind. After graduating from the Swayzee High School, he attended the Indiana State Normal. His wife is Lola M. Horoho Knowlton and his two children are Lavon and Jennette Knowlton. Hle enlisted at Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 29, 1918, and after an eight weeks' course in military aeronautics at the Georgia Technical Institute he was commissioned second lieutenant; later he was promoted to first lieutenant. He was sent to Kelly Field, Texas, and to the armorers' school, Wilbur Wright Field; advanced training was pursued at Uxbridge, Eng- land. In France Lieutenant Knowlton was assigned to the 402nd Telegraph Battalion, Signal Corps. His discharge was given at Camp Zachary Taylor, July 24, 1919.
Knowlton, Millard (38), son of Chauncey B. and lepsie Moss Knowlton, was born in a dug-out at Colfax, Neb., Feb. 18, 1875. Ilis parents returned to their native State of Indiana when he was two years of age, and he worked on his father's farm and attended and taught school until he graduated from the Indiana State Normal in 1902 and the Indiana Medical College tn 1905. He began the practice of medicine in Terre Haute, Ind., but in 1910 he went to New York to lecture on the prevention of tuberculosis; next he was employed by the State Board of Health of New Jersey to direct an educational campaign on public health. In 1017-18 he took a special course in Harvard University Technology School of Public Health and was examined wbile in Boston for service in the army. He was ordered by the War Department to Topeka, Kan., for duty in connection with venereal disease control, and was commissionen captain and detailed for work in the United States Public Health Service. He was discharged Feb. 28, 1919.
Kolmar, Emil Frederick, son of Frederick and Marie King Kollmar, was born in Akron, Ohio, Feb. 13, 1887. He was educated in the Kokomo schools and the University of Michigan. He enlisted in the army at Pittsburgh, Pa., and was commissioned first lieutenant in the artillery June 1, 1918. He was assigned to the Ninth Field Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla.
Koontz, Oscar.
Kovar, Victor E., entered the army July 22, 1918, and was sent to the cooks and bakers school, Camp Dodge, Iowa, and assigned to Co. A, 161st Depot Brigade.
Kraner, Harold E. (67), son of Charles and Edna Rumple Kraner, was born in Adams Co., Ind., Sept. 7, 1896. He entered the army in September, 1918, and was assigned to clerical work in the infantry. lle was discharged Dec. 10, 1918.
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