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Riggs. Dola, was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor in the draft from Howard County March 29, 1918. Ile was discharged the following day because of physical disability.
Riley, Vicfor.
Risk, Richard, was born May 5, 1899. lle entered Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., in April, 1918. He was also in service at Norfolk, Va.
Rinth, Orville Sylvester (44), son of Edward M. and Martha J. Riotb, was born at New London, Ind., April 8, 1894. On March 29, 1918, he entered the service at Kokomo, Ind., and was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor. Ky .; later be was sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison, where he was a member of the 100th Detchment, Q. M. C. On Feb. 24, 1919, he received his discharge.
Rifchey, Julius Floyd, son of John F. and Sarah Ritchey. He entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 4, 1918, and was assigned to Bat. C, Sixth Regiment, F. A. R. D., Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. He received bis discharge Dec. 16. 1918.
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FRED L. HAMILTON
EARL RAY FORD.
DONALD CONWELL
LOWELL HOLLINGSWORTH
EARL L. PELLER
GEORGE ROY GERHART
HAROLD RAYBURN GRIFFIN
CLYDE SHOCKLEY
WALTER BLAINE HERMAN
BRYAN CROUSORE
MARK L. McDONALD
WALTER E. HAMILTON
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Roberts, Clinton L. (8), son of Andrew and Eldora Roberts, was born at Arcadia, Ind., Feb. 14, 1894. On Aug. 24, 1918, he left Kokomo, Ind., with a company of men for Camp Dodge, Jowa. AAbout one month later he sailed from Camp Upton, N. Y .. with Supply Co., 809th Pioneer Infantry, and was on 'duty in France for several months. On July 23, 1919, he received his discharge at Camp Sherman, Ohio.
Roberts, Raymond William (78), son of William R. and Martha Harris Roberts, enlisted in the army at Cincinnati, Ohio, in April, 1918. At the end of eight weeks of training at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Corporal Roberts was ordered to Hoboken, N. I., for embarkation to France in June, 1918, as a member of Co. D. S02nd Pioneer Infantry. While he was stationed at Claveres Indre, he was assigned with his company to the work of blowing up German ammunition and gas shells. Holes about fifteen feet deep were dug and each one was loaded with from 100 to 1,200 shells, Twenty-Sve holes were blown up at a time, and those having the work in charge bad to seek safety in dug-outs until the shells had exploded. It was very dangerous work and a moment's delay would have meant almost certain death. lle was dis- charged July 19, 1919.
Robertson, Paul. Robinson, James t.
Rock, Orville II. (95), son of Amos L. and Eunna B. Sellers Rock, was born at Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 6, 1884. Ile enlisted at Kokomo. Ind., April 1, 1918, From April 15 to Oct. 17, 1918, he was in Washington, D. C., with a regiment of engineers. He went to France with a replacement outt and at the end of two months of additional training he was assigned private to Co. 6. 903rd Engineers, Seventy-eighth Division. He left France May 30, 1918, and arrived in the States June 10. 1919. His discharge was given at Camp Sherman, Ohio, June 19. 1919.
Robertson, Russell T., was born near Burlington, Ind. At the age of twenty-two years he entered the army. Ilis discharge was issued at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Feb. 20, 1919. He belonged to the 327th F. A.
Rocchio, Frank.
Rockey, Everett Lee (ID), son of Isaac L. and Mary Ella Rockey, was born in Harrison Tp., Iloward Co., Ind., March 30, 1896. He entered the army Dec. 17, 1917, and the follow- ing April left Camp Zachary Taylor and sailed from Camp Merritt, N. J. On June 18, 1918, be had bis first experience on the fring fine, attached to Bat. E. Sixth F. A. His battery was almost annibilated, and he, with the few survivors, was transferred to Bat. ", as gunner of 9-inch guns instead of 12-inch guns, as in his former battery. In the great drive in the Argonne Forest he was sent with several members of his company on a very perilous mission ; they never returned. The War Department reported in the spring of 1919 that Everett Lee Rockey was killed in action Oct. 1. 1918. He is buried at Chandon, France.
Rockwell, Eugene.
Rockwell, Robert H., was born June 5, 1899. On June 10, 1918, he enlisted in Kokomo, Ind., and was assigned to Co. N, Twenty-first Engineers.
Rodgers, Horace Clyde (79), son of David and Miriam Bailey Rodgers, was born near Monticello, Ind., May 11. ISSS. on June 4, 1917, he enlisted in the army at Fort Logan, Colo., and for four months was in training at Fort Douglas, Utah; then he went to Camp Dodge, towa, and was on duty there four months; while stationed at Tuckaboe, N. J., he served as guard for four months; next he received training at Camp Devens, Mass .: and the last two months of his military work was at Camp Upton, L. 1. He received his discharge there Jan. 22, 1019, and returned to bis home in Kokomo, Ind.
Rodgers, Omer John, was born March 24, INS9. His wife is Elsie Rodgers, flis military service lasted from Sept. 4. 1918, when he was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., to Dec. 13, 1918, when he was discharged. He had been attached to the Headquarters Co. in the F. A.
Rodman, Harry, enlisted for the period of emergency Nov. 2, 1917. and was discharged Dec. 17. 1917. During the time be was in the army he was attached to the supply company of the 148th F. A.
Roe, Bert William, was born May 11, 1893. Ile served in the navy from Jan. 25 to Dec. 10, 1918. He enlisted in Kokomo, Ind., and was discharged at the naval operating base, Hampton Roads, Va.
Roe, Forest Lee, was a second class seaman in the navy. His discharge was granted at Newport, R. L., Jan, 27, 1919
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Roe, Lloyd Charles, was a member of Co. E. 152nd Infantry, which left Camp Shelby, Miss., for France in October, 1918.
Roger, John Charles.
Rollins, Herbert Floyd (54), son of Mr. and Mrs. Ilerbert A. Rollins, was born in Evans- ville, Ind., Aug. 22, 1804. He was graduated from the Kokomo High School in 1913. On July 26, 1914, he enlisted at Indianapolis, Ind., as an apprentice seaman, and four years later he re-enlisted at Great Lakes, Ill., as chief pharmacists mate. He was assigned to Medical Unit No. 3, Camp Dewey, Ill .; then on Feb. 4, 1918, he was sent to the Receiving Ship "New York," and on Feb. 12, 1919. he was placed on the U. S. SS. "Thatcher." Later he was transferred to the U. S. SS. "New York" and was sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Rollins, Herman Eugene.
Rollins, Russell W. (2), son of Ilarry W. and Ilattie E. Wiggins Rollins, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Jan. 7, 1895. He graduated from high school in 1913. Two weeks were spent at Fort Thomas, Ky .. after he enlisted at Fort Wayne, Ind., in August, 1917; then he was sent to San Antonio, Texas, and remained there three months; the next three months of training was secured at llempstead, L. I. On Feb. 18, 1918. he sailed for Liverpool, England, and from March 4 to Aug. 1 he was stationed at Colne Ileath Field; then he crossed the channel and served with the front hangars between Verdun and St. Mihiel until the armistice was signed. He was a member of the 108th, 147th and 199th Squadrons, and received his discharge June 9, 1919.
Rollison, Clive Ambrose, joined the navy Oet. 23. 19IS, and the same day reported for ser- vice at Indiana University. He served until Dec. 20, 1915. His discharge papers were signed hy F. P. Wurster, Ensign U. S. N. R. F.
Rorer, Ray, son of W. E. and Anna Rorer, was born at Slaughters, Ky., Sept. 23, 1896. He entered the army there Aug. 22, 1918, and was promoted to corporal of the Sixty-ninth Co., Eighteenth Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. His parents live in Kokomo, Ind.
Rosenfield, Lester Kauffman, son of Leo W. and Bertha Rosenfield, was born July 29, 1890. He enlisted Dec. 1, 1917, and was discharged Jan. 30, 1919.
Rosenheimer, George Milton (45), son of Julius and Emily C. Rosenheimer, was born June 11, 1898. Ilis mother is now Mrs. Emily Marquand. He graduated from the Kokomo High School in 1917 and was a Sophomore at Indiana University when he entered the S. A. T. C. in October, 1918. He was discharged in December, 1918.
Rose, Oral Bentley (26), sou of Albert (deceased) and Mary A. Rose, was born in Law- renceburg, Tenn., Sept. 18, 1894. His parents moved to Kokomo, Ind., in 1903. On April 26, 1917, he entered the army, and on July 1, 1918, he arrived overseas with Co. D. 112th Ammuni- tion Train. He had received bis military training at Camp Zachary Taylor and Camp Sheri- dan, Ala.
Ross, Clayton B., enlisted in the medical section of the army and was ordered to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga .; later he was assigned to the post hospital, Love Field, Dallas, Texas.
Ross, William De Armond (25), son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Ross, was born in Howard Tp., Howard Co., Ind., April 25, 1894. He attended the Kokomo High School one year. In November, 1914, he enlisted in the army at Fort Thomas, Ky. After serving on the Mexican Border, he was sent to the Panama Canal and later to the Philippines as orderly and cor- poral in Co. I, Twenty-seventh U. S. Infantry. When his regiment was sent to Siberia he was transferred to the Intelligence Department of the Philippines, where he served until his discharge, April 21, 1919. He qualified as expert rifleman and marksman in the Ohio State Militia and the Regular Army. On Nov. 25, 1919, he returned to Kokomo, bringing with him an English bride, Dorothy Dickenson, whom he had married Aug. 6. 1919, in Manila, P. I. She is a native of Burnley, Lancashire. England.
Rosselet, Ralph Harvey, was born at Fort Wayne. Ind .. Nov. 13, 1895. While serving in the chemical warfare seetion from Aug. 5 to Dee. 19. I9IS, he was attached to Co. B, Washington, D. C. Hle belonged to the Eleventh Co., Third Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., at the time of his discharge in December.
Rowney, Roy Thomas (9), was in training at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., from Sept. 21. 1917, to June 1, 1918; then he was sent to the range at West Point, Ky., for practice until Sept. 1, 1918. On Sept. & he sailed from Brooklyn on the U. S. SS. "Canada." In the convoy were fifteen transports, one British flagship, one U. S. eruiser and one U. S. destroyer. Until out of the danger zone there were also submarine chasers, airplanes and zeppelins to watch
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the fleet. They sailed on the northerly route past Newfoundland, and to the north of Ireland, landing at Glasgow, Scotland. On Sept. 24, 1918, be arrived at Havre, France, and was stationed at Camp de Souge, Camp Genicard and Paillac, until bis departure, Feb. 2, 1919, for Camp Stuart, Newport News, Va. On March 1, 1919, he was discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio.
Royster, Burnett Alexander.
Rubey, Harlow II., was born at Winchester, Ind. His age was given as twenty-six years when he entered the service. He was a first class private in Co. G. Tenth Infantry, and a D. S. student in Co. No. 4, Q. M. C. His discharge was granted at Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Fla., Dec. 7, 1919. At the time be entered the army he was a teacher in the Kokomo high school.
Ruffy, John L. (73), son of Stephen L. and Leonora Doyle Rufty. was born in Porter Co., Ind., Nov. 18, 1887. Although living in Kokomo, Ind., at the time of his enlistment, be joined the army at Chicago, Ill., and was sent to France as a train despatcher in Co. E. Twelfth Engineers, Railway. He landed in New York April 28, 1919. after having served in France for twenty-two months.
Rule, Keith Meridith (50), son of John F. and Margaret M. Whiteman Rule, was born at Galveston, Ind., May 12, 1890. He entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., June 5, 1918, and after bis arrival at Camp Jackson, S. C., he was assigned to Bat. B, Twelfth Regiment. F. A. R. D. Ile was promoted to corporal and then to sergeant in the motor transport corps. On Feb. 6, 1919, he was mustered out of the service at Camp Jackson, S. C.
Ruse, Franklin MI.
Russell, Albert Jackson, son of Warren E. and Alice Neal Russell, was born in Howard Co., Ind., Nov. 2, 1889. While his home was in Kokomo, Ind., he registered in the draft at Fow- ler and was called into service there. He was attached to Co. H, 151st Infantry, Thirty-eighth Division, Camp Shelby, Miss,, when he received his disability discharge, on Jan. 31, 1919.
Russell, Charles B.
Russell, Leroy L. (22), son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Russell, was born in Howard Co., Ind., in 1892. He entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., in April, 1918, and was sent to France with Co. A, Thirty-eighth Motor Transport Co. He was wounded, but after the armistice did guard duty in Germany. He was in the army sixteen months, thirteen months of which were spent in foreign lands. Ile arrived in Kokomo again in September, 1919.
Russell, Major MeKinley (54), went to France as a stretcher bearer with Ambulance Co. No. 22, Sanitary Train, Seventh Division. Ilis training had been at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. He served in France seven months and was wounded while carrying a stretcher. Ile landed at Newport News, Va., in December, 1918. Ilis period of enlistment lasted from April 28, 1918, to Feb. 6, 1919.
Russell, Merle Luse, was born July 24, 1:05. He was in the army from June 15, 1918. to Jan. 22, 1919. Ile was a member of Bat. E, Twelfth Regiment.
Russell, Ray.
Russell, William G. (44), son of George and Sarah E. Russell, was sent in the draft quota of June 5, 1918, to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., and assigned to the First Bat., F. A. R. D.
Rush, Howard LeRoy, was attached to the Seventieth Co., 163rd Depot Brigade. On Aug. 26, 1918, he was discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, because of physical disability.
Rust. Horace Cooper (28), son of Alva M. and Callie Ray Rust, was born in Jackson Tp., Howard Co., Ind., Aug. 26. 1803. He attended high school at Swayzee. Ile volunteered at Marion, Ind., and after he was sworn in at Fort Thomas, Ky., he was sent to Gettysburg, Pa., Camp Dix, N. J., and Camp Greene, N. C. lle went to France in October, 1917, with Co. G, Sixty-first Infantry, Forty-second "Rainbow" Division. He was decorated by the Italian gov- ernment with the Groce de Guerre, and received a certificate for distinguished service Aug. 24, 1919, at the Marion, Ind., National Military Home. The presentation would have been made in Europe, but he returned home ahead of schedule. Ile had also served in Belgium and Germany. Ile received his discharge June 14, 1919.
Rust. James O. (63), son of Jacob A. and Carrie B. Rust, was born in Grant Co., Ind., April 26. 1899. In July. 1918, he enlisted in the medical section of the army and was sent to Camp Crane, Pa.
HENRY D. HARBAUGH
FLOYD W. BARNETT
GILBERT E. MAYS
FRED W. SELLERS
LOUIS JACOUTOT
HENRY CLAY SELLERS
WILLIAM R. NORRIS
LLOYD MERRILL KEISLING
ROBERT SHERWIN MARIS
MARION. C. WEESE
ALVIN LESLIE KIDDER
SAMUEL L. BAKER
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Rust, Omen (62), son of David M. and Elizabeth Rust, was born in Howard Co., Ind., April 7. 1899. He graduated from the high school at Swayzee, Ind., in 1918, and in October following, he enlisted in the S. A. T. C. at Taylor University, Upland, Ind. Hle was discharged Dec. 22, 1918.
Rust, Roy Vale, was born Sept. 25, 1889. He served in the coast artillery from ing. 19, 1914, to Feb. 19, 1919.
Ryan, Bernard Leo (10), son of Thomas and Anna Horoho Ryan, was born April 24, 1899, at Elwood, Ind. When he enlisted in the navy at Indianapolis, Ind., July 8. 1918, he was sent to the Great Lakes Station: then he was transferred to the rifle range at Zion City, IIl. ; later with a company of sailors, he entrained for Norfolk, Va., and served as fireman on the U. S. SS. "Illinois." On Jan. 24, 1919, he received his discharge.
Ryan, Charles D. (SS). son of William N. and Mary Culbertson Ryan, was born in Switzer- land Co., Ind., April 11, 18>0. Ile attended high school at Moorefield two years, and Marion, Ind., one year. lle was graduated from the University of Louisville in 1903. On Oct. 8, 1917, he was commissioned first lieutenant, medical corps, and ordered to Fort Oglethorpe, Camp Greenleaf. Ga. After attending the officers school for eight weeks, he was sent to Camp Wadsworth, S. C., March 10, 1918, and remained on duty there until his discharge, Feb. 10, 1919.
Ryan. Thomas Edward (10), son of Thomas and Anna Horoho Ryan, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 7, 1891. Ile enlisted at Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 6. 1917. and while at the Great Lakes Station, he was rated carpenter's mate, second class. He was taken ill with influenza and this developed into pneumonia, which caused his death Sept. 24, 1918. His body was brought to Kokomo for burial. His superior officer, Captain W. A. Moffett, wrote to his mother : "His service has been satisfactory in every particular, and he has acquitted himself creditabiy in every responsibility. It may be a source of satisfaction and comfort to you to know that this boy gave his life to his country just as surely as do men who fall in battle, and he is en- utled to all honor and credit for baving made this supreme sacrifice."
Salmons, E. Bryan (45), son of William and Ellen Salmons, was born in Ervin Tp., Howard Co., Ind., Oct. 10. 1:96. His father served in the Civil War. On June 3, 1918, he joined the navy, and while on duty at Great Lakes, If., he was attached to Co. E, Fifteenth Regiment, Aviation Camp.
Sations, Otto Lonzo (AS), son of James M. (dereased) and Savic'a A. Rice Salmous, was born in Kokomo, Ind., July 16, 1889. on Dec. 10, 1917, he enlisted in the air service, and from Fort Thomas, Ky., he was sent to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. Three months later be was sent for special instruction to the factory of the Wright Construction Co., Dayton, Ohio. On May 1, 1918, he was transferred to Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La. on July 16, 1918, he embarked from Garden City, L. 1., for France, where he was attached to the First Army with the Second Pursuit Group. He participated in the St. Mihiel and Mense-Argonne offen- sives. Ile left Brest for the States March 5, 1919, and was mustered out at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky .. April 5, 1919.
Sanders, Everett.
Sanders, Fred L., was born April 4, 1892. On Feb. 4. 1917. be Phlisted at Fort Wayne, Ind .. and after his arrival at Fort Thomas, Ky., he was assigned to Co. D. Twenty-eighth infantry. First Division. He was in France and Germany nearly two years. Ile was on four of the big fronts and went "over the top" fifteen times. While in Germany he was billeted at Dernbeck.
Sampsel, James Russell (66), son of James and Edith Sunday Sampsel, was born in Fulton Co., Ind., Nov. 29, 1898. He attended high school two years. After enlisting in the navy at Indianapolis, Ind., May 4, 1917. he was stationed on the P. S. SS. "R. L. Barnes." He crossed the Atlantic nine times, and in the spring of 1919 his ship was ordered to Cuba. On one of his trips across the English channel in a convoy of five beats, his was the only boat to reach port, the others having been sunk hy subnamnines.
Sanders, Fred >.
Sanders, Jasper, son of Isaac and Minnie Dickerson Sanders, was born at Spencer. Ind., in 1899. He enlisted in the navy at Kokomo, Ind., July 20, 1917, and was in training at the Great Lakes Training Station until Feb. 15, 1918: then he was ordered to the League Isiand Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa .. for one month; his next assignment was on the U. S. SS. "Virginia," a coast guard. In September this boat was converted to duty as a senior ship
C. B. HOLLETT
JOHN P. TOBIAS
JAMES PENSTERMAKER
WOODY CORWIN MARSHALL HARRY ALFORD MILLER. '
JOHN L. RUFTY
ADOLPH HEHMAN
JOHN HOMER KELLAR
ROBERT M. RATCLIFF
WILLIAM C. HARSHEY
WALTER V. SCOTT
WALTER W. Mc COY
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of convoys, and iu November changed to a transport for returning soldiers. As a baker second class, he made trips to Scotland, Italy and France.
Sanders, Manuel, was born at Amboy, Ind. He was twenty-four years of age when he entered the army. Part of his service was with Bat. F. Sixth F. A. Because of an injury, he was mustered out of service at Fort McPherson, Ga., June 10, 1918.
Sanders, Wilbur, was born at North Grove, Ind. lle was discharged because of physical disability at Fort Benjamin llarrison July 9, 1916.
Sanders, Wilbur E., was born Aug. 29, 1895. Ile began his army life July 9, 1916. and was a member of Co. E, Fourteenth F. A.
Sargeant, Len M. (49), son of J. W. and Mary B. Sargeant, was born in Cass Co., Ind .. June 15, 1897. Just two months after his enlistment, July 6, 1917, he went to France; two weeks of this period were spent at Fort Thomas, Ky., and six weeks at Syraense. N. Y .. where he was trained intensively in infantry facties with Co. K, Ninth U. S. Infantry, a regi- ment with a long record of military honors. The Second Division, to which the Ninth was assigned, was awarded the "Palm of Greatest Achievements," composed as it was of Marines and Regular Army troops; it helped save Paris, reduce St. Mihiel, resene Rheims and fake Sedan. The Second Division was used for building railroads, loading coal, erecting barracks, and in the meantime getting whatever intensive military training that could be gained. In March, 1918, they went into the trenches on the Meuse near Verdun; next they were in the Somme region ; they were at Chateau Thierry in June, and next at Belleau Woods; they were on the Marne and at Soissons. Corporal Sergeant was "over the top" nine times, and the remarkable thing about it all is, that he came out of the war without a "scratch." Ile received his hon- orable discharge in March, 1919.
Saunders, Charles T. (53), son of Frank T. and Mary Eddelman Saunders, was born af Alexandria, Ind., in September, 1897. Ile attended high school in Indianapolis, Ind., for three years, but is a graduate of the high school at Lagro, Fla. While at Jacksonville. Fla .. he enlisted in the army in February, 1917. As he reached France only three days before the armistice was signed, he was returned home early and minstered out at Camp Zachary Taylor in February, 1919. Ilis home was in Kokomo, Ind.
Saunders, Frederick L., son of William and Margaret Saunders, was born in Kokomo, Ind., in 1897. After graduating from high school at Marion, Ind., he attended Notre Dame University for two years. Corporal Saunders was an inspector for the government in Chicago, Ill. Ilis discharge was issued by the commanding officer of the general supply depot Jan. 18, 1919.
Sayler, Arthur Johnson (14), son of Joseph II. and Emma V. Sayler, was born Sept. 17, 1889. Ile was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor with the quota of Sept. 4, 1918. He was assigned to the Fifteenth Co., Fourth Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade, and was discharged Jan. 5, 1919. Ile married Ruth Fern Chaney.
Sayler, William Atlee (14), son of Joseph H. and Emma V. Sayler, was born at Burling- tou, Ind., Aug. 19, 1802. In February, 1918, he entered the army as a draughtsman, and on Jan. 23, 1919, he was mustered out at Fort Benjamin Harrison.
Saylor, James Hobart, son of Edward T. and Effie May Tooey Saylor, was born near Ko- komo, Ind., Oct. 27, 1592. On Sept. 4, 1918, he was inducted into the army at Kokomo, Ind., and sent to the cantonment at Louisville, Ky .; later he was on the range at West Point, Ky., as a member of the Fifteenth Co., Fourth Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade. On Jan. 28, 1919, at Camp Knox, Ky., he received his discharge.
Sheid, Dana Anderson (57), son of Adolph and Rosa Mills Sheid, was born at Fort Rie- covery, Ohio, Nov. 25, 1:05. Ile graduated from the high school at Laporte, Ind., with the Class of 1914, and attended the University of Michigan one year. On Ang. 15, 1917, he was commissioned second lieutenant at the first O. T. C. at Fort Benjamin Harrison, after hav- ing enlisted April 6, 1917, the same day war was declared. Ile was supply officer of the First Co., First Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade until May 26, 1918, when he was transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., to act as camp personnel adjutant and insurance officer. On Sept. 10. 1918, he was promoted to first lieutenant and senf to Iloboken, N. J., as personnel adjutant, troop transports. Ile graduated from the physical culture class, infantry school of arms; the school Tor bombing, explosives and topography in the engineering conrse; was an instructor in bayonet, rifle, pistol and suiping; and was a student in the machine gun and army clerk school.
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Sebleeter, Charles Francis, son of llerman T. and Anna Wagner Schleeter, was born April 16, 1890. in Ripley Co., Ind. Ile enlisted at Kokomo, Ind., and was sworn in at Fort Thomas, Ky., Ang. 22, 1917. While at Kelly Field, Texas, he was a member of the 120th and Seventy- sixth Aero Squadron. On Dee. 4, 1917, he left Garden City, L. I., for Brest, France. On March 17, 1919, Sergeant Schlecter received his discharge at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
Schultz, A. Francis,
Sehwenger, William, son of Gottfried Schwenger, was born June 5, 1892, in Kokomo, Ind. He served in the army from Sept. 10 to Dee. 10, 1918, with the Eighth Co., 159th Depot Brigade, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
Sehriven, Louis, scopie, Joe. Scott, Claude W.
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