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Somers, Monroe, was born near Greentown, Ind. He was assigned to farm work, R. R. No. 1. Hardville, Ohio, after he arrived at Camp Zachary Taylor. Ky., July 23, 1918.
Soupley, Fernon (80), son of Niebolas and Mary Soupley, was born April 18, 1895. He attended school in Ford City, l'a., before coming to live in Kokomo, Ind. Ile enlisted in the coast artillery, and while at Camp Greene, N. C., he was appointed interpreter of the French and Belgian languages. He was transferred from the engineers of the Seventieth Coast Artil- lery Corps to the 249th Military Police and ordered on detached service at Rouen, France. He was mustered out of the army at Camp Merritt, N. J.
Somsel, Vern, son of William and Jane Somsel, was born in Indiana. In April, 1918, be entered the army in Cass Co., Ind., and was promoted to corporat.
South, Charles E. (47), son of J. S. and Edith South, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 31, 1891. Ile enlisted at Louisville, Ky., in 1910 for a period of three years in the army; after the expiration of his second term of enlistment he was placed in the reserve for four years. Corporal South was in the Twenty-sixth. General Service Infantry. At the time of the World War he was called to the cotors and advanced to sergeant of his company stationed in the Hawaiian Islands.
Southam, Howard J. (75), son of William T. and Rebecca Strouse Southam, was born at Shamokin, Pa., April 22, 1890. On March 29, 1918, he entered the army and went to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. One month later he was transferred to Camp Greene, N. C., and on July 10. 1918.
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WALTER F. MELTON
CHARLES O. MCKAY
MELVIN J. D. BURNS
RAYMOND W. DOWNING
HORACE C. RODGERS
CLYDE E. HULLINGER
EDWARD E. BEHR
ERSHEL GEORGE PENCE
OTIS W. PEARCY
JOSEPH RICHMOND JOHNSON
FLOYD EVERETT OSBORN
KENNETH G. ODERKIRA
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he left for overseas. Ile was stationed at St. Nazaire, France, with the Fourteenth Co., Fourth Regiment, Base Section No. 1, Camp S. He was discharged July 28, 1919.
Sonthern, Edward B., went to the cantonment at Louisville, Ky., in March, 19IS. He served in France with Co. E, 111th Infantry, Twenty-eighth Division. and was seriously wounded in the hip while fighting in the front lines on Sept. S. 1918. He was taken to the Military Ilospital, A. M. R. C. No. 2.
Speerman, Herbert Lee. son of J. M. and Emma V. Niecum Speerman, was born April 22. 1894. Ile married Mary Inth Risher. On April 26, 1918, he was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., from Elkhart. Ind. He was transferred to the hospital corps at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga .: and then to Motor Co. No. 11. Charleston, S. C., where he was a machinist in the shipyards.
speck, Charles R.
Speck. James Josiah (69), son of Henry H. and Sarah Richardson Speek, was born March 11, 1800, in Howard Co., Ind. He enlisted in the army March 20, 1918. While in France he was stationed with the engineers at Camp de Neucon, Morbihan, where he was foreman of a gravel pit. Ile had gone overseas with a company of engineers from Vancouver, Wash, Corporal Speek was injured, and upon his return to the States was sent to the hospital at Fort Benja- min llarrison. He received his discharge July 12, 1919.
Spencer, Charles Vernon, was born in Elwood, Ind. He was twenty-nine years of age when be entered the army. At the time of his discharge at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Dec. 4, 1918. he belonged to the Supply Co., Sixth Regiment, F. A. R. D.
Spraker, Ivan (13).
Springer. Ralph .1.
Spruce. Harris Tyner (3), son of William J. and Mollie Tyner Spruce, was born in Elwood." Ind., Oct. 31. 1894. Ile graduated from the high school in Kokomo. Ind. On May 12, 1917. he enlisted at Kokomo, Ind., and after training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, he was appointed sergeant of the sewerage and drainage department of Kelly Field. Following a period of instruction at Leon Springs, Texas, he was commissioned second lieutenant, and after he went to France he was advaneed to first lieutenant in the infantry. Ile returned home in August, 1019. and received his discharge at Camp Merritt, N. J.
Spurlock, Ralph Floyd, son of William and Ollie Tingle Spurlock, was born in Clinton Co .. Ind., May 19, 1897. As his mother is dead and his father lives in Indianapolis, he makes bis home with his grandmother in Russiaville. Ind. On Oct. 5, 1917, he went to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., and later to Camp Sherman, Ohio. He was a member of Co. D. 309th Infantry.
Squires, James Edgar (54), son of Vinton W. and Elizabeth F. Squires, was born in Knox, Ind., April 13, 1897. On April 21. 1912, he enlisted in the army at Akron, Ohio. While on the Mexican Border he was cook for Co. F. Eighth Ohio Infantry; later, when the troops were federalized, he was stationed at Camp Sheridan. Ala., and was cook for the officers' mess. lle was also at Spartanburg, S. C., and sailed from there Inly 9, 1918. While in France Cor- poral Squires was attached to the Headquarters Co., First Pioneer Infantry. Sergeant Squires returned to the States in July, 1919, after having served with the Army of Ocenpation in Germany. He was wounded, gassed and shell shocked.
stafford. Ernest, Stafford, Homer.
Stage, Lawrence, was born in Windfall, Ind. His age was given as twenty-four years when he entered the army. He was serving as corporal at Ebert Field Flying School, Lonoke. Ark., when he received his discharge, Feb. 1, 1919.
Stack, John Hervey (91), son of Frank and Ratie Arnett Stack, was born March 21, 1902. On July 3. 1918, he enlisted at Kokomo, Ind., and after he was sworn in at Fort Thomas, Ky .. he was sent to Camp Crane, Pa. Later he went to France, arriving there Sept. 13, 1918. Ile was a stretcher bearer in the 343rd F. A., Eighty-third Division. He also served in the Sanitary Corps. Camp No. 32, Brest. Franer. Ile was in the fighting on the Mense-Argonne and at Belleau -WowIs. After the armistice he went to Germany. On Aug. 14, 1919. he returned to the States and received his discharge at Camp Sherman, Ohio, Sept. 2. 1919.
Standertord. Fred Benson (74), son of A. N. and Minerva Standerford, was born in Ko- komo, Ind., Dec. 22, 1859. Ile married Mabel Harker. For seven years he served in the navy. In the World War be enlisted at Detroit. Mieh .. Nov. 20. 1917, and was assigned to the 339th Infantry as a mounted orderly with headquarters company. On July 14, 1918, he left Montreal,
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Canada, for England; later he went to France. It was his lot to be sent with other American troops to Arcbangel, Russia, where he remained almost a year. In June, 1919, the movement of these troops to England began and on July 19, 1919, Orderly Stauderford arrived home.
Stanley, W. A.
Stansberry, Ora Arthur, son of Mrs. Lucy L. Ballew, was born Nov. 15, 1895. On April 26, 1918. he was sent with a company of soldiers from Kokomo to Louisville, Ky .; later he was transferred to Camp Greenleaf, Ga .; and shortly after to Charleston, S. C., where he was chief cook. His first army assignment had been with the Twenty-fifth Co., Seventh Battalion. 159th Depot Brigade, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
Stanton, Hazen Glen (S), son of Charles E. and Lillian Steele Stanton, was born in Perrys- burg, Ind., Nov. 14, 1897. Hle enlisted for Mexican Border service June 26, 1916, and was stationed at Camp Llano Grande. Texas. Ile was also at East Chicago, Ind., in the summer of 1917, and went with Co. E to Camp Shelby, Miss. When the troops were federalized he became a member of Co. E. 152nd Infantry. Corporal Stanton was transferred to the Q. M. C. Bakery Co. No. 364. Ile was discharged Jan. 20, 1919.
Starks, Lambert, was born at Shelbyville, Ind. He was twenty-five years old when he entered the S. A. T. C. at Howard University, Washington, D. C. Ilis discharge was issued to him Dec. 13, 191S.
Steele, Arthur, son of John F. and Mary E. Maze Steele, is a graduate of the high school at Russiaville, Ind. Nine years ago he joined the navy and was stationed on the U. S. SS. "South carolina." lle is now married and located at Wilmington, Del.
Steele, Will J.
Stephens, Lonnie (ST), son of Lenis and Naney Crousore Stephens, was born in Howard . Co., Ind. For eight months after be enlisted in the army at Kokomo, Ind., he was in train- ing at Camp Fremont. Palo Alto, Calif. He went to France with Co. E, 319th Engineers, and was on duty there for more than a year. Part of the time he was located at Brest. He was discharged July 3, 1919.
stetler. Clarence Ray (61). son of John M. and Angeline Crumbaugh Stetler, was born in Ervin Tp., Howard Co., Ind., Oct. 19, 1894. Ile is a graduate of the high school at New London, Ind. After he was commissioned second lieutenant in infantry at the first O. T. C. at Fort Benjamin Harrison, be was attached to the 325th Machine Gun Battalion, Eighty-fourth Division, which went to France in September, 1018. He received his training at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky .. and Camp Sherman, Ohio. He also received special instruction at Baltimore, Md., in the motor mechanics school and at a machine gun school in France. In January, 1919, he was trans- ferred to the military police in Paris.
Stetler, Elmer (62), son of John M. and Angeline Crumbaugh Stetler, was born in Ervin Tp., Toward Co., Ind., Oct. 21, 1883. lle married Ethel M. Johnson. Ile attended Valparaiso University one year, and later graduated from Purdue University in the civil engineering course. As a member of the Second and Tenth Regiments of Infantry, he served four years and three months in the Regular Army. He had been in the Philippines and on the Canal Zone. While in Panama, be was commissioned captain in the engineers corps, and was sent to Camp Lee, Va., Camp Humphreys, Va., and to Camp Forrest, Ga., where he had charge of sapper re- placement troops, Ile served in this capacity from June 10, 1918, to April 24, 1919.
Stevens, Fred. Stevens, Henry P.
Stevens, John F., was born in Indiana. Ilis age at entering the army was twenty-nine years. His discharge was issued at camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Dec. 15. 1918. At that date he belonged to Bat. A, Second Regiment F. A. R. D.
Stevens, Joseph W.
Stevens, Russell William (47), son of Joseph and Martha Stevens, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Ang. 16, 1807. Ile enlisted in the army at Kokomo, Aug. 20. 1917, and on Oct. 6, follow- ing. be left the United States for duty overseas. With Bakery Co. No. 306 he was stationed at Langres, France.
stevens, Bryan C. (Stephenson), was born at Sheridan. Ind. At the age of twenty-one he enlisted in Co. E of Kokomo, and while at Camp Shelby, Miss., he was attached to the medical detachment development battalion. He received his discharge there Jan. 13, 1919.
Stevenson, Harvey.
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Stevenson. Leonard, volunteered to go in the last draft that went out from Howard County. Ile started to Camp Wadsworth, S. C., Nov. 11, 1918, and was mustered out the next day at Indianapolis, Ind.
Stevenson, Walter (14), son of George and Hannah Stevenson, was born in Kokomo, Ind., April 18, 1891. He joined the navy at Indianapolis, Ind., May 20, 1918, and was placed on the I. S. SS. "Mont Shasta."
Stewart, Glen F. (39), son of William L, and Effie M. Stewart, was born in Tipton Co., Ind., Aug. 24, 1898. He was a senior in the Kokomo High School at the time of his enlistment in the army, April 19, 1917. After a period of training at Fort Benjamin Harrison and Camp Shelby, Miss., he was sent to Long Island and then to the base hospital at Quebec, Canada. Attached to the medical department of the Thirty-eighth Division, 151st Co., he went to France in September, 19IS, and returned in the spring of 1919.
Stewart, John Cornelius, son of Archie IT. and Mary McCarty Stewart, was born in Ko- komo, Ind., April 23, 1892. Beginning Oct. 5, 1917, he had military instruction for nine months at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky .; he spent one month at Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C .; he was transferred from the Eighty-fourth to the Thirtieth Division, and went to France attached to the 115th F. A., Fifty-fifth Artillery Brigade; this contingent was known as the "Wildcat" Division. He was in active service in the St. Mihiel drive, Argonne Forest and Woevre Plains at the right of Verdun, which was also the Lorraine sector. He sailed from New York for Liverpool, June 4, 1018; and left the port of St. Nazaire, France, March 13, 1919, landing at Charleston, S. C., March 27, 1919. Ile returned to Camp Zachary Taylor to receive his discharge April 18, 1019.
Stewart, John E.
Stewart, Lawrence Elmer, son of Willis and Elizabeth Higgs Stewart, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Jan. 23, 1901. On May 14, 1918, at Cincinnati, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and began training at the recruit camp at Paris Island, S. C. Seven weeks later he was ordered to Quantico, Va., but when he went overseas he sailed from the port of Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 5, 1918. He was in the Meuse-Argonne drive beginning Oct. 1, 1918. On Nov. 5, 1918, he was gassed and sent to a hospital where he was confined until .Jan. 4, 1919. On March 3, 1919, he landed at Iloboken, N. J., and was mustered out of the service as a member of the 332nd Casual Company Detachment.
Stinnett, Hubert (60), son of James B. and Arminta Stinnett, was born Ang. 1, 1891, in Jessamine Co., Ky. On Sept. 21, 1917, he entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., and was in train- ing at Camp Zachary Taylor and Camp Shelby. He went to France in June, 1918, with Co. C, 102nd Field Battalion, Signal Corps, Twenty-seventh Division, Major General John F. O'Ryan commanding, with the Fourth British Army. He was in the following engagements: The Knoll, Guillemont, Quennmont Farm, Hindenburg Line, Sept. 29 to Oct. 18: LaSalle River, Jone de Mer Ridge, Oct. 18; St. Maurice River, Oct. 19-20. In April, 1919, he returned to the States, landing in New York, and was soon inustered out of the army.
Stitt, Wittiam Isaac, son of John (deceased) and Anna Stitt, began his military experience at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., March 29, 1918. In July following, he was gassed while serv- ing on the battle front in Italy with Co. E, 111th Infantry.
Stockshury, William L., was a member of the Fifty-first Co., Thirteenth Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade. He was discharged because of physical disability, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., May 30, 1918.
Stockton, Ira Floyd (9), son of Edmund and Anna Stockton, was born March 10, 1888, at Trenton, N. J. In September, 1893, he came with his parents to Kokomo, Ind. On April 3, 1918, he went with a contingent from Kokomo to Fort Hamilton, N. Y., and in July went to France as a wagoner with Bat. C, Seventieth Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. He also did motor repair work. On March 12, 1919, he received his discharge at Camp Sherman, Ohio.
stodgell, Elmer (. (SI).
Stokes. Frank M. (61), son of Otto and Mila Cass Stokes, was born at Windfall, Ind., Dec. 4, IS91. In 1910 he enlisted in the national guard and served until 1913: then he re-enlisted for service on the Mexican Border, July 7, 1916, and was on duty until July 28, 1917. His third period of service began April 26, 1918, when he was called for the national army. He was at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., and then at Camp MeClellan, Ala., until Nov. 5, 1918. His wife is Sylvia MeAdams Stokes.
FRED V. TICEN
GEORGE HOWARD DUNN
CHARLES N. MAGGART
ALBERT PRANK SHUFELT
GRAYSTON H. WILSON
RAY V. MAGGART
FERNON SOUPLEY
GEORGE ELMERTHORNE
CORDELL LEE GADDIS
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DONALD WARD
PEARL LEROY LANE
CHARLES ROSS ELDRIDGE
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Stone, Charles William (49), son of Edmond L. and Annie E. Stone, was born in Shelby Co., Mo., April 23, 1892. He was educated in the schools of Kirksville, Mo. His wife, whom he married in Kokomo, Ind., while home on furlough in November, 1918, was Mabel Edmonson of Wellington, Kansas. For four years he was a member of the Kansas State Militia; then he was in training at the O. T. C. at Fort Benjamin Harrison in 1917: he later enlisted in the navy at Kokomo, Ind., and was assigned to the l'. S. SS. "Kentucky," at Norfolk, Va. Ile was transferred to the transport "Louisville" and promoted to second class master mechanic, and while thus engaged, he made eighteen trips across the Atlantic.
Stone, Edmond L., Jr. (93), son of Edmond L. and Anna Eliza Phelps Stone, was born at Plevna, Mo., Ang. 7, 1807. On Oct. 15, 1918, he was sent to Valparaiso, Ind., with a company of men from Howard County, and he was on duty there until Dec. 21. 1918. Corporal Stone was in the motor service.
Stone, Zie Edgar (48), son of George W. and Mary E. Clark Stone, was born in Liberty Tp., lloward Co., Ind., Sept. 24, 1897. In July, 1918, he was sent to France, after being in training at the Louisville cantonment since September 21, 1917, and a few weeks at Camp Jackson, S. C. lle was first attached to the Eighty-fourth Division, but when sent to the southern camp he was placed in the 115th Regiment of the Thirtieth, "Wildcat," Division. On his return from Europe he was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., and mustered out March 22. 1919.
Stonebraker, Ernest Mekinley (9), son of Horace G. and Lucy Stonebraker, was born March 5, 1900, in Cass Co., Ind. Ile enlisted in Co. E of Kokomo, Ind., in March, 1917, and was sent to East Chicago for guard duty; then he was recruiting agent in Kokomo until he was ordered to Hattiesburg, Miss., where he received special training in bayonet practice from an English instructor. In September, 1918, he was sent with the advance guard of the 152nd Infantry to England, and then to France, where he entered a school for bayonet drill. Ser- geant Stonebraker was later an instructor in this work; he was also trained in sniping and observation work. He had been ordered to the front lines and was within six miles of the front when the armistice was signed. He was transferred to Co. F. Forty-ninth Infantry, and sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to be discharged.
Stoop, Roseve (SI).
Stout, Lindley H., son of Milton and Louisa A. Newkirk Stout, was born in Howard Co., Ind., Jan. 18, ISES. After graduating from the New London High School in 1906, he attended the medical college at Louisville, Ky. Soon after graduation he married Edith Chandler and began the practice of medicine in Detroit, Mich. Having been commissioned first lieutenant in the army, he left Detroit April 17, 1918, for the T. S. Embarkation Hospital No. 3, New York, 'N. Y.
Straffer, Braiser, son of Mrs. lda Parks, received his discharge in July, 1919. He had served overseas.
Stratford, Robert, was born at Alto, Ind. Ile enlisted in the army when he was eighteen years of age and served in Co. D. Seventh Regiment of Infantry. lle was discharged because of physical disability Oct. S, 1917, at Gettysburg, Pa.
Straza, Dan, was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, April 26, 1918. He was a member of Co. K, 330th Reginient, Eighty-fifth Division, Camp Custer, Mich., when he received his disability discharge.
Strickland, Walter R.
Strawback, Fred S. (17), was born March 3, 1891. When he entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 21, 1917, he was assigned to Co. E, 325th F. A., Eighty-fourth Division. Ile re- ceived his discharge Oct. 30, 19IS, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
Strauss, Ober G.
Streib, Pant Empertiss, son of George and Lena Lobdell Streib, was born in Grant Co., Ind., Feb. 15, 1899. After graduating from high school, he attended Taylor University for one term. In August, 1918, he married Lillian R. Tomlinson, and on Oct. 25 following, he entered the S. A. T. C. at Upland, Ind. lle received his discharge in December.
Studebaker, Dewey R., was born in Cass Co., Ind. He was eighteen years of age when he enlisted in the army and was assigned to Bat. C, Sixtieth Coast Artillery Corps; later he was a member of the Seventeenth Co., Fifth Battalion. Discharge I'nit, Camp Grant, Ill. He was mustered out of the army Feb. IS, 1919.
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GEORGE WARD LEACH
CLINTON ELLIOTTTHOMAS
VAUGHN M. MARTIN
ROSCOE STOOP
CHARLES R. MARTIN
ELMER C. STODGELL
G. D. NEWMAN
EDWARD KEEGAN
GLEN MAYNARD CURLEE
BASIL 1. SIMMONS
PAUL HUNTER
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Studebaker, George W. (90), son of Benjamin and Margaret Kempf Studebaker, was born in Liberty Tp., Howard Co., Ind. He married Zola Conway, after he had graduated from the high school at Greentown, Ind., with the Class of 1916. On Feb. 18, 1918, he enlisted in the army at Indianapolis, Ind., and for two months he was attached to the 309th Engineers, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky .; then he was transferred to the Q. M. C. at the same camp and was promoted to first class sergeant.
Stuart, Howard R., served in France and Germany for fourteen months, lle returned from overseas in July and was mastered ont in August, 1919.
Stutzman, Ervin, was born in Miami Co., Ind. At the time of his entrance into the army he was twenty-nine years of age. He was in the Machine Gun Co., Thirty-sixth Regiment infantry, Camp Devens, Mass. His discharge was issued to him at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Feb. 3, 1919.
Suddarth, Charles C., was born in Broomer, Ind. He was twenty-two years of age when he entered the army. As a member of the Headquarters Co., Sixty-seventh F. A., he was dis- charged at Camp Knox, Ky., Dec. 21, 1918.
Sullivan, Paul Ervin (51), son of William and Maude Sullivan, was born in Greentown, Ind., May 8, 1900. Upon enlisting in the navy at Indianapolis, Ind., he was first sent to the Great Lakes Station, Ill .; then he was ordered to Philadelphia; and later to New York. On Aug. 28, 1918, he embarked for France, and for ten inonthis he served as a first elass seaman. Soon after returning to the United States he was ordered to the U. S. Naval Hospital, Fort Lyons, Colo.
Sullivan, Ralph L. (24), son of James L. and Roberta Mae Sullivan, was horn in Green- town, Ind., Feb. 12, 1896. On Nov. 22, 1917, he enlisted in the navy at Indianapolis, Ind. After a period of three weeks at the Great Lakes Station, he was transferred to Philadelphia, and left there for France Aug. 28, 1918.
Sullivan, Reuel Robert (59), son of Peter and Anna Sullivan, was born in New Albany, Ind., but moved to Kokomo, Ind., with his parents. After training at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., he was ordered to the New York Embarkation Hospital No. 3 and attached to the Q. M. C. He bad been a member of the Fifteenth Co., Fourth Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade, at Louisville.
Summers, Fred K.
Summers, Harlow Edward (9), son of James L. and Maggie Summers, was born Jan. 25, 1896. On Oet. 25, 1917, he joined the navy at Indianapolis, Ind. He was stationed on the U. S. SS. "Lake Champlain" until discharged, Jan. 20, 1919.
Summers, Paul R. (83), son of Lewis M. and Cora L. Summers, was born May 19, 1897, in Jackson Tp., Howard Co., Ind. After graduating from the high school at Converse, Ind., in 1915, be entered Indiana University, and it was near the close of his sophomore year that he enlisted in Bat. F, First Indiana National Guard, April 11, 1917. The contingent was largely made up of university men at Bloomington. He was not called into federal service until Aug 5, 1917, at Fort Benjamin Harrison. After his arrival at Camp Mills, L. 1., Sept. 7, 1917, the 150th F. A. was mobilized with the Forty-second "Rainbow" Division and given inten- sive training. Five weeks later, on Oct. 18, his unit sailed for France on the U. S. SS. "President Lincoln." After landing at St. Nazaire, he was moved to Camp Coetquidan and promoted to corporal. He was assigned to battery commandant special detail (which had to do with telephone work, reconnoitering, location of gun position, etc.). On Jan. 15, 1918, he was ordered on detached service to the army corps signal school at Gondrecourt, and npon his return to his contingent Feb. 16, 19IS, he was assigned to duty on instrument detail; then for two months, while on the Lorraine front, be served at the observation post near Vacqne- ville; be was also on the Champagne front; and while at Chateau Thierry he was promoted to instrument sergeant. This work consisted of locating positions, laying pieces, keeping fir- ing records, aiding in computing firing data, and assisting in the camouflage department. On March 3, 1919, he was again ordered on detached service at the University of Toulouse. Ile returned to the States and was discharged July 28. 1919.
Summerton, Walter.
Snier, Edgar Hackleman (4), son of Charles Frank and Martha May Hackleman Suter, was born Jan. 17, 1895, in Kokomo, Ind. Ile attended high school three years. On Dec. 13, 1917, be enlisted in the army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, but on Dec. 29 he was transferred to Camp Grant, Il1 .; and to Carruthers Field, Texas, March 29, 1918. In September he was sent to Call Field, Texas; and from an airplane mechanic he was changed to elerk of hangars and
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field. In December, 1918, he was promoted to chanffeur, first class, and in April, 1919, he was discharged.
Swartz, 1. (85).
Sweeney. Harry (ID), son of Edward (deceased) and Belle Elson Sweeney, was born in Kokomo, Ind. He joined the army shortly before the armistice was signed, and was discharged in December, 1919.
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