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IN THE
WORLD WAR
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Gc 977.601 F48i In the World War
They Served to keep the Nation From this-
IN THE WORLD WAR
FILLMORE COUNTY, MINNESOTA
PUBLISHED BY OLA M. LEVANG LANESBORO, MINN.
ENGRAVINGS BY BUCKBEE- MEARS COMPANY PUBLISHERS ENGRAVERS DESIGNERS
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
Allen County Public Library 90(: Webster Strøg PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN/4
The Honor Roll
1917 --- 1918 --- 1919
TO 10 the forty-eight from Fillmore County who gave their lives in the service of their country-those who died that free men might be made more free; those who saw visions of a new heaven and gave their lives to bring forth a new earth-to those heroes of the twentieth century crusade, this book is dedicated. It is to perpetuate the memory of these men and to do honor to those hundreds of others who offered their lives if they should be needed that this volume is placed in your hands.
PUBLISHED BY OLA M. LEVANG LANESBORO, MINN.
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An Honor Roll
Containing a Pictorial Record of the gallant and courageous men from Fillmore County, Minnesota, U. S. A. who served in the Great War.
1917 -- 1918-1919
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Foreword
F ILLMORE COUNTY has just cause to be proud of the 100 per cent Americanism displayed by the people of this county during the war which this country has just come through. There is not a man, woman or child in the entire county who did not do more than his or her bit toward the great task set before this country, of assisting to down the enemy of the Allies.
The record of the glorious deeds performed by the valiant men of this county who offered their all to serve the country is one that will stand for all time. Giving up their homes and families and knowing that there was a big chance of never returning from the battle fields of France, these men freely gave themselves to the cause of humanity.
Not only did the men of Fillmore county serve in the combatant forces -on land, at sea or in the air-but they furnished from their number, men who, being unfit for military service, could only serve behind the lines in non- combatant sections of the army.
Not only the men of this county were in the great American fighting machine-there were the Nurses-women who freely volunteered their ser- vices to help in the fight against the greater enemy to armies at war than bullets-disease. These Nurses were called upon to perform duties at times far more arduous than fighting in the trenches. For days at a time, when the strain was almost unbearable, they were often called upon to nurse the wounded and gassed soldiers behind the lines, seeing sights that only the horrors of war can produce.
These men and women who were away from home, fighting that the ideals of Democracy might endure, deserve all the credit that can be given them. They, however, would have been powerless to do what they did without the help of the ones they left at home.
For every man that was in the service, it is estimated, there were twenty behind him- giving of their money and efforts-so that the fighters might have ammunition, food and clothing. These also deserve their share of credit for the armies would have been helpless without their generous backing.
Fillmore County had one of the most effective Red Cross organizations in the nation; the Liberty Loan organization, with the splendid co-operation of the people who bought bonds, brought the returns in the county for each loan way over the quota alloted. The county took more than its share of War Savings Stamps and oversubscribed in every drive for funds for war work and relief measures for stricken sufferers of Europe. Men of extensive business experience gave their entire time when needed to carry on the war work in the county. Moneyless people, who could scarcely make both ends meet because of the high. war-time prices for necessities, made their sacrifices to donate to relief funds and to purchase bonds of the government. Even the school children worked at various war activities and. bought savings stamps and bonds so that they could be doing their bit to help the cause. On every hand tremendous sacrifices were being made that the work of carry-
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Too much praise can not be given the women of Fillmore County. The mothers of the valiant boys who went away with the colors-their boys-now grown-up men who were to shoulder arms and fight for them; their boys for whom they had sacrificed everything-they gave freely to the government, with a pride that can not be measured by words; and watched them through tear-dimmed eyes, when the train bore them away, perhaps never to return. This was the supreme sacrifice.
Women abondoned their household duties and knitted and sewed for the Red Cross. They worked with the men on various fund drives throughout the county; sewed for Belgian children; bought bonds and savings stamps; made innumerable sacrifices that they might do their share in carrying the tremendous burden imposed by the war.
Fillmore County is proud of her people. Her men, who fought face to face with death, on the battlefields of France, will be ever remembered, as will the other men who by the signing of the armistice on November 11, 1918, were deprived of the chance of fighting, although fully trained and ready to go.
Fillmore County is more than proud of the men who gave their lives, knowing that they did not do so in vain, but that their supreme sacrifice made that much nearer the dawn of a newer and brighter day, when the down- trodden peoples of the world should be free from the suppression of Autocracy.
It is to the brave soldiers of Fillmore County that this book is rightfully dedicated-to recounting the deeds of the men who served en masse and as individuals, and to printing their photographs in order that the soldiers them- selves, their relatives and friends might have a permanent and accurate record of the deeds they performed. As a memorial to their work and that of the men who served at home, this book will grow priceless as the years go by, as the youths of this day grow aged, and the youth of another age peruse the record of the deeds done "over there," and the part that Fillmore County had in doing them.
The publisher of this book has endeavored to give the fullest possible information concerning the military service of each individual who went from this county and to give to the home folks the credit which they deserve for doing their bit and more for their country. No effort has been spared and no opportunities overlooked to make this book one that the worthy citizens of Fillmore County will be proud of.
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Sponsors
Following are the names of some of the institutions and individuals in Fillmore County, who by their generous co-operation have assisted in making possible the publication of this book.
LYLE HAMLIN, Spring Valley DR. GEO. A. LOVE, Preston P. E. DEVILLIERS, Lanesboro HALBKAT & SON, Spring Valley LANGWORTHY & SON, Spring Valley FIRST STATE BANK of Mabel
FARMERS & MERCHANTS STATE BANK of Preston
WILSON & GREBIN, Preston
FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Preston
G. B. ELLESTAD, Lanesboro
M. O. BUE, Lanesboro
F. J. IBACH, Preston
C. A. SMABY, Peterson
WALLNER BROS., Canton
SCANLON-HABBERSTAD STATE Lanesboro
BANK OF
EXCHANGE STATE BANK OF WYKOFF
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HARMONY.
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In Memoriam
F ROM Flanders Fields to fair Alsace-in Artois, in Champagne, in the Argonne and along the Meuse-lie Fillmore County's soldiers who gave their lives in the great world war that civilization and humanity and decency and honor might not perish from the earth. In graves within Fill- more County itself lie others whose service to the nation and to the world was cut short by deaths in the training camps which dotted the United States.
To forty-eight men-their sun eclipsed in the very morning-Fillmore County pays homage and does honor. These are they who saw visions of a new and freer day, and who went forth to battle in a modern day crusade. These are they who chose to risk all rather than subject us, their relatives and friends, to a ruthless domination and an endless oppression. These are they who laid down their own lives that we might live. And greater love than this has none.
The memory of the sacrifices of these men and their honored deeds will never cease. To honor these and to do its own little part in perpetuating reverence and insuring remembrance for these heroes of the day, this book, the annals of Fillmore County in the great war, is published. However eloquently it may be made to speak, it will still be insufficient to mark the honor due, for honor is a thing immortal and cannot be measured by mortal words.
And to the relatives of these, the fathers and mothers who gave their sons as the richest liberty loan, Fillmore County extends a heartfelt sympathy. It is a sympathy mingled with a higher respect and a clearer realization that each gold star will grow in intensity and brilliancy as the principles for which these heroes stood and died open a new age in the world, permitting us to enjoy what they only dreamed.
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HENRY M. GUTTORMSON THOMAS V. W. MEIGHEN OSCAR ALVIN QUARSTAD ARTHUR C. APPLEN
' ANDREW OLIVER HALL JOSEPH B. LUND
FRANCIS MELVIN COLBENSON JULIUS ARNOLD GILBERTSON GEORGE C. DAHLE WALTER EDMUND JOHNSON
WALTER BENJAMIN QUAMMEN
HENRY J. HOILAND
LESLIE SYDNEY SPANDE
WALTER F. PETERSON
CLAUDE M. DURST
PAUL HERMAN BLAGER
EDWARD J. LARSON
EVERETT HERBERT HALE
STEEN SOUM
ANTON ROMSOS
MARTIN H. TUDAHL
GEORGE V. BATTEY
JULIUS O. VATLAND GUSTAV BERG
HAROLD N. BAILEY
ALBERT D. MELUM FERDINAND ERICKSON CARL OSCAR TUDAIIL HJALMAR J. LUNDE
FRED L. HARE
FRANK C. VIALL GEORGE H. DAVIS JOHN SIMON ALBERT TORGERSON
OLE EVENRUD
LUDWIG SWEEN
CARL MAGNUS ANDERSON
ALBERT JOHNSON
GIDEON GRAY
GEORGE MELVIN HANSON
OLE S. SCRABECK
RAYMOND E. STATLER
ERNEST Y. NICHOLS
HERBRAND SIMLE
RODNEY FIMON
JAMES E. MALIA
THEODORE E. RAABE, JR FLOYD E. WORKMAN
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1-HENRY M. GUTTORMSON. Born Feb. 10, 1893; son of Mr. and Mrs. Guttorm O. Guttormson, Lanesboro, Minn. En- tered service Sept. 22, 1917; Private, assigned to Co. 11, 1st Inf. Training Regiment, A. E. F .; arrived overseas late in June, 1918, and three weeks later was sent to the front; actively engaged in the early fighting at Chau- teau Thierry; killed in action near Aisne River, Aug. 6, 1918; buried in American cemetery near Romagne, France.
2-THOMAS V. W. MEIGHEN. Born Oct. 29, 1893, in Beaver township, Fillmore County; son of Mrs. Mary E. Meighen, Albert Lea, Minn. Entered service in December, 1917; Private, assigned to 49th Co., 5th Marines; arrived over- seas April, 1918, and shortly after was at the front; wounded Oct. 4 in battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, Champagne sector; died of wounds Oct. 19; buried in American cemetery near Paris.
3-OSCAR ALVIN QUARSTAD. Born Aug. 28, 1887; son of Mr. and Mrs. Odin Quar- stad, Lanesboro, Minn. Entered ser- vice in April, 1917; Private, assigned to Co. A, 25th Bn. U. S. Coast Guards, Camp Taliaferro, San Diego, Cal .; early in October, 1918, he contracted influenza and died Oct. 16, 1918; burial was at Lanesboro.
4-ARTHUR C. APPLEN. Born in York town- ship, Fillmore County; son of Ole Applen, Lime Springs, Ia., R. F. D. No. 1. Entered service Sept. 22, 1917; Private, assigned to Battery B, 18th Field Artillery; arrived overseas in July, 1918; after two months in train- ing camp in France was sent to the front; died of wounds received in ac- tion Oct. 26, 1918; buried at Romagne, France. Parents received memorial citation from General Pershing, fol- lowing official notice of his death.
5-ANDREW OLIVER HALL. Born March 18, 1887; son of Hans O. Hall, Lanesboro, Minn; Private, assigned to Co. F, 342nd Inf., 32nd Div. Entered service June 24, 1918; arrived overseas in August, 1918; in action at Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood, Meuse-Argonne offen- sive; wounded Nov. 3, 1918; died of wounds Nov. 6, 1918; buried in Ameri- can cemetery, France.
6-JOSEPH B. LUND. Born Dec. 14, 1896; brother of Mrs. A. L. Bye, Mabel, Minn. Entered service May 11, 1918; Sergeant, assigned to Co. C, 21st M. G. Bn .; arrived overseas in August, 1918; while in intensive training he was taken sick and died of pneumonia Nov. 5, 1918, in American Hospital near Brest; buried in American cemetery, France.
7-FRANCIS MELVIN COLBENSON. Born April 20, 1890; resident of Rushford, Minn. Entered service June 23, 1918; Private, assigned to Infantry; arrived overseas Sept. 9, 1918; placed in hos- pital at Bordeau, France, shortly after landing; died of pneumonia Oct. 3. 1918; buried in American cemetery, Bordeaux, France.
S-JULIUS ARNOLD GILBERTSON. Born May 6, 1893; son of Mr. and Mrs. Jens Gil- bertson, Preston, Minn. Entered ser- vice May 27, 1918; Private, assigned to Co. F, 160th Inf .; arrived overseas in August, 1918; while in training camp in France he was taken sick and died Oct. 8, 1918, of pneumonia; buried at Romagne, France, in American ceme- tery.
9-GEORGE C. DAIILE. Born Jan. 18, 1896; son of Mrs. C. Dahle, Whalan, R. F. D. 1, Minn. Entered service June 23, 1918; Private, assigned to Co. C, 1st Div. Bn., Camp Grant, Ill .; died Sept. 30, 1918, of pneumonia at Camp Grant; buried at North Prairie ceme- tery, Fillmore county, Minn.
10-WALTER EDMUND JOHNSON. Born June 8, 1891, at Harmony, Minn .; son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Johnson, Harmony, Minn. Entered service Feb. 24, 1918; Private, assigned to Co. B, 130th Inf .; arrived overseas in July, 1918; in action two months; wounded by machine gun bullet Oct. 6, 1918; died of wounds Oct. 17, 1918; buried at St. Georges, Periguex Dordorgne, France.
WALTER BENJAMIN QUAMMEN-See page SO for photograph and war record.
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1-HENRY J. HOILAND. Born Aug. 12, 1890, at Halstad, Minn .; son of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Hoiland, Rushford, Minn .; Private, assigned to Battery D, 331st Field Artillery. Entered service June 24, 1918; arrived overseas Sept. 2S, 1918; contracted pneumonia on ship and placed in hospital at Liverpool, England.
2-LESLIE SYDNEY SPANDE. Born Lanes- boro, Minn., Jan. 26, 1897; son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Spande, Mabel, Minn. Entered service Aug. 14, 1918; Private, assigned to Co. E, Training Detach- ment No. 2, Indianapolis, Ind .; con- tracted influenza and pneumonia and died Oct. 9, 191S; buried at Mabel, Minn.
3-WALTER F. PETERSON. Born June 4, 1895; son of Mr. and Mrs. John Peter- son, Rushford, Minn. Entered ser- vice June 14, 1918; commissioned 1st Lieutenant, Dental Corps, and as- signed to Divisional Dental Infirmary, Camp Custer, Mich .; died of pneu- monia in August, 1918; buried at Rushford, Minn.
4-CLAUDE M. DURST. Born in Carimona township, Fillmore County, Oct. 19, 1895; son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Durst, Preston, Minn. Entered ser- vice April 15, 1917; Gunner 1st Class, assigned to U. S. S., Montana; arrived overseas in August, 1918; contracted pneumonia on second trip overseas on U. S. S. Princess Matorika; died at hospital, St. Nazaire, France, Oct. 9, 1918; buried at American cemetery, Savenay, France.
5-PAUL HERMAN BLAGER. Born June 12, 1887; son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew H. Blager, Canton, Minn. Entered ser- vice Sept. 21, 1917; Private, assigned to Auxiliary Remount Depot No. 326, 34th Div., stationed at Camp Cody, N. M .; died of pneumonia Feb. 21, 1918, at Camp Cody; buried at Henry- town Church cemetery, Fillmore coun- ty, Feb. 28, 1918.
6-EDWARD J. LARSON. Born March 22, 1890, at Volga, N. D .; son of John J. Larson, Mabel, Minn. Entered ser- vice May 28, 1918; Private, assigned to 306th Inf .; arrived overseas in July, 1918; in action two months, until severely wounded in the Battle of the Marne Oct. 3, 1918; died of wounds Oct. 10; buried in American cemetery, Romagne, France.
7-EVERETT HERBERT HALE. Born April 10, 1891; son of Samuel Herbert Hale, Spring Valley, Minn. Entered service June 12, 1917; commissioned 2nd lieutenant, Inf .; assigned to Co. B, 60th Inf .; arrived overseas a survivor of the Tuscania disaster, at London- derry, Eng., Feb. 6, 1918; killed in ac- tion Oct. 14, twelve days after being commissioned, near Cunel Wood in Argonne-Meuse sector; buried in France.
S-STEEN SOUM. . Born Jan. 12, 1887; son of Mr. and Mrs. Steen Soum, Harmony, Minn. Entered service in September, 1917; Sergeant, assigned to Co. C, 362nd Inf., 91st Div .; arrived overseas in July, 1918; killed in action Sept. 29, 1918, near Gesnes, in Meuse-Argonne sector; buried in American cemetery, Romagne, France.
9-ANTON ROMSOS. Born July 25, 1892; son of Austin Romsos, Myre St. Gulbrans- dalen, Norway. Entered service at Preston, Minn., Feb. 25, 1918; Private, assigned to Co. H, 132nd Inf .; arrived overseas in May, 1918; wounded in action July 2S and died one day later; buried in American cemetery, France.
10-MARTIN H. TUDAHL. Born Feb. 29, 1892; son of Hans J. Tudahl, R. F. D., Peterson, Minn. Entered service Aug. 15, 1918; Private, assigned to Training Detachment No. 1, Univer- sity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn .; died of influenza Oct. 7, 1918; buried at Highland Prairie cemetery. Fill- more county, Minn.
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1 -- GEORGE V. BATTEY. Born Nov. 14, 1899; son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Battey, Chatfield, Minn. Entered service March 11, 1918; Private, assigned to Battery A, 82nd A., stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas; died of pneumonia Aug. 1, 1918; buried at Millet cemetery, Fillmore county, Minn.
2-JULIUS O. VATLAND. Born May 10, 1894, Newburg Township, Fillmore County, Minn .; son of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Vat- land, Mabel, Minn. Entered service Aug. 1, 1917; Private, Inf. Detach- ment, Camp Lewis, later to Camp Gor- don, Ga., where he died of influenza, Jan. 16, 1918; buried near Mabel, Minn.
3-GUSTAV BERG. Born Harmony, Minn., March 19, 1892; son of Gunder T: Berg, Harmony, Minn. Entered ser- vice Jan. 16, 1918; Corporal, assigned to 96th Co., 6th Marines; arrived over- seas June 15, 1918; wounded in action July 19, 1918; recovered from wounds and again sent up to the front; killed in action a short time later; buried in France.
4-HAROLD N. BAILEY. Born in 1899 at Chatfield, Minn .; son of Mrs. G. W. Bailey, Chatfield. Entered service May 1, 1917; Corporal, assigned to Battery A, 15th F. A .; arrived overseas in December, 1917; in action in early American battles in war; killed by enemy shell Oct. 18, 1918, while acting as messenger on communication detail; buried in Romagne cemetery, France.
5-ALBERT D. MELUM. Born March 4, 1896; son of Chris Melum, Spring Valley, Minn. Entered service Sept. 22, 1917; Private 1st class, assigned to Co. K, 136th Inf .; arrived overseas in July, 1918; gassed in action at Belleau Wood sector Oct. 16, 1918; died from effects of gas Dec. 23, 1918, in Base Hospital No. 89; buried in France.
6-FERDINAND ERICKSON. Born Sept. 30, 1895, Whalan, Minn .; son of Hans Erickson, Bucyrus, N. D. Entered service at Preston, Minn., July 25, 1918; Private, assigned to 45th Pioneer Inf .; arrived overseas Sept. 17,1918; wounded in action in Clearmont, Ar- gonne Woods; killed in action following day; buried in American cemetery, France.
7-CARL OSCAR TUDAHL. Born May 4, 1894; son of Ole J. Tudahl, R. F. D. Peter- son, Minn. Entered service Feb. 25, 1918; Private; arrived overseas May 5, 1918; wounded in action in Argonne- Meuse May 22, 1918; died of wounds May 25; buried in France.
8-HJALMAR J. LUNDE. Born Jan. 27, 1892; son of Julian G. Lunde, Hofstad, Bjor- nor, Norway. Entered service from Fillmore county, Dec. 12, 1917; Pri- vate, assigned to 23rd Eng .; taken with influenza shortly before embarking for France and placed in Walter Reed hos- pital, Washington, D. C., where he died Feb. 7, 1918; buried at Madison, S. Dakota.
9-FRED L. HARE. Born March 16, 1891; son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hare, Spring Valley, Minn. Entered service June 24, 1918; Private, assigned to Co. G., 350th Eng .; arrived overseas in August, 1918; while in training camp in France contracted pneumonia and died Oct. 28, 1918; buried in France.
10-FRANK C. VIALL. Born May 9, 1893; son of Harry Viall, Preston, Minn. Entered service Oct. 11, 1917; Wagon- er, assigned to 61st Inf. Supply Co .; arrived overseas April 30, 1918; en- gaged in early American battles of war; killed in action while bringing up ammunition, Nov. 3, 1918; buried in France.
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1-GEORGE H. DAVIS. Brother of Mrs. Mary Moats, Marsalls, Ill. Entered service at Preston, Minn., Dec. 5, 1917; Pri- vate, assigned to Hq. Co., 328th Inf .; arrived overseas in June, 1918; wound- ed in action Oct. 22, died from wounds Nov. 11, 1918; buried in France.
2-JOHN SIMON. Born April 9, 1893; son of Mr. and Mrs. John Simon, Spring Valley, Minn. Entered service Sept. 6, 1918; Private, assigned to Infantry, Camp Grant, Ill .; died of influenza at Camp Grant Oct. 5, 1918; buried at Spring Valley, Minn.
3-ALBERT TORGERSON. Born Nov. 13, 1890; son of Mrs. C. Torgerson, De- corah, Iowa. Entered service at Pres- ton, Minn., Feb. 25, 1918; Private, assigned to 151st Inf., Camp Dodge, Iowa; contracted pneumonia and died April 11, 1918, at Camp Dodge; buried at Decorah, Iowa.
4-OLE EVENRUD. Born Dec. 10, 1890; son of Martin Evenrud, Canton, Minn. Entered service March 15, 1918; Pri- vate, assigned to Av. Service; arrived overseas in July, 1918; contracted pneumonia and died at Le Mans, France, Dec. 1, 1918; buried in France.
5-LUDWIG SWEEN. Born June 22, 1892; son of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Sween, Preston, Minn. Entered service Feb. 25, 1918; Private, assigned to Co. A, 119th Inf., 30th Div .; arrived overseas May 27, 1918; served in major battles of war; contracted pneumonia and died Nov. 1, 1918; buried in France.
6-CARL MAGNUS ANDERSON. Born Nov. 16, 1891; son of Haavel O. Anderson, R. F. D. Peterson, Minn. Entered service April 1, 1917; Private, assigned to 2nd Bn, 164th Inf .; arrived overseas in December, 1917; died Oct. 13, 1918, at Montrichard, France; buried in American cemetery, Noyers, France.
7-ALBERT JOHNSON. Born Feb. 3, 1893; son of Mrs. Anna Johnson, Spring Valley, Minn. Private, assigned to Co. B, 333rd M. G. Bn., stationed at Camp Grant, Ill .; arrived overseas Sept. 2, 1918; contracted pneumonia on way over and placed in hospital at Winchester, Eng .; died Sept. 26, 1918; buried near Liverpool, Eng.
S-GIDEON GRAY. Born July 29, 1892; hus- band of Mrs. June Gray, Eyota, Minn. Entered service at Preston, Minn., June 24, 1918; Private, Co. K, 343rd Inf .; arrived overseas Sept. 23, 1918; contracted pneumonia on ship and re- moved to hospital at Dartford, Kent, Eng., where he died Sept. 30, 1918; buried in American cemetery, England.
9-GEORGE MELVIN HANSON. Born Oct. 28, 1893; son of Mrs. Carrie Hanson, Spring Valley, Minn. Entered service Feb. 24, 1918; Private, Co. G, 132nd Inf., 33rd Div .; arrived overseas May 30, 1918; killed in action in Battle of Hamel, July 4, 1918; buried in France.
10-OLE S. SCRABECK. Born Dec. 26, 1890; son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Scrabeck, Preston, Minn. Private, Co. A, 119th Inf .; arrived overseas in latter part of May, 1918; killed in action Sept. 29, 1918; buried in France.
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1-RAYMOND E. STATLER. Born June 5, 1892, at Preston, Minn .; son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Statler, Preston. Entered service June 24, 1918, as private, Co. B, 9th Bn. U. S. Coast Guards; sta- tioned at Curtis Bay, Md .; contracted pneumonia and placed in hospital at Fort McHenry; died Oct. 24, 1918; buried in Crown Hill cemetery, Pres- ton, Minn.
2-ERNEST Y. NICHOLS. Born March 23, 1890, at Spring Valley, Minn .; son of Mrs. Mary Nichols, Spring Valley. Entered service at Redwood Falls, Minn., May 27, 1918; assigned to 341st Butchery Co., as private 1st class; died Feb. S, 1919, from pneumo- nia following an attack of influenza.
3-HERBRAND SIMLE. Born Nov. 22, 1892. Entered service from Fillmore county Sept. 26, 1918; assigned to 32nd Co., 161st Depot Brigade, Camp Grant, Ill .; died of influenza Oct. 5, 1918, at Camp Grant.
4-RODNEY FIMON. Born May 10, 1896; son of Mr. and Mrs. John Fimon, Chatfield, Minn. Entered service Oct. 1, 1918; Private, Waco, Texas, where he contracted influenza and died a short time after entering the army.
5-JAMES E. MALIA. Born Oct. 1, 1889, at Fountain, Minn .; son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Malia of Fountain. Entered service June 24, 1918; Private, Co. C, 333rd M. G. Bn, 86th Div .; arrived overseas Sept. 14, 1918; contracted influenza at Southampton, Eng., Sept. 21, 1918; died Sept. 25; buried at Win- chester, Eng.
6-THEODORE E. RAABE, JR. Born Jan. 25, 1894; son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Raabe, Spring Valley, Minn. Entered service as private in June, 1916; ar- rived overseas in September, 1917; killed in action Oct. 4, 1918; buried in American cemetery near Paris.
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