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ROBERT KOEHLER, wagoner, b. Hall Co .; enlisted at Wahoo, Neb., Co. C 8th Am. train, 8th Div; discharged Feb. 12, 1919; now living at Grand Island, Neb.
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JOHN H. FREEMAN, sergt., b. Grand Island, Feb. 5, 1892; enlisted at Atlantic, Ga., Nov. 5, 1914; Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Ft. Totten; coast artillery, Co. 135; son of John and Maggie Freeman.
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WALLACE F. STREET, private, b. Lincoln, Neb., Mar. 20, 1900; Ft. Logan, Lewis, med. corp, 13th amunition train, med detch .; discharged Mar. 5, 1919, Camp Dodge.
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CHARLES W. BALLINGER, 1st class radio operator, b. York, Neb., Oct. 13, 1897; enlisted at Omaha, May 17, 1917; Mare Island, navy; July 18 was assigned to Sub Chaser 283, on July 14, 1918, went to Panama Canal Zone, and was on patrol duty until in April, 1919; discharged April 13, 1919; telegraph operator at Grand Island; son of William J. and Emma (Lawton) Ballinger, Wood River, Neb.
77 LEE W. OWEN, b. Greenville, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1899; enlisted at Omaha, May 29, 1917; Great Lakes, Harvard, navy; son of Jim J. and Lucile (Corell) Owen, Grand Island.
85 OSCAR H. FREDERKING, private, b. Grand Island, Sept. 7, 1894; enlisted at Grand Island, Mar. 5, 1918; Riley, Upton, medical corps, Medical Detch. 69th Hosp. train; son of Henry L. and Louise C. (Langenheder) Frederking, 311 W. 11th st., Grand Island.
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EARL C. KELSO, private, b. Hall Co., Mar. 23, 1896; enlisted in Hall Co., July 5, 1918; Great Lakes Detention, Berry aviation, discharged Jan. 28, 1919; grocery clerk, 413 N. Walnut, Grand Island, Neb .; son of Ora Kelso, Grand Island, Neb.
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CECIL LOSEY, first class private, b. Hebron, Neb., Apr. 5, 1898; enlisted in Hall county, Aug. 3, 1918; Ft. Logan, Sam Huston, Stanley, Dodge, 304th cav. then to 43d field artillery, troop C, in cav. Div., Battery I; discharged Feb. 19, 1919; now with Horse and Mule Co., 122 E. First st., Grand Island; son of Ira and Rhoda Losey; was in hospital 46 days, hernia.
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MILFORD N. KELSO, private, b. April 2, 1896; enlisted at Denver, Colo., June 27, 1918; Mare Is- land and Quantico, Va .; marine corps, Co. F; dis- charged at Quantico, Va., Jan. 21, 1919; now in life insurance business at Beatrice, Neb .; son of Joseph and Mary (Miller) Kelso, Grand Island, Neb.
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ELMER L. W. SCOTT, private, b. Grand Island, July 4, 1895; enlisted at Grand Island, June 15, 1918; Lincoln Uni., radio; discharged at Lincoln, Aug. 18, 1918; engaged in sugar refining at Ft. Collins, Colo .; son of Sylvester T. and Sabrina C. (Mead) Scott, Grand Island, Neb.
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FRED L. BETTS, first class private, b. Greenville, Pa., July 20, 1896; enlisted at Grand Island, Neb., May 16, 1918; Ft. Logan, Colo., Humphrey, Va., engineer corps, Railroad engineers, 89th Div., 314th reg., Co. A; went over the top with his company and was killed Nov. 11 in action; son of Mrs. Lois M. (Calvin) Betts, Grand Island.
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MARY A. ROCHE, Red Cross nurse, b. Wood River, Neb., Feb. 12, 1890; enlisted at Denver, Colo., Denver unit, base hosp., medical; sent to Savinay, France, and attached to base hospital 88; still in service; daughter of Timothy and Johanna C. (Carey) Roche, Wood River, Neb.
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ANDREW E. HOWARD, private, b. Arkansas City, Kan., May 20, 1898; enlisted at Grand Island, April 22, 1917; Logan, Winfield Scott, and Baker, coast artillery ; mattress maker at Grand Island, son of Charles W. and Susie P. (Lane) Howard.
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RAY M. BARBEE, private, b. Doniphan, Neb., May 22, 1898; enlisted at Alliance, Neb., Aug. 14, 1918; Logan, Humphreys and Benjamin Harrison, engineers, 147th, Co. D; transferred from Co. C of the 5th Reg. engineers to the above organization the latter part of Oct .; discharged at Ben. Harrison, Dec. 10, 1918; telephone man and railroad brake- man; son of Frank M and Martha B. (Carson) Barbee, 1605 W. 4th st., Grand Island, Neb.
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FRED BECK, quartermaster, b. Ainsley, Neb., Jan., 1880; enlisted at Grand Island, July 22, 1918; Cody and Ft. Baird; infantry 35, Co. 163, Depot Brigade; discharged at Funston, Feb. 28, 1919; now a farmer near Grand Island; son of Fred and Maggie Beck, Grand Island.
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LUDWIG A. SONDERMANN, b. Grand Island, Oct. 4, 1895; enlisted at Grand Island, Aug 27, 1917; Funston, Leavenworth, Cour Cherverney, France signal corps, 421 Telegraph Bn., div 42; discharged af Funston, Feb. 7, 1919; undertaker at Grand Island; son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Sondermann, Grand Island.
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GUS KLINTWORTH, private, b. Grand Island. Aug 22, 1897 ; enlisted at Grand Island, June 21, 1916; Cody; infantry, Co. M Reg. 5th, Neb. N. G .; sailed for France Feb., 1919; son of Jurgeon and Augusta (Roth) Klintworth.
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GLENN EDWARDS, b. West Plains, Mo .; en- listed at Grand Island, July 22, 1918; Dodge; M. P. Co. B. Reg. Twilight, 19th Div. ; discharged at Dodge, Jan. 28, 1919; now fireman at Grand Island, Neb .; son of James L. and Laura Alice Edwards, West Plains, Mo.
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FRED RUFF, private, b. Hall county, Neb., May 12, 1896; enlisted in Hall County, March. 18; Funston, Arcadia, Ft. Riley, balloon school "A," med. dept .; son of John Ruff, Grand Island, Neb.
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JOHN B. YOST, private, b. Greely Co., Dec. 8, 1895; enlisted at Grand Island, June 16, 1917; Douglas, Pike, Logan, infantry, Co. K, 43d to 79th, 15 div .; discharged Feb, 3, 1919; Scotia, Neb .; son of Charles and Adrelia (Greenfield) Yost.
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LEO MCGRATH, prvt., b. Loup City, Neb., Apr. 1, 1892; enlisted at Grand Island, Aug 20, 1917; Van- couver and Green, N. C. ; engineers, Co. D 4th Reg., 4th Div .; wounded by shrapnel in head and lost eye; discharged at Funston, Jan. 3, 1919; now an electrician at Chappel, Neb .; son of Louis and Anna (Carey) McGrath, Denver, Colo.
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GEORGE RASMUSSEN, corp., b. Grand Island, Dec. 23, 1887 ; enlisted at Grand Island, June 24, 1918; med. detch. of machine gun Bat., 315 Machine, Div. 80th ; Argonne, Meuse; discharged at Dodge, April 19, 1919; now a contractor at Grand Island, Neb. ; son of Jeno and Margrithe (Erickson) Rasmussen, Grand Island.
428 JOEL F. SCOTT, corp., b. Grand Island, Jan. 12, 1890; enlisted at Gering, Neb., May 27, 1918; Dodge, Coetquedanc Renne. DeSouge Bordeaux ; field art., headquarters 338th, 88th Div .; discharged at Dodge, Jan. 16, 1919; now bookkeeper at Gering, Neb .; son of Sylvester T. and Sabrina C. (Mead) Scott. Grand Island, Nebraska.
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RALPH VERLEY, b. Burmell, Neb .. Jan. 22, 1894; enlisted at Grand Island, June 25, 1918; Fun- ston and Dodge; infantry, Co. G, 349, 88th Div .; Sector Alsace-Lorraine; discharged at Dodge, June 11, 1919; now a driver at Taberville, Mo .; son of Wm. D. and Laura Verley, Taberville.
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JOSEPH C. RONEY, sergt., b. Independence, Ia., May 22, 1893; enlisted at Grand Island, June 24, 1917; Ft. Logan, Douglas, Pike, Nichols, La., Logan, Texas and Travis; Co. K, 43d, 15th Div .; as drill sergt .; discharged at Dodge, Ia., May 29, 1919; now a mechanic at Grand Island, Neb .; son of Will and Anna (Sweeney) Roney.
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WILLIAM T. TREON, 1st class chauffer, b. Rockville, Neb .; enlisted at Grand Island, Dec. 7, 1918; Waco, Ft. Sill, Taylor and Knox; truck driver in balloon corps, 310 Balloon; discharged at Knox, May 21, 1919; now a student at Ravenna, Neb .; son of Albert and Annie (Lehman) Treon, Ravenna.
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MERLE SIMPSON; enlisted at Omaha, Oct. 1, 1918; Creighton S. A. T. C .; son of Thomas C. and Mary (Kirkman) Simpson.
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RAYMOND L. BUSEY, 1st class pvt .; enlisted at Grand Island, June 24, 1918; Funston, Kan., Co. E, 301 Water Tank Train; A. E. F., Meuse-Argonne offensive, 1st Army troops; discharged at Dodge, Ia., July 28, 1919; now a machine helper at Beatrice, Neb .; son of Mr. and Mrs. Busey, Beatrice, Neb.
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GEORGE J. STAUSS, corp., b. Grand Island, Neb., July 14, 1893; joined service at Grand Island; Funston, infantry, Div. 10, Reg. 69th, Co. K; dis- charged at Funston, Feb. 25, 1919; son of Mrs. Julius Stauss, 1002 W. John st., Grand Island, Neb.
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PERRY MARQUIS, sergt., b. Kewanee, Ill. Apr. 21, 1895; enlisted in Hall Co., June 1, 1918; Wash. Barracks, D. C. to France, engineers, Co. E 7th En- gineers, 5th Div., in battles of Verdun and Argonne ; gassed; discharged Jan. 27, 1919; now a switchman in Grand Island; son of J. A. and Frances C. Marquis, Grand Island, Neb.,
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GEORGE GROSSART, private, b. Wolbach, Neb., June 9,. 1896; enlisted at Grand Island, May 26, 1918; Humphreys; eng., reg. 5, Co. F; discharged at Dodge la., Feb. 3, 1919; auto mechanic at Grand Island; son of John and Celia (Bane) Grossart, Cairo, Neb.
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LLOYD G. THOMPSON, 2nd Lt., A. SS. R. C., b. Grand Island, Neb., Apr. 16, 1891; enlisted at Paris, France, Oct. 22, 1917; school at Tours, France, commissioned 2nd Lt. air service, Mar., 1918; went to France with Am. Field service; discharged at Garden City, L. Isl., Jan. 16, 1919; now a lawyer and manager of Grand Island Aero Co .; son of William H and Nettie I. (Hutchinson) Thompson, Grand Island, Neb.
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GEORGE ARTHUR SULLIVAN, sergt., b. Scribner, Neb., Jan. 28, 1896; enlisted at Ft. Riley, Mar. 5, 1918; medical, Riley, Wadsworth, S. Car., 37th Field Hospital, Div. 6th; at Letterman Gen. Hospital, San Francisco; still in service; son of Mrs. W. P. East, Sheridan, Wyo.
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PAUL J. KIRSH, 1st class seaman, b. Grand Island, July 22, 1899; enlisted at Omaha, Aug. 27, 1918; Detch. from Great Lakes to Lincoln in elec- trical; navy, Co. I; discharged Dec. 25, 1918; son of Jack B. and Anna (Brennan) Kirsh.
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REUEL C. FINLEY, prvt., b. Wood River, Neb., April 6, 1895; enlisted at Grand Island, July 22, 1918; Dodge and Edgewood, Md .; chemical war fare; Co. X;employed in making mustard gas; dis- charged at Funston, Dec. 26, 1918; now a teacher; son of Robert C. and Sarah A, (Squires) Finley, Chante, Kansas.
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WALTER E. NETH, private, b. Merrick Co .. Mar. 30, 1895; enlisted at Grand Island, June 24, 1918; Funston and Dodge; signal patroon head- quarters Company, 349th Reg. 88th Div. ; discharged at 'Dodge, June 10, 1919; now at St. Libory, Neb .; son of William G. and Anna M. (Bergdwell) Neth, St. Libory.
55 GEORGE W. BARTENBACH, JR., 1st class private, b. Grand Island, Aug. 11, 1898; enlisted at Grand Island, Manhattan, Kan., mechanical dept; living at Manhattan, Kan .; son of Henry J. and Elfrieda (Wasmer) Bartenbach, Grand Island.
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CHARLES W. BRUNER, private, b. Dewitt Co., Ills., Jan. 1, 1888; enlisted at Fremont, Neb., May 1918; Edgewood, Md., manufacturing gas; injured several times with gas; now in cement works, Fre- mont, Neb .; son of W. H. and Anna (Stone) Bruner, Wood River, Neb.
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JOHN L. LESSIG, private, b. Grand Island; en- listed Mar. 4, 1918; Ft. Riley; medical corps, Ambu- lance corps; hospital unit No. 20, France; discharged May 12, 1919; now at Grand Island; son of Mrs. Adam Hissel (Lizzie Roth), Grand Island, Neb.
62 ARTHUR O. CARLTON, sergt., b. Merrick Co., Neb., Mar. 24, 1896; enlisted at Grand Island, Dec. 13, 1917; Kelly Field, Lake Charles, La. aero ser- vice, 508 aereal squadron; discharged at Serener Field, La., Dec. 13, 1918; 1223 W. 12th st., Grand Island, Neb .; son of John L. and Jennie (Oades) Provol, Grand Island, Neb.
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BRYAN LORENZEN, b. Wood River, Neb. en- listed at Salt Lake City, Sept. 24, 1917; Aero Beina and St. Hellena, Va .; navy, trans. tug boat Wandato, naval station, Cuba; discharged at Key West Station, June 23, 1919; now a farmer at Wood River, Neb., son of Otto E. and Clara (Burwood) Lorenzen.
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LEONARD SWITZER, private, b. Grand Island, Oct. 15, 1898; enlisted in Kearney, Neb., Oct. 19, 1918; discharged at Kearney, Neb., Dec. 10, 1918; stenographer ; son of George and Lucy T. (Kroft) Switzer, Grand Island, Neb.
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DANIEL L. HINTZ, private, b. Hall county, Neb., May 24, 1887; joined in Hall county, July 22, 1918; Dodge, Co. 35, 163 depot brigade, 9th battalion; dis- charged, July 29, 1918; carpenter, 409 W. 8th St., Grand Island; son of Augusta Hintz.
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MAURICE SKEELS private, b. Grand Island, Dec. 5, 1887; enlisted at Sterling Colo., Aug. 13, 1918; Lincoln University; ordnance corps, 6th supply Arsenal at Rariton; discharged at Ft. Logan, Colo., Mar. 1, 1919; now an auto mechanic at Grand Island, Neb .; son of Herman and Eliza Anna (Crooks) Skeels.
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LESTER KINDIG, private, b. Hall county, Sept. 4, 1889; enlisted at Omaha, July 3, 1917; Penn. Naval Tr. and Galveston, Tex., marines, 5th reg. 2nd Div .; killed in action, Nov. 2, 1918; wife (Mary Kindig), Doniphan, Neb. He was sent then to Quantico, Va., and sailed Aug. 7, 1918, a member of Co. A, 5th reg., .2nd div., U. S. Marines, at- tended school at Doniphan and Kearney Military Academy. was a farmer. He left a wife and two small children.
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LEE R. GRIFFIN, cook, b. Merrick Co., Neb., Jan. 4, 1896; enlisted May 6, 1917; Cody, Dix, Co. M, N. G. of Neb .; discharged at Funston, Kan., Feb. 12, 1919; painter at Wood River, Neb .; son of David A. and Sedelia (Davis) Griffin, Wood River, Neb .; sailed from Brest, Jan. 22, 1919.
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CLARENCE SWITZER, private, b. Grand Island, Aug. 26, 1896; enlisted at Grand Island, Apr. 25, 1917; Logan, Colo., Winfield Scott, Bliss, Merritt, coast artillery, 158th Co., to battery A, 18th F. A .; was in second battle of Marne, Argonne Forrest, Dun-Sur-Muese, Bradeville, after armistice was sent to Polch, near Coblenz, Germany; still in service ; son of George H. and Lucy E. (Kroft) Switzer, 318 W. 13th St., Grand Island.
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HENRY WILLIAMS WEHR, segt., b. Doniphan, Neb., Mar. 5, 1896; enlisted at Lexington, Neb., Oct. 4, 1917; Funston and Pike; infantry 1st Co., 87th Div .; to Infantry Corps Officers Training School; discharged at Pike, Ark., Dec. 2, 1918; now chemist at Lexington, Neb .; son of Joe and Cen- tennial Wehr, Doniphan, Neb.
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CARL GOEHRING, captain Med Corp, b. Grand Island, Mar. 17, 1890; enlisted at Pittsburg, 1916; Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind., medical corps, 4th Bat., 22 Eng., Martin Court, Mannonville, France; son of Richard and Pauline (Wagner) Goehring, 1203 W. Div., Grand Island.
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JOHN MERIDETH GROFF, chief carpenter, b. Grand Island, March 23, 1885; enlisted at Mare Island, May 1913; lumber under Civil service on Ship Raliegh; navy; had his ankle broken, perma- nent lameness; son of Henry B. and Jennie M. Groff, Grand Island, Neb.
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OTTO WINDOLPH, pvt., b. Hall county, Neb., May 21, 1896; enlisted at Grand Island, July 22, 1918; Dodge, infantry, Co. 35, 9th Bn .; discharged at Dodge, Ia .. Dec. 9, 1918; now a mechanic in U. P. R. R. shops. Grand Island; son of J. Reter and Manda (Bade) Windolph, R. F. D. No. 4, Grand Island, Neb.
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EDWARD H. SAGESSER, private, b. Grand Island, Apr. 24, 1900; enlisted at Grand Island, June 24, 1916; Cody, Dix, infantry, 5th Neb., Co. M; discharged at Funston, Feb. 15, 1919; boilermaker at Grand Island; son of Albert and Margaret (Reese) Sagesser, Grand Island.
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HENRY KLINTWORTH, private, b. Grand Is- land, Neb., Jan. 18, 1892 .. enlisted at Omaha, Sept. 1917; Funston and Merritt, aviation, 4th Bn. Co. 18, 1st air service mechanic section .; auto mechanic at Grand Island; son of Jurgen and Augusta (Both) Klintworth, Grand Island.
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PAUL E. VEEDER, corporal, b. St. Joe, Miss., June 23, 1898; enlisted at Grand Island, May 7, 1917; Kelly Field, aviation and tank service, 344 Bat., 1st Div., saw service at Argonne, Meuse and Chateau- Thierry; wounded three times; discharged April 7, 1919; now at Cairo, Neb .; son of W. S. Veeder, Cairo, Neb .; had been a prisoner in Germany three weeks when armistice was signed.
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WALTER WINDOLPH, private, b. Grand Island, Nov. 13, 1894; enlisted at Funston, June 24, 1918; Funston and Ft. Leavenworth, infantry 37th Div .; signal corps at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan .; discharged at Dodge, Ia., July 29, 1919; now a bottler at Grand Island; son of J. P. and Amanda Windolph, Grand Island, Neb.
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EMIT WACKERLA, seaman, b. Missouri, Dec. 10, 1897; enlisted at Kansas City, May 30. 1918; Great Lakes and Hampton, Kansas; navy, 2d Div .; dis- charged at Great Lakes, July 11, 1919; now a laborer at Doniphan, Neb .; son of Ed and Lucy Wackerla, Grand Island, Neb.
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GUSTAV A. BUETTNER, b. Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 30, 1897 ; enlisted at Omaha, Neb., Nov. 1, 1918; Marine Barracks, Parris Island, S. C .; U. S. marine corps, 461 Co., Battalion E; still in service; son of Catherine Buettner, Pine Bluffs, Wyo.
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PHILLIPS G. WAGNER, corporal, b. Madison, Neb., Sept. 7, 1886; enlisted at Omaha, Neb., Aug. 1, 1917: Logan, Douglas, Pike, New Orleans, Fun- ston, infantry, Co. C. 79th Inf., 15th Div .; discharged Feb. 3, 1919; 724 W. 11th, switchman; son of Wm. and Rose Wagner, Grand Island.
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FRED P. HUNT, private, b. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 8, 1888; enlisted at Columbus, Neb., Sept. 3, 1918; Hancock, Ga., ordinance corps, 19th recruit Ft. Logan, Colo .; discharged at Hancock, Ga., Jan. 19, 1919; now railway mail clerk, Omaha; son of Alfred G. and Sophie (Zajicek) Hunt, Grand Island, Neb. Transferred to Co. E 3d Provisional regt, Camp Hancock, to 2d Casual company, 1st Regt, Camp Hancock, Ga.
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WILLIAM C. NEWHOUSE. sergt., b. Nance Co., Neb., May 18, 1887; enlisted at Omaha, June, 1917; air service, 463 Aero Squadron; now with army of occupation at Coblenz, Germany ; son of William T. and Alice E. (Delay) Newhouse.
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JOHN T. DISKIN, sergt. 1st class, b. St. Paul, Kan., Dec. 5, 1892; enlisted in Hall county, Sept. 9, 1917; Logan, Madison Brks., Dodge, Q. M. C. headquarters let .; discharged Mar. 14, 1919; now bank teller at Grand Island; son of John J. and Ellen Diskin, Thermopolis, Wyo.
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MATHEW T. KAUMAN, Ist seaman, b. Jan. 11, 1900, Grand Island; enlisted at Grand Island, July 19, 1918, San Francisco, Cal., and Great Lakes, navy; discharged at Moffat, Ill. Feb. 21, 1919; student ; son of Jacob T. and Elizabeth (Vogle) Kauman, 809 W. Charles, Grand Island, Neb.
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OTTO M. HUNTER, private. b. Omaha, Neb., Mar. 14, 1894; enlisted at Omaha, June 27, 1918; Funston and Edgewood; chemical war fare ser- vice, Co. A 2d Bn .; discharged at Funston, Dec. 28, 1919; now carpenter at Grand Island, Neb. ; son of George and Amy (Jay) Shears, Grand Island.
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STANLEY C. PLETCHER, seaman. b. Doniphan, Neb., Aug. 28, 1901; enlisted at Grand Island, June 7, 1919; navy, 42d Co. 9th; still in service; machinist apprentice; son of Henry L. and Daisy (Keith) Pletcher, Grand Island, Neb.
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HENRY H. ROSENKOTTER, corp., b. Hall county, Feb. 1887; enlisted in Hall county., Oct. 4, 1917; Funston, Newport News, then to France. Co. F 4 U. S. Inf. A. E. F .; wounded by shrapnel; now at Saffeg, Germany; son of Carl Rosenkotter, Route 4, Grand Island, Nebraska.
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MARTIN H. DEFFENBAUGH. Major M. R. C., commissioned, July 10, 1917; Ft. Riley ; Field Hos- pital No. 18, supply officer, field hospital No. 37; Cammanding officer field hospital No. 41, Ft. Riley, sanitary train at Wadsworth, S. Car .; took course war surgery at Langres, France, at Hospital No. 1 just south of Verdun operating during St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensive, at Sedan where he remained till they completed the building of Verdun- Sedan railway; discharged at Dix, and re-appointed major.
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GEORGE W. HARRIS, wagoner b. Silver Creek, Neb., Nov. 17, 1897; enlisted at Grand Island, May 21, 1917; Cody and Dix, infantry, Co. M, 5th Neb. N. G., 34th Div .; military police corps at Requal, France; discharged at Dodge, July 13, 1919; now farming near Grand Island; son of Janarl G. and Minnie M. (Maynard) Harris, Grand Island.
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LEO T. BRAND, private, b. Sheffield, I11., June 26, 1892; enlisted at Grand Island, June 24, 1918; Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas; signal corps, Co. E 419 Field Signal Bn. 35 Brigade, 90 Div .; on Oct. 14, in sector near St. Mihiel, in battles of St. Mihiel and Argonne; wounded by shrapnel Nov. 5th, also machine gun; discharged at Grant, Ill. May 8, 1919; now an electrician at Grand Island, Neb ;; son of Frank E. and Lena M. (VanCoutren) Brand, Ke- wanee, Ill.
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RAY F. HAMMOND, private, b. Alda, Neb., Sept. 13, 1894; enlisted at Grand Island, Oct. 3; Funston and Mills; infantry, Co. F, Reg. 355th, Div. 89th; front lines July 3, Sector Alsace-Lorraine, battles Meuse-Argonne, Sept. 26 to Oct. 1, Meuse- Argonne offensive, Sept. 12-16, 1918; discharged at Dodge, Ia., May 10, 1919; now horseman at Grand Island, Neb .; ' son of Walter and Lizzie (Rum- barger) Hammond, Grand Island.
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EDMUND T. GAYDON, private, b. Stratford on Avon, England, June 16, 1888; enlisted at Grand Island, July 12, 1917; Cody; infantry, Co. M, Neb. N. G .; discharged at Cody, July 29, 1918; now a landscape gardener at Grand Island, Neb .; son of William and Sarah M. (Macey) Gaydon, Stratford on Avon, England.
8 HARRY E. NIEHANS, private, b. Plattsmouth, Neb., June 17, 1898; joined service at Cottner, Neb., Oct. 22, 1918; Lincoln, S. A. T. C., Co. F .; dis- charged Dec. 10, 1918; son of John and Nellie (Gleason) Niehans, 511 W. 14th st., Grand Island.
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CLARK L. RYAN, master sig. electrician, b. Adams, county, Neb., July 23, 1893; enlisted at Omaha, Neb., May 1, 1917; Alfredvail, Little Silver, N. J., Signal Corps 408 Telegraph, Co. D; dis- charged at Dodge, Ia., May 26, 1919; now repair man on Neb. tel. lines; son of Leslie G. and Sarah (Bauman) Ryan, Hastings, Nebraska.
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EDWIN S. CATES, b. Juniata, Neb., Dec. 3, 1898; enlisted at Omaha, Nov. 16, 19.16; Ft. Worden, Waschington, and France, coast artillery corps, Co. 6th Div .; trans. to Co. B, 6th art., sailed Aug. 18, trained at Bordeaux, started home Feb. 5, died two days later on U. S. S. Mercury of cerebral spinal fever ; son of Charles I. and Carrie E. Cates, Wood River, Neb.
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EDWARD E. SCOTT, private, b. Grand Island, May 13, 1888; enlisted at Grand Island, Oct. 3, 1917; Funston; railway engineers, Co. D. Reg. 16; Ar- gonne, Meuse-Argonne; discharged at Dodge, Ia., May 6, 1919; now city mail carrier; son of S",1- vester T. and Sabrina C. (Mead) Scott, Grand Is- land, Neb.
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ARNOLD L. MADER, corporal, b. Grand Island, Neb., Oct. 14, 1895; enlisted at Grand Island, July 15, 1918; Ft. Riley, Kan., and Devens, Mass., med- ical corps, field hospital, Co. 246, 12th Div., sanitary train; discharged at Dodge, Ia., Jan. 31, 1919; now railroad storekeeper at Grand Island, Neb .; son of William H. and Mary G. ( Peterson) Mader, Grand Island.
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WILLIAM McKINLEY QUISENBERRY, corp., b. Wood River, Neb., Dec. 10, 1894; enlisted at Ft. Douglass, Sept. 22, 1913; Philippine Islands; field artillelry, 5th; served in Philippine Islands, was with Pershing in Mexico; died in hospital from complications at Lamons, Feb. 28, 1919; son of John and Mildred (Churchill) Quisenberry, Wood River, Nebraska.
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LAWRENCE G. WALKER, 1st class private, b. Grand Island, Neb., Mar. 21, 1897; enlisted at Grand Island, May 25, 1918; Logan and Johnston, quartemaster corps, service No. 3; was transferred to Supply Co. 317 in July 25, then to graves regis- tration service, this work consisted of marking and locating graves; discharged at Dodge, Ia., Mar. 25, 1919; clerk at Grand Island; son of Edward C. and Mary J. (Lamon) Walker, Grand Island, Neb.
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ERNEST F. NEUMANN, b. Grand Island, Feb. 26, 1899; enlisted at Omaha, Neb., Aug. 13, 1918; U. S. naval training station, San Francisco; dis- charged at Great Lakes, Feb. 14, 1919; son of Gus E. Neumann.
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EDWARD B. PERSSON, 1st class pvt., b. Wood River, Neb., Oct. 25, 1892; enlisted at Grand Island, Apr. 29, 1918; Funston, infantry, Co. K,.355th inf .; went to front lines Aug. 6, was in battles of St. Mihiel and Argonne Forrest; was trained in camp in southern France; discharged at Dodge, Ia., Mar. 21, 1919; assistant cashier of Citizens State Bank, Wood River, Neb.
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FRANK H. BRAZE, private., b. Grand Island, Dec. 1893; enlisted at Grand Island, July 22, 1918; Dodge; band headquarters, Co. 163; discharged at Dodge, Dec. 13, 1919; musician at Grand Island; son of Dick and Anna (Seaman) Braze, Grand Island, Neb.
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HENRY MATTISON, private, b. Arapahoe county, Colorado, June 19, 1890; joined at Grand Island, July 22, 1918; Dodge, Ia., co. 35, 163 depot brigade; discharged July 30, 1918; farming, Shelton, Neb .; son of Martin and Elizabeth (Albers) Matti- SOU.
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PAUL M. RUPLE, private, b. Fremont, Ia., Sept. 24, 1895; enlisted at Grand Island, Aug. 26, 1918; Fauston; judge advocate sec., Camp Head Quarter Cay discharged at Funston, Feb. 6, 1919; now clerk and Menographer at Grand Island, Neb .; son of Wir D. and Emma B. (Mell) Ruple, Colorado Spring, Colo.
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