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LOUIS J. CERTAIN, Private, of 337 Spruce street, Camden, was killed in action on October 12, 1918, in the Argonne- Meuse battle. Enlisting in the old Third Regiment, National Guard of New Jersey, in June, 1917, he went to Camp Edge, Sea Girt, on July 25, with the regiment. He also accompanied the regiment to Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala., where it be- came the 114th Infantry. Mrs. Rose Certain, of 725 North Eleventh street, Philadelphia, was his mother.
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ROBERT F. CHRISTY, Private, of 1183 Haddon avenue, Cam-
den, died of Spanish Influenza and pneumonia in France on October 5, 1918. He enlisted on May 6, 1918, at the age of 43 years, and was sent to Fort Slocum, New York, on May 13. He was assigned to Company K, 2d Infantry. One month later he was transferred to Camp Humphreys, Va., and assigned to Com- pany F, 116th Engineers, and sailed for France in August, 1917. He was the husband of Mrs. Susan Christy, of 1183 Haddon avenue, and the son of Mrs. Sarah Christy.
JOHN JOSEPH CLYNES, Sergeant, of 60 North Thirty-second street, Camden, died at Base Hospital No. 8, Otisville, New York, on June 24, 1919, from tuberculosis contracted while in training at Camp Dix. Clynes was 25 years old and was drafted on May 27, 1918, and sent to Camp Dix. He was assigned to the 4th Company, 4th Battalion, 153d Depot Brigade, as a private and later promoted corporal and then sergeant. Burial was made in Camden on June 28. Sergeant Clynes was the son of John and Mary Clynes, of 60 North Thirty-second street.
WILLIAM COONROD, Private, Camden, died at Camp Dix
October 5, 1918, from Spanish influenza. His nearest of kin was given by the Government as Mrs. Edith Wentworth. The investigating committee and the police were unable to locate his relatives. No street address was given by the Government.
JOSEPH F. COVERT, Private, of 1146 Whitman avenue, Cam-
den, died from pneumonia in France on March 22, 1918. En- listing in June, 1917, he was sent to Base Hospital No. 34, Allen- town, Pa., for training in the ambulance service. He was sent overseas in September, 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Covert, of 1146 Whitman avenue, were his parents.
WILLIAM CRAIG, Private, of 1321 Broadway, Camden, died April 11, 1919, at Camp Ottawan, Government Hospital, North Carolina, from the effects of chlorine gas received under heroic circumstances. He was a member of Battery D, 7th Field Artillery, First Division, and participated in the battle of Chateau-Thierry. Craig shot four Germans to death with his pistol and in the fight two of his horses were shot and as the animals stumbled, Craig grabbed their reins to save them and in doing so accidentally knocked his gas masked loose. The Germans had sent over a gas attack and he was badly affected. He was in a number of hospitals in France and finally brought
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back to this country suffering from tuberculosis, which caused his death. He was a member of the old Third, New Jersey National Guard, and went away with that regiment July 25, 1917, to Camp Edge, and then to Camp Mcclellan, Anniston, Ala. He was transferred to the 7th Field Artillery in France. Mrs. Hattie Fisher, of 1321 Broadway, was his foster mother, he being an orphan.
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, Private, son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Cunningham, of 1748 Fillmore street, Camden, was a mem- ber of the 303d Ammunition Train and was crushed to death be- tween two motor trucks in France, on January 28, 1918. He was buried with full military honors at Semur, France. He was the husband of Mrs. Olive M. Cunningham.
JACOB F. CURRIE, Corporal, of 12 North Twenty-fifth street, Camden, was killed in action in the Argonne Forest on October 25, 1918. He was drafted on Good Friday, March, 1918, and sent to Camp Dix, where he was assigned first to the 9th Company, 153d Depot Brigade, on March 29. He was trans- ferred to the 309th Machine Gun Company and was promoted corporal in April. He served in the Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel and Argonne battles. Corporal Currie was the son of Jacob and Catherine Currie, of 12 North Twenty-fifth street.
CHARLES T. DANIELS, a mess boy of the American oil
tanker Atlantic Sun, was drowned at sea when a lifeboat capsized in English waters after the tanker was sunk by a submarine on March 18, 1918. The lifeboat was nearing the shore when the high sea and surf upset the craft and Daniels was drowned. His brother, George E. Daniels, a cook on the same ship, was saved. Daniels was 23 years old and was the husband of Mrs. Florence Daniels, of 507 North Sixth street, Camden.
GEAN DAVIDSON, Private, of 613 Liberty street, Camden,
died in a local hospital in October, 1918, from Spanish in- fluenza, contracted while on a leave of absence from Camp Dix. Davidson was thirty years old and was drafted in June, 1918, and sent to Camp Dix for training. No living relatives of him can be found.
TASKER H. DAVIDSON, Private, of Oaklyn, was killed in
action at Grand Pre, France, in the Argonne Forest, on October 27, 1918. Drafted in April, 1918, he left for France the following month with Company F, 312th Infantry, after a
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short training at Camp Dix. He was buried at a little place called Senuc, France. Mrs. George R. Snyder, of Bettlewood and Cold Springs avenues, Oaklyn, is his nearest of kin.
JOHN T. DEIGHAN, Private, of 839 Elm street, Camden, died at his home from Spanish influenza and pneumonia on October 12, 1918. He was drafted September 5, 1918, and sent to Camp Humphreys, Va., where he was assigned to Company F, 7th Engineers. He was the husband of Mrs. Catherine Deighan and the son of Mrs. Ellen Deighan Parks. He was buried in Camden with full military honors.
PHILIP DIAZ, Private, of Second avenue, Ashland, was killed in action in the Argonne Forest on October 24, 1918. At least that is the last date given by the War Department to his parents. On two other occasions different dates were given for his heroic demise. The son of Anna Rose Diaz, of Ashland, he was drafted in May, 1918, and sent to Camp Dix for training and assigned to Company C, 312 Infantry.
LEON A. DICKINSON, Sergeant, of 915 Newton avenue, Cam-
den, was first reported missing in the battle of Chateau- Thierry on July 20, 1918. In May, 1919, the War Department changed his status on the casualty list as having been killed in action. He was the son of John Dickinson and he first enlisted in the Navy in 1912 and served all of liis enlistment on the bat- tleship Vermont. His enlistment expired just as the Mexican border trouble occurred and he enlisted in the regular army. He was with General John J. Pershing's Punitive Expedition, which penetrated Mexico. When America entered the Great War, Sergeant Dickinson went overseas with the first 50,000 as a member of Company G, 28th Infantry.
ALFRED W. DILKS, 23 years old, of 704 Federal street, Cam- den, was a member of the 3d Regiment, National Guards of New Jersey, part of which afterwards became Company K, of the 114th Infantry. He went to Sea Girt with his old command and later to Anniston, going to France in June, 1918. He was killed in the Argonne on October 12, 1918.
EDWARD H. DORSEY, Corporal, of 760 Van Hook street, Camden, died at Camp Dix in early October, 1918, from Spanish influenza and pneumonia. Drafted in November, 1917, he was sent to Camp Dix and assigned to Company E, 350th
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Field Artillery. The funeral took place in Camden October 8, 1918. He was the son of Benjamin H. Dorsey, of 760 Van Hook street.
OTTO DREHER was the son of Mrs. George Dangel, of 530
Elm street, Camden. He had lived here virtually all his life, but went to Waterbury, Conn., where he enlisted and sailed for France as a member of Bakery Company, No. 327, in January, 1918. He was stricken with pneumonia and died in the arms of his brother William, also in the service, on October 1, 1918. He was survived by a 6-year-old daughter.
ERNEST ECKERSLEY, Private, of 1005 Penn street, Camden,
was killed in action in April, 1918, while fighting with the Lancashire Fusileers of the British Army. He was rejected three times for enlistment in the American Army and finally went to the Canadian Recruiting Mission in Philadelphia, where he was accepted. He was 24 years old and the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Eckersley, of 1005 Penn street.
RALPH B. ELDER, Corporal, of 30 North Twenty-sixth street,
Camden, died from wounds on November 27, 1917, received in the Argonne Forest on October 12. He was a member of Company E, 114th Infantry, and was one of three men who rushed a German machine gun nest. One of his comrades was shot to pieces, the other shot through the lungs and Elder was shot through the eye, which wound caused his death. He was also gassed in September. He was a member of the old 3d Regi- ment, National Guards of New Jersey, before the war and went away with the regiment July 25, 1917. Elder was 23 years old and was the son of Mrs. Frances Elder, of 30 North Twenty- sixth street.
HAMMITT KENNETH ELLIOTT, Lieutenant, of 306 Wash-
ington Terrace, Audubon, was killed at the United States Aviation Field at Houston, Texas, on February 27, 1918, wnen he lost control of the aeroplane he was driving 350 feet above the ground. He was caught in a heavy gust of wind trying to make a tail spin and failed to regain control of his machine. J. H. Geisse, a cadet flying with him, escaped with slight in- juries. Elliott enlisted in the Signal Reserve Corps Aviation Service in October, 1917, and was sent to Princeton Flying School on October 20, 1917. He was sent to Houston two weeks
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later. The day before he was killed he was commissioned a lieutenant at the age of 19 years. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hammitt K. Elliott, of 306 Washington Terrace, Audubon.
CHRISTOPHER EVANS, JR., Wagoner, of Twenty-ninth and
Saunders streets. Camden, died at Camp Sam Houston, Texas, from hemorrhages on October 3, 1918. He was a member of the Supply Company of 23d Artillery.
FRANK M. FALLS, Private, of 14 Park Place, Camden, died of pneumonia on January 18, 1919, in France. He was gassed on the day the armistice was signed, November 11, 1918. He was a member of the Anti-Aircraft Corps, Company B, Ist Machine Gun Battalion, to which he was transferred from Company D, old 3d New Jersey National Guard. He was the son of Mrs. Lena Falls, of 44 Newkirk Place, and was 24 years old.
NICOLA FANELLO, Private, of 1107 South Fourth street,
Camden, was killed during a gas attack in the Argonne Forest on September 27, 1918. He was the husband of Mrs. Mary Fanello, and was drafted on April 26, 1918, and sent to Camp Dix, where he became a member of Company H, 309th Infantry.
WILLIAM F. FARRELL, Private, of 940 North Fifth street,
Camden, was killed in action September 30, 1918, at Mont- faucon, France, in the Argonne Forest drive. He was a member of Company H, 147th Infantry. Private Farrell was drafted April 26, 1918, and sent to Camp Dix. After six weeks training he was sent to Camp Lee, Virginia, and two weeks later sailed for France. He was survived only by a sister, Mary Farrell, 940 North Fifth street.
HENRY PHILIP FAVEREAU, of 1307 Lansdowne avenue,
Camden, lost his life , with William Laskowski, of 1151 Haddon avenue, on December 6, 1917, when the United States destroyer Jacob Jones was sunk by an enemy submarine in foreign waters. He was thirty-three years of age and enlisted in the United States Navy as an apprentice at the age of sixteen years. He was the husband of Mrs. Bertha Favereau.
JACOB FELDMAN, Lieutenant, of 17 West Park avenue, Mer-
chantville, was killed under heroic circumstances. He was attached to Company D, 110th Infantry, formerly the 3d Regi- ment, National Guard of Pennsylvania. He was mortally wound-
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ed on September 12, 1918, in the Marancourt sector, in the ad- vance on Hill No. 212. All of the officers of the company were casualties and Feldman assumed command and reformed the unit and ordered the charge. As they dashed across the open he was hit in the stomach by an explosive bullet and fell. He struggled to his feet and beckoned his men on. He was struck by two more bullets and fell. Handing his papers to First Sergeant Harold M. Nash, he shouted, "Forward, men!" He died in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. He was buried at Reddy farm, near Cohan, the following day. Lieuten- ant Feldman had been a member of the National Guard eleven years and was thirty-one years old. His regiment went over- seas in April, 1918, and he participated in the Cheateau-Thierry battle. He was the son of Isaac Feldman, of Merchantville.
JAMES FORNEK, Private, of 1269 Atlantic avenue, Camden,
died from pneumonia on October 6, 1918. This young man was drafted May 22, 1918, and sent to Camp Crane, Allentown, Pa., where he was assigned to Hospital No. II. He was the son of Mrs. Mary Fornek, of 1269 Atlantic avenue, and went over- seas a member of the ambulance corps at the age of sixteen years.
RAYMOND C. FRECH, Cook, of 625 Elm street, Camden, was
killed in action August II, 1918, in France. He was a mem- ber of Headquarters Company, 18th Field Artillery, 3d Division. Frech enlisted in the United States Navy at the age of fourteen years. He served two enlistments and participated in the battle of Vera Cruz, during the armed intervention in Mexico. He was wounded twice in the attack on Vera Cruz. His enlistment in the Navy expired in October, 1917, and he enlisted in the army and was sent to Fort Slocum. From there he went to Fort Bliss, Texas, and was wounded in a battle with Mexicans, who made a raid on the border. He was sent to France in April, 1918. Frech was an orphan and his next best friend was Ella Hearing, 625 Elm street.
SILAS FURBUSH, Sergeant, Camden, was listed as having been
killed in action in France by the War Department. His nearest of kin was given as Mrs. Elizabeth Furbush. He was a member of the Quartermaster Corps. His relatives could not be found by the investigating committee or the police, and the War Department was unable to give a better address.
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RICHARD GIEST, Private, of 835 York street, Camden, died
at Camp Greene, Charlotte, North Carolina, on January II, 1918. He was a member of Battery F, 16th Field Artillery, and was stricken with spinal menigitis and pneumonia on January Io and died the following day. Giest enlisted in October, 1917, and was sent to Fort Slocum and was transferred to Camp Greene. He was 24 years old and the son of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Giest.
STANISLAW GONTARSKI, Private, of 931 Mechanic street,
Camden, was killed in action on October 12, 1918, in the Argonne offensive. He was first a member of Company K, 327th Infantry, and was among the first draftees to go to Camp Dix on September 20, 1917. Gontarski went overseas as a member of Company L, 327th Infantry. A shot in the abdomen caused his death in battle. He was the son of Jan Gontarski. of 931 Mechanic street.
FRED W. GRIGG, Corporal, was killed in the Argonne Forest and Meuse drive in October, 1918. He was struck in the stomach by a fragment of shrapnel. Grigg resided at Mer- chantville with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Grigg. Grigg was a member of Company E, 113th Infantry. He first saw service with Battery B, Ist New Jersey Field Artillery, on the border during the armed intervention with Mexico in 1916. When the battery returned to Camden he was mustered out of service. He was working in Trenton when America entered the Great War and enlisted in the Second New Jersey National Guard and was first placed on guard duty in this State. Later he was sent to Camp McClellan. Anniston, Ala., and sailed for France in June, 1918.
H. ROWLAND GROSS, Corporal, of Delair, was killed in action
on September 6, 1918, while crossing the Vesle river, in France, north of the town of Magneaux, in the face of enemy machine gun fire. He was a member of Company F, 109th Infantry, enlisting on March 25, 1917. The first important task of this regiment was to guard bridges until it was sent to Camp Hancock, Georgia, for eight months training. The regiment salled for France in May, 1918. Gross was 22 years old and was the son of Mrs. Florence Gross, of Velde avenue, Delair.
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HOWARD W. HAINES, of Laurel Springs, died at Great Lakes Training Station Hospital, on September 24, 1918, from disease. He enlisted in the United States Navy a few months before and was a victim of pneumonia. He was the son of Daniel Haines, of Laurel Springs.
WILLIAM S. HEY, Corporal, of No. 9 Haddon avenue, Cam- den, was killed in action in October, 1918, in the Argonne Forest battle. He was a member of Company G, 114th Infan- try, and was a member of the 3d Regiment, New Jersey National Guards before that regiment was sent to Camp Edge, Sea Girt, and Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala., and merged into the 114th Infantry . He was 23 years old and was survived by a sister.
WILLIAM M. HICKMAN, Private, of 613 Market street, Glou- cester City, was killed in action on September 29, 1918. He was one of twelve volunteers who endeavored to capture a German machine gun nest in the Argonne Forest. He was shot in the hip and as he fell he was shot in the forehead and instantly killed. He was the only one of the twelve to be slain. Private Hickman was a member of Company B, 145 Infantry, and was drafted April 29, 1918, and sent to Camp Lee Virginia, for training. He arrived in France on June 22, 1918. This young soldier was the son of William C. and Elizabeth Louise Hick- ยท man, of Gloucester City.
PERCY LINCOLN HOLLINSHED, of Delair, died of wounds
on June 7, 1918. He was a member of 17th Company, 5th Regiment, United States Marine Corps, and enlisted April 14, 1917. He spent four months at Paris Island Training Camp and one month at Quantico. He sailed from Philadelphia on the transport Henderson on August I, 1917, landing at St. Nazaire, France. A short time was spent in training at St. Nazairre and at Bordeaux. He was in the trenches at Verdun and took part in skirmishes that led up to the battle of Belleau Wood, where he was fatally wounded. He was 28 years old and the son of Mrs. Mary Hollinshed, of Delair.
WILLIAM HOYLE, Private, of III Seventh avenue, Haddon
Heights, died from pneumonia near Paris, on October II, 1918. He was a student at the University of Pennsylvania, and began service with University Unit No. 4, in May, 1917. He was sent to Allentown, Pa., for training and sailed for
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France on August 21, 1917. Hoyle was 23 years of age and the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hoyle, of III Seventh avenue, Haddon Heights.
ELMER HUNT, Private, of 819 Fern street, Camden, died from
Spanish influenza on October 5, 1918, at Camp Dix. He was drafted on May 27, 1918, and sent to Camp Dix, where he was assigned to the 23d Company, Military Police. He was the son of I. Hunt.
JOHN T. HYLAND, Lieutenant, of 820 Haddon, Camden,
died from disease at Tours, France, in June, 1918. He was attached in an official capacity to the American Expeditionary Force's Post Office. Lieutenant Hyland acted as postmaster of Havana, Cuba, during the American occupation of the island during the Spanish American War. He was attached to the Camden post office when called in the great war and was a mem- ber of the Camden County Bar. He was fifty years of age, and was summoned into the army service on March 21, 1918, and sailed for France April 15, reaching there on May I. He was first sent to the headquarters of General John J. Pershing, at Chaumont. Two weeks later he was sent to Tours, where he was stricken. He was the husband of Mrs. Emma E. Hyland, of 820 Haddon avenue.
HOWARD JORDAN, Private, of 1134 Clover street, Camden, was drafted in May, 1918, and sent to Camp Dix. Pneumonia caused his death on December 4, 1918. He was the son of Jerry and Kate Jordan.
EMERSON J. KANE, Private, of 1807 Kossuth street, Camden,
died of wounds in the Argonne Forest at the beginning of that major offensive in September, 1918. Kane was drafted on January 3, 1918, and sent to Camp Meade, Maryland, for train- ing in the Ist Company, Training Battalion, 154th Depot Brigade. He was the son of Lewis Kane, of 1807 Kossuth street.
CLARENCE E. KANTZ, Sergeant, of 420 South Second street. Camden, was killed in action in the Argonne Forest near Grand Pre, France, on October 26, 1918. He was cited for bravery and awarded a Distinguished Service Cross by General John J. Pershing, commander-in-chief. Kantz was drafted and sent to Camp Dix on September 8, 1917, and went to France on April 13, 1918, as a member of Company E, 311th Infantry. His mother was Mrs. Minnie Kantz, of 420 South Second street.
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ENOS S. KIMBLE, Private, of 625 Birch street, Camden, died on June 18, 1918, from meningitis at Camp Dix. He was drafted May 27 and was ill the day he left for camp. He grew rapidly worse and died in the base hospital before he was ever assigned to a regiment. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kimble, and was 22 years old.
HERMAN JOHN KING, of 208 North Thirty-seventh street,
Camden, lost his life on the United States collier Cyclops, which was sunk on June 14, 1918. He was the son of Arno B. King and enlisted in the United States Navy at Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 4, 1917, and became a first class fireman. King was 24 years old.
WALTER J. KIRK, Private, of 1838 Fillmore street, Camden, was killed in action in France on July 29, 1918. He was a member of Company M, 110th Infantry, at the time of his death, and enlisted in Company M, 3d Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, on March 28, 1917. He was sent with his company to guard tunnels when war was declared between the United States and Germany. Later he was sent to Camp Hancock, Georgia, for training and sailed for France on May I, 1918. He was 18 years old and had won a sharpshooter's medal. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Kirk, of 1838 Fillmore street.
WILLIAM S. LASKOWSKI, Fireman, of 1151 Haddon ave- nue, Camden, lost his life when the United States destroyer Jacob Jones was sunk by an enemy submarine on December 6, 1917, in European waters together with Henry Philip Favereau, of 1307 Lansdowne avenue. Laskowski enlisted under the name of William S. Laskon, and had followed the sea for ten years before his tragic end. When the destroyer sprung a leak in the Delaware Bay during his enlistment he went down in the hold and made the repairs at the risk of his life. He was wounded in the arm and leg when Mexicans fired on his ship during the Mexican armed intervention. He was 27 years old and the son of William S. Laskowski, of 1151 Haddon avenue.
LEON ATKINSON LIPPINCOTT, Private, of 611 Bailey street, Camden, was killed in action on October 5, 1918, in France. He was a member of Company H, 18th Infantry, and was rejected by the regular army recruiting officers in Camden
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because of his eyesight. He was drafted in September, 1917, and sent to Camp Dix. His unit sailed for France in January, 1918. He was wounded in the leg on July 18, but recovered and was killed in the major offensive in the Argonne Forest on October 5. Private Lippincott was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Lippincott and was 23 years old.
EDGAR BURTON LLOYD, Lieutenant, of Haddonfield, was
killed in an aeroplane accident at Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, Louisiana, on January 17, 1918. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on April 12, 1917, in Philadelphia, and was sent to Lake Charles, where he became a member of Reconnoissance Company, United States Marine Corps, Ist Aviation Squadron. He was the son of Mrs. George Millpaugh, Tracy Apartments, Philadelphia, and made his home with his grandfather, Samuel C. Paris, Haddonfield. He was 21 years old.
EDWARD M. McGOWAN, Private, of 47 Marlton avenue,
Camden, died from pneumonia at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia, January 15, 1919. He was the husband of Mrs. Emily E. McGowan, of 47 Marlton avenue, and was a member of the 9th Company, 3d Division Barracks. He was buried in Camden.
JAMES ANTHONY McGUCKIN, Private, of 1037 Haddon ave-
nue, Camden, died in action in France on October 4, 1918. He was a member of the 49th Company, 5th Regiment, United States Marine Corps. Private McGuckin was wounded on June 6, 1918, in battle but recovered to be killed in the later action. He was 32 years old and was the son of Mrs. Mary A. McGuckin, of 1037 Haddon avenue. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1915 and served in the Philippines, Panama Canal and on the Mexican border.
HERSEY MANDER, Private, of 707 Baxter street, Camden,
died at Camp Dix from heart disease on December 26, 1918. Mander was drafted April 26, 1918, and sent to Camp Dix, where he was assigned to Battery D, 349th Field Artillery. He was the son of Mrs. Mary Mitchell.
ANTHONY MARTIN, Private, of 1027 Pine street, Camden,
died of wounds on October II, 1918, in the Argonne Forest battle. Private Martin was drafted September 21, 1917, and sent to Camp Dix. He was in Battery B, 319th Field Artillery,
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