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PRIVATE CLARENCE EDWARD KOPP Company G, 125th Infantry
Private Clarence Kopp was the son of Mr. John T. Kopp of 810 York Street, Hanover, Pennsyl- vania. He entered the service, being attached to the 32nd Division at the time of his death. He was officially reported killed in action October 24, 1918. No definite information has yet been re- ceived as to how he met his death; it is only known that he rendered his last full measure of devotion.
WALTER E. MYERS Died
STEWARD W. KRIDER Killed in Action
CURVIN H. HEISS Killed in Action
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PRIVATE WALTER E. MYERS Company L, U. S. Infantry
Private Myers was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Myers of 732 West York Ave .. York, Pa. Before entering the service he was employed at the American Chain Co. this city. He left home unexpectedly and enlisted June 11, 1917. He was only 15 years old and left home without consulting his parents, fearing they would object to his enlisting, because of his youth. He was sent to Camp Sheridan, Alabama, where he contracted double pneumonia and died October 28, 1918. Private Myers was a member of the Lutheran Church of York. He was 16 years old at the time of his death. He was York's youngest soldier.
BUGLER STEWART W. KRIDER Company C, 60th Infantry
Bugler Krider was the son of Mrs. Jeremiah Sipe of 526 Salem Avenue, York. Pennsylvania. He was a member of the 60th Infantry, Company C, American Expeditionary Forces. He saw extensive active service abroad and was killed at Phont Mosson, France. Little is known regarding the manner in which he met his death, except that he was killed while on active duty. He was only sixteen years old at the time of his death. While only a boy in years, he did a man's part.
PRIVATE CURVIN H. HEISS Company B, 11th Infantry
Private Heiss was the son of Mrs. Ellan N. Stump of Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools at York, Pa. Before entering the service he was engaged in the cigar business. After several months of intensive training on this side, he sailed for overseas in April, 1918, as a member of the American Expeditionary Forces. Private Heiss was killed in action Sep- tember 12, 1918. Private Heiss was a member of the United Brethren Church at Dallastown. He had a brother Edward D. Heiss who also died in the service. from pneumonia, at Camp Logan, Texas.
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SHERMAN C. SCOTT Killed in Action
AUGUSTUS VICTOR STRAWBRIDGE Died
MELVIN A. ROHRBAUGH Killed in Action
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PRIVATE SHERMAN C. SCOTT Company K, 146th Infantry
Private Sherman C. Scott was the son of Mrs. Lizzie V. Scott of 173 South Pine Street, York, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in York, Pennsylvania, and was attached to Company K, 146th Infantry of the 37th Division. Soon after his arrival in France he took part in the Argonne Drive. It was during this drive that Private Scott was killed in action near Cierges, France. His death was caused by a high explosive shell; he was buried near the place where he fell, a martyr to a great cause.
PRIVATE AUGUSTUS VICTOR STRAWBRIDGE Company E, 112th Infantry
Private Strawbridge was the son of Mary Frances and Hugh C. Strawbridge of Bridgeton, York County, Pennsylvania. He entered the service in 1917, being sent to Camp Meade, Md. After eight months of intensive training he sailed for France July 7, 1918. After having been gassed in France he was stricken with bronchial pneumonia and died October 26, 1918. The gas made his recovery impossible. Private Strawbridge was buried in the American Cemetery A. P. O. 780, France, with full military honors.
PRIVATE MELVIN A. ROHRBAUGH 327th Infantry
Private Rohrbaugh was the son of Edward M. Rohrbaugh of Spring Grove, Pa. He entered the service September 20, 1918, and was sent to Camp Gordon, Georgia, and then transferred to Camp Upton, sailing for overseas April 25, 1918. He then went to Liverpool, Winchester, South Hampton, and from there across the English Channel to Le Havre, France. He first saw active duty on the Toul front and later started for the Argonne Forest. Private Rohrbaugh was in the town of Cornay when it was retaken by the Germans. He remarked to a friend that he would never be captured. As there were about thirty of our men taken at that time, it was thought that he was killed while resisting capture.
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CHARLES R. KOHLER Killed in Action
LUTHER P. SHIVE Killed in Action
AARON D. NEFF Killed in Action
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PRIVATE CHARLES R. KOHLER Company I, 316th Infantry
Private Kohler was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kohler of 737 West Clark Avenue. He was horn at Stewartstown where he later attended the public schools. Before entering the service he was engaged as a stone cutter by Victor M. Gross, York, Pennsylvania. He enlisted September 24, 1917, and was sent to Camp Meade, Maryland, where he underwent intensive training for ten months and then sailed for France a member of the American Expeditionary Forces. He was in active service overseas for more than five months. While on guard duty somewhere in France, he was instantly killed by shrapnel. Private Kohler was a member of the Knights of Malta Lodge of York, Pa.
PRIVATE LUTHER P. SHIVE 112th Supply Company, 28th Dirision
Private Luther Shive was the son of Mrs. Kate Shive of 466 West King St., York, Pa. He enlisted in York on June 13, 1917, with Company K, 8th Regiment, N. G. P., and was sent to Camp Hancock, Georgia, where he was transferred to the 112th Regiment. He sailed for France, May 7, 1918, with the 28th Division. In France he was in active service in a machine Gun Supply Company. On August 7, 1918, he was struck by a shell and killed while guarding a ration dump. He was buried where he fell, about one and one-half miles back of Fismes.
CORPORAL AARON D. NEFF Company E, 60th Infantry
Corporal Neff was the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Neff of No. 1010 North Duke St., York, Pa. Before entering the service he lived at the home of his parents and was engaged in the baking business. He left for camp and underwent several months training before being sent overseas a member of the American Expeditionary Forces. He served about four months at the front and was killed in action October 14, 1918, in France. He was a member of the First Moravian Church of York. Mr. and Mrs. Neff also gave another son, William M. Neff, for the great cause. He was a member of Co. A., 112th Inft., and was killed in action, Sept. 6, 1918, in France.
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E. RUSSELL MARKEY Killed in Action
IIARRY WILLIAM BROWN Died of Wounds
JOSEPH E. KLINEDINST Killed in Action
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CORPORAL E. RUSSELL MARKEY Company K, 112th Infantry
Corporal Markey enlisted May 10, 1917, and was sent to Camp Hancock for training. On May 6, 1918, he was sent to France where he fought in the battle of Chateau Thierry and in the Argonne Forest. It was at the latter place that he was killed. He was made a Corporal just three days before his death, and it was while leading his squad that he was shot by a sniper on October 8, 1918. He also had a very narrow escape on the morning of his death when a shell exploded near and hurled him bodily through the air. A letter was received from Corporal Markey's Captain, by his mother Mrs. Laura B. Markey of 330 W. King Street, York, Pa., stating that he regretted very much the loss of such a brave soldier. He was never known to falter. always cheerful and liked by all of his company.
PRIVATE HARRY WILLIAM BROWN Company A, 112th Infantry
Harry W. Brown, son of Reuben H. and Annie Elizabeth Brown , 112 S. Penn St., York , Pa., was born in York, January 6, 1899. He attended the public schools of York, and was one of the youngest and first to enter the service in the early days of the war. He enlisted in the N. G. P. of Company A, April 10, 1917. He was transferred to Camp Hancock, September 10, 1917, where he was transferred to the 112th Infantry. On May 7, 1918, Private Brown sailed for overseas where he served nearly five months in the front line trenches. His bravery can best be appreciated when it is known that he went over the top six times. He was injured in the Argonne Forest, September 28, 1918, while going over the top, and died October 1, 1918, at Etretet Base Hospital No. 115 of his wounds received in action.
PRIVATE JOSEPH E. KLINEDINST Company F, 4th Infantry
Private Klinedinst was the son of R. H. Klinedinst of 24 North Highland Ave., West York, Pa. He enlisted July 3,1917, at the local recuiting station and was sent to Gettysburg, Pa., where he received several months training before being sent to Camp Green, N. C. On March 5, 1918, he embarked for overseas. Private Klinedinst was a messenger at the front, and it was while acting in that capacity that he wast killed on October 12, 1918, in the Verdun Sector. Prior to his enlistment he was in the sheet metal business.
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CHARLES EMANUEL KOHR Died
CHANCEFORD STAMBAUGH Killed in Action
CHARLES B. HESS Killed in Action
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PRIVATE CHARLES EMANUEL KOHR Headquarters Company, 154th Depot Brigade
Private Kohr entered the service on May 26, 1918, and was sent to Camp Meade, Maryland. He was the first Mt. Wolf boy to die in the service of his Country. Before leaving for camp he was assistant cashier at the Union National Bank of Mt. Wolf and an active member of the United Brethren Church, being assistant superintendent of the Sunday School. Private Kohr was a member of the Mt. Wolf Fire Company and band, and a member of the following organizations: Mt. Wolf Lodge No. 1196, 1. O. O. F., Mt. Wolf Castle No. 454, K. G. E., Washington Camp No. 42. P. O. S. of A. of Manchester, Zeredetha Lodge, F. & A. M., York, and a member of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, and the Junior Mechanics of Manchester. Death was caused hy Pneumonia.
PRIVATE CHANCEFORD STAMBAUGH Company K, 4th Infantry
Private Stambaugh was the son of Mrs. Annie Stambaugh of Jackson Township, York County, Pennsylvania. On July 16, 1918, he was killed instantly going over the top in the Marne drive. He was twenty-one years, eleven months and sixteen days old when he lost his life. He was a member of the Christ Lutheran Church of Jackson Township where memorial services were held in his honor, September 29, 1918. Rev. F. S. Geesey preached the sermon.
PRIVATE CHARLES B. HESS Company E, 328th Infantry
Private Hess was the son of Mrs. Susie Hess of Franklintown, York County, Pennsylvania. After spending several months in various camps on this side where he received extensive training, he sailed for overseas July 8, 1918. He was engaged in the Argonne drive and it was in that battle, in which so many of our Pennsylvania boys gave their lives, that he was killed, on October 9, 1918. He had the distinction of having been engaged in this, one of the most memorable combats of the war, where he helped to pay the price for that glorious victory.
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PAUL H. UTZ Died
MONROE R. HUNTER Killed in Action
ERWIN E. SAYERS Killed in Action
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PRIVATE PAUL H. UTZ Company F, 304th Engineers
Private Utz was the son of Jacob S. Utz of West Manheim Township, York County, Pa. He attended the public schools, residing at Hanover, Pa., R. D. No. 2. Before entering the service he was employed on a farm, his mother being dead. Soon after leaving home he was sent overseas a member of the American Expeditionary Force. While somewhere in France he was taken sick and died. It is thought that pneumonia superinduced by influenza was the cause of his death.
PRIVATE MONROE R. HUNTER Company A. 56th Regiment
Private Hunter was the son of David Hunter of Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania. He was engaged in farming before entering the service. He left for camp in March, 1918, with a contingent of York County men. After serveral months of intensive training on this side he sailed for France a member of the American Expeditionary Forces. After serving two months at the front, he was wounded September 28, 1918. He died later from the results of the wounds received in action. Little official information is known about his death.
WAGONER ERVIN E. SAYERS Company C. 112th Infantry
Wagoner Sayers was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Latimer Sayers of 311 Smyser St., York, Pa., who also lost another son, Latimer Sayers, Jr., in the World War. Wagoner Sayers was nineteen years old when he enlisted and before entering the service he was employed in York as stableman for Mr. Joe Kindig. He was killed in action October 2, 1918, in the Argonne Forest, France. Before sailing for overseas he won highest honors in an inspection held by several Q. M. C. officers, among them being Capt. Biddle of Philadelphia. For this good work he was given a certificate of honor which he sent to his sister, Miss M. Sayers of 311 Smyser St., York, Pa. Wagoner Sayers was a mem- ber of St. John's Episcopal Church and also a member of the Boys' Club.
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NORMAN E. SHAFFER Killed in Action
NEVIN O. HOFFMAN Killed in Action
WALTER LEROY FITZGERALD Died
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PRIVATE NORMAN E. SHAFFER Machine Gun Company, 311th Infantry
Private Shaffer was the son of Mrs. Laura Hare of Dover township, R. D. No. 1. Before entering the service he was employed in York by the S. Morgan Smith Co. He was sent to camp Dix where he received about six weeks training before being sent overseas. In April, 1918, he reached France where he served for six months as a member of a machine gun company. Private Shaffer gave his life for the great cause October 6, 1918. He was killed in action on that date.
CORPORAL NEVIN O. HOFFMAN Company K, Ith Infantry -
Corporal Hoffman was the son of Mrs. Robert H. Hoffman, of York, R. F. D. No. 7. He enlisted July 17, 1917, and was sent to Gettysburg, where he trained until November, 1917. He was then sent to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C., and later left there for Camp Merrit where he sailed for over- seas. He landed in France April 22, 1918. Here he served for six months, until he was killed in the Argonne Forest, France. An official report is, in part. as follows: "The enemy was shelling heavily and our Companies suffered some casualties. Corporal Hoffman in charge of his squad was with Company K advancing bravely in the face of the heavy fire of the enemy. After a large shell exploded close by, Corporal Hoffman fell fatally wounded. He died about one-half hour later and was buried in the evening of October 1, 1918. directly behind the Catholic Church in Cierges, France."
PRIVATE WALTER LEROY FITZGERALD 48th Aero Squadron
Private Fitzgerald was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Fitzgerald of 428 E. Prospect Street, York, Pa. He graduated from the York High School in 1914. He enlisted July 15, 1917, and was sent to Columbus Barracks, Columbus, Ohio, from there to Kelly Field, Texas, and then to France, where he served four months. Private Fitzgerald died of spinal meningitis January 6 1918, at Tours. France. He was buried at Toure Indre Et Loire, France. He was a member of the First Moravian Church and the Y. M. C. A. of York.
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WILLIAM HENRY MECKLEY Died
EDWARD D. HEISS Died
PARKER WILLIAM WEAVER Killed in Action
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PRIVATE WILLIAM HENRY MECKLEY Company C. 304th Engineers
Private Meckley was the son of Mrs. Daisy J. Meckley of 110 McAllister St., Ilanover, Pa. In civil life his occupation was that of a stone cutter. He entered the service May 25, 1918, and was sent to Camp Meade, Maryland, where he was assigned to the 304th Engineers of the 79th Division. On July 8, 1918, he left Hoboken, N. J., for overseas. He was gassed September 25, 1918, while on duty in the Argonne Forest. Later, on October 11, 1918, he died of pneumonia at Base Hospital No. 54, France. He was buried in the Government Cemetery at Mesves, France.
PRIVATE EDWARD D. HEISS Company L, 57th Infantry
Private Heiss was the son of Mrs. Ellan N. Stump of Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools at Dallastown and was employed at a box factory at that place at the time of entering the service. He was stationed at Camp Logan, Texas where he contracted pneumonia and died October 6, 1918. He was a member of the United Brethren Church at Dallastown. Private Heiss had a brother Curvin H. Heiss, who was killed in France.
PRIVATE PARKER WILLIAM WEAVER Company A, 327th Infantry
Private Parker Weaver, son of Mr. amd Mrs. C. K. Weaver, Harrisburg St., Dillsburg, Pa., was the first boy from Dillsburg to be reported killed in action. He left home October 6, 1917, to go to Camp Meade, Maryland, and ten days later he was transferred to Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., where he remained until April, 1918, going from there to France. Many interesting letters were received from Private Weaver by his parents, from which it was learned that he was undergoing some hardships but was determined that only Glory and Victory should be the final result. He was killed in action October 16, 1918, in the Argonne Forest by being hit with a piece of shrapnel. He was buried where he fell; grave No. 6 of burial plot slope on Hill No. 180. He was a member of the United Brethren Church and Sunday School, and also of the Dillsburg P. O. S. of A.
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VICTOR ALLEN MECKLEY Died
MELVIN NATHAN JAMISON Killed in Action
CHARLES S. SNYDEMAN Died
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PRIVATE VICTOR ALLEN MECKLEY 304th Engineers
Private Victor Meckley was the son of Mr. William W. Meckley of Seven Valleys, R. F. D. No. 1, York County, Pennsylvania. He entered the service of Uncle Sam, June 1, 1918, and was sent to Camp Meade, Maryland. After extensive training he was sent to France, July 4, 1918. While in France, Private Meckley was stricken with pneumonia and made the supreme sacrifice for his Country, October 1. 1918. He was twenty-four years old and previous to his entering the service was engaged in the cigar business.
PRIVATE MELVIN NATHAN JAMISON 8th Machine Gun Battalion
Private Jamison was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Jamison of Spring Grove, Pa., at which place he attended the public schools. He enlisted at the age of twenty-three, at Gettysburg, July 18, 1917, in Company L. 7th Infantry and on November 21, 1917, he was transferred to the 8th Machine Gun Battalion stationed at Camp Greene, N. C. He sailed for France in April, 1918. On the night of July 14th at Nesles, about a mile south-east of Chateau Thierry, while on duty, carrying a message through the barrage thrown over by the Germans, in preparation for the attack, he was struck by shrapnel and instantly killed. Private Jamison was a member of Mt. Zion Reform Sunday School.
CORPORAL CHARLES S. SNYDEMAN Company B, Lafayette Training Detachment
Corporal Snydeman enlisted August 15, 1918. Previous to his entering the service he was engaged in the silk business, and resided with his mother, Mrs. Arvilla S. Blacklock, at 223 South Queen Street, York, Pennsylvania. On his second furlough home he became ill with influenza, which later developed into pneumonia. He died at the home of his mother October 20, 1918. He was not permitted to enter the strife of battle to die in conflict with the enemy, but he none the less rendered that last full measure of devotion.
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CHARLES W. BUIE Died
STERLING W. SEITZ Died
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HERMAN PAUL TRESSELT Died
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PRIVATE CHARLES W. BUIE Company A, Medical Unit No. 54
Private Buie was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Buie of Seven Valleys, Pa. Before entering the service he was engaged in farming. He left home September 5, 1918, for Camp Greenleaf, Georgia. After training there for about a month he was transferred to Camp Upton, N. Y. It was while sta- tioned at the latter place that he became ill with pneumonia about the time his outfit sailed for over- seas. Unable to recover from the terrible disease that claimed so many of our brave boys, he died October 6, 1918.
PRIVATE STERLING W. SEITZ Company, A, 314th Infantry
Private Seitz was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Seitz of Yoe, York County, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools at Yoe and was employed as a cigar box maker before entering the service. After several months of intensive training on this side he was sent overseas as a member of the American Expeditionary Forces. Soon after landing in France he was sent to the front line trenches and wounded September 26, 1918. He was removed to a hospital at Souelly, France, where he died October 2, 1918, from the wounds received in action. He was buried at the cemetery near where he died in grave No. 13.
PRIVATE HERMAN PAUL TRESSELT Company F, 304th Engineers
Private Tresselt entered the service May 25, 1918. and was sent to Camp Meade, Maryland. On July 9, 1918, he left for overseas. He was about to be promoted for his efficiency in service when he was taken ill with pneumonia in an Evacuation Hospital, France, and died October 11, 1918. Private Tresselt was ill only four days when his death occurred. He was buried about ten miles distant from where his Company was fighting at the time. Before entering the service he was engaged in the silk business and resided at 340 W. Cottage Place with his wife. He was twenty-three years old at the time of his death.
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QUINTON MONROE GERBRICK Killed in Action
DAVID W. MUNDIS Killed in Action
SHERMAN WILLIAM LEIFER Killed in Action
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PRIVATE QUINTON MONROE GERBRICK Company C, 60th Infantry
Private Gerbrick was the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Gerbrick of Glen Rock, Pa. Before entering the service he was employed as a brakeman. He was sent to Camp Meade, Md., and later was trans- ferred to Camp Green, N. C., from which place he sailed for overseas. Little is known of the way in which he met his death and the only official communication received by his parents was a telegram which read as follows: "Deeply regret to inform you that Private Quinton M. Gerbrick, Infantry, is officially reported as killed in action October 14, 1918." Though the last resting place of his body be unknown, yet his spirit ever dwells with those for whom he made the supreme sacrifice on the field of battle.
SERGEANT DAVID W. MUNDIS Company E, 316th Infantry
Sergeant Mundis was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mundis of 1421 West Market Street, York, Pennsylvania. Before entering the service he was in the plumbing business in York, Pa. He left for Camp Meade on September 20, 1917, with the first contingent of York County men. After ten months of intensive training he sailed for overseas July 7, 1918, and served several months at the front. He was killed September 29, 1918, while advancing through the Argonne Forest with his Company. He was twenty-five years old at the time of his death.
PRIVATE SHERMAN WILLIAM LEIFER 6th Regiment Engineers, 3rd Division
Private Leifer was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Leifer 359 E. Market St., York, Pa. He was born in York, October 28, 1899, where he attended the public schools. He was among the first to respond to the call of his Country, enlisting in the 6th Regiment, Third Division. He was killed July 15, 1918, back of the town of Creyzency near the Marne River, during the morning of the first day of the battle of Chateau Thierry. At the time of his death he was working with his outfit constructing machine gun emplacements, erecting barbed wire entanglements, and fire rafts on the river. He was buried in St. Eugene Cemetery, France.
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CHARLES H. SIPE Killed in Action
HARRY WILLIAM WITHERS Killed in Action
WALTER E. GROVE Killed in Action
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PRIVATE CHARLES H. SIPE Company B, 109th Machine Gun Battalion
Private Sipe, son of Mrs. Emma Catherine Sipe, resided at 232 Maple Street, York, Pa., before entering the service. He was killed in France, September 7, 1918, near Fismes. Following is the letter received by his mother: "Dear Madam: I received your letter this morning inquiring about your son Charles. He was killed in action while guarding some ammunition, being struck with a piece of shell and was instantly killed. The boys of his Company buried him and marked the grave by a large cross. His name, rank, and organization were inscribed on the cross. His grave is just north of Cour- landon, about two miles northeast of Fismes. Charley was a good boy and never shirked his duty; he has seen some very bitter fighting and died nobly. You can be proud that he so nobly gave his life so that the world might be saved from the German Autocracy."
PRIVATE HARRY WILLIAM WITHERS 112th Infantry, 28th Division
Private Harry Withers was the son of Daniel H. Withers of 568 W. King Street, York, Pa. He, with his brother John Withers enlisted April 12, 1917, in Co. A, Eighth Regiment. Both boys went to Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., September 10, 1917, and were sent over seas in May, 1918, with the 112th Infantry. Private Harry Withers was with his Company through all the hard fighting from the first day until his death. He was killed in action September 6, 1918, being hit by part of a large shell.
PRIVATE WALTER E. GROVE Company C, 145th Infantry
Private Grove was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Grove of Red Lion, R. D. No. 2, York County, Pennsylvania. He lived with his parents at the time of entering the service. After several months of intensive training on this side he sailed for overseas a member of Company C, 145th Infantry of the American Expeditionary Forces and was killed in action while fighting in France. The date of his death is officially reported as November 4, 1918, only a week before the Armistice was signed. He was one of the last boys from Red Lion to give his life to his Country.
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