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Show Eight Utah Soldiers Dead C? l 5 One Is Wounded in France CHAELES BERT SHARP, top left, and Ellis L. Weeter, Ijoth of Salt Lake. The former is reported missing in action and the latter is dead I at New York. Below, Eoy Irl Austin, loft, formerly of Liberty, Idaho, dead of wounds, and Corporal Raymond O. Williams, Tooele, killed in action. r" yr j : 4 ') P - ' ' r : 'o" 1 f f - . -, 31 I Jt & i ' TyS! -''II 1 ' it H It f S '' fS I , - s ; I - t, t - I ' - 1 $ h v " I h V " , ; r . i ' w J I I f s S I fi Casualties Are Reported to Relatives Through the War Department. i THE deaths of eight Utah soldiers and the woiuidirig of another have Tdccii reported to relatives by the war department. The dead are: Ellis U. Weeter, Halt LaUe; Corporal Raymond O. Williams, Tooele; Charles Bert Sharp, Salt Lake; Roy Irl Austin, formerly of Liberty, Idaho, : Clarence Mann Argylc, Salt Lake; Leo i Jensen, Kichb'eld, and Thomas ' Jluut, 1 Monroe. . -Merviu S. Varkcr has been Tiouuded in action. Charles Bert Sharp, son. of Charles P. Sharp of South State street, and member of IT company, the 0C2ud infantry, infan-try, has been missing since an action of September 29, according to a message mes-sage from the war department. Private Sharp loft Salt Lake, April 27, 1918, for Camp Lewis, where he received two months ' training before departing for overseas. He arrived in France, July 21. Private Sharp was 29 years bid. Corporal Ray mood O. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry "Williams of Tooele, was killed in France, September Septem-ber 20. Corporal Williams was a member mem-ber of H company, 362 nd infantry, iS'iuety-first division. He had been overseas over-seas since July. i Leaving Tooele in September, 1917, 1 with a contingent from. Tooele county, Corporal Williams was traiued at Camp Lewis. He was born at Tooele and was 24 years old. Besides his parents, he leaves four sisters and one brother: M rs. Orvil James. Mrs. John D. Crol-lahcr, Crol-lahcr, Mrs. Charles Green, Miss Hannah Williams and George Williams, all of Tooele. Ifoy Irl Austin, formerlv of Liberty,' Idaho, son of L. N. Austin, S(U- Wilmington Wil-mington avenue, ifcJalt Lake, died of wounds received in action. A message to this effect, was received by his father Friday night. Mr. Austin, who was 26 years old,! was born at Liberty and owns a much there. He entered the army at June. Lieutenant Kills L. Weeter, 2o years old, sou of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Weeter of the Bransford apartments, is dead at a New York hospital, according to a message to Salt Lake relatives. Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Weeter was gassedsome six months after he began his ' work in Trance. lie was treated at a number of milt-; tarv hospitals in Europe, but his con-li-1 tion failed to improve and it was decided de-cided to send him to an institution in New York. lie was invalided to New York about a month ago. Mr. and Mrs. Weeter were called to the east on account ac-count of his condition some weeks ao and were with hitn when he died. He as the first soldier ordered to the reconstruction re-construction hospital at Fort .Douglas, but his condition precluded his being moved. Lieutenant Woof."!' received t mining at Camp Lewis. His brother. Lloyd, Weet cr. is in Krn nep ms a member of the Yale ambuhuiee corps. Lieutenant, Weeter was a graduate of the Lniver-sil Lniver-sil v of Pennsylvania. Clarence Mann A rgyln. son of Mr.; and" Mrs. Thomas IL'Argylo of Salt Lake, d icd of pneumonia. October ! . j in a hospital in V ranee. He enlised in the quartermaster's corps, Peeeniber S, ! 1917. and l'H't. fur l amp Johnston, Vh., a few davs lat'-T. He arrived In Prance, j Aul'u-1 29, 191S. Mr. Arrrylc was 22 Mcrvin S. Parker, nifof Mrs. Macif Vrkcr of Murray, was wnnndcd in action. ac-tion. Sept ern her 17. Mr. I'arker a won nded in I in ri'ht t h igh and is re coeriiiL' in a hospital in trance. Thoiua Hunt, son of Mr. and Mrs Amnion Hunt of .Monroe, died of inHn-n inHn-n . t ol mr I in Kn g i a n d . He buried at Win-'hcstrr. M :-, Himl was ; born at Monroe, May 3, 1899. He en-! en-! listed April 28 and was trained at Fort ! Douglas and Camp Johnston, leaving the j latter place for overseas, September 30. i llo was a member of supplv company I 33o. i I eo Jensen, son of Mrs. A nnie C. ! Jensen of Richfield, was killed in ac-J ac-J tion, October 2'. M.r. Jensen was a niem-I niem-I ber of the firm of Jensen brothers at j Richfield, lie went to Camp Lewis last I April and arrived iu -France, .Inly 24. He was attached to a machine gun battalion bat-talion and saw service, in the American drive northwest of Verdun. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Forsgren of Brig-ham Brig-ham C'ity received word yesterday that their sou, Faunt Le Roy Forsgren, of the, 3 16th ammunition supply train, died in France of pneumonia, October 13. Mr. Forsgren entered the service in April, 1918, and was sent to Camp Lewis for training.. A month later he was sent overseas. On March 4, J9I7, Mr. Forsgren was married to Miss Eriima Hartmann, who died five -months later. December 2 I , 1917, he was married to his first, wife's sister, Miss Gertrude Hartinanu, who died October 22, lasf, leaving a baby one month old. Mr. and Mrs. Ncal McMillan of Murray Mur-ray received word yesterday that their son, Melvin B. McMillan, who was with the 362nd infantry in France, was killed In action September 27. Mr.' McMillan 'entered the aervico September Sep-tember la, 1?17, and received his t raining; rain-ing; at. Camp Lewis.. He. arrived in France July 5 of the present year and had taken part in many important engagements en-gagements at the front preceding his death. He was 24 Veara of age. |