Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-08 | Page 14 | Utah Soldier Dies; Influenza Victim

UTAH SOLDIER DIES; ! mm victim Salt Lake Lieutenant Is Stricken With Epidemic at Southern Camp. The latest t'tah soldier victim of pneumonia pneu-monia incident to Spanish influenza is Jess W. Barnes, son of John and Janet Barnes of Heber City. He was horn at Kilmarnock. Scotland. December 3. tfiOO, and came to the United States in 1900. lie enlisted in Salt Lake ' Ausust 3 of this year wth the motor repair unit, and was assigned to Fort Logan. Colo. He was transferred to Camp Holebird, Baltimore. Md.. where lie died. The remains re-mains are now being brought to his home bv soldier escort. 'Word was also received in Salt T.ake veslerdav that Lieutenant Ray C. Taylor Tay-lor of Salt Lake, originally with the 145th field artillery, but now in service at a southern- camp, lias been stricken with influenza. Captain Joel Nibley. a relative situated at Washington, is on the way to the camp. Information received by Walter C. Lewis, father of Lieutenant Hugh C. Lewis of the 307th engineers, and formerly for-merly with the Utah state road association, associa-tion, .is to the effect that Lieutenant Lewis has been injured by being kicked In the leg by a horse. He has practi-callv practi-callv recovered. The Canadian casualty list contains the names of J. O. Cain of Ogden and A. Hallett of Fayette, Idaho, as also wounded wound-ed in action.