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Show 1 War Casualties I ii SECTION NO. 1. ' The following casualties are rcport-A rcport-A hv tbo commanding general of the ftaerlcan expeditionary forces: Killed Jn action 15 fens In action 63 ' n'ounded severely 206 nied of wounds 20 n 1 of accident and other causes 7 Sfd of disease 13 pjed from aeroplane accident 3 Total 325 Died of Woundc. private Hugh II. McCrcry, Pueblo, CjI' Died of Disease. Corporal Edwin D. Drake, Littleton, Wounded -Severely.. ... Lieutenant David B. Miller, Denver, I Colo. Sergeant Taylor E. Lewis, Superior, I " Cprpc-ral Charles McCracken, Sprljig- I view, Neb. I I Corporal Sterling A. Phillips, Mt. 4 Vernon, Wash. I Corporal Charles Wicgcrt, Leigh, I Wagoner Harry Rotert, Colorado I Springs, Colo. I privates Charlqs T. Atkins, Los An- I celes, Cal. I Private Glen W. Godfrey, Luverne, I Iowa. I Private Rudolph F. Holtz, Inwood, j I 13. I Private Clarenco S. Markbam, Han- I ten, Neb. I Private Jens Sondcr, Genoa, Colo. I Private Frank L.' Ma'coniber,' North I Platte, Neb. I Private Michael B. Schmidt, Plow I City, Wash. I . Missing In Action. . I Corporal Otto Dutzi, Pomona, Cal. I j Private Stephen A. Trojanvich,Cal-I Trojanvich,Cal-I ' ban, Colo. I Private Walter W. Wallace, Founta- UCIIt, in.. ' Total number of casualties to date, including those reported above: Killed in action (including 291 at sea) S.878 Died of wounds 3,060 Died of disease 2,307 Died of accident and other causes 1,042 Wounded in action 24,424 Missing in action (including j prisoners) 5,465 ! 1 1 Total 45,176 . Marine Corps Casualties. Utl The following casualties arc reported report-ed by tho commanding general of the American expeditionary forces (included (includ-ed in above total) : Killed in action 14 Died of wounds received in action.. 4 Wounded in action (severely) 27 Wounded in action (slightly") 1 Missing in action 12 I In bands of enemy 1 j Total v 59 Wounded in Action (Severely) Private Marshall F. Dunning, Santa Ann, Cal. Private William Lietz, Salt Lake City, Utah. The commander In chief has awards ! ed tho distinguished service cross to ! the following officers and men of the j American expeditionary forces for the acts of gallantry set forth after their names; , Private Anthony Kendall, Infantry: j "For extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 18, 1918. He went forward ahead of his company com-pany against a machine gun that was checking the advance, killed the crew ' aad captured the gun." No record, i Private Ilerschcl V. Lane, U. S. M. ' C: "For extraordinary heroism in ac-; ac-; tion near Vierzy, France, July 20, ' 1318. He volunteered and successful-j successful-j ly carried message from Vierzy to the ' front line near Tigny, through heavy artillery and machine gun fire, after two others who had been detailed for the duty had failed to get through." Herschel Lane, father, 222 Riverside Drive, New York, N. Y. 0 l Captain John L. Taylor, Infantry: I "For extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, July 18, 191S. He as-1 Burned command of his battalion upon the death of his major and continued to lead the advance under heavy artil-i artil-i lery and machine gun fire, refusing to leave until he had been wounded five. I thnee. His example was an inspira-; inspira-; Uon to all near him, and an importonl ' fatcor in the successful attack made , by his regiment." Mrs. J. L. Taylor, wife, 1220 Sandiso avenue, Laredo, Texas. Assistant Surgeon O. D. King, attached at-tached to U. S. M. C: "For extraordinary extraor-dinary heroism in action near the Bols Do Belleau, June 9 and 10, 1918. On two successive days the regimental aid station in -which Surgeon King was "forking was struck by heavy shells tnd in each case demolished. Ten men were killed and a number of mounded wero badly hurt by falling timbers and stone. Under these harassing haras-sing conditions this officer continued without cessation his treatment of tho !Vounded, assisting in their evacuation and setting an example of devotion and courage to tho officers and men under him," Mother, Mrs. O. D. King, Albemarle, N. C. i( Sergeant Natez Kocak, U. S. M. C: 'For extraordinary heroism in action in the Villers Cotterets forest, south of BoiBEonfl, France, July 18, 1918. He ' advanced ahead of the American line i,V and captured a- machine gun and its .ft i crew. Later, the same day, ho took command of several squads of allied troops and led them forward in the advance." Born In Hungary, 1882. No next of kin, and no Address. Enlisted Pittsburg, Pa., 1007. Past Assistant Surgeon Joe F. Boons, U. S. M. C: "For extraordinary extraordi-nary heroism in action in tho Bols Do Belleau, France, Juno 9 and 10, 1918. On two successive days the regimental aid station in -which Surgeon Boons was working was struck by heavy shells and in each case demolished. Ten men were killed and a number of wounded were badly hurt by falling timbers and stone. Under these harassing haras-sing conditions, this officer continued without cessation his treatment of the wounded, superintending their evacuation evacua-tion and setting an Inspiring example of heroism to the officers and men serving under him. On June 25, 1918, burgeon Boons followed the attack by one hattnlion against enemy machine gun positions in tho Bols Do Belleau, establishing advanced dressing stations sta-tions under continuous shell fire." Wife, Helen K. Boons, 205 West Market Mar-ket street, PottsvIIle. Pa. Past Assistant Surgeon William T. Gill, attached to U. S. M. C.r "For extraordinary ex-traordinary heroism in action near Vierzy, France, July 19, 1918. Ho established es-tablished a forward dressing station behind the advanced lines and for fifteen fif-teen hours treated the wounded and directed their evacuation while subjected sub-jected to intense front and flank fire and In tho absence of adequate shelter. His fearlessness under these conditions condi-tions saved the lives of many wounded who would otherwise have been lost to tho service. He disregarded personal per-sonal danger and remained in an exposed ex-posed position in order to give immediate imme-diate care to the unfortunate." Father, William T. Gill, 442 M street, N. W., Washington, D. C. OnlnnrO T. ITnlnn Infanlpv "TTriT. I extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 18 and 19. His regiment having suffered heavy casualties casual-ties in its first attack on July 18, 1918, and he having received order to attack at-tack a second time, Colonel Upton reformed re-formed his command and conducted the second attack in person until stopped by darkness. His line being broken by a gap in the center, all of his battalion commanders being killed or woundqd and all his reserves being in the thinly held line, he established his command post on tho extreme front at the right of the gap ,and remained re-mained there for twentyfour hours under un-der steady and intense artillery bombardment bom-bardment and machine gun fire, and his example of fearlessness inspired his weakened line thus to guard the unprotected flank of the whole advance ad-vance and beat off a violent counter attack." Mrs. L. S. Upton, wife, 210 Locust street, Lockport, N. Y. Private Walter W. Wall, Infantry: "For extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July IS, 1918. After twelve hours of hard fighting, when Private Wall's platoon had gained its objective, the water taken forward in canteens had become exhausted ex-hausted and his men were suffering r from thirst. Knowing that the chances j were against anyone being able to cross the shell-swept territory for wat- er, the platoon commander called for j volunteers. Private Wall responded and collecting the canteens of his comrades, com-rades, departed on his precarious mission. mis-sion. Several hours later he returned utterly exhausted but bearing with him the canteens filled with .precious water. Other men attempted to make similar trips in the same vicinity and were either killed or wounded." William Wil-liam T. Wall, father, 4 Pine street, Augusta, Au-gusta, Me. . . Sergeant Oliver C. .Farrant, U. S. M. C: "For extraordinary heroism in the attack on Tigny, France, July 19. J191S. He led his section with remarkable remark-able coolness and courage in the advance ad-vance under heavy fire of machine guns and artillery. He was severely wounded but continued to advance, thereby setting such an inspiring example ex-ample to men of his section that they routed the enemy." Father, Alfred A. Farrant, 306 West 121st street, New York City. ' Second Lieutenant Scott M. Johnson, John-son, U. S. M. C: "For extraordinary iiuiuiaiu in ituiiuii near vierzv, prance, July 19, 191S. With a small delach-;ment delach-;ment Lieutenant Johnson charged a machine gun nest and captured n German Ger-man gun which was inflicting severe loss in the American lines, and although al-though seriously wounded, he stayed with his men until orderodo a dressing dress-ing station by his company commander." comman-der." Mother, Mrs. Jennie J. Johnson, 1457 Capitol avenue, St. Paul, Minn. Corporal Simson Levan, Engineers: "For extraordinary heroism in action between Monncaux and Vaux, France. July 1 and 3, 1918. Although wounded wound-ed ,ln the hand and left leg by high ex-! ex-! plosive shell, which fact he concealed from his officers, Corporal Levan, continued con-tinued forward with his company. I While thus wounded he led his platoon I under heavy fire, from Monncaux to (Vaux, during three days of hard and j constant fighting, effectively discharging discharg-ing his duties until exhausted." Sister, Mrs, Mary Smutz, Finn, Kan. Gunnery Sergeant Herman Tharan, U. S. M. C: "For extraordinary heroism hero-ism in action near Vierzy, France, July IS. 1918. While out with a rec-onnoitering rec-onnoitering party to establish liaison with the company on his right, Sergeant Ser-geant Tharan captured a machine gun and killed the crew." Mother, Mrs Anbie Tharan, IS Oberlin street, Buffalo, Buf-falo, N. Y. Corporal John Doody, U. S. M. C: "For extraordinary heroism in action near Vierzy, France, July 19, 191S, He j displayed exceptional bravery in , charging three machine guns -with the , aid of a small detachment of his com-1 rades, killing the crews and capturing the guns, which were immediately turned on the Germans, thereby opening open-ing the line for the advance of his company, com-pany, which had been held up by the onemy's fire." Father, Patrick Doody, 1116 Clay avenue, New York City, N. Y. Prlvato William A. Justeson, U. S. M. C: "For extraordinary heroism in action near Vierzy, France, July 19, 1918. He displayed exceptional bravery brav-ery in charging three1 machine guns with the aid of a small detachment of his comrades, killing the crews and capturing the guns, which were immediately imme-diately turned on the Germans, thereby there-by opening the line for the advance of his company, which had been held up hy tho enemy's fire." Mother, Clara i M. Justeson, Moroni, Utah. |