Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-08-29 | Page 7 | Harvey M. Murdock, Missing in Action, Was a Son of Mrs. Emma C. Haley of Ogden

HARVEY M. MURDOCH, MISSING I IN ACTION, WAS A SON OF MRS. EMMA C. HALEY OF OGDEN I Harvey M. Murdock. 24 years of age. son of Mrs. Emma C. Haley, 2S20 River avenue, Is reported as missing in action. ac-tion. A message to that effect was received re-ceived by his mother today. He was a member of the machine gun compandor compand-or the Thirtieth Infantry, A. E. F. The telegram says that he was missing iu action between July 13 and 28. The young man enlisted in the army four years ago and went to China. He was stationed at various points in China for three years when he returned return-ed to the United States with his regiment regi-ment which was among the first to go to France. He was a llnq looking s- dior, 6 feet tall. He was born in Aftou Wyo. Another brother, Levi P. Murdock, recently landed in France with battery bat-tery B of the 145th Field artillery. A son, Haley, enlisted in the army at Nlles, Ohio, making the third of th3 family to join the colors. The last letter Mrs. Haley received from Harvey -was written June 28. from a front line trench. In part it said: "Things at times are quiet, but German Ger-man shells have been keeping us hugging hug-ging tho ground pretty close. It sure makes a fellow think of what he has done when the big ones bust close around. Just as soon as we hear a whistling sound coming through the I air, looking around, all you can sec Is fellows' feet sticking out of their dugouts. dug-outs. We sit around and talk abou' what has happened In action. It sure is comical, the movements wc go through to find the dugouts. "I am sure hoping that tho war will soon bo over and I can come back m again. I received a letter from Levi 1 Wt and he said he wished he was over Ell here- in France because everything Hu was dull around where he was. I told jfffj him if he would come over here that Blw ho would find that things wcro not so MH terribly quiet." H The remainder of the young man's HI letter was of members of tho family HH at home and a few little questions re- fgfl garding relatives. Sffill