The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-13
WOUNDED OR DEAD,
REPORTS CONFLICT
War Department Notifies Par
ents Of Private Seller
He Is Badly Hurt.
SLAIN, SAYS A COMPANION
"Our Crew Had Good Score at
End Of Came" Wrote
Machine Gunner.

The parents OF Private conrad seller,
l.s Webster avenue. Hoboken, have re-
ceived conflicting reports concerning the
condition OF their son. A telegram was
received from the War Department re-
Gently in which /. was stated the young
man was seriously wounded.
A letter was received later from Pri-
vate James Carey. Company c, Nine
tenth Infantry. which stated Seller had
been mortally wounded in an advance
and died shortly afterward. Three pho
,ograrhs, blood stained and perforated
by bullet. were enclosed. Carey said
these had been in Sellers breast pocket
when he was hit. One OF his last re-
quests was that Carey write to the
family and enclose the pictures.
Private Seller was one OF the first
drafted men to leave Hoboken. He en-
tered Camp Dix in September, 1917, and
sailed for France in January with the
Nineteenth Infantry. His grandfather,
capt John Seller. was one OF the COM
handing officers of Fortress Monroe,
Virginia, during the civil war.
Glad He Did His share.
~ am glad he got few Of them be-
fore it came his turn to CO." said Mrs.
Agnes Hurley, 319 Chauncey street,
Brooklyn. when she learned that her
son. Private Thomas Il. Hurley. had been
killed in action. Private Hurley was a
member of Company c, 106th Machine
Gun Battalion. Before going to France
he vas member OF the First Cavalry
and saw service on the Mexican border.
In recent letter home he referred to
an engagement in which his company
had figured. He said. AT the end of
the game our gun crew had a pretty
good score
Howard a. Van Wagner. &c. died of
disease. is the first resident of Locust
Valley. l.. l., TO give his life at the front.
Private Van Wagner was the son of
Of Mr. and Mrs. George 4. Van Wagner.
lie enlisted last October and went to
France in December as a member OF
Company f, Sixth Engineers. He was
married to Miss Florence Maltby Of
Manhattan, May 80. 1917.
Corporal Harry Godinsky. 81. killed.
was an only son. and lived with his
parents at $50 East 172d street. The
Bronx. He enlisted in the Regular
Army three years ago and was a MEM
her of Pershing's forces on the Mexican
border. He sailed for France in July.
1917.
Pole Enlisted Early in War.
Joseph Skyarbo. IS, 8 Orchard street
Yoniers. missing. came to the United
States from Poland seven years ago. He
enlisted in the Regular Army just after
this country entered the war.
Corporal John Adams Aulback. %,
missing. lived with his parents at 24s
R'vington street. He was drafted last
September and sent to Camp Upton. He
was transferred from Camp Upton to
Camp Gordon and assigned to Com
. paay 6, 325th Infantry.
Private Uominick Cont. 10, 2s5 East
l'lst street, missing. wrote his parents
August 10 from a French hospital say
ing he was suffering from an injury to
one arm. He enlisted in July, 1917,
with the Second United States Infan-
Try and sailed for France New Years
Day
Corporal Denyse w. Atwater. "a. Sc
yerely wounded, Is a son Of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel y. Atwater. 3S Halsted
street, East Orange. He enlisted last
November with Battery C, Twelfth Field
Artillery. and has been in France for
several months He was born in Newark
AID was graduated from Barringer High
School in 1912. In a recent letter
home he said he had received a wound
IN the right shoulder. but that 1t had
early healed. He praised the Red
Cross and spoke highly Of the treat
ment accorded American troops passing
through England and France. A brother
Kenneth, is also overseas,
sight Destroyed by Gas.
Lieut.. T. Raymond Landon, wounded
received his injuries when his airplans
fell from a height Of 400 feet. Lieut.
i.andon's father is the principal Of Ho-
boken Academy.
Private Twin D. Brockman, disabled
was severely gassed when his masi
slipped of. and as result he has los
the sight Of both eyes. The surgeons dc
not believe his sight Is permanently de
sroyed. Private Brockman Is the sor
~ Herman Brockman. former captain o.
The Hoboken Fire Department, and be
fore enist.ng lived with his parents a
7$5 Park avenue, Hoboken. He enlisted
in April. 1917.
Private Edward McCourt. seriousl,
wounded. is son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward MCCourt, 80 Hassart street, New
Brunswick. y. ]. He was drafted las
September and sent to Camp Dix. HI
sailed for France in January. - In a let
Ter home he said an operation had beef
performed and piece OF shrapnel re
'7oE'1 lie added that he was progress