The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-08
871 AMERICANS
ON CASUALT Y LIST
MANY IOWA MEN ARE MENTION
Ed IN TopAY's RECORDS
PAUL HOOVER VICTIM OF GAS
oskaIoosa Boy is Patient of Base Hos
pital in France.-BrookIyn, Abba,
and Men From other Nearby
Places Suffer.

Places Suffer.
Washington, August Eight hun.
dred and seventy-one names were an,
nounced by the war department today
in six casualty lists, the latest from
the Franco-American drive.
The lists brought the total losses
two thousand, five hundred and forty
four.
On today's lists, five hundred and
seventy-nine We're army casualties
and two hundred and ninety-two Ma
rine Corps casualty losses.
The army loss showed sixty-three
killed in action and three hundred and
thirty eight severely wounded.
The Marine Corps list contained
fifty-one killed in action and thirty
three severely wounded.
Iowa Men on Lists.
The Iowa men on the several lists
published today include:
Killed in Acton.
Private A. Agnew, Davenport.
Private l.. N. Kenyon. Brooklyn.
Private ID. A. Schwind, Dubuque.
Wounded Severely
Corporal N. M. Mann, Tabor.
Private C. G, Roswell, Webster City.
n..xo.~ ID r rb;ldford Rnokford
Private J. J. Schmitt, Marquis.
Private w. s. Henderson. Mount
Pleasant. Il
Private r. w. Hickok, Waterloo.
Mechanic g. l.. Casson, Des Moines.
G. G. Cruslen, Sheldon.
Sergeant Clifford Lisk, Keokuk.
Lieut.. Ladislauw Junda, Cedar Rap.
ids.
w. w. Walker, Pacific Junction.
George Callen, lie Mars.
l.. C. Mcpherson, lndianola.
Rollie Benton, Sioux City.
Sergeant w. w. temple, Jessup.
Sergeant Oscar Mansfield, Villisca.
Corporal Thomas H. Evans, Glen
wood.
Corporal Edward NJ. Tlahve, Deni.
son.
Private Floyd c. Banks, Washington.
Orlando A. Canoway, New Virginia.
Charles E. Evans. Audubon.
w. e. Heily, Shelby.
Private Martin B. Baldesiefer, Wa
terloo.
Wounded, Degree Undetermined
Sergeant Ernest Woodland, Abba.
Sergeant r. A. Casey, Waterloo.
Corporal Frank r. Barlow, Mason
City.
Private Roy Clemens, Dubuque.
In Marine Corps.
Iowans named in the Marine Corps
casualties list were:
o. M. Peterson, Lyons, and o. H..
BARLEY, Anita, wounded, degree IN
determined.
Paul Hoover Gassed.
The following note was received to-
day by Miss Pauline Hoover, from her
brother well known Oskaloosa boy:
Base Hospital, No. Is, France, July
lS.-Deat Sister: l wrote mother a
line yesterday but for fear she doesn't
get 1t I'll write you this time. No
doubt you have heard the latest news
by now. left the company in the line
the 18th and up until now have heard
nothing of them, Don't worry about
me as Pm only slightly wounded with
Gas" This is the fifth big German Of
fensiye and all the news can give you
now is that 1t was simply awful. We
have held every point so far.
hope this will be the last. You
can't begin to imagine the things
saw and how terrible it was up until
was wounded.
With love, Paul Hoover.
Lieut.. Younkin Wounded
Ottumwa, Aug. Lieut.. F. B. Your
kin with G company, in the thick Of
the terrific battle being fought N
France has been slightly wounded.
This information was received last
night by Mrs. Younkin in cablegram
signed with Lieutenant Younkins
name. Slightly wounded. Coming hne
Under good care Don't worry. foun
kin" said the message.
Fort Dodge Boy Succumbs.
Fort Dodge. Aug. 7.-Mr. and Mrs
Oscar l.. Wright received word thei
only son, Arnold L. Wright, % years
old, of the One Hundred Sixty-eightl
infantry, Rainbow division. died Jul!
16 from wounds received in action u
3, France. G8. sf}i aasiso % ~;
!. j Young Wright served for mn
q months at Brownyille and was las
Z heard from, six weeks ago. He ha'
been lover the top" three times.