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the field until he received his fatal
wound In the fighting OF July IL. Be-
fore enlisting he was employed as an
oiler on q Standard OIL Company tank
steamship. His mother and Ave sisters,
who live y Greece. do not yet know OF
his enlistment
Private Melville Prince, 2o77 vyse
avenue, The Bronx, reported killed, was
a member Of the Sixth Engineers He
enlisted In December and after, train
ing at Fort Slocum went to Washing
ton. A brother, Louis. has recently Joined
the merchant marine and Is at present
assigned to the transport service.
Otto Koch, 81 Ford avenue, Glendale,
Queens, was killed In action July Is.
according to word received by his par
ents. He was 22 and was born in the
house where his parents still live. He
enlisted In the Seventy-frst Regiment
four years ago and saw service with
Gen. Pershing's forces on the Mexican
border When killed he was serving
with Company l, 105th Infantry.
In q recent letter home he said that,
although he had reached France only
Memorial Day. he had already been in
action. He said that only few days
before German airplanes had flown over
their lines. 1T sounded like the Fourth
of July. but before we got through with
the Jerries--our name for the Huns
we gave them all the Fourth Of July
they wanted and then some" Koch
was employed by the E. w. Bliss Com
pany in Brooklyn. = ..
Parents Are Frustrated.
Sergeant Nicholas A. Landsert, Jr.. Of
Company L., 165th Infantry. reported
killed. Is the first boy from Hastings.
10 hA laA
Landsert was 2s and enlisted with the
Sixty ninth Regiment at the time OF
the Mexican trouble. He served on the
border and while there his mother died
When news reached the father yester-
day he was overcome. Sergeant Land
sert was born in Hastings and was at
tending high school when he enlisted.
When Mrs. GENE. 200 CASPIAN street,
Elizabeth, n. j., was notified OF the
death OF her son. Private Edward GEM,
she was FRUSTRATED with grief. Mrs,
0enz has been worrying greatly since
the boy sailed for France and Of late
has been Ill. Gems was 20 and enlisted
May 80. 1917. In Company F. Ninth
Infantry. After training here he was
sent overseas in the f6ft He was born
in Elizabeth and graduated from the
Holy Rosary School there. In re-
cent letter he said he had been over
the top and enjoyed the experience
greatly.
Corporal Edward Brennan. killed in
action. lived with his parents. brother
and three sisters at l66 Mott avenue.
Long Island City. Private Brennan en-
listed with the Sixty-ninth Regiment.
His brother, II, is in France with the
army.
Private John J. Kelly. reported killed.
formerly lived at 20ss Madison avenue
with his brother, Daniel. He was IS.
and a member of the Machine Gun Com
pany Of the Slxty-ninth Regiment.
John F. Donegan, 22o Wet 14lst
street. previously reported missing. now
listed as being we'll and on duty. was
not known at the address given.
In Europe a Year.
William y. Conn. reported sexNn ny
wounded July IS. before enl!sting lived
with his mother. Mrs Lillian Conn, at
252 West Eighty fourth street Conn
enlisted shortly after the United States
entered the war and has been in Europe
about a year. Prior TO his enlistment ne
was employed as a clerk in the OFFICES
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad. HIS
father, Max Conn. died about two years
aRo Previous TO his death Mr.. Conn
was head waiter at the Waldorf having
been in the service OF the hotel for over
twenty-three years.
John Cannarowxi. reported killed in
action on July is. lived with his parents
at 20 Prince street. Private Cannarow-
ri enlisted with Company 9. Ninth In
fantry, on July II. 1917. and later
sailed for France with that organization
In his last letter home the boy said he
was in perfect physical condition lie
referred to the German drive on Paris
before the allied counter attack started
and ga Id his company alone had captured
more than 500 prisoners.