The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-17
COMPANY LOST ALL
BUT TWO OFFICERS
One of These Hit by Shrapnel
Leading Detachment at
Chateau Thierry.

Second Lieut.. Jacob Harrison Heck
| man, Fourth Company, Fifth Regiment.
United States Marine Corps. known in
Elizabeth and Paterson. n. j.. and Hav-
erhill Mass. was wounded at the battle
OF Chateau-Thierry. All the officers OF
his company. he wrote to his brother.
A. r. Hickman. 22O Marshall street.
Eliza BETH had either been killed or
wounded. except the Captain and him
self
II was necessary for him to lead
large detachment and he did so. As he
was going over the top he was hit in the
RICH. leg by shrapnel. and for some time
II was feared that he would lose his leg.
but his letter. dated August Z, says that
he Is recovering in the officers Hospital
in Paris.
Before the war he was private secre-
tary to officials of the Barbour Linen
Thread Company of Paterson. He is %.
enlisted in the Marines in April, 1917.
was on duty at the League Island Navy
Yard, Philadelphia. until June. 1917.
when he went across. Hickman at
tended an officers training school in
France and became Second Lieutenant
in January.
Two From Long Island city Killed
Sergeant Matthew \. Leonard and
and City. have been killed in action.
Notification to this effect has been re-
ceived by their mothers from the War
Department.
Sergeant Leonard was killed August
81 with the Twenty-third Infantry. He
was the son OF Mrs. Margaret Leonard,
$50 Elm street. and was born In Long
Island City twenty-three years ago. He
enlisted in the navy two days after the
tron
ferred to the army. His brother, John.
81, a sergeant in Company l.. 105th In
fantry. who saw service on the Mexican
border, was wounded July II and is
! now in a base hospital in England.
Private OLeary was killed August
he He was the son OF Mr.. and Mrs
jeremiah O'Leary. Third street and
! West avenue. Long Island City, and
| was born in Long Island City twenty
| two years age. Private OLeary was a
graduate OF the Bryant High School.
| He enlisted in the old Seventh New
York Infantry in June of last year and
was later transferred to Company A,
l65th Infantry.
| "Missing." Writes of Wound.
| Private Joseph Gallogly. rs, who went
! to France with the old Sixty-ninth Regi-
ment and who is reported missing, was
able 10 despat Itch n letter containing a
postpaid to his married brother. Frank
| Gallogly. PA East Ninetyfifth street.
August 20. although he had been re-
! ported missing July Is. The postcard
had been carried by Joseph in his
| pocket, addressed and ready to mail.
! AS he was going over the top. his coat
| flew open and bullet passed through
1t into his left forearm. Wounded, Pri-
vate Gallogly was removed to base
| hospital.
william A. Queck. Al Grant avenue.
Jersey City, has letter from his son.
Private Arthur o. Queck, "a. Marine
Corps, written from Camp Hospital No
81, three days after he was reported
missing. He was wounded in the battle
| Of Scissors. He gave up a position
with the Jersey City Central to enlist
last March In the Eighteenth Company,
Fifth Marines.
| Private Joseph c. Petit. son of Mr.
| and Mrs. William Petit, Roosevelt, j..
l., who was decorated with the Croix de
Guerre and who has been cited for
bravery a number OF times. is wounded
and in a hospital. He was with the
165th (Rainbow) Division.
Private William II. Murphy. men,
Der of the Machine Gun Battalion, Sec
! ond Brigade. who served with Gen.
| Pershing on the Mexican border follow
| ing his enlistment three years ago, died
in hospital in France July 20 from
wounds which he received in action. He
| had a comrade write to his mother Mrs.
Carrie f. Murphy, 140 Orchard street.
Elizabeth. n. j., that he had met with a
little accident. but would soon be all
right again. The Rev. Charles r. Car
penter. a Y. NJ. c. A. secretary. has also
written to the mother: II want to con-
graduate you on having such a worthy
son. He was loyal to you. your hopes
and your prayers. He was brave to the
last"
Private Edward Clarence Simpson. 90
| Company c. First Division. Twenty
eighth Infantry. was killed In action
July 81. He was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward c. Simpson of Orchard
place. Greenwich, Conn. a member OF
the Y. NJ. C. A. and OF the First Metho.
dist Church.