The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-01
Another Members the For
mer Comps c of
Bag Z
HIS FATHB LIVES
IN W LIAMSTOWN
American Casualty List To-
day Contained 49
Names

Another member of the former Com
pany G Of Barre has figured in the Amer
| lean casualty list, he being Private Hec-
tor J. Wilfore of Williamstown, who en-
| listed in Barre in MAY, 1917, and was
formally accepted at Fort Ethan Allen
June 10, 1917 He went to France with
the American expeditionary forces last
| fall.
John Wilfore, the young mans father,
of Williamstown, had not received word
from the war department when informed
over the telephone by The Times this
morning that his son had been severely
wounded He came at once to Barre to
secure further information.
Mrs. J. G. Duffney of 10 Hillside ave-
nue., sister of Private Wilfore, received
the notification for the family, as fol-
| lows:
Deeply regret to inform you that it is
officially reported that Pvt. Hector j.
Wilfore, infantry, was severely wounded
in action June 90" (Signed Mccain,
Adit. Gen.
Private Wilfore will be % years of age
two weeks from to-day. His father and
stepmother live Just outside the village
of Williamstown on the road to Berlin.
| There are seven children in the family,
| four boys and three girls. Another of
1 the boys is in the service and is in France
at the present time. He is Private Frank
Wilfore The two brothers are not in
the same company, and Hector, in his
| last letter home, which was dated May
| II, remarked that he had not seen Frank
| for three months but heard indirectly
that he was we'll Hector Wilfore, it has
been learned from other sources, was in
the same company with Private Joseph
Bussiere, Barre boy and member of the
| former Co G. who was reported two
weeks ago as severely wounded.
Just previous, to volunteering for serv-
1 ice, Private Hector Wilfore was working
on the farm of Fred Poor in Williams
4 town, having returned short time be-
| fore that from Hartford, Conn, where he
was employed as a. boxmaker in fac
tory.
/ Washington, d. c., July 1.-The army
casualty list to-day contained 40 names.
divided as follows:
Killed in action, 5; died of wounds, 4
died of accident and other causes, s.; died
of disease, Ii died of airplane accident,
4; wounded severely, 20; missing in ac-
! tion, /.
The list:
Killed in Action.
Lieut. Norborne r. Gray, Louisville,
Ky.
Lieut.. Carl Adolph johnson, Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Corp. Frank A. Morgan, Litehfeld,
Conn.
Corp. John J. Simcoe, Philadelphia.
Private R. j. Weise, Philadelphia.
Died of Wounds.
Pvt. Alfred Bruno, Yonkers, N. Y.
/ Pvt. Jesse L. Dixon, Blackshear, Ga.
Pvt. Ellec jackson, Clarksville, Ark.
Pvt. Morris G. Russell, Amory, Miss.
Died of Disease.
Sgt. Charles c. Foust, Dayton, o.
Corp Glenn H. Counts, Mulberry, Ark,
Pvt. John A. Dodds, Decatur, Ill
Pvt. James Jackson, r. T, d. 9, Corr
dele, Ga.
Pvt. J. S. Lynch, Brooklyn.
Pvt. James Palmer, Vance, S. c.
Pvt. Franklyn Il. Whittemore, NASH
ua, N. H.
Died of Airplane Accident
| Lieut.. George T. oLoughlin, Racine,
Wis
Died of Accident and Other Causes.
Corp John H, Dorman, jr,, East st.
Louis, Ill.
Corp. Joseph Gallagher, Cassalnor, Ire.
land.
Pvt. Herbert P. Psyson, Kansas City,
Mo.
Pvt. Monte Purvis, Sumner, Mo
Pvt. Louis Williams, Lexa, Ark.
The severely wounded include:
Sgt. Michael De Mario, Jersey City,
N. J.
Sgt. Arthur NJ. Foote, MiddIebury,
Conn.
Sgt. Barry Tourtelot, Putnam, Conn.
Pvt. John g. DOGGY, Cambridge, Mass.
Pvt. Robert ]. Heaeox, North Hartford,
Conn.
Pvt. Abe Kaufman, Philadelphia
Pvt. John Skrinick, Passaic N. j.
Pvt. Hector j. Wilfore, r. F. d. No, 2,
Barre, vt.
Missing in Action.
Pvt. Lucius NJ. Cook, Mill Neck, N Y.