Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12
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assigned to Company 8, S15th Infantry
and embarked for France on July I.
Private Emil T.. winkler. 2522 North
Howard street, officially reported missing
| from his command since November G
wrote letter to his
of November 16, say.
! Writes OF French ing that he was
/ Peace Jubilee r nesr uan; ,en;; o;na Inu
! having been lost at
all. His parents believe 1t simply a mis-
take of his adjutant. Private Winkler
was drafted November. 1917. and trained
at Camp Meade until last July, when he
was assigned to Company c, 315th In.
fantry, and sailed overseas. He is twen-
| ty-four years old, married. and was for
merly employed at a Market street jew
elry store.
! Corporal Joseph yaselIa, killed in ac-
! tion served with Company B. 316th In
fantry. He was drafted in May last.
and following short training period at
! Camp Meade left for France in July
The telegram received from the War
! Department stated that Vasella had been
| killed on November 4. A brother, Fred
Vasella, Is a member Of the medical
corps.
Private Adolph L. Young. Company
G, Ninth Infantry. killed in action ac-
| COTulIR 10 4 telegram lTO1l lne war De-
partment, had written a letter dated Oc.
! tober 16, saying that he was seriously
| wounded two days before. He evident
| ly recovered and was killed only few
days after returning to his company
His parents are dead, and the official
notice came to a sister, Miss Ella Young
| 1922 Reno street. where Private Young
had made his home. He volunteered for
the regular army on Decoration Day two
years ago trained at Fort Slocum and
sailed for France with the contingent
| Of American troops sent over in Septem-
ber. 1917. He was thirty-eight years
old and single.
| Private Herman Finlestein. wounded
! Ia a member Of the medical unit. 315tf
! Infantry, and prior to enlistment llved
with his wife, Mrs. Yetta F'inlestein, 3l2l
Columbia avenue. A telegram was re-
ceived last Friday from the war De'
partment, stating that he had been In
jured on September 2s. The last letter
from Finlestein informed his wife that
he was getting along we'll, and expected
soon to return to his regiment. He Is
graduate of the Philadelphia college, OF
) Pharmacy.
! Private George Doersch. officially re-
ported as wounded on October 81. was
actually injured on October Z. according
= to a letter from the
young soldier re.
iouhs I""s" "'' ceived by his parents
Refused to VINO i've a' ooV
! Claim exemption Doersch was drafted
in April Of this year
given a brief training at Camp Meade
and sent overseas in August with Com
pany G, 316th Infantry. He has severa
machine gun bullets in his legs, a
smashed knee cap and a touch of gas
Il expect to be here for some time ht
added. His parents are unable to fgur'
how he could have recovered quickly
enough to be back in the fighting by Oc
tober 2l, II his original injuries occurred
October z.
Private Joseph Brinnisholtz. Company
d. 10th Infantry. died October 2S. o
bronchial pneumonia in hospital II
France. according to a War Depart
ment telegram to his parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Henry Brinnsholtz. 116 Fitzgerald
street. He was shell shocked before III
became Ill, according to a letter he wrote
in October to friend here. In anothe
letter, dated October 25. three days be
fore he died. he told his parents tina
he was resting up In the hospital. bu
made no mention of being sick OF wound
ed. He enlisted three years ago In thu
National Guard and served on the Mex
lean border. He was formerly employe,
by the Remington Arms Company ant
was twenty-three years old.
Private Thomas (Pat) Brown is miss
Ing, according to a telegram receive,
from the War Department by his mother
Mrs Thomas Brown. 2S13 Harold street
Private Brown is twenty-four years oil,