Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-08-30
VINTON MOORE
DIES IN,BATTLE
Ladysmith Young Man Makes
the Supreme Sacrifice in
Fighting Near Fismes
MEMORIAL SERVICE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Service i'm Christian Church Will BE
Followed by Out Door Program
AT Park

Corporal Vinton Moore, Ladysmith
young man, has made "the supreme
sacrifice" on the battle fields of France.
for his country and the cause of de-
mocracy.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Moore, Vim
tons parents, received the sad news in
a telegram from the war department
announcing that the young man had
been killed in action July 81. Although
details including the exact location of
his death were not given in either the
telegram nor the letter of confirmation
that followed it, it is known that Vinton
was in sanguinary fighting around
Fismes and it is presumed that he met
his death near that city that was the
scene of so much desperate fighting be-
tween the Americans and the enemy.
The letter confirming the telegram
was received yesterday and stated
that 1T is impossible to return the
bodies of our dead to the United States
before the end of the war. 1t is eX-
pccted, however, that the remains of
all American soldiers dying abroad will
ultimately he returned to this country
for burial at their former residences
at public expense
Following the exposure of the Zim-
norman plots to get the United States
into war with Mexico, which changed
Vinton from pacifist to militant
hater of Prussianism, and prior to the
declaration of war by the United
States against Germany, VintOn, al
though under age, enlisted with Mil
waukee company, being among the
first to respond to his country's call.
His company, e." Of the 127th Infan-
try. landed i'm France March 4. VintOn
was in the front line in Lorraine from
about the 10th of June until the first
of July The latter part of July his
company was transferred to the scene
resulted first in halting the onward
sweep of the huns and then in throw
ing them back in decisive defeat, from
which they have not yet been able to
recover. 1t was the American forces
that first halted the advancing hosts
of the enemy, and held them back so
long that the allies, i'm retreat, rallied,
struck the enemies on both flanks and
turned imminent disaster into great
victory Ladysmith, sorrowing with
the stricken parents over the loss OF
their brave boy, is proud with the mea-
ger consolation that he gave his life in
such fight.
J. Vinton Moore was born at War
rens, wisconsin, August Is, 1898. The
family moved to Ladysmith when he
was one year old. In June, 1915, he
graduated from the highschool in this
city. Vinton was great lover of the
out doors and nothing pleased him
more than to roam the woods or par
ticipate in athletic sports. The Flam-
beau was a dear companion to him. A
dutiful son, clean morally and OF good
habits. bright honest, Industrious
Vinton was surely in the first rank OF
the city's noblest young manhood.
He was home on furlough the last
Sunday in August, 1917. Before en-
tering the service Vinton was in the
employ of the Ashland light 4 Power
Co. and also worked for the Bucyrus
Steam Shovel Company i'm Milwaukee,
where he enlisted, as a preparatory
step toward entering college to take an
engineering course.
Memorial Service Sunday
Ladysmith will pay homage to Vim
toms memory in a special service at
the Christian church Sunday after
noon, commencing at 80. Following
the service in the church, there will be
an outdoor program, with the state
guard in charge at the park at the
north end of the bridge across the
river, near the church.
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