Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
STRUGGLE CLAIMS
HEAVY TOLL OF
CITY'S YOUTHS

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head and seriously injured his eyes.
Brother of Mrs. l. p. kuttIer. sos
Forty-fourth street
George W. FIuegel-As corporal
of an automobile rifle squad he
was wounded three times in one
trip over the top" but he &C
counted for seven Germans never
theless. In creeping out of a she'll
hole he came upon a German ma
chine gun hidden in a standing
cornfieId. Charging it, he was
struck in the thigh by an armor
piercing bullet, used in fighting
tanks. The wound felIed him, but
as he fell he managed to throw d
bomb which hit its mark and
knocked out the entire crew of four
at the machine gun. Finding that
he was not incapaCitated by his
wound he dashed after a German
he had seen disappearing into d
dugOut. He hurled a bomb down,
wOunding the German. but in leav-
ing the enemy started after him
and succeeded in wOunding him with
his bayonet, but the act cost the
German his life for Fluegel killed
him. Pushing on with his com
Tades an attack was made by a
force of Germans and during the
hand to hand encounter that fol-
lowed. he got his third wound and
sixth Hun. The seventh boche he
killed with his rifle at point blank
range. Nephew of Mrs. F. f. Mil
Ter, sos Forty second street.
David c. Fry-In drive with
PershiDg he found German ma
chine gunners chained to their
guns In one attack he and his
comrades took 155 German pris-
oners and attained all their objec-
tives with suffering but 35 casual
ties, all Of minor character.
Brother Of Mrs. George c. Wenger,
1907 Twenty-ninth street
Jack Hazard In the service of
the Young Mems Christian assOcia-
ton he was engaged in the associa-
ton work on army transports and
was aboard the transport President
Lincoln when it was torpedoed and
sunk with a large loss Of life. by a
German submarine.
James l.. Hartman After going
through several months of the hard
est fighting without injury he fell
a victim to German gas Nov. 10,
just a day before the armistice was
signed Son OF Mrs. Sarah Hart
man, 53412 Sixteenth street.
Franklin W. Hermann -Gassed
by Germans in last battle of war,
he RECEIVERS and rejoins his com
pany in the occupation of the
Rhine he was in the thick of the
fighting at the close of the war,
during which time he was in con
tnuOus action, going for three
weeks without a chance to shave or
wash Husband of Mrs. Franklin
". Herman, 1922 First avenue.
John j. hahlke-In midst of
heavy fighting during American
drive he is blown 10 yards when
high explosive German she'll of
large caiibre explodes nearby.
Splinters OF the shell lodged in his
eye, leg hand, back of his neck
and under his chin. Husband of
Mrs. Margaret Kahlke. 1928
Eighth street.
Ivan Kinney Three German sub
marines are sunk by gun crew of
transport on which he went to
France. Son of Mrs. John Kinney,
944 wenty-second street
W. Z. klOckau- While taking part
in one Of the American drives he
was wounded by shrapnel from a
shell that struck but five feet from
him. He was wounded the second
day of the drive Once when car
rying a message he was compelled F.
to run a German barrage on his +
trip TO the front trenches and on +
his return he succeeded in getting
through both times without injury
Son Of Mr. and Mrs. William klock- i
lu, 500 Seventeenth street
p. ]. Leopold Was with the Am /
orleans In the battle of Chateau !
during which he swan the
river Marine He also took part in
the drive against the western side
Of the scissors Reins salient, be .
ing engaged in the battle for Sois-
sons During the fighting, in which .
an exceptionally large number Of
Germans were captured, the Am
arican force Of which he was
member, frequently used German
guns on the enemy. making use of
hose they had captured along with
Terman-made ammunition which
he retreating Huns were forced to
cave behind
Edward Lereh AS ships filter on
he Leviathan, Americas largest
roop ship he assisted in trans
porting thousands of American sol
iiers to France and England, hav-
ng made 10 complete round trips
N the vessel During his service
IN the ship it accounted for two
German submarines. Son Of Mr..
md Mrs. J. J. Lerch, 431 Fourth
treet
Carl l.. LOsand He participated 4
n two American offensives on two
ifferent fronts and was at the
ront when the last shot Of the war
vas fired Son Of Mrs. Carolina
'ankow. TAO Fifth street.
John Mangelsdorf-H accounted ,
OF his first boche while engaged I
4 trench warfare on the American ,
ront Of less active sector in mid 7
uiumeF lie was In sniper,s !
Ust ahen he discovered German :
angling out q suit or clothes to
" Before he could fire the Ger :
~ had disappeared so he nrf,- :