Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-26

wanamaker, reported uuoiflcialy some
time ago, was confirmed by the official
casualty list today.
SKETCHES OF THE HEROES
private william IL. Golden. killed dur
ing the battle OF the Meuse September
e6 TO october a. was vice president of
Yice President of Ole Te o. CI16, ISa Broad %S
ST. Ritas c. C.. am, sns Federal streets
Killed in Action the Monarcn
was drsfted late last spring After only
two weeks at Camp Meade he was
.elected to Ali the ranks Of the 3l6th
Infantry and was sent overseas in July
~ member of companTM This com
pany was virtually wiped out during the
severe iiEhtins along the Meuse
X Privste Golden was twenty-siN Years
old and made liis home with his uncle
dohn Golden, a 1888 South Sixth street.
A gold star has been pihCed on the serv-
re nag of the st. Rlta's club in his
honor He is the first member of that
organization to be killed in action.
the fighting in France.
lieutenant Valentine h. Dubs. who
went Into service thirteen wears ago.
Mt The age of tifteau. and who was at
.3i0th Infantry, died in France OF pneu-
fnonia. October 20, according to a tele-
tram received by his wife, Mrs. Anna
Dubs. 1909 South Norwood street.
few days ago Lieutenant Duhs had
been sick only short time. He had
been almost continually at the front
since July 10, but had never been
wounded.
For several years. Lieutenant Dubs
was first lieutenant in Company L. Of
the old Third Regiment n. G. p. and
served with that unit on the Mexican
border. After the Mexican trouble pa assed
he was sent to Camp Hancock ard re-
rnained there until the 10th went over
was stricken with pneumonia at the
rarue time and died Il day later. The
father of the young officer. William
Dubs. is military tailor and lives a
221 Sansom street
Private Harry Greenwood. Killed in
action, was member Of Company f.
st5th Infantry. He was fine all.
round athlete. having played football
and baseball for the Nincome Club, foot
hail for Holmesburg and for South phil
adelphia ana occasionally took u fling
IT basketball. He attended the Penn
syivania Academy, at Chester for several
years and played or the football and
baseball teams there. He was the oniv
son of widowed mother who lives at
2S60 Frankford avenue. The last letter
recaiyed from him was dated October
and said he had been returned 10 a rest
camp :fter the battle of the Meuse
r..
wounded ten times by the explosion of
a. shfapnel shell during the Franco
Wounded Ten Times, Of September 6,
Hero Tries to fehfins and nrnl 9t
Continue Fighting lgsled ,.ts when car-
field In a letter
TO his mother he makes light Of his in
juries, but says that his wounds came
IN couples, both shoulders, both arms.
both feet and two in each leg, making
a total of ten. 4 comrade wrote to a
riend In this City telling of young Klein
stuber's courageous attempt TO stick with
his company despite his condition. The
youthful hero enlisted in April OF 1917.
only few days after Congress declared
Regiment, n. G. p, and was eventually
transferred TO the l09th Infantry when
the local National Guard units were
re0rganized at Camp Hancock. He is
now In a convalescent camp on the
French seacoast and hopes 10 be sent
home soon.
Private Henry 4. Kesfe. killed in ac-
tion. was twenty-four years cd whert
he was drafted. He had been al Camp
Meade only month when he volun-
teered for immediate overseas duty and
was assigned to Company f, Eighteenth
Infantry, regular army His parents
refuse 70 credit the Official report and
Insist that he will return with the rest
'of the boys when the regiments from
tnia state are nnally sent home.
Private Alexander MldaIsId, Company
y, Sixty-frst Infantry. was killed IN ac-
fipn on the first of October He was
frS ted IN November of last YEAR,
trained at Camp Green and sailed for
France in April of this year lie is SUI
}ived By a wife and child.
His half brother. Private Henry Igna-
f,ops was also reported wounded on the
same date. He Joined the colors IA Sep
ttfnber OF last year and after the usual
period OF training at Camp Meade was
sent 10 France In May OF this year
4e Is a member of Battery d. Seventy
sixfh Field Artillery. According 10
i<ifer written to his mother. Mrs. Anna
jxnatious. ss Queen street. he is rapidly
lecoVering at a base hospital
Frignte Albert l.. Thompson, Anbu-
nuce CorDs Service Section 555, Cnised
states army. who died of pneumonia In
tt&lY, Was q nephew OF Thomas NJ
c'h0mpson. former Director Of Public
Works Of this city. A letter was re-
<<Ired today by his wife. Mrs. Clara B.
Hl1plnpson. from ~ b. Franklin. lieu
<<11ant colonel Of the ambulance section
Ealing Of Private Thompson's death and
X(1E high tribute 10 his courage
II t9r ise He was given military
iIt6fs! MIS-. Tbompson was formerly
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