The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-20
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DA R. Complies Roster of the Decatur County Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice
in the Great Worlds War. Il
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| Ralph A. Judson-
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Jud-
n mo of 4 kamon 1s 9SSa H E0fn d h at
Phoenix, Arizona. Later transferred
to Camp Cody, Wyo:, from which
place he went in the first draft con
tingent. Was a member of Co. N,
125th Inf. Killed in action July 3,
1918.
Geo. Wm. Smith
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh T.
Smith. of Garden Grove, Iowa. Pri-
pneumonia in France, October IL,
1918, at the age of "a years.
Lyman E. Case, Lamont, Iowa
Born at Nokomis, Illinois, August
7, 1895. Enlisted May 1917. First
Lieut. Signal Reserve Corps, Avia-
ton Section. At the time of his
death, August IA, 1918, was in 18th
Aero Squadron.
Frank Marion South, DeKalb, la
Born in Leon, Iowa, April 18th,
1897. Enlisted at Des Moines, Iowa,
June 4th, 1 19ls. Died on the y: S.
s So7 Ohio Base e. September 29th'
Wilfred Dolph CARRIER
ber 0 4th' 1885, '' Enlisted iHdA' at ec Camp
Dodge, Iowa, September 9Th, 1918,
in Co. AZ, II Bat 1853 Depot Bri-
gade, where he served four weeks,
afterwards transferred to 1873 Base
Hospital Corps and moved to Camp
Sheridan, Ala. Died there October
IS, 1918. of pneumonia, following
Spanish Influenza.
VIM Towner Bohn, Lamont, Ia
Der %, 1896. Was drafted May "a,
Co.. SSth Div. Died of pneumonia
somewhere in France. Parents,
Daniel and Emma Bohn. Enrolled
at Mt. Ayr. The parents live in La
moni.
Harold Vane Grenawalt, Lamont, Ia.
Born April 8, 1891, in Eagleville,
Mo-, Harrison county. Enlisted Ju-
~ 31st. 1917, in Des Moines, Iowa,
w. X. Grenawalt.
Born October IA, 1896. Place,
Weldon, Iowa. Date of entry into
service. September 9Th, 1918. Place,
Camp Dodge. In what unit he served.
Co. AZ, II B. NJ. 1853 r. Date and
place Of death. Camp Dodge. October
Is. 1918. Place of burial, Meter
cemetery. Name of father, Verne
Nilne-.
Neal Dow Campbell
Born February 2S. 1895. near
Grand River. Iowa. Enlisted in the |
U. S. Naval Reserve July 20, 1918. |
Died at Great Lakes Training Sta
ton. September %. 1918, of pneu-
monia. Father, w. H. Campbell; !
Minnie, Grand River, Iowa.
Co. L, 4th Reg, Camp Perry, Great !
Lakes, Ill.
Earl Baker. Grand River. Iowa
Son of Richard and Hannah Ba- ;
ker, born near Grand River, Iowa,
October 25. 1897. Enlisted in the
1918. While at the Great Lakes |
he was in Co. /, Reg. 5. While at
Norfolk, Va, went to Quartermaster
school and was sherman on the u.
S. s. Missouri at the time of his
Tru w. Myers, Lamont. Iowa.
Born May /, 1896, at Deloit, Craw-
ford county, la. Enlisted April 26. /
1918. Was a member of Co. /, 357
Regiment. Killed September 26,
1918. Was buried where he fell,
mile from Prenys Mo-
Selle, France.
Wheeler Boyer Lamont, Iowa
Born at Mount Ayr, Iowa, March
Sth, 1884. When 21 years old, en-
listed in the u. S. army. He served
lis time there and was honorably dis
charged but re-enlisted in the U. S.
infantry and was stationed at Fort
George Wright, Washington At the
line of his death he was with Co.
VI, 159th Inf. Died of meningitis
Is, 1918. Parents, Nancy
md Harrison Boyer.
2obt. Glenn Combs I
Son of Chas. F. and Rosa A.
Combs. Was born October 6, 1894,
It Leon, Iowa. Enlisted June II,
91S. Died April 6, 1919, at Luxem-
'urg, of pneumonia. Was a member
Il Battery C, Goth Field Art, 5th
Division, Red Diamond Division.
Corporal.