Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05
.4CITY SOLDIERS
REPORTED DEAD
Casualty List To-day Also
Contains Names of
Eight Wounded
DEATHS FROM DISEASE
Negro Hero Receives War De-
partment Telegram Say
ing He Is Dead

Four deaths from disease Of men from
this city. with the overseas army are
reported by the War Department today.
In every case the soldiers died from
Influenza or from pneumonia that had
developed from the epidemic. Eight
other men from here are classified In
the list as wounded.
Sergeant Majors, John Henry Murphy,
547 North Sixty-ffth street; Philip
Simmons, 5721 Wayne avenue; private,
Edward Wilkinson. 2O7 East Ritten-
' house street and John n. Nardo, 1902
Mcclellan street, are the dead, on the
city's list Thirty-four Pennsylvauians
are on the honor roll today. Sketches
OF the local heroes follow:
Sergeant Major Philip simmons. ac-
cording to an official telegram received
by sister, Mrs. Charles Hammer, 1921
Wayne avenue, died of disease February
Z. No details Of his death were learned.
He enlisted in the quartermasters corps
IN August 1917, and trained "A short
while before sailing The last letter
received by his relatives in this city
was written on Christmas day. Tie de-
scribed the Christmas dinner as very
good and said he was looking forward to
the time when he should be sent home.
wounded at Chateau-Thierry
Lieutenant Harold !. KllIen. 5llo
'pi hSlltlu dNtHut, IPDOIltu WbuDNtu
with degree undetermined today, was
shot through the right shoulder at the
battle of Chateau-Thierry in July. ac-
cordtng TO War Department message
recently received by relatives living at
the Springfield avenue address. Lieu
tenant killen was twenty-seven years
old. He enlisted in May of last year
and sailed for overseas two months
later. He is attached to Company G.,
Nineteenth Engineers and received his
commission after his arrival in France.
Previous to entering the service he was
employed as a civil engineer.
Private Nicholas Mune was gassed in
October and recovered only again to get
dose of the deadly fumes in July. He
is twenty-four years old, and has been
in the army since september, 1917. He
trained at Camps Meade and Hancock
and sailed i'm March of last year as a
memby of the Machine-Gun Company
of the l109th Infantry. His parents live
at 5339 Vine street.
Private Charles B. Carr. 1891 LarCh-
wood avenue. a member OF the lO9th In
fantry. reported wounded today. has
fully recovered and returned to this
country. He was shell shocked. He is
an orphan and makes his home at the
hardwood avenue address with friends.
lie is now employed at the Hog Island
shipyard
Returned ii Week Ago
Private Alexander Urban, nineteen
years old, 1904 Segal street. Camden.
returned home a week ago with dis
charge from the army. lie was wounded.
he said. November while aiding i'm the
installation of heavy field artillery in
the Argonne sector. The piece of shrap-
mel that struck him came near to proving
fatal, he said. Urban enlisted in the
Aviation Corps. Ninth Balloon Detach-
ment, early last spring. and after a
short period f training at Fort Slocum
sailed for overseas.
Private John Di Nardo. reported dead
today, escaped many dangers during the
war while a member of the Third Anti
Aircraft Machine-Gun Company, only to
die of Influenza three mcnths after the
war was over. His home was 1902 Me-
Clellan street. He trained at Camp
Wadsworth.
Private William Harvey. negro, 1886
Penn street. Camden, member Of Com
pany h. 369th Infantry, ga-ssed in the
lighting in the Argonne. returned TO his
home a few days ago. Harvey had the
unusual experience of receiving notice
from the War Department yesterday that
ne mad been killed in action.
What. me killed in action said the
negro to reporter, NO boss. | always
stayed ten yards ahead Of my shadow.
when ! got that telegram though
continued the hero. laughing, 81 felt to
see If l was all here"
Meets Brother on ship
A brother. Oscar Harvey, twenty
three years old. who served overseas, re-
turned en- tho same ship. The brothers
met ON shipboard after being separated
for several months.
Sergeant Major John Henry Murphy
died of bronchial pneumonia, in France.
February D. lie was sick only few
days. He was twenty-five years old and
enlisted in May, i9l7. sailing for over.
seas in January of the following year as
"a member of the Headquarters Company,
Second Ammunition Train. Before the
war he was employed i'm the clerical de-
partment Of the Girard Fire Insurance
Company.
A brother Of the dead soldier, Corporal
Joseph Murphy, who went overseas
early last summer has been strangely
missing from his unit for several months,
The War Department any of his rela-
tives can locate him. The soldier
brothers lived with their parents at 547
North Sixty-tifth street while in Phila-
delphia.
Private James Martha, Camden,
twenty-nine years old reported missing
from his company since october. is
now officially declared 10 have been killed
in action. He was a member of Com
pany h, 337th Infantry. and had been
in the service since December. 1918. lie
trained at Fort Slocum. He was the son
of Mrs Thomas Murtha, 3S2 Point street,
Camden.