caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
date and photographer unknown . 25 june 1876 near territory the little bighorn river in the eastern montana brighton , ontario , canada american mark kellogg 31 march 1831 markkellogg.jpg mark kellogg -lrb- reporter -rrb-
 marcus henry kellogg newspaper reporter
mark kellogg -lrb- reporter -rrb-

mark kellogg -lrb- march 31 , 1831 -- june 25 , 1876 -rrb- was a newspaper reporter killed at the battle of the little bighorn .
kellogg rode with george armstrong custer during the battle and was evidently one of the first men killed by the sioux and cheyenne .
his dispatches were the only press coverage of custer and his men in the days leading up to the battle .
as a newspaper stringer whose reports were picked up around the country , kellogg is considered the first associated press correspondent to die in the line of duty .
