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Died in Service "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay doun his life for his friends." Charles L. Randall, of Idaho Falls, was reported dead of wounds, in France, Sept. 29, 1918. George Stevenson, of Price, Utah, died in a battle on the French front, according to a letter received on October 22 by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson. Arthur Hogan, a Marine, of Tooele, Utah, died of Spanish influenza at the League Island Navy Yard hospital, in Philadelphia; word being received in Salt Lake City to that effect September 28. Roy P. Nelson, age twenty-one years, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Nelson, of Randolph, Utah, died, October 16, at Fort Douglas hospital, of pneu- monia, following an attack of Spanish influenza. Fred Edler, died at Camp Fremont, California, October 14, of pneu- monia. He entered the service of our country, July 24, 1918. Funeral ser- vices were held at Fountain Green, Utah, October 22. Private Charles E. Dudley, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dudley of Hol- htter, Idaho, died October 9, at Camp Lewis, from pneumonia. He was buried in the Twin Falls cemetery, October 15, with military honors. Lieutenant L. H. Evans, of Nephi, Utah, member of the 314th Engineers, wounded September 12, at the front in France, died September 14. He had been in France six months, was twenty-eight years old, and son of R. H. Evans, of Nephi. Private Edward C. Anderson, of Kenilworth, was reported killed in action, France, August 10. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Anderson, and left for Camp Lewis, Washington, October 4, 1917, and went to France in January, 1918. Willard C. Gowans, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andres G. Gowans of Tooele, born November 14, 1894, died at Fort Logan, Colorado, according to word received in Tooele, October 25. He enlisted in the limited service on October 4, as a carpenter. John Daniels, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Daniels, Malad, Idaho, died a? Camp Fremont, California, according to word received in Malad, October 25. H<2 had been at Camp Fremont two months, and his death resulted from pneumonia following influenza. Sergeant Earl Ashton, of Lehi, Utah, died of pneumonia at Camp Lewis, October 24, 1918. He was 27 years of age, and began training at Camp Lewis last June. The body was brought to Lehi for burial. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ashton. Private Wm. Netcher, Trenton, Utah, died in a hospital, back of the front lines, September 11, having been wounded in both legs by shell, Au- gust 1. He was 22 years old, born and reared in Salt Lake City. He was farming at Trenton before enlisting. Jefferson Hays fell victim to Spanish influenza while serving with Ma- rines in Virginia. He enlisted from Loa, Wayne county, and was married there to a Miss Cook last fall. He came to Utah from the middle east, some years ago, settling in Wayne county. Bert Oakey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Oakey, of American Fork, Utah, twenty-five years of age, died October 20, at For/ Logan, Colorado. He had only been at Fort Logan since October 4, having entered with a number of other limited service men.

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Private Ernest McFarlane, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McFarlane of Murray, Utah, died at Camp Lewis, July 19, 1918. He was a member of the 166th Depot Brigade, and was twenty-eight years old. Born at Stockton, Utah, he left Salt Lake for training April 11. Hubert G. Bush, twenty-five years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Bush, died October 16, 1918, at the post hospital of pneumonia following Spanish influenza. He was a member of the University of Utah Training Detachment, and formerly a clerk in a local store. Private Walter J. Sorenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Sorenson of Brig- ham City, died of pneumonia at Fort Omaha, Nebraska, according to word received in Brigham City, October 15. He was born in that city February 15, 1893; enlisted in the automobile corps on June 15, 1918. Corporal George A. Greenly, born in Loa, Utah, went to Idaho Falls, Idaho, as a member of the Marine Corps, being one of the first to enlist from Loa, Utah. He was wounded last August, in France, and his death, re- ported October 24, is presumed to have been due to his wounds. Corporal Fred Cannon died in a hospital in France, according to word received at Ogden, by his wife, Edna Cannon, on the 7th of October. He enlisted in the 31st Engineers of Portland, Oregon, March 11; was thirty- four years of age, and sailed from this country for France June, 1918. Joy Jones, son of Joshua V. and Jennie B. Jones of Provo, Utah, died at Fort Logan, Colorado, October 25. He left Provo October 4. He had en- tered the Government limited service at Fort Logan, was 22 years old. Owing to physical defects, he had been rejected in the regular service. Harold M. Ferguson, chief boatswain mate U. S. S. Marblehead, died of influenza at the Naval Hospital, Key West, Florida, October 18. He was the eon of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ferguson, of Ogden, Utah. His body was re- turned, and funeral services were held in the Mountainview Cemetery, October 25. Sgt. W. Archie Whitely, eon of Mrs. Elmina Whitely, Salt Lake City, died of Spanish influenza, at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, word being received of his death in Salt Lake City, October 6. He entered the service in Jan- uary, 1918; was thirty-two years old, and leaves his wife, mother, and three small children. Alvin George Peterson, of Gunnison, Utah, 24 years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. Niels Peterson, died about October 25, at Fort Logan, Colorado, of influenza. He enlisted October 1. He has two brothers in the service Hyrum S., in France, and Oliver C, at Camp Lewis, Washington. His body was sent home for burial. Marion Hatch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Hatch, Salem, Utah, died at Camp Fremont, about the middle of September, from a complication of diseases due to operation for hernia. He was born in Salem about twenty years ago. Military honors were accorded the soldier at a funeral service in Salem, on September 16. Wagoner Edwin M. Gray, of Elsinore, Utah, was killed in a railroad accident in France, July 3. He was born at Central, Sevier Co., Utah, October 30, 1892. He enlisted with the engineer corps, January 24, 1918, and had his training at Vancouver; was attached to the 318th engineer train and sailed for Europe May 6. Harry Malone, son of John J. Malone, of Ogden, Utah, died at Camp was Kearny, October 23, of influenza. He entered the service in July, and with the 32d infantry. He was born in Ogden, October 3, 1898; was a grad- orchestra, lne uate of the Ogden High School and a popular member of the body was brought to Ogden for burial. -,,.»of honor in Alfred Myer, of Salt Lake City, was killed on the field France, according to reports received in Salt Lake, September 18. He was twenty-two years of age when he entered the National Army at Bingham

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Sptember 19, 1917. From Camp Lewis he was assigned to the 58th infantry, and left for France May 8, of this year. Joseph Ladd Damron, only son of Joseph W. Damron, Jr., and Mamie K. Damron, died at Fort Logan, Colorado, October 21, of Spanish influenza. He was born at Deseret, Utah, January 9, 1900, and enlisted July 28, 1918. His is the first death of a Deseret soldier. He was unmarried. Funeral services were held in Deseret, October 24. Earnest McFarlane, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McFarlane, of Murray, Utah, died at Camp Lewis, Friday, July 19. He was a member of the 166th Depot Brigade, and was twenty-eight years old. He left Salt Lake for training April 11. He. was born at Stockton, Utah. Besides his parents, he leaves three brothers and four sisters. Nels Skeem, of Nephi, Utah, gave his life for his country's cause on the battlefields of France, July 18, 1918; joining the colors in 1917, he was sent to Camp Lewis, where he remained until September 19 of that year, when he was sent over seas. He was married August 2, 1917, and his wife, father and mother and one brother survive him. James Ray Brighton, of the United States Marine Corps, died on a transport enroute overseas, according to word received October 1, by Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Brighton of Salt Lake City. He died from pneumonia, September 23, 1918. The body arrived in Salt Lake City, October 24, 1918, and funeral services were held October 27. Moroni Kleinman, of the U. S. Marines, twenty-four years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. Moroni Kleinman of Toquerville, died in action in France, according to reports received Friday, July 19, 1918. Mr. Kleinman enlisted July 25, 1917. Appropriate memorial services were held in Toquerville, July 23. Samuel Elmer Howard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Howard of Riv- erton, Utah, died in France of influenza, October 2, 1918. He was twenty-six years old and enlisted May 15, 1918, with the engineers, going first to Boulder, Colorado, then to Ft. Dodge, Iowa, then to New York. He had only been in France a few weeks at the time of his death. Private W. E. Millerberg, son of Mrs. S. H. Lane, formerly of Salt Lake, now of Oakland, California, died at the League Island Naval hospital, Phila- delphia, October 4, at the age of twenty-three years, of influenza. He en- listed in the Marine Corps in June, 1917; was sent to Mare Island, Califor- nia, for training and thence transferred to League Island. Eugene Pasini, of Salt Lake City, a member of the Aviation Service, died at Camp John Wise, San Antonio, October 17, 1918, of pneumonia. He bad been in the camp five months; was a machinist, and had resided some time before his enlistment at Hamilton, Nevada. He was born in Italy; had lived nine years in Utah, and was twenty-seven years of age. Charles A. Bacon, Magna, Utah, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. 0. Bacon, of Springville, was killed accidentally on the French front, September 13, in the motorcycle service; was 25 years old, born in Springville, an em- ployee of the Utah Copper Co., enlisted, October, 1917, trained at Camp Lewis. His brother is also with the American Forces in France. Daniel R. Mickelsen, son of Rasmus and Julia B. Mickelsen, Salt Lake City, wounded in France, August 24, died August 26, 1918. He had been in France about ten months; entered the army from Idaho Falls, May, 1917; was at the Mexican border, and a member of the 150th Machine Gun Bat- talion overseas. He was born in Salt Lake City, November 8, 1893. Barney F. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Johnson, Shelley, Idaho, died at a training camp hospital near Washington, D. C, August 7, 1918. He was born June 7, 1901, and enlisted June 7, 1918, being just 17 years old. The body arrived in Shelley, October 13, and funeral services were held in the open at the residence of the parents on Tuesday, Octobr 15. Rural K. Doority, son of Mrs. Electa D. Doority, County Re-

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corder of Beaver county, died at Beaver, Utah, October 24, of influenza. He was born in Kanosh, Utah, November 21, 1899. When little more than 18 year9 of age, he volunteered his services to his country, and was sent to Fort Logan, Colorado, returning from there on account of sickness. Robert McLaughlin, formerly of the Salt Lake Fire Department, died in France, according to news received by friends in Salt Lake City, October 22. Mr. McLaughlin was twenty-five years of age, and enlisted in the aviation service last January being trained in Texas. He died of pneumonia. Walter Zabriski, born in Provo 27 years ago, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alva M. Zabriski, died October 16, 1918, at Camp Logan, Texas, from pneumonia. On June 15 last he was inducted into special service and after a short term at the U. of U. was sent to Fort Leavenworth and from there to Camp Logan. He has a brother, Arnold, who is with the American forces in France. Hugh Fackrell, of Blackfoot, Idaho, who enlisted in the Marine ser- vice, May, 1917, at Pocatello, with other Blackfoot volunteers, was killed in action in France, according to word received at Blackfoot, July 17. He went to Mare Island and was shortly afterward ordered to France. He was born at Orderville, Kane County, Utah, and was twenty-seven years of age. Alexander Leland Brewer, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Brewer, Ogden, Utah, died September 28, at the Great Lakes Naval Training hospital, near Chicago. He died of pneumonia developed after an attack of Spanish in- fluenza. He was twenty -two years of age, and had been working in the ship- yards of Philadelphia, and later at Chicago where he was on duty when he took sick. Emmett Erichson, 27 years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Erickson, of Salt Lake City, died at Vancouver Barracks, Washington, according to word received in Salt Lake City, October 25. He was born in San Pedro, Minn., came to Salt Lake City when two years of age, and has resided here since. On the 15th of October he left Salt Lake City to report for duty at Van- couver Barracks. William L. Jacobs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Jacobs, died at the University of Utah Training Camp, Salt Lake City, October 14. He was born at Pleasant Grove, March 21, 1897; enlisted from Heber City, for the training brothers camp, August 15. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two Expeditionary and two sisters. One brother, Thomas, is with the American Forces in France. John Barnes, Jr., died at Ft. McHenry, Maryland, of pneumonia, ac- the son of John cording to word received at Heber, October 7. He was Barnes, Sr., and Janet Lindsay Barnes; born Scotland, December 5, 19UU; car corps in bait came to Utah, 1910; enlisted in the mechanical motor Logan, Colorado, and from Lake, on the 1st of last August; was sent to Ft. there to Baltimore. .

Oreal D. Reader, son of Mr. and Mrs. George D Reader of Brigham City, Utah, died October 3, at Hoboken, New Jersey from influenza. He October 17, the body was was on his way overseas and arrived at Hoboken was born at Brigham C ty Taken to Brigham City for burial. Mr. Reader attended the Box Elder High October 29, 1900, and enlisted June 24, having School until then, for the past two years. died of influenza, at Camp Corporal J. Earl Drown, Midvale, Utah,

services were held in Sandy, Utah, October 27. of^Mr. and Mrs. MiUon Raymond Holmes, twenty-three years of age, sonFrance, July 25. tie was Ogden, Utah, died of wounds, in Holmes of North FmSer of ICompany', 28th Infantry. He was a machinist by trade; was

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sent to Pocatello to work there in the shops; then to Camp Lewis; first November 8, 1917, he passed through Ogden enroute for an Eastern camp, and went to France in the early part of this year. Orville H. Larsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Larsen, of Brigham City, First ward, died about the middle of October, 1918, from influenza at San Diego, California. He was born at Brigham City, October 15, 1893. In June, 1918, he returned from a mission to Scandinavia where he had labored two years and eight months in the Aarhus conference. He volunteered, and was accepted in the navy, leaving for San Diego, July 19, 1918. Corporal Eldredge Sunderland Coffin, died at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, of pneumonia, according to word received in Salt Lake City, Saturday, October 12. He was twenty-three years old, and a graduate of the East Side High School. He enlisted, July, 1917, with the Utah Battery; was sent to Camp Kearny, being transferred from the 145th Field Artillery to the Officers' Training Camp at Camp Taylor, and was in the last week of his training when he died. H. H. Thomas, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Thomas, Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, died about the middle of October of pneumonia at the post hospital, Wichita Falls, Texas. He left for Washington, D. C, early in August and later was transferred to Texas; was twenty-five years old and /as born in Ogden, where he spent most of his life. He is survived by his parents, his wife, his son and brother and sister. His body was brought home for burial. Wallace Ipson, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Ipson, died of pneumonia while on duty as a United States soldier in France on September 25. He was among the first volunteers from Beaver, enlisting in the Marines, April, 1917. He went to San Francisco, thence to San Diego, and from there to Cuba. He was born in Beaver City, Utah, October 22, 1899; was a graduate of the district school, and a third-year high school student of the Murdock academy. His is the first death overseas from Beaver. Corporal John W .Gillespie, 23 years of age, a member of the Marine Corps, a resident of Salt Lake City, died in the Naval hospital at Brooklyn, New York, October 16, of pneumonia. He is a son of Mrs. Mary Gillespie and a nephew of Patrolman Thomas Gillespie of the local police force. He was a graduate of the West High School, and an expert adding machine operator, in the employ of the Continental Life Insurance Company, when he enlisted in May, 1917. He was trained at Mare Island, California, and later sent East. The body was returned to Utah for burial. James V. Jesperson, son of James P. and Emma J. Jesperson, and Iron county's first martyr to the cause of Liberty, was killed in action in France June 6. He was twenty-two years^^oid on May 8, 1918; born in Arizona, and with his parents, who were refugees from Mexico, settled in Cedar City, Utah. He was a member of the first company that left Cedar City, July 28, 1917; was assigned to the Marine corps, and was one of the company of eight hundred who were thrown in to stem the Hun tide flowing through the breach they had made in the French lines in the battle of the Marne. Captain Harold E. Lewis, twenty-four years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Lewis, Salt Lake City, died in France of pneumonia, September 25. He was born in Salt Lake City, October 7, 1893; graduated from the West Side High School, in 1914, and entered the University of Utah as a member of the Engineering School. He served on the Mexican border; volunteered April 6, 1917, at Fort Douglas; was sent to the First Officers' Training Camp at Presidio, California; in May, 1917, commissioned a second lieutenant; transferred to the regular army, 19th Field Artillery, San Antonio, Texas; later to the 78th Field Artillery, Camp Logan, Houston, Texas; was pro- moted to first lieutenant, March 1, 1918; in May was sent to Fort Sill, Okla- homa, leaving early in July with the 78th Field Artillery for France; he was promoted to Captain and Battalion Adjutant, in September.