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Died in Service We aim to name all the soldier boys within Utah and surrounding states who have died in the service of our Country. To this end the "Era" will be pleased to receive the facts, in a short sketch, from parents or friends of any soldier who has sacrificed his life for the cause of liberty, and who has not yet been mentioned in this column. Address: Editors "Era," 20 Bishop's Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. Claude W. Morse, Salt Lake City, Utah, son of Mrs. S. L. Harrington, Oakland, California, died in France, October 13, 1918. He entered the army November, 1917, left for France February, 1918, and was 30 years old. Sergeant Ornamon Remington, Salt Lake City, Utah, was killed in an aeroplane accident, near Arcadia, Florida, December 14, 1918. The body was taken to Cataraugus, New York, by Sergeant Harry Bassett, of Salt Lake. George M. Silver, son of George J. Silver, Salt Lake City, Utah, was killed in an aeroplane accident in France, December 24, 1918. He was a member of the 12th Aero Squadron, had been in active service in France since June 9, 1918, and was 22 years old. Sergeant Hyrum Stutznegger, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Stutznegger, Manti, Utah, was killed in action in France, September 28, 1918. He was born, May 16, 1890, went to Camp Lewis in September, 1917, and to France, in June, 1918. He was a member of the ninety-first division. Corporal Brutus L. Rideout, son of D. O. Rideout, Salt Lake City, Utah, died in France, November 1, 1918, of influenza. He was a member of the 308th Trench Mortar Battery unit. He is survived by a widow, liv- ing in Akron, Ohio, by his father, five brothers and two sisters. Corp. Charles F. Porter, with the medical supply detachment of the quartermaster's corps, Fort Douglas, died January 27, 1919, of tuberculosis. He was admitted to the hospital, December 2, 1918. His home was in Madero, California. He was buried at the Fort Douglas cemetery. Corporal Roland Evans, of American Falls, Idaho, was killed in battle, September 27, 1918, four months after he left American Falls for Camp Lewis. He was 26 years old, born at Malad, Idaho, and leaves his father, four brothers and one sister. Two of his brothers are in the army. Joseph R. Woolley, member of the S. A. T. C, at the University of Utah, died at the post hospital at Fort Douglas. Military funeral services were held at the grave in Gransville, Utah, cemetery. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Woolley, four brothers and one sister. Thomas J. Powell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thad Powell, of Lehi, Utah, died at Camp Kearny, December 3, 1918, of influenza-penumonia. He was born in Lehi, April 2, 1893, entered the United States service, Septem- ber 5, 1918. He leaves a widow, his parents, three brothers and one sister. Corporal John O. Peterson, of Welby, Utah, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Peterson, was 27 years old, trained at Camp Lewis, sailed for France, July, 1918, was a member of F company, 362nJ infantry ,and was killed in action September 27, 1918. He is survived by his parents, two sisters and three brothers. Worthy Kinnear, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kinnear, of Provo, Utah, was killed in action September 29, 1918, while fighting in the Argonne sec- tor, with the 342nd infantry. He received his training at Camp Lewis, his brother Lafayette Kinnear was at the time with a machine gun company in Belgium. Worthy Kinnear was 23 years of age.

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William A. Robbins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Robbins, of Provo, Utah, and a member of the United States Air Service in England, died from influenza-pneumonia, at Portsmouth, England, October 19, 1918. He was buried with military honors, October 22, in an American cemetery in Chid- ester. Leland R. March, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. March, Moab, Utah, died at Camp Kearny, December 11, 1918. He was a member of the 16th A. M. Co., and left with a contingent from Grand County, Utah, to Camp Kearny, about June, 1918, and contracted pneumonia, which was the cause of his death. William Lofthouse, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Lofthouse, of Willard, Utah, died of pneumonia in France, October 5, 1918. He was 21 years of age, entered the service in May, 1918, was sent to camp Lewis, and went over seas in July, 1918. He is survived by his parents, two brothers and four sisters. Oran Openshaw, son of Mrs. Caroline Openshaw, a widow, Santaquin, Utah, died at the Fort Douglas hospital, Sunday, December 8, 1918, of pneu- monia. He was 21 years of age, and had been in training two months at the University. Before enlisting, he was a teacher in the public schools in Salem, Utah. Private Alexian E. Koshaba, of Salt Lake City, was killed at Camp Lewis in late August, 1918, when a trench in which he was working caved in. He was born in Persia, 24 years ago, had been in this country seven years, left Salt Lake City for Camp Lewis, July 23, 1918, was a member of Company L, 76th infantry. Hilbert H. Jorgensen, born in Ogden,, Utah, 25 years ago, and later moved to Central, Idaho, died of pneumonia at the Newport News hospital, January 23, 1919. He enlisted in the army and trained at Camp Lewis be- fore going overseas, was a member of the 91st division, saw active service, and was wounded in action. Private Joseph Robinson, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, Salt Lake City, died on board the U. S. S. Louisiana, Jan. 22, 1919, following an at- tack of pneumonia. He was born in Scotland, August 12, 1897, lived in Salt Lake several years, was a member of the 145th Field Artillery, and formerly a clerk at the Western Union. James B. Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah, died in Chicago, December 29, 1918, in the Government service. He had been absent from home only one month when taken ill. He was a grand nnephew of the late President John Taylor. He is survived by his parents, one brother and three sisters. Joe Don, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Don, Salt Lake City, Utah, died of pneumonia, in France, December 29, 1918. He left Salt Lake City for Camp Lewis, November 3, 1917; was ordered to Camp Mills after one week's time, and in six weeks he embarked for France. Besides his wife and his parents, Mr. Don leaves two brothers and three sisters. Jacob Hafen, Jr., son of Mrs. Jacob Hafen, Sr., Mount Pleasant, Utah, died of pneumonia in France, October 6, 1918. He was 32 years of age, went to Camp Lewis for training, in April, 1918, was sent overseas in July, had been fighting at the front at the time he was stricken with the disease. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his widow and babe. James Lacoles, a prominent Greek of Salt Lake City, a member of the 362nd infantry, ninety-first division, died in France, October 3, 1918, of wounds received in battle. He was a veteran of both the Balkan wars, and a resident of Salt Lake City since 1900. He leaves a widow, his parents, three sisters and four brothers. He was married, September 8, 1917. Peter Detomasi, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Detomasi, Silver City Utah, formerly of Park City, died of pneumonia, October 19, 1918, in France. He left for Camp Lewis, September 18, 1917, sailed for France in

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April, and went into action in July, taking part in four advances of the American troops. He leaves his parents, four brothers and two sisters. Scott P. Kimball, 31 years of age, Salt Lake City, was reported as dead, September 28, 1918. He had been recently called into the service, was sta- tioned at Camp Upton, New York. He was buried at Canajoharie, New York. He was the youngest son of Mrs. Geneva Young Kimball, who died in Salt Lake City, two years ago. He enlisted in Schenectady, New York. Lehi Lasen Smith, son of the late Jesse N. Smith, and member of the 353rd infantry, was killed in action in France, October 28, 1918. He mar- ried Durcilla McKay, of Malad, Idaho, March, 1918, after returning from a mission in the Northwestern States. He entered the army in April follow- ing, was sent to Camp Funston, Kansas, and went shortly thereafter to France. Orrin W Allen, Logan, Utah, a member of Company M, 362nd infantry, .

was killed in action in France, September 27, 1918. He went to Camp Lewis in September, 1917, and left for France in July, 1918. He leaves his mother, his widow, and several brothers and sisters. He was born in Weston, Idaho, in 1892, ai^d served two years as a missionary in the Northwestern States mission. John Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Miller, Salt Lake City, died of pneumonia, at Holyoke, Colorado, according to word received by his paretns, December 6, 1918. He was 24 years of age, born at Ogden, Utah, and reared in Salt Lake, being a student of the high school. During the past two years he had been farming in Colorado. He leaves a widow and small child. James Shaw, son of Samuel and Harriet L. Barker Shaw, died of pneu- monia at Fort Douglas, December 8, 1918. He was born at North Ogden, Utah, January 2, 1897, graduated from the Weber Normal College and the Utah Agricultural College, and was an efficient worker in the priesthood quorums and auxiliaries. He enlisted in the army and was sent to Fort Douglas for training. Frank George Sainsbury, Fielding, Utah, died at Camp Morrison, Va., of pneumonia, October 3, 1918. He was the son of Mr. R. E. and Ella Tid- well Smith, Fielding, Utah, where he was born, November 1, 1896; in April, 1918, he left his studies and enlisted in the army, was sent to Texas for training, and later transferred to Camp Morrison. He has a sister as a Red Cross nurse in France. Joseph A. Cain, of Leadville, Colorado, son of Mrs. Mary Cain, and who has a number of relatives in Salt Lake City, and who for two years was cashier at the Ship Cafe, at Saltair, was killed in action in France, Novem- ber 5, 1918. He was a member of the Salt Lake Knights of Columbus. He entered the service April 27, 1918, was trained at Camp Funston, and went overseas in the late summer. Palonza Thomas, son of Mrs. Anna Thomas, of Spanish Fork, Utah, 22 years of age, died from wounds, November 15, 1918, in France. He en- listed in the Marine corps, at Pocatello, Idaho, April, 1917, received his mil- itary training at Mare Island, California, and sailed for France, August, 1918. He is survived by his mother, two sisters and four brothers, two of the latter were in the service also. Private Ray Van Cott Madsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Madsen, of Blackfoot, Idaho, was killed in action in France, October 5, 1918. He sailed for France, December, 1917, with the 41st (Sunset) division. He was born in Salt Lake City, January 2, and lived here the greater part of his life. He is survived by his parents, four brothers and four sisters. Three of his brothers are in the national service. Earl L. Cobb, Ogden, Utah, died in France, November 16, of pneu- monia. He went to Camp Fremont, August, 1918, sailed for France in Oc- tober, 1918, arriving a few days prior to the signing of the armistice. His

424 IMPROVEMENT ERA mother, Alice Cobb, to whom his last letter was addressed, died two days previous to the arrival of the letter, and his father died about a year ago, a brother and one sister survive him. Kwan Sims, veteran of the Chinese revolution, five years ago, his home being in Salt Lake City, was killed in action on the Western front, accord- ing to word received in Salt Lake, December 21, 1918. He left Salt Lake, for Camp Kearny, June 14, 1918, was attached to G company, 158th infantry. He was 21 years old, was born in America, and when 16 years of age went to China to take part in the Revolution. Scott M. Sheets, son of Mrs. Ella M. Sheets, Salt Lake City, was killed in France, October 9, 1918. On the declaration of war by the United States, he volunteered, and entered a marine corps, was a member of the 23rd com- pany, 6th machine gun battalion, whose splendid work at Chateau-Thierry marked the turning point of the war. He was 30 years of age, and had a brother, Don M. Sheets, in France. George Ellwood Bunker, Hinckley, Utah, died November 11, 1918, in France, of pneumonia. He enlisted in the army at Delta, Utah, July 5, 1918, was assigned to the Mortar transportation corps at Camp Jessup, Georgia, and left for France early in September, 1918. He was 18 years of age, and had been educated at the Millard Academy and the Brigham Young University of Provo, Utah. Private George F. Darrow, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Darrow, Salt Lake City, died in the hospital at Fort McHenry, Maryland, October 2, 1918, of pneumonia. He was 34 years old, born in Denver, and had lived in Salt Lake City two years; enlisted, August 8, 1918, in the automobile corps of the army; was sent to Fort Logan, Colorado, later to Fort McHenry. He is survived by his parents, three sisters and three brothers. Ira Bartlette Whitaker, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Whitaker, of Willard, Utah, was killed in action in France, November 5, 1918. He was 22 years old; entering Camp Lewis, July, 1918, was transferred to the 145th Field Artillery at Camp Kearny, with which organization he went to France, being transferred to a regiment in the 77th division, and immediately sent into action. He was wounded, October 18, 1918, in the Argonne fighting. Captain Homer S. Young, formerly employed at the headquarters of the fourth district office of the forest service, at Ogden, died of a wound received during the last days of the war, the third which the captain had received. Captain Young was one of the first men in the forest service to enlist. His home was in Twin Falls, Idaho, where he leaves a widow, and a baby fourteen months old, born after the captain's departure for France. Private Joseph Davis Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Reed, Brig- ham City, Utah, died of pneumonia, in France, December 24, 1918. He was born August 25, 1895, in Dexter, Michigan; moved with his parents to Min- nesota when a young man; came to Brigham City to reside in 1913; en- listed in Brigham City, in June, 1917; was sent to Camp Kearny, and went overseas in June, 1918. He is survived by his parents, two brothers and six sisters. Lorenzo Hardwidge, son of Thomas Hardwidge, of Evanston, Wyoming, died of pneumonia, in France, October 15, 1918. He was born in Red Canyon, Wyoming, October 30, 1889; enlisted in Evanston, July 5, 1918; went to Fort Logan, Colorado, Fort Benjamin Franklin, Indiana, thence to Camp Merritt, New Jersey; sailed for France September 10, 1918, and was a member of Company H, 21st Engineers. He is survived by his parents and five sisters. Corporal Ray Ivie, son of Mrs. Mary V. Ivie, Salina, Utah, died at a base hospital in France, of bronchial-pneumonia, about November 12 or 13, 1918. Was called into service November 2, 1917; went to Camp Lewis, was transferred to Camp Mills, then to Camp Merritt, and later sailed for Europe, landing in France, February 6, 1918. Saw active service, is sur-

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vived by his mother and brother. He was laboring for Scorup Bros, San Juan county, where he enlisted. ' Raymond Buckley, of Salt Lake City, died of wounds received in action armiSt Ce £1 I while Sf by the fighting T? 8 si8 ned Novem ber 11, 1918. He was wounded L side '

of his brother, a member of his company, 75th company, 6th regiment, marine corps. He was born in Salt Lake City but had removed with his mother and two brothers to San Francisco, where he held positions with the Call and Post, on which papers he was working 6 when he enlisted in April, 1918. Sergeant Charles R. Longson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Longson, Salt Lake City, Utah, was killed in action, October 31, 1918. He was born in halt Lake City, March 29, 1895, and was a graduate of the Forest School He had many friends in Sugar House and Parleys wards. He entered the army September 19, 1917, was trained at Camp Lewis, sailed for France, July 7, 1918, and was a member of the 36th infantry, ninety-first division! He saw active service for the first time, September 15, 1918. Corporal Fred Daniels, L Company, 138th infantry, died in France, No- vember 10, 1918, according to word sent to his wife, Mamie Daniels, at Pocatello, Idaho, January 4, 1919. It is presumed that he was killed' in action, as a letter from him, dated October 19, 1918, stated that he had been at the front for nineteen days, and was at that time at a rest camp, ready to return. He landed in France December 26, 1917, and before enter- ing the service, was employed in the car department of the Oregon Short Line. Alfred Swens, of Eureka, Utah, was killed in action, in France, October 14, 1918, according to information received by Mr. and Mrs. John Enlund, relatives, January 6, 1919. Mr. Swens was 25 years old, a native of Finland, where most of his people still reside. He came to the United States some years ago, and enlisted at the outbreak of the war, and after training was sent over seas, reaching France in January, 1917; a member of the 127th infantry. He was well known and highly esteemed in Eureka and neighbor- hood. John H. Lee, a former employe of the Century Printing Company, Salt Lake City, who came from Milwaukee eight years ago, died in France, ac- cording to word received January 8, 1919, by Miss Lillian D. Lewis, to whom he was to have been married upon his return from France. He enlisted, December, 1917; was 26 years of age, and died of pneumonia. He was trained in Waco, Texas, and Morrison, Virginia, leaving for over seas June, 1918, with the Twelfth balloon company; was twice cited for bravery, and was constantly in action from August, 1918, until death. Sterling Russell, Grafton, Washington county, Utah, Mas killed in action in France, November 7, 1918. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Russell. He received his education in the common schools, in the St. George stake academy from "which he graduated with the class of 1916. He then at- tended the Dixie Normal College, and early in May, 1918, received his call for Camp Lewis; left June 27 for military service, and was soon trans- ferred to Camp Kearny, thence overseas. Besides his parents, one sister and four brothers, he is survived by his wife and a young babe, at St. George, Utah. Fred J. Grant, formerly a resident of Salt Lake City and Ogden, but later of Ruth, Nevada, was killed in battle, November 10, 1918, the day be- fore the armistice. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Grant, of Ruth, Nevada; was a member of the Second regiment of Engineers, entered the army as a volunteer in May, 1917, and was trained at Fort Bliss, Texas. He was born at Ogden, Utah, removed to Salt Lake, in 1910, graduated from the West High School, attended the University of Utah one year and was a student at the Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, when he enlisted. He is survived by his parents, two brothers and two sisters.

426 IMPROVEMENT ERA John Mulder, of Ogden, Utah, 30 years of age, who was wounded in action in France, November 2, died about November 12, 1918. He was a son of William Mulder, and leaves two orphans, his wife having died in Malad, Idaho, January 1, 1918. Mr. Mulder went to Camp Lewis from Ogden, in April, 1918, went overseas in July, was in the Marne drive, and served in a number of engagements, and had just returned to the trenches when he received the wound causing his death. Before leaving Camp Lewis he took out $5,000 in insurance now to be used for the education of his children. He is survived by his father, four sisters and two children. Private Lawrence E. Larson, Spanish Fork, Utah, died of wounds re- ceived in action, October 6, 1918, having been saverely wounded September 30. Mrs. Mary Larson, his wife, was notified of his death at about the same time that she gave birth to a baby girl. Private Larson was born in Fair- view, Utah, October 30, 1894, and was living at Clear Creek, Utah, when called into service. He went to Camp Lewis, April 27, 1918; thence, after two months' training, to Camp Merritt, and from there, directly to France, arriving in the latter part of July. He was a member of company A, 361st infantry, part of the famous 91st division, and was a son of Mrs. Mary Lar- son of Fairview, Utah. Private Glen Miles, son of E. R. Miles, Sr., and Janet Hendrickson Miles, of Smithfield, Utah, was killed in action, October 4, 1918. He was born in Smithfield, Utah, April 5, 1892, went to Camp Lewis with the draft contingent, November 3, 1917, was transferred to Camp Mills, joined the 163rd infantry, was sent to Camp Merritt leaving for France by way of England, December 14, 1917, ana landing at Havre, on New Year's day, 1918. He went to the front June 3, i.ook part in the big drive on ths Marne in July, was sent to the hospital August 7 from exhaustion, joined his company September 8, and took active p~rt around the Argonne Forest in September and early October. Parley C. Turner, youngest child of the late Joseph H. Turner, and Mary Ellen Turner, died in action in France some time between October 1 and 13, 1918. He was born at Holden, Utah, November 15, 1895. His father died when Parley was seven months old. He attended the district school and also the Millard Academy; left for Camp Lewis, September 30, 1917, remaining in training until March, 1918, when he left for Camp Greene, thence to New York, and New Jersey, and from there overseas, landing in France early in May, 1918. His last letter was written September 2, 1918, in which he expressed the idea that if called upon to make the great sacrifice, it would be in a just cause, and he would go loving all, and strong in his religious belief. His widowed mother, two brothers, and three sisters survive him. Wagoner Melvin Galbraith, of Blanding, Utah, was killed in action, October 5, 1918. He was the son of W. W. Galbraith, deceased, of Kaysville, and Mrs. Lillian Galbraith, of Blanding. He was born at Colonia Diaz, Mexico, June 3, 1896. At the time of the exodus, he left with his mother and brother for Kaysville, thence to Sandy, attending school one winter; he moved to Richfield, and came to Blanding in June, 1915; registered in 1917, in the first draft, was called into service November 2, 1917, went to Camp Lewis, thence to Camp Mills, thence to Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and sailed from there January 22, 1918, for France, and was at the front since last July until his death. He is survived by his widowed mother, and three brothers, of Blanding, one of whom, Wallace, is in the Spruce Squad- ron at Vancouver, Washington. Major Lester E'arle Moreton, son of J. B. Moreton, Salt Lake City, Utah, and professor of mathematics at West Point Military Academy, died at that institution, January 8, 1919, of influenza-pneumonia. He was born in Salt Lake City, October 12, 1889, and passed through the public schools and was graduated from the High School in 1907, receiving a medal for mili- tary proficiency. He was appointed bv ex-Senator Sutherland to West

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Point, in 1910, graduated in 1914, in Coast Artillery service, was assigned to Fortress Monroe, then to Camp Winfield Scott, San Francisco, where he was promoted to a captaincy in February, 1917, being assigned to West Point as military instructor, and in October, 1918, received his commission as Major. Major Moreton was married July 22, 1914, to Miss Marjorie Short, who survives him with a young daughter, his father, and a number of brothers and sisters. Lynn Robison, son of the late Lewis S. Robison and Mary Driggs Rob- ison, of Pleasant Grove, Utah, died in France, September 28, 1918, being killed by a German shell, while carrying a message to headquarters just back of the Allied lines, during a fierce engagement. He enlisted on April 19, 1918, left for Camp Lewis on the 28th, went overseas in July, belonged to Company E, 363rd infantry, 91st division. The letter announcing his death was written from Belgium, bearing date December 10, 1918, and stated that he was a brave soldier who laid down his life while fighting. He was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah, December 8, 1890, was a graduate of the University of Utah, and taught school at the time of his enlistment. He is survived by his widowed mother, his brothers, John Robison, of Payette, Idaho, who served in the Spanish-American war, and Private Harold Rob- ison who is in France, and three sisters. Lieut. Orville Wallace Ruby, of Ogden, Utah, was drowned at San Diego, California, December 14, 1918, when his plane fell into the ocean. He fell two thousand feet, into the sea, nose-diving, at San Diego, while engaged in aerial gunnery practice. Lieut. Ruby was born at Circleville, Utah, November 22, 1896, and was the son of W. W. and Elenor B. Ruby, who removed to Ogden when the lieutenant was a small boy. He was educated in the public schools, graduated from the High School in May, 1915, was captain of the football team, in 1911, baseball team in 1911-12-14, and cap- tain of the basketball team in 1913. He went to Camp Lewis with one of the early contingents, was appointed sergeant, and after a few weeks was transferred to a school of military aeronautics at Berkeley, California, later went to San Diego, where he was given a commission, sent to Mather Field, Sacramento, later to Rockwell Field, where he won his license as a pilot. When the armistice was signed he was given the chance of an honorbale discharge, or of continuing his course; he chose the latter. He is survived by his parents, one brother and four sisters, all of Ogden.