---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Richards, Lula Greene
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 22
number: 8
published: 1919-06
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'Richards, Lula Greene, "Not Ashamed," *Improvement Era* 22, no. 8 (June 1919): 682.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2208unse
  transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers.
  identifier: improvementera2208unse
start_page: 682
end_page: 682
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1919-06)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2208unse
  publication_year: 1919
  note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1919, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Not Ashamed

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Died in Service

   W e aim to name all the soldier boys within Utah and surrounding states
who liave 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 tvho lias 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.

     Frank Isakson, son of Mrs. and Mrs. C. 0. Isakson, Ogden, Utah, was
     rte   dead ' accordin S to wor <l received from France, November 28,
imo No
1918.    i further  particulars were given.
     George D. Felter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Felter, of Pleasant Plain,
Ohio, died of pneumonia at Albany, Oregon, December
                                                         19, 1918—Josephine
Miles County Historian, St. George, Utah.
     Fred Perry Holton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Holton, Salt Lake
City, died October 27, 1918, in France of pneumonia.
                                                             He entered the
army last May, and was a member of the 145th field artillery.
     Alton Hiatt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hiatt, of Enterprise, Utah, died
ot wounds received in action, October 4, 1918.       He was a member of
Company L, 157th infantry, and went to France in August, 1918.—Josephine
Miles, County Historian, St. George, Utah.
  Private Bert Freeman, died at Fort D. A. Russell, March
                                                                26, 1919, of
influenza-pneumonia.     The body was returned to Brigham City, and
funeral services were held at the city cemetery, under
                                                            the direction of
the Fourth ward bishopric. Six soldiers acted as pail-bearers.
    Issac Heber Langston, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
                                                      Issac Heber Langston,
Sr., died in France, October 8, 1918, of wounds received in
                                                                   action   He
        Sn a S P rin S dalc Utah > March 27, 1895. He joined the army,'
o? i^ o       \                                                           May
    '
                WaS a P rivate in Company C, 361st United States infantry
tt i
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                      son of Mr and Mrs. William A. Gray, of Santa Clara,
                                -

Utah, was killed in action on the battle front, in France,
                                                           October 7 1918 He
was born at Santa Clara, February 29, 1892, and was a private
                                                                  in the 148th
field artillery. He left Saint George to join the army,
                                                         November 2, 1917
     Clayton J Reber, son of Mrs. Otilla Reber and the late
                                                                John Reber of
hanta Clara, Utah^ died of typhoid fever, while serving with
                                                                 the American
          *™ nce » ctober 23 1918 H e was born at Santa Clara, Utah,
h   ioS            ?        '           -

29 1894, joined the army, October 3, 1917, and was a corporal in
                                                                          July
                                                                     the 348th
field artillery.
     John Blundell, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Blundell, Salt Lake
                                                                         City
Utah, 22 years old, was killed in action in France, October
                                                               15, 1918    He'
was a member of Company 8, 159th infantry, a native of Salt Lake
left for Camp Lewis, June 25, 1918.
                                                                    City   He
                                        He is survived by his widow, four
brothers and one sister.
     Daniel Lester Keate, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius C.
                                                        Keate, of St. George
Utah was officially reported missing in action October
                                                        4.  He was reported
killed in action, March, 1919.  He was born October 26, 1895, enlisted in
 he United States Marine corps, December 13, 1917;
                                                   went to France, May 23,
lyio, and was in action several times.
                        S           Mr s
                             Sarah D Blair and the Iate Jo«n F.
                                f
MoN^nfifVr^'
McNeilLof George, T°i^°
                                                -.   -

                  Utah died in the service of his country, at
                  St.               ]       1
                                                              Camp
Lewis, Washington, June 20, 1918, where he was a
                                                 private in the 6th com-