Edgar C. Deneke..............Private

    Son of Ferdinand and Frederica Deneke; born May 6, 1889, Elberfeld, Warrick County, Indiana. Mechanic. Enlisted in U. S. Regular Army April 19, 1917, Vincennes, Indiana. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; transferred to El Paso, Texas; assigned to Company C, 16th Infantry, 1st Division. Embarked June 14, 1917. Killed in action July 18, 1918, in battle of Soissons. Buried in France, (place not known).