Stanley R. Augusperger died February, 1918 at sea |
Harry C. Beeson of Enterprise KIA September 28, 1918 |
First Boy from county is killed in battle
Robert Berner, the first Wallowa county boy to die on the field of
battle in France, was killed in action July 15, according to word received
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Berner of Flora. Two other men from
this county have died in service. Alfred Hagen, who succumbed to pneumonia
in England, and Stanley R. Augusburger of a forest regiment who was lost
on the torpedoed transport Tuscania. Enterprise
Record Chieftain |
HENRY BRUCE KILLED IN BATTLE
Word was received last evening by Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bruce of the death of
their son, Henry, on the battlefield of France during the later days of
the severe fighting. Wallowa
County Reporter |
DIES FOR HIS COUNTRYWord was received yesterday of the death of Grover C. Eckley on the battlefield in France on Sept. 28th. Johnny Eckley, as he was usually called, went from Enterprise in the call of April 26th, 1918 to Camp Lewis and was called overseas in about two months arriving in England in July. Wallowa
County Reporter |
Albert W. Edwards Died October 15, 1918 in France |
Charles S. Fisher Died November 8, 1918 in France |
HAGEN, AlfredDied in France on February 7th, 1918, of pneumonia while in the service of his country as a member of the 162 infantry. Wallowa
County Reporter |
Ralph E. Hamilton Died October 15, 1918 Camp Johnson, Florida |
KRUSE, Roy WilliamOfficial announcement that Roy William Kruse of Wallowa was killed in action on Sept. 29th has been received by his parents. He is the ninth Wallowa county boy to give his life on the battlefield.Wallowa
County Reporter |
August Lundquist Enterprise, Oregon KIA October 10. 1918 |
Mathew Mawhin Died October 29, 1918 Camp Kearney, Nebraska |
Peter LeRoy
Medesker |
BOY FROM JOSEPH MISSING IN ACTION
Everett Miller, Battery D, 18th Field Artillery, A.E.F., of Joseph is
missing in action, according to information received Tuesday by Mrs. H.H.
Cole, grandmother of the boy, from her daughter, Mrs. Emma Miller, who is
visiting at present with her daughter, Mrs. Chester Kubil, at
Jacksonville, Oregon. The father of the missing boy is John Miller and at
present he is working at the shipyards in Portland. Everett is the first
Wallowa county boy lost in action. Enterprise
Record Chieftain |
MATHEW
MAWHIN BURIED:
The body of Mathew Mawhin of the regular army medical corps, who died
Thursday, Oct. 29, 1918, at Camp Kearney, Ca., was brought to Enterprise
for burial on Monday. Services were conducted at the cemetery by Rev. F.R.
Sibley. A squad of the militia company attended the body from the railroad
station and gave the soldier the honor of a military burial. Enterprise
Record Chieftain |
PETER LEROY MEDESKER FALLS ON BATTLE FIELD From the battlefield of
France there came yesterday notification of the death of another Wallowa
county soldier, Peter Leroy Medesker, who was killed in action Oct. 8,
1918. The telegram from the army came to his brother, Monroe Medesker,
who lives on Crow creek. |
Harry A.
Savage |
Arthur P. Southwick Died October 13, 1918 Camp Dodge, Iowa |
William C.
Spencer |
Joseph Von Stephens Death (Joe Stephens) Article in Newspaper. Contributed by Jim Reavis. |
Ed Summerhouse Is Dead A message came to Lostine on Saturday with the news of the death of Ed Summerhouse, a Lostine boy who enlisted in the navy. He was a first class fireman on the steamer Harrisburg, and died of bronchial pneumonia aboard ship while returning from his second trip to France. The boat had made three round trips to England before that, after he was assigned to the ship. His body will be laid to rest in a government cemetery somewhere in the east. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Wm. Kuhn of Enterprise, and two sisters, Gertrude of Enterprise and Carrie of Hutchinson, Kan., and three brothers, Henry of Enterprise, William of Hutchinson, Kan., and John of the hospital corps. A.E.F. Enterprise
Record Chieftain |
Bee Thompson Died April 24, 1919 Denver |
Harry Yandle Died September 22, 1918 at sea. |
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