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Domestic News
June 5, 1918
Daily Capital Journal
Salem, Marion County, Oregon
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General Pershing reported 110 American casualties on June 5, including 39 killed in action (5 officers), 13 dead from wounds, 6 from disease, 3 from accident, 47 severely wounded, and 2 missing; lists names and hometowns; 3 prisoners confirmed.
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39 KILLED IN ACTION
IN PERSHING'S LIST
OF DAYS CASUALTIES
Report Indicates Americans Are Taking More Important Part
Washington, June 5.--General Pershing today reported one hundred and ten casualties to the war department, divided as follows:
Killed in action, 39; dead from wounds, 13; dead from disease, 6; dead from accident, 3; wounded severely, 47 missing in action, 2.
Five officers are included in the killed in action list. They are Colonel Bertram T. Clayton, Salisbury, N. C.; Captains Harry A. Bullock, Cambridge, Mass.; And Edward O. Fleur, Des Moines, Iowa; Lieutenants Clarence Green, Winterset, Iowa, and Richard Mortimer, Jr., Tuxedo Park, N. Y.
Others killed in action:
Sergeants Willie K. Murphy, Newfoundland, Ky.
Jesse F. Tillman, Creston. Iowa.
Corporals Walter J. Dixon, Brooklyn, N. Y.
August Mattson, Kipling, Mich.
Frank W. Orr, Des Moines, Iowa.
Bugler Fred N. Davis, Lorimer, Iowa.
Cook Joseph Downs, Kinmundy, Ill.
Privates Nicolo Olongi, Italy.
Sigurd C. Anderson, Mason City, Iowa
Claude Baken, Mason City, Iowa.
Oscar Baker, Dubuque, Iowa.
Carl B. Beversdorf, Dubuque, Iowa.
Frank R. Brown, Red Oak, Iowa.
Lloyd R. Coulburne, Salisbury, Md.
Otis E. Craig, Cedar Rapids, Ia.
Bruce C. Croft. Winterset, Iowa.
Eugene Ford. Winterset. Iowa.
Williford Funderburk, Durand, Ga.
Lloyd W. Gettys, Stuart, Iowa.
Smith Hann, Winterset, Iowa.
Gladstone C. Hewitt, Creston, Iowa.
Admiral D. Hulsey, Rebecca, Ga.
William Kelisch, Lancaster, Pa.
Martin Lizdas, Waukegan, Ill.
Fred H. Meyer, New York.
Ernest F. Minor, Thornton, R. I.
Merl E. L. Nauman, Arispe, Iowa.
Joseph H. Pfab, Dubuque, Iowa.
Everett Powers, Carlisle, Iowa.
Jesse R. Salsbury, Patterson, Iowa.
Clemens W. Schuster, Dubuque, Ia.
Lari G. Shaw. Dubuque, Iowa.
Arthur C. Van Dyne, California, Pa.
John Zauiza, Middleton, Conn,
Died of wounds:
Sergeant Gordon E. Perry, Creston, Iowa.
Corporals Carl J. Lechner, Cedar Falls Iowa.
James C. Shea, Roslindale, Mass.
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Abe Martin
We kin remember when you'd have t' suoot a feller t' keep him from workin' if he could make 25 cents an hour. You ean but it down that th'feller that's keevin' still these times is afraid o' gitiia' tarred an' feathered.
29 KILLED IN ACTION
(Continued from page one)
Cook Everett S. Davis, Nora Springs, Iowa.
Privates Clemmie Atkinson, Dermott, Oregon.
Holly Coffee, Morgan, Ky.
Samuel Hazard, Atlantic, Iowa.
Wayne E. Huxtable, Lemars, Iowa.
John H. McDonald, Wellington, Mass.
William M. Saunders, Garwin, Iowa.
John Schubert, Ford City, Pa.
William A. Staley, Council Bluffs, Ia.
Charles D. Thayer, Milford, Conn.
Died of disease:
Corporal J. S. Dudley, Patten, Maine, Port Henry, New York.
Privates Frederick Joseph Dondero, Flushing, N. Y.
W. Newman, Snohomish, Wash.
James T. Phelan, Detroit, Mich.
Died of accident:
Lieutenant Howard R. Smith, New Castle, Ind.
Sergeants Donald Bechter, Chatham street, Independence, Iowa.
John M. Jones, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Wounded severely:
Lieutenants Abram P. Craddock, Lynchburg, Va.
Adam P. Dambraucks, Philadelphia, Pa.
Walter J. Sullivan, Chicago.
Frederick August Westphal, Providence, R. I.
Sergeants Hugh F. Dumas, Toronto, Canada.
Clayton Randall, St. Paul, Minn.
Corporals Albert L. Kennedy, Charlestown, Mass.
William O'Connell, Cambridge, Mass.
Fred W. Putney, Hutchinson, Minn.
Mechanician Herman H. Pretzel, Stillwater, Minn.
Bugler Laurence H. Brisson, Virginia, Minn.
Cook Floyd F. Tomassetti, Meriden, Conn.
Privates Nicholas Breckner, White Bear, Minn.
Jeremiah Denehy, Haverhill, Mass.
Clive Fulcher, Talladega, Ala.
Henry Furchner, St. Paul, Minn.
Ray B. Gaither, Paducah, Ky.
Walter G. Towarski, Cleveland, Ohio.
John E. Hancock, Patterson, N. J.
Anthony J. Houle, Spencer, Mass.
Edward T. Housby, Dayton, Ohio.
Rufus Jacoby, Waterloo, Iowa.
Manuel A. Joseph, West Oakland, Cal.
Eugene R. Kelly, Minneapolis, Minn.
Ward S. King, Waterloo, Iowa.
Stanley Krzysezynski, Russia.
Eben C. Leffingwell, Des Moines, Ia.
Joseph Leone, Boston, Mass.
Harry C. Martz, St. Paul, Minn.
John J. McCarthy, St. Paul, Minn.
George H. Morgan, St. Paul, Minn.
Walter Muff, St. Paul, Minn.
Walter G. Nelson, Hutchinson, Minn.
Lawrence W. Northam, LaPorte, Ind.
Harvey L. Ogren, South Bend, Ind.
Angus F. Osborne, Bock, Minn.
LeRoy Paul, Little Canada, Minn.
Charles D. Perry, Poquonock, Conn.
Willie L. Pierce, Exeter, Va.
Berlad A. Rogers, Lacona, Iowa.
William Carl Ruhl, Akron.
Glenn T. Tatham, Ipava, Ill.
Hans Thorstad, Minneapolis, Minn.
Charles Wagner, St. Paul, Minn.
Joseph Wingeis, Buffalo, N. Y.
Missing in action:
Lieutenant Ralph M. Noble, Galesburg, Ill.
Private John W. Jones, Oxford, Ala.
Prisoners previously reported missing:
Lieutenants Benjamin C. Byrd, Hartford, Conn.
Robert Baker McDowell, Jersey City, N. J.
Private Melville S. Harger, Battle Creek, Mich.
IN PERSHING'S LIST
OF DAYS CASUALTIES
Report Indicates Americans Are Taking More Important Part
Washington, June 5.--General Pershing today reported one hundred and ten casualties to the war department, divided as follows:
Killed in action, 39; dead from wounds, 13; dead from disease, 6; dead from accident, 3; wounded severely, 47 missing in action, 2.
Five officers are included in the killed in action list. They are Colonel Bertram T. Clayton, Salisbury, N. C.; Captains Harry A. Bullock, Cambridge, Mass.; And Edward O. Fleur, Des Moines, Iowa; Lieutenants Clarence Green, Winterset, Iowa, and Richard Mortimer, Jr., Tuxedo Park, N. Y.
Others killed in action:
Sergeants Willie K. Murphy, Newfoundland, Ky.
Jesse F. Tillman, Creston. Iowa.
Corporals Walter J. Dixon, Brooklyn, N. Y.
August Mattson, Kipling, Mich.
Frank W. Orr, Des Moines, Iowa.
Bugler Fred N. Davis, Lorimer, Iowa.
Cook Joseph Downs, Kinmundy, Ill.
Privates Nicolo Olongi, Italy.
Sigurd C. Anderson, Mason City, Iowa
Claude Baken, Mason City, Iowa.
Oscar Baker, Dubuque, Iowa.
Carl B. Beversdorf, Dubuque, Iowa.
Frank R. Brown, Red Oak, Iowa.
Lloyd R. Coulburne, Salisbury, Md.
Otis E. Craig, Cedar Rapids, Ia.
Bruce C. Croft. Winterset, Iowa.
Eugene Ford. Winterset. Iowa.
Williford Funderburk, Durand, Ga.
Lloyd W. Gettys, Stuart, Iowa.
Smith Hann, Winterset, Iowa.
Gladstone C. Hewitt, Creston, Iowa.
Admiral D. Hulsey, Rebecca, Ga.
William Kelisch, Lancaster, Pa.
Martin Lizdas, Waukegan, Ill.
Fred H. Meyer, New York.
Ernest F. Minor, Thornton, R. I.
Merl E. L. Nauman, Arispe, Iowa.
Joseph H. Pfab, Dubuque, Iowa.
Everett Powers, Carlisle, Iowa.
Jesse R. Salsbury, Patterson, Iowa.
Clemens W. Schuster, Dubuque, Ia.
Lari G. Shaw. Dubuque, Iowa.
Arthur C. Van Dyne, California, Pa.
John Zauiza, Middleton, Conn,
Died of wounds:
Sergeant Gordon E. Perry, Creston, Iowa.
Corporals Carl J. Lechner, Cedar Falls Iowa.
James C. Shea, Roslindale, Mass.
(Continued on page two)
Abe Martin
We kin remember when you'd have t' suoot a feller t' keep him from workin' if he could make 25 cents an hour. You ean but it down that th'feller that's keevin' still these times is afraid o' gitiia' tarred an' feathered.
29 KILLED IN ACTION
(Continued from page one)
Cook Everett S. Davis, Nora Springs, Iowa.
Privates Clemmie Atkinson, Dermott, Oregon.
Holly Coffee, Morgan, Ky.
Samuel Hazard, Atlantic, Iowa.
Wayne E. Huxtable, Lemars, Iowa.
John H. McDonald, Wellington, Mass.
William M. Saunders, Garwin, Iowa.
John Schubert, Ford City, Pa.
William A. Staley, Council Bluffs, Ia.
Charles D. Thayer, Milford, Conn.
Died of disease:
Corporal J. S. Dudley, Patten, Maine, Port Henry, New York.
Privates Frederick Joseph Dondero, Flushing, N. Y.
W. Newman, Snohomish, Wash.
James T. Phelan, Detroit, Mich.
Died of accident:
Lieutenant Howard R. Smith, New Castle, Ind.
Sergeants Donald Bechter, Chatham street, Independence, Iowa.
John M. Jones, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Wounded severely:
Lieutenants Abram P. Craddock, Lynchburg, Va.
Adam P. Dambraucks, Philadelphia, Pa.
Walter J. Sullivan, Chicago.
Frederick August Westphal, Providence, R. I.
Sergeants Hugh F. Dumas, Toronto, Canada.
Clayton Randall, St. Paul, Minn.
Corporals Albert L. Kennedy, Charlestown, Mass.
William O'Connell, Cambridge, Mass.
Fred W. Putney, Hutchinson, Minn.
Mechanician Herman H. Pretzel, Stillwater, Minn.
Bugler Laurence H. Brisson, Virginia, Minn.
Cook Floyd F. Tomassetti, Meriden, Conn.
Privates Nicholas Breckner, White Bear, Minn.
Jeremiah Denehy, Haverhill, Mass.
Clive Fulcher, Talladega, Ala.
Henry Furchner, St. Paul, Minn.
Ray B. Gaither, Paducah, Ky.
Walter G. Towarski, Cleveland, Ohio.
John E. Hancock, Patterson, N. J.
Anthony J. Houle, Spencer, Mass.
Edward T. Housby, Dayton, Ohio.
Rufus Jacoby, Waterloo, Iowa.
Manuel A. Joseph, West Oakland, Cal.
Eugene R. Kelly, Minneapolis, Minn.
Ward S. King, Waterloo, Iowa.
Stanley Krzysezynski, Russia.
Eben C. Leffingwell, Des Moines, Ia.
Joseph Leone, Boston, Mass.
Harry C. Martz, St. Paul, Minn.
John J. McCarthy, St. Paul, Minn.
George H. Morgan, St. Paul, Minn.
Walter Muff, St. Paul, Minn.
Walter G. Nelson, Hutchinson, Minn.
Lawrence W. Northam, LaPorte, Ind.
Harvey L. Ogren, South Bend, Ind.
Angus F. Osborne, Bock, Minn.
LeRoy Paul, Little Canada, Minn.
Charles D. Perry, Poquonock, Conn.
Willie L. Pierce, Exeter, Va.
Berlad A. Rogers, Lacona, Iowa.
William Carl Ruhl, Akron.
Glenn T. Tatham, Ipava, Ill.
Hans Thorstad, Minneapolis, Minn.
Charles Wagner, St. Paul, Minn.
Joseph Wingeis, Buffalo, N. Y.
Missing in action:
Lieutenant Ralph M. Noble, Galesburg, Ill.
Private John W. Jones, Oxford, Ala.
Prisoners previously reported missing:
Lieutenants Benjamin C. Byrd, Hartford, Conn.
Robert Baker McDowell, Jersey City, N. J.
Private Melville S. Harger, Battle Creek, Mich.
What sub-type of article is it?
Military
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Pershing Casualties
American Soldiers
Killed In Action
World War I
Military Report
What entities or persons were involved?
General Pershing
Colonel Bertram T. Clayton
Captain Harry A. Bullock
Captain Edward O. Fleur
Lieutenant Clarence Green
Lieutenant Richard Mortimer Jr.
Where did it happen?
Washington
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Washington
Event Date
June 5
Key Persons
General Pershing
Colonel Bertram T. Clayton
Captain Harry A. Bullock
Captain Edward O. Fleur
Lieutenant Clarence Green
Lieutenant Richard Mortimer Jr.
Outcome
killed in action: 39 (including 5 officers); dead from wounds: 13; dead from disease: 6; dead from accident: 3; wounded severely: 47; missing in action: 2. prisoners previously reported missing: 2 officers and 1 private.
Event Details
General Pershing reported 110 casualties to the War Department, with detailed lists of names and hometowns for those killed in action, died of wounds, disease, accident, wounded severely, missing in action, and prisoners previously reported missing.