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WWI Casualty List 20 May 1918
20 May 1918
McLean County, Illinois


Casualty List from the Camps and Firing Line.

Washington, May 19. -- The army casualty list issued today contained 59 names divided as follows:

Killed in action, 4; died of wounds, 4; died of accidents, 2; died of disease, 3; wounded severely, 36; wounded slightly, 6; missing in action, 4.

Officers named in the list were Lieut. Jefferson D. Vincent of Buffalo, N.Y., who died of an accident and Lieut. Robert B. Rhett of Summerville, S. C., who previously was reported as missing and now is found to be a prisoner in Germany.

The list follows:

Killed in action:
    Corporal Carl E. Miller, Heyworth, Illinois.
    Cook Henry Sierzyeki, Sierzyki Slumsk. Russia
Privates:
    George Devine, Philadelphia
    John W. White, Woburn, Mass.

Died of wounds:
    Sergt. William Bell, Jr., Atlanta, Ga.
Corporals:
    Harold A. Jackson, Bryants Pond, Maine
    Earl Thomas, South Carleston, O.
    Private Jake Levering, Maurice, Ia.

Died of disease:
Privates:
    Jesse Chaney, Greenville, S. C.
    James J. Doonan, New York.
    Thomas L. Walker, Crewe, Va.

Died of accident:
    Lieut. Jefferson Davis Vincent, Markeen hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
    Private Louis W. McManus, Salem, Mass.

Wounded severely:
Seregants: [sic]
    Clarence J. Callahan, New Britain, Conn.
    Albert Mathon, Waterbury, Conn.
Corporals:
    Joseph P. Donovan, New Britain, Conn.
    Frederick L. Jackson, Dorchester, Mass.
    Edward S. Leblanc, Nashua, N. H.
    Earl G. Ludlam, South Windsor, Conn.
Mechanics:
    Ernest L. Butler, Willimantic, Conn.
    Charles Harris, Meriden, Conn.
Privates:
    Lawrence R. Bates, Terryville, Conn.
    Morris J. Bourgeouse, Thompsonville, Conn.
    John J. Burke, Meriden, Conn.
    William B. Coffey, Nashua, N. H.
    Stanylaus Cornell, Bristol, Conn.
    Harry G. Crissman, San Francisco.
    Martin J. Cummings, New York.
    William Barker, White Hall, N. Y.
    Lawrence Dewey, Meriden, Conn.
    Irving M. Hawkes, New Haven, Conn.
    Max Herbert Hoffman, Ripon, Wis.
    William Holmes, Baraboo, Wis.
    Charles Berger Johnson, Brooklyn, New York.
    Leslie M. Lane, New Haven, Conn.
    John B. Latour, Nashua, N. H.
    Joseph L. Inhardt, Brooklyn.
    Thaddeus T. Meehan, Cambridge, Mass.
    Feedore Osbapchuck, Hartford, Conn.
    William H. Sargent, South Manchester, Conn.
    Julius Seper, New York.
    John Serapsin, Hartford, Conn.
    Chester Simth, Danbury, Conn.
    Carroll Storey, Newport, Vt.
    Edward L. Williams, Philadelphia.

Wounded slightly:
    Regimental Sergeant Major George Gilbody, Dorchester, Mass
Corporals:
    Hyman Berman, Chicago.
    Alton C. Britton, Traverse City, Mch.
Privates:
    Reed Glace, Allentown, Pa.
    Max Greenberg, Philadelphia.
    Albert A. Lowdermilk, Morganton, North Carolina.

Missing in action:
    Master Engineer (senior grade) Geor. L. Mackay, Ocala, Fla.
Privates:
    Joseph Z. Lagassey, Bristol, Conn.
    William Lagassee, Bristol, Conn.
    Carl H. Nilson, Plainville, Conn.

Prisoner (previously reported missing):
    Lieut. Robert B. Rhert, Summerville, South Carolina.
    Private Louis E. Patzoldt, Pine City, Minn.

[1918 May 20 - Gazette-Telegraph, Colorado]


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