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HERE IS FIRST COMPLETE ROSTERIBuiCti-DEFIANCE BOYS WHOWeCt00FOR FRANCE WITH COMPANY GI paiI! HeonitHad the armistice not been signed when it was it isicoi* likely that very few of ComOi r ^ «to Defiance because ordersr%)anv G would have returned hottlad been issued for G Com-1jHpany to go over the top the following morning, in event II the armistice was not signed, and capture 89 Germanmachine gun nests.During the war the old Defiance company had elevendifferent officers. The company went into the terriblellifme! Argonne battle with three officers and came out withtinlot! none.Herewith follows a complete synopsis of the fiftypa(etin! Defiance county boys who belonged to G Company when j bthe organization sailed for-Trance last summer.This!we I synopsis gives the present location of the boys.ThisWfa j information was secured from Company G members atis Toledo:('apt. A. B. DeKay. Transferred.10 Now in France.sechSergeant Ray Cubberlv. With G1mcompany. Well.Lieut. Doutv. Transferred. Now in! Corporal Garrett A. Fitzwater.bemndFrance.i Lieut. Herbert Anderson. RoseWounded in Argonne. Sept. 28. last.pitsoIn hosoital in France.e3: from rank of private to first lieuten-•eda 1 nnt and had command of Company GevSergeant Arthur F. Foelker. Withwhen the organization went in battleth;_ I of Argonne forest. Was eommission-C company. Well.Corporal Raymond Slough. With Gu 11tilsoompany. Well.. ed captainthis time but wasj Corporal Dewey G. Karnes. Wound-MX TilloQ ! moitally wounded Sept. 2S. last, be-• j tfore receiving commission. Woundeded Tn Argonne. Sept. 28, last. Now j m.in States.Corporal Melvin Scblosser. With G;i;ins i .... h *iit_ j hi two places in right leg with machine gun bullets. Refused to allow } ( omlan •i Cook Janies Campbell. In hospitalsaWell.itI 11rhe i stretcher bearers to carry him toflatindrear.directing them to care for an-|u^ Pn(-'umonia.Riarother wounded comrade iirst. When i ( °°k Han B. lt;urtland. With G UrWelldes | stretcher bearers returned for him he j 01!lPai1.i was dead, thought to have expired I Mechanic (ail II. Bristol.With G7thfrom loss of blood and exposure-. Buried in little orchard betweencompany.MechanicWell.atriAlvintP.Karr. Wilh G*i'.l i Iviory and Cierges, France.:ra-Sergeant Albert C. Hedricks. Well and still with G company.company.MechanicWell.Grover Wisda. AVoundodththin Argonne. With G company.er Be-1 loSergeant Otis 1). Little. V’oil andcovered.still in France, being with an autoCorporal Byron Bennett. With Gunit.company. Well.OYSergeantArthurRothenbergr-r.Fred Brubnck. G company. AVell.Transferred to F Company. Well.Corporal John M. Conroy. G com-tiiblt;si1i Sergeant Henry A. Flentje. With Gpa nv. Well.ting i company. Well.)efi- Sergeant Jesse D. Bates. AVith GJesse O. Essex. G company. AVell.blt;TA’irgi! H. Finney. G company. Well.the'company. Wounded. W'ell.John H. Funk. G company. Well.Sergeant John R. Small. Wounded.John Figlev. Transferred to II comtiIIIn hospital at Camp Sherman.pany.lied i Sergeant John \AT. Simendinger.CFVirile II. Hubbard. Wounded inDe-j With G company. AVell.:ies, I Sergeant Fred McFeters. Killed inArgonne. In States.John Hale. Practicallv well fromnelt i Argonne, Sept. 28. last. | Sergeant Harry R.11 pital at Hoboken.gas. G conVpanv.Cst(l'(KingIn hos-’ Corporal Ezra J. Hammon. G com- Frpany. AVell.fore-.B -Corporal AVm. H. Dixon. Wounded, i Clarence J. Hammersmith. Trans-andtheIn Base Hospital 78. France.ferred to Supply company.Corporal Charles ' Sehetlenbarger. i Corporal R. C. Parcher.G com-T ransf erred.i pany. Well.for917.Sergeant Robert E. Anderson.; Dewey Reynolds, G company. Web.AVith G company. AVell.1-IIJV1Denzil (’. Smith. AA'otinded in Ar-uitsISergeant Orville Rangier. Killed- in j gonne. Whereabouts unknown.auiu j Argonne. Sept. 2S, last. Location oftlaClayton French. G company. Well.ank; grave unknown.Anxious to get back to Defiance anddth.toughCorporal Ralph Willis. Wounded inArgonne. In hospital.organize a base ball team to takeBun’s Veterans across.G1Corporal Walter G. A\Tirick. Trans-Christy Smith. G company. Welltoauldferred to H company.Corporal Glenn H. Camp. Trans-4.4.ml anxious for a cold bottle of Centennial Export.v1Iferred to Supply company.Hollie J. Smith. Killed in Argonne.inighthe£rfi
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Defiance Democrat
Defiance, Ohio, US
Thu, Apr 17, 1919
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