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SYRACUSE, N. Y., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1918.Victim of HunsFIRSTJVincent M. Bowes.1* » *»Sergt. Francis E. Maher,THE 27TI Corporal in 104th Infantry j] I Meets Death During Re-!cent Action at the Front ii in France.I PRIVATE BUELL ISWOUNDED AT MARNE ii| Dead Corporal a Son of Mr.! J| and Mrs. M. Bowes ofN; »I Palmer Avenue—Was 28 j1 Years Old.i (j The casualty list gives Syra-;c i cuse its first loss in the Twenty-j -' seventh 'division. The list!{.1.follows:KILLED m ACTION.I )Corporal Vincent Matthews !a ! Bowes, Company M, 104th in-;? fantry.WOUNDED IN ACTION.Private Earl Buell, Company] L, Thirtieth infantry.Sergeant Francis E..1cIEMaher, j *! Machine Gun company, Thirty- ;iii-Itcoeighth infantry.Left in September.Corporal Bowes left Syracuse In , “September for CanJp Dix, and was(l'v later transferred to the One Hundred J *and Fourth Infantry. He was the j ”son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Bowes of No.144 Palmer avenue. He was 2S rears ; old. The notice confirming his death * gave none of the details.Wounded at Marne.Private Buell was wounded in ac- * ^tionduring the fighting along the ] t Marne.’ The news comes in a’ letter r to'Mrs. Helen Liaaka. No. 135 Culbertjh I street, from her son. Private John in) Liadka, Company P. Eighth Machine joj Gun battalion. He merely states j .S j that Earl was wounded and was ja taken to a hospital, j *Bueil had made his home with the (b Liadka family for a number of years. I a He enlisted while the Thirtieth In-! J* fantry was located at Camp Syra- j “ cuse. According to Private Buell’s • c letter he will soon be able to rejoin 1 his regiment. • ^:rIsHas Hole in His Leg.Sergt. Francis E. Maher writes his cousin. Miss Mary Zealass, Pennell- j w ville. from the American base hospital No. 1 as follows:nIus “This is the first time I have beenable to sit up in about a month. I nr- aen..have a hole in my leg where a Ger-ja; r_:raan shot me. 1 shot him with my b il-1*45' pistol through the chest. jwjl-J “I am getting almost well now. :3 ay and will be back on the firing line j j within a month. I can’t tel! yon;o: j where I am now. or where 1 have; a IS ; been. , but when 1 get home 1 will ■ a have a lot of interesting things to •' ;re;tell vou.vy« ■ . ..ial
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Syracuse Herald
Syracuse, New York, US
Sun, Aug 25, 1918
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