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First Clarksville War Casualty Pvt Elmer Angel
Clarksville Iowa reports its first war casualty Private Elmer Angel died October 24 in a French hospital from pneumonia at age 27. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Lee Angel and the widowed mother Ella Tibbitts Osage before marriage. A telegram arrived with the news and he had recently left fighting ranks to serve as a stretcher bearer.
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