Allen Hanft

Private Company K

#102148

       Killed July 26th at Chateau Thierry. Buried in Grave No. 1-D, Map of Conde-en-brie. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hanft, Columbus Junction, Iowa. Private Hanft was asleep in a hole which he had dug for his protection, as the Germans were shelling our positions. He was killed by a high explosive shell which hit close to him.

Merle W. McCunn

First Lieutenant Company E

      Died in Field Hospital No. 109, 28th Division. Wounded July 26th in Foret de Fere near Chateau Thierry. Lieutenant McCunn had seen eleven years of National Guard Service, having served on the Mexican Border and through the Lorraine campaign and the Battle of Champagne. Relative's address, Mrs. Merle W. McCunn, Shenandoah, Iowa. Born at Shambaugh, Iowa, October 8, 1887.