Honor Roll of Boys who Died Going Over 

 
 

Edward Kops

   

Private Company C

#302577

 

    

      

     Killed at Chateau Thierry near the Mercey Farm, July 28, 1918. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Salmon Kops, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Private Kops was advancing with his company up a valley near Mercey Farm when he was hit in the head by a fragment of a high explosive shell and killed instantly. He cam to the regiment just before we entered the Champagne Sector.

   
   
   
   

Arthur Thompson

   

Private First Class Company C

#100442

 

    

 

     Killed July 28, 1918 at Chateau Thierry near the Ourcq river. Buried in grave No. 20-D, Map of Fere-en-Tardinois, one and one-half kilometers south and east of Sergy. Private Thompson was with his company while they were attacking toward Hill 212. He was knocked down by a high explosive shell and another shell exploded near him, killing him instantly. Relative's address, Mrs. E. M. Foster, Afton, Iowa.

 
 
   

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