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John M. Kelly

Corporal, Company A

#100016

        Killed at Sergy, July 30, 1918. Buried in grave No. 43-D, Fere-en-Tardinois. On the morning of July 30th while attempting to capture a machine gun nest above Sergy, one of his men was severely wounded and while helping to bandage his comrade he was instantly killed by a machine gun bullet. It is the courage and sacrifice of such men that made victory possible. Relative's  address, John Pearl, Weldon, Iowa.

Clarence Shurtz

Corporal Company A

#99870

      Killed at Chateau Thierry, July 30, 1918. Buried in grave No. 36-A, Fere-en-Tardinois. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shurtz, Eagle Grove, Iowa. Corporal Shurtz was attached to the Intelligence
department, and did excellent work for them in the Baccarat Sector. His duties required of him the utmost daring, but they were always faithfully carried out. At the capture of Sergy on July 30th, he was struck by shell fragments which tore on of his limbs from his body and he died shortly thereafter.