Ben H. Adkins

Private Company M

    
        Died September 12, 1918, of wounds received in action on September 10. Private Adkins' earlier life has been likened to that of Abraham Lincoln. He was purely a self-made man, and at an early age, it was necessary for him to discontinue his schooling and take care of his three orphaned brothers. He enlisted in Company M. He often expressed the wish to get at the Huns. Private Adkins was wounded on September 10, in the St. Mihiel battle. He sacrificed his personal ambitions and at last his life for his country. Father T. H. Adkins, Fairfield, Iowa..

Karl H. Wheeler

Second Lieutenant Company L

        Killed September 12, at St. Mihiel, near Flirey, Bois du Jury. Buried in Grave No. 1, Map of Pannes. Lieutenant Wheeler was killed in action by machine gun fire in the attack on the St. Mihiel salient. He was not with the company long but in this advance he led his platoon with such coolness, courage and dash that he proved himself an officer and a gentleman of exceptional qualities.

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