George E. Truax

Private First Class, Sanitary Detach

   
        Died in the hospital at Neufchateau, France, December 23, 1917, of scarlet fever and pneumonia.  Buried in Neufchateau Cemetery, Grave No. 23.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Truax, Des Moines, Iowa.  He was a graduate of Des Moines High School, Keosauqua and Capital City Commercial Colleges.  Pvt. Truax was ill when we arrived in England of la grippe.  He stayed with the regiment when we left for France and became worse on the trip from Le Havre to Rimaucourt.  His last words were, "Tell Mother I died as a soldier."

St. Clair Willcox

Private, Sanitary Detachment

       Died in hospital at Liverpool, England, December 23, 1917.  Buried at Liverpool, England.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Willcox, Winterset, Iowa.  When the Second Battalion sailed for France, Willcox though ill, persuaded the Medical Officer to let him sail with them.  He took sick on board the ship and was sent to the hospital at Liverpool, where he died.