Norbert Wilson

Private Company M

       Died January 5, 1918 at Base Hospital No. 15, Chaumont, France of scarlet fever.  Buried at Chaumont.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Wilson, Elliot, Iowa.  Born May 5, 1899.  Enlisted in Company M. June 4th at Red Oak.  Wilson was the first original Co. M. man to lose his life in France.  He was a good soldier and liked by all his comrades.

Scott McCormick

Second Lieutenant  Company L

        Killed January 17th at Gondrecourt, France.  Buried at Gondrecourt.  Son of Mrs. Mabel F. Garreissen, New York City.  Lieutenant McCormick was accidentally killed by the explosion of a sack of hand grenades, which he was carrying during a maneuver of the grenade class of the First Corps School.  He was the first man of our regiment to be killed in France.  His unselfish devotion to, and the love for his men during the hard winter months of 1917 and 1918 proved his true worth as an officer.