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Ira D. Keith

Private Company C

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       Killed October 15th near Bois de Chatillon.  Buried in Grave No. 2-7, Map of Kriemhilde Stellung.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Keith, Fola, West Virginia. Private Keith was acting as connecting file between two companies as they advanced over Hill 242.  He was hit in the back by shrapnel and killed instantly. He had been with the regiment but a short time, this being his first engagement. Born October 27, 1892, Fola, West Virginia.

Mateo Martinez

Private Company C

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        Killed October 15th at Argonne. Buried in Bois de Chatillon. Son of Mrs. Viola Martinez, San Antonio, Texas. Private Martinez was hit in the back by a machine gun bullet and died on the way to the hospital. He was with the company and they were moving up to the front when he was hit. He joined the regiment just before we entered the St. Mihiel
Sector and was in the drive at that front.

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