Leo P. McNamara

Lieutenant (former Sergeant) Company B

         Killed October 16, 1918.  He was buried at Cunel, France.  Leo, after the Chateau Thierry battle was sent to Officers' Training School at Langres.  He received his commission as 2nd Lieutenant the latter part of September and assigned to duty with the 5th Division, which he joined the first week in October.  During the Argonne battle with this division,
he was killed, while leading his platoon, on October 16th, by machine gun fire. Relative's address. P. L. McNamara, Ida Grove, Iowa.

Charles C. Espy

Private Company D

      

        Son of Mrs. Nancy Espy, Rural Route No. 4, Centerville, Iowa.  Charles Espy was wounded in the Argonne Drive and was sent to base hospital No. 32.  Espy was wounded in the right arm and lost a great deal of blood.  The shock of the exploding shell and the loss of blood weakened him so that he was unable to recover.  He died on the morning of October 23, 1918 and was buried in the cemetery of Base Hospital No. 32.