Howard A. Mowery

Private, Company F

#101247

       Killed April 27, 1918 at Lorraine Front in the trenches near Badonvillier. Buried April 29th, Grave No. 51, Baccarat Cemetery.   Son of Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Mowery, Shelby, Iowa. Private Mowery was on post in the front lines during the night.  The trenches were protected by wire netting.  He thought he heard a sound in the wires, and when he threw a grenade it struck the wire in front of him, bounded back and he was severely wounded by the explosion, dying before morning.

John M. Jennings

Private, Company C

#100505

      Killed May 1, 1918 at Badonvillier. Buried May 2, Grave No. 13, Pexonne Cemetery, Map No.2. Relative's address: Mrs. Roy E. Howard, Des Moines, Iowa. Private Jennings had just finished his dinner and was standing near the kitchen, waiting to wash his mess kit – a high explosive shell struck near him, and a fragment of the shell pierced his chest killing him instantly.