Gordon E. Perry

Sergeant, Company C

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       Died May 30, 1918 at Hospital No. 2 Baccarat, France. Buried May 31st in Baccarat Cemetery Grave No. 89. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Perry, Des Moines, Iowa. Sergeant Perry was preparing mess in the kitchen when the Germans sent over several gas shells. He died in the hospital shortly afterwards. Sergeant Perry had served on the Mexican Border in 1916. He received his education in Denver, Colorado.

William A. Staley

Private, Company L

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     Died May 30, 1918 at Baccarat, France, in Evacuation Hospital No. 2. Buried May 31st in Baccarat Cemetery, Grave No. 90.      Relative's address: Miss Alva Staley, Council Bluffs, Iowa.  Staley did not recover from the shock of the tremendous explosion in the gas attack in time to get his mask on and died a short time later.   Private Staley died as became an American soldier, enduring his suffering without a word.