Earl S. King

Private, Company B

#100270

       Died June 16, 1918, of wounds received at Badonvillier, France.       Buried June 18th. Born at Gladbrook, Iowa, July 28, 1897. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. King, Waterloo, Iowa. Private King was wounded by a pistol bullet while on post at Badonvillier, dying later in the hospital. After he had been shot, he engaged in hand to hand fighting with the Germans. Private King was a member of the Second Platoon which received the Croix de Guerre for gallantry in action, March 5th.

Joseph Cahill

Private, Company K

#302381

     Killed June 16, 1918 at Badonvillier, in the front line. Son of Mrs. Rose Cahill, Lansing, Michigan. Private Cahill was on a small daylight patrol in No Man's Land which had gone out to investigate unusual activity in the enemy front line.  He was hit in the head by a German sniper and died instantly.

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