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Once again our community is saddened by the news concerning another of
our soldier boys, Edward Tripp, the oldest son of our agent, G.W.
Tripp, and wife, who is officially reported as killed in action soon
after he entered the trenches. He left school to enlist and enlisted
April 16, 1917. He was in training at Camp Cody, N.M., until he was
sent to France. In France he attended the Base signal School until he
was transferred to the 11th Inf. Then he was placed in charge of a
signal platoon. He went into battle at St. Michaels on Sept. 12, 1918,
and was killed in action Sept. 16, 1918. His younger brother, John, is
in the service in Germany at the present time. Besides his parents and
brother he leaves a younger sister, Luella, who, with her mother is at
present in Lynnhaven, Florida. Edward passed his 21st birthday
anniversary last December.
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Edward Tripp