Nash, Edward 1894-1918

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LeMars Sentinel
March 12, 1918

KILLED IN FRANCE
PLYMOUTH COUNTY BOYS AMONG LIST OF DEAD
LOSE LIVES ON FIGHTING FRONT
Victims Members of the One Hundred and Sixty-Eighth Infantry
Edward Nash, of Kingsley, and Albert Hoschler, of Akron, Among the Slain

The names of two Plymouth County boys appear in list of killed from the
front yesterday. The names of the home boys who died for their country are
Edward Nash, of Kingsley, and Albert E. Hoschler, of Akron.

The death of Sergeant Walter Porsch in action is also announced. He is a
son of John Porsch, of Fort Dodge, a former LeMars resident, and is a nephew
of Mrs. Yerger, and a grandson, of J. Porsch, of this city.

A dispatch from Des Moines says:
“Somewhere in France” fifteen more Iowa young men have joined Merle Hay in
eternal sleep and have made the supreme sacrifice for their country in the
Great War of democracy. Four of the men are from Northwestern Iowa.

Capt. Harrison Cummins McHenry, of Des Moines, and fourteen of his fellow
fighters of the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth infantry, formerly the 3rd
Iowa, are dead and twenty more men of the same regiment, including three
from Cedar Rapids, representing all sections of Iowa, were wounded in the
first series of engagements participated in by that unit, which, as a member
of the Rainbow division, is the first made up exclusively of Iowa troops to
reach the front.

Particulars of how the men laid down their lives are not known. Their names
are included in a causality list given out by the War Department Saturday
afternoon, and which in addition contains the names of several more killed
and wounded, some of whom may be from Iowa.

Under the new ruling of the War Department, the addresses of the men were
not given and were supplied only by a comparison of the list with a roster
of the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth regiment.

John Porsch was born in LeMars and lived here when a boy. His father was
agent for the American Express company here until he went on the Illinois
Central railroad as express messenger.

Albert Hoschler is a son of Mrs. Hoschler of Akron, which is the family
home. Before enlisting he worked at the barber trade in his home town and
in Merrill.

Edward Nash, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nash, of Kingsley, where he was
born and raised and assisted his father in the carpenter trade until he went
into the service.
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LeMars Sentinel
March 22, 1918

KINGSLEY:
All the churches of Kingsley withdrew their services Sunday evening and
united in a union memorial service at the Methodist church for Ed Nash, the
first boy of Kingsley, killed in France. A very large crowd gathered, so
much so that the church was completely filled and many turned away. The
audience was addressed first by J. M. Wormley and Rev. Ruming of the
Congregational church.

NOTE: Edward Nash was born in Kingsley, 13 Sep 1894; he died in France, 05 Mar 1918.