Bert LONNING

LONNING

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/16/2012 at 19:44:20

November 3, 1894 --- July 21, 1918

Bert Lonning, Thor, Killed In France

Bert Lonning of Thor, Iowa, killed in action in France July 21, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lonning, of Thor. He was in the draft of September, 1917, from Billings, Montana, where he was staying at the time. He was twenty-two years of age, and had been wounded in action in May, 1918, and spent some time in a hospital. He recovered his health and was sent back to the front, and as stated was killed in action July 21. He is the second man from Humboldt county to fall in the Great Cause.

The Humboldt Republican -- Humboldt, Iowa
23 August 1918