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Tony Valles

Private, Company F

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      Killed at Chateau Thierry not far from Sergy, July 26, 1918. Relative's address, Mike Valles, Sharon, Pennsylvania. Private Valles was killed instantly by shell fire just after the squad was formed to go "over the top." Private Valles was an Italian who was naturalized after he came into the army. He could not speak much English but knew that his mother country and adopted country were both fighting for the same cause.

Quincy S. Mills

First Lieutenant Company G

        Killed in action July 26, 1918. Buried near the "Croix Rouge Farm." Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Mills, New York City. During the Chateau Thierry drive the 42nd Division relieved the 26th Division and on July 26th started the drive that drove the Boche towards the Vesle River. Lieutenant Mills was in charge of a platoon of Company D who led in the now famous attack against the Croix Rouge Farm. The regiment lost over 500 men in three hours in this attack. Lieutenant Mills Enlisted at the age of thirty-three years, and volunteered his life for his country.