Clarence K. Foster

Private, Company A

#99959

      Wounded in action at Chateau Thierry, July 26, 1918. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Foster, Britt, Iowa. At Chateau Thierry Private Foster advanced through some woods that had been gassed. Realizing that he had been exposed to the fumes, yet thinking he was strong enough to resist them, he continued on until he could go no further and was ordered to the rear. He died at Base Hospital No. 36 on September 26th and was buried in grave No. 4, cemetery No. 285. Private Foster did exceptional work in Lorraine.

Carcia H. Gilmore

Private Company D

#100921

      Died July 27th at Evacuation hospital No. 7. Buried in grave No. 4 in row No. 20, American graveyard, Chateau Montauglaust, near Coulommiers, S. & M., Section B. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gilmore, Parker, Indiana. While his platoon was advancing towards the "Red Cross Farm" near Sergy they were met by a heavy machine gun fire. Early in the fight Private Gilmore was seriously wounded, having received seven machine gun bullets through the thigh. It was impossible to evacuate him to the first aid station until the next morning, and he died from the exposure and from his wounds. 

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