![Ben Adkins, Private Company M](images/adkinsb283a.jpg)
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Ben H. Adkins
Private Company M
Died September 12, 1918, of wounds received in action on
September 10. Private Adkins' earlier life has been likened to
that of Abraham Lincoln. He was purely a self-made man, and at
an early age, it was necessary for him to discontinue his
schooling and take care of his three orphaned brothers. He
enlisted in Company M. He often expressed the wish to get at
the Huns. Private Adkins was wounded on September 10, in the
St. Mihiel battle. He sacrificed his personal ambitions and at
last his life for his country. Father T. H. Adkins, Fairfield,
Iowa..
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