Honor Roll of those on the Woevre at St. Mihiel 

 
 

Oakley Cobb

   

Private Company B

#246922

    
       

        Killed September 24, 1918. Buried in Grave No. 4-A, Map of Chambley XXXIII-13. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Cobb, Cranesville, Pennsylvania. After the drive at St. Mihiel while his company was holding the line, Private Cobb was killed by a high explosive shell. He had served with the regiment in the Lorraine and Champagne sectors.

   
   

Gerald A. Bowen

   

Private Company A

#84316

 


        Killed at the St. Mihiel Front, September 24, 1918. Buried in Grave No. 4-C, Map of Chambley. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Bowen, Clarinton, Iowa. During the trying days at Champagne and the bloody days that followed at Chateau Thierry, Private Bowen conducted himself with the coolness of a veteran and well merited the commendation he received from his commanding officer. He was almost instantly killed in the intense bombardment that started shortly after the company had taken its place in line.

Photograph

Unobtainable

 
 
   

Page 294

     

 

~reference: "THE PRICE OF OUR HERITAGE", W. E. Robb,  1919 American Lithography and Printing Company, Des Moines, Iowa. Page 294.

~ scanned and submitted by Cay Merryman