Wounded on October 11, 1918, and died in hospital. Son of Mrs. Mattie Abegg, Des Moines, Iowa. Private Abegg was wounded by bursting shrapnel on the road near Montfaucon and died later in the hospital. As a runner for the First Platoon, Private Abegg carried messages thru several barrages and kept up liason under heavy fire. He served with the regiment in Lorraine, Champagne, Chateau Thierry and St. Mihiel.
C. R. Johnson
Private Company B
#246981
Killed in the Argonne Forest near Montfaucon. Buried October 12, 1918, in Grave No. 2-D, Map of Montfaucon. Private Johnson was killed by shrapnel on the road near Montfaucon. He served with the regiment in all their previous campaigns. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Johnson, Waterford, Pennsylvania.
Photograph
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~reference:
"THE PRICE OF OUR HERITAGE",
W. E. Robb, 1919 American Lithography and Printing Company, Des
Moines, Iowa. Page 331.