Private Benge was wounded on October 14, 1918, and died from wounds on October
27th. He was hit by a shell while going over the top in a support wave. Born May 20,
1901. Son of Mrs. Bertha Benge, Des Moines, Iowa.
John B. Pittman
Private Company D
#3210204
Killed October 14, 1918, at the Argonne near Hill 288. Private Pittman was killed by a
high explosive shell on the morning of the first advance in the Argonne. He had served
with the regiment in the St. Mihiel Drive. Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Pittman, Brockton,
Alabama.
Photograph
Unobtainable
Page 333
~reference:
"THE PRICE OF OUR HERITAGE",
W. E. Robb, 1919 American Lithography and Printing Company, Des
Moines, Iowa. Page 333.