Killed October 15, 1918 during the Argonne operations. Buried in Grave No. 2, Argonne Battle Field. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lon W. Bates, Beardstown, Tennessee. Private Bates was killed during the advance on Hill No. 288 in Argonne Woods.
Max G. Schiwetz
Private Company C
#1487560
Killed October 16th at Argonne. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Schiwetz, San Antonio, Texas. Private Schiewetz was killed instantly by a shell while he was kneeling behind some bushes waiting to advance. He had served with the regiment at St. Mihiel and at Chateau Thierry.
Photograph
Page 351
~reference:
"THE PRICE OF OUR HERITAGE",
W. E. Robb, 1919 American Lithography and Printing Company, Des
Moines, Iowa. Page 351.