Raymond F. Burke
Wagoner Supply Company
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Burke, Walnut, Iowa.
Raymond Burke
enlisted in the Third
Iowa National Guard and went to France with the regiment.
From exposure and from
injury to hand, he was sent to the hospital.
In July his
company commander had him sent to America for rest and to
recuperate. He should have received an honorable discharge at
this time but he asked to stay in the service.
He was sent to
Camp Devens, Massachusetts and on September 15th came
down with pneumonia and died the 25th.
Born September 8, 1893.
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