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Daniel P. Bracelin
Private, Company B
#100163
Died March 11, 1918 at Baccarat Hospital. Buried March 12th, in Grave No. 21,
Baccarat Cemetery. Son of Mrs. Patrick Bracelin, Norwalk,
Iowa. Private Bracelin was wounded by
shrapnel in the trench raid of March 5th. Sergeant Dawson, who was present
at the time relates
Bracelin's last words: "Tell the boys I did my part." He was taken to the
hospital in Baccarat,
where he died a few days later.
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Fred C. Brummett
Private, Company F
#101187
Wounded in action March 9th, at Neu Ville, and died in the hospital at Baccarat
on March 10,
1918. Buried March 13th in Grave No. 24, Baccarat Cemetery. Son of
Mrs. Rushia Brummett, Clarinda, Iowa. Private Brummett was wounded in the back by a high
explosive shell. He
received immediate and the best of care from American and French surgeons, but
they failed to
save him. He was a young man of splendid character. His last words
were about his mother,
whom he greatly loved. Private Barummett was awarded the Croix de Guerre
before he died.
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