Carl J. Lechner

Corporal, Company B

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      Killed May 30, 1918 at Badonvillier, France. Buried May 31st in Baccarat Cemetery, Grave No. 87. Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Lechner, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Corporal Lechner was wounded by a hand grenade in the raid at Badonvillier, and died in the hospital.  Before being killed, he and his squad engaged in hand to hand fighting with the enemy and took six German prisoners. Corporal Lechner was a member of the platoon that received the "Croix de Guerre" for gallantry in action on March 5th.

Wayne E. Huxtable

Private, Headquarters Company

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     Died May 30th from gas received May 27, 1918. Buried in Baccarat Cemetery, Grave No. 88. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Huxtable, Le Mars, Iowa. When the Germans sent over a heavy gas attack, the men rushed out of their dug-outs to alert posts to repel the attack. The suddenness of the attack and the excitement was such that some of the men, not realizing the deadliness of the phosgene gas and thinking that they could fight better without their masks, were careless of their own safety. Huxtable died from gas received in this attack.