Iowa
Old Press
Nashua Reporter,
Nashua, Chickasaw co. Iowa
Thursday, March 7, 1918
Private John J. White of Epworth is the second Iowa man to be
killed in action on the American front in France, the first being
Private Merle Hay of Glidden. A cablegram from General Pershing
announced the death of White. He was a member of Company E, One
Hundred and Sixty-third infantry regiment, Forty-first (Sunset)
division.
Appanoose county has given a military funeral to its fifth
soldier to die since American entered the war. Glen Davis, who
passed away at Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill., of pneumonia. His
funeral was held at the Exline Methodist church, and adetail of
his comrades fired a salute over his grave. The other boys of
that county who have died in the service are Raymond E. Robb,
Camp D.A. Russell, Wyo.; William E. Simpson, Camp Dodge, Ia.;
Brooks Conger, Camp Dodge, Ia.; Donald E. Stamps, Jefferson
barracks, Mo. All have been given military funerals.
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Nashua Reporter,
Nashua, Chickasaw co. Iowa
Thursday, March 14, 1918
Iowa Boys Killed in Action - Fifteen Iowans lay Down
Lives on Battlefield of France - Twenty Others Are Wounded
"Somewhere in France" 15 more Iowa young men have
joined Merle Hay in eternal sleep, and have made the supreme
sacrifice for their country in the great war of democracy. Capt.
Harrison Cummins McHenry of Des Moines and 14 of his fellow
fighters of the 168th infantry, formerly the third Iowa, are
dead, and 20 more of the same regiment, representing all sections
of Iowa, were wounded in the first series of engagements
participated in by that unit which as a member of the Rainbow
division, is the first made up exclusively of Iowa troops to
reach the front. Particulars of how these men lay down their
lives are not known. their names are included in a casualty list
given out by the war department Monday afternoon, and which, in
addition, contains the names of several more killed and wounded,
some of whom may be from Iowa. The casualty list indicates that
the headquarters company suffered the [illegible], while two
companies, B and the 168th, have been in violent [illegible]. In
all probablility Capt. McHenry died leading a detachment of men
from his company, three privates having been killed and nine
wounded. Six of the dead were members of the headquarters
company. This organization when in action, was undoubtedly
subjected to the greatest danger during the engagement. Company D
also suffered severely. Five being reported dead, and 11 are
wounded. Two more deaths [illegible] recorded in the headquarters
company. It is probable that the list of killed and injured as
given is not complete and other names may be added to both lists.
The nature of the injuries suffered by the score of men who were
among those reported as wounded are also not known, and
[illegible] will probably result fatally. Practically every city
in the state which had a compnay of infantry in the Iowa national
guard at the opening of the war has men in the 168th regiment,
which was originally re-[illegible] in southern Iowa, but was
increased to war strength by drafts of men from both the First
and Second Iowa regiments. It was mobilized at the Iowa state
fair grounds in August and left for France late in the
[illegible].
Following is a list of the killed of the 168th infantry:
Capt. Harrison Cummins McHenry, Des Moines, Company B
Private Isaac Davis, Woodburn, Ia., Company B
Private Byron Van Raden, Lanes [illegible], Ia., Company B
Private Guy O. Worley, Exline, Ia., Company B
Sergeant Walter J. Persch, Fort Dodge, headquarters company
Private John F. Ellis, Centerville, Ia., Company D
Private Russell L. Selix, Unionville, Ia., Company D
Private Alva F. Eaton, Humeston, Ia., Company D
Corporal Clifford J. Worden, Mason City, Ia., headquarters
company
Sergeant james E. Wedding, Webster City, Ia., headquarters
company
Corporal Dean Parish, Glade Valley, N.C. headquarters company
Corporal Donald H. Macrae, Twenty-fourth and Park streets, Des
Moines, Ia.
Private Glen Pederson, Spencer, headquarters company
Edward Nash, Kingsley, Ia, headquarters company
Albert E. Hoschler, Akron, Ia., headquarters company
The following are reported wounded, all of 168th infantry:
Corporal Lewis E. Deitz, Waterloo, Co. B., seriously
Corporal Marvin Dunn, Des Moines, Co. B., seriously
Corporal Lewis A. Simons, El Reno, Co. B., seriously
Private Dan P. Bracelin, Norwalk, Co. B., seriously
Private Raymon L. Closson, Des Moines, Co. B., seriously
Private Fred A. Heintz, State Center, Ia., Co. B., seriously
Private Leon J. Miller, Charter Oak, Co. B., slightly
Private Ernest Rooney, Indianola, Co. B., slightly
Private Merrill B. Morrison, Union[ville?], Ia., Co. D, slightly
Private Robert l. Clausen, Mason City, Ia., Co. D, seriously
Private Ira J. Rogers, Unionville, Co. D., seriously
Private William T. Smith, Northwood, Ia., Co. D., seriously
Private Ray C. Walden, Centerville, Ia., Co. D., seriously
Private Arthur M. Shores, Cedar Rapids, Ia., Co. D. seriously
Private Jerry Schultz, Cedar Rapids, Co. D., seriously
Private John Vomacka, Cedar Rapids, Co. D., seriously
Sergeant Peal S. Edwards, Afton, Co. D., slightly
Private James F. Albert, Moravia, Co. D., slightly
Private Glen H. Gray, Amana, Ia., slightly
Private Albin Dernek, Plymouth, Co. D., slightly
The following have not been identified to addresses:
Killed - James McDonough
Wounded - Mofford G. Reese, Emil F. [illegible], Lewis Holmes,
Lawrence Wen[cut off], Joseph Cischowski, Burton M. [cut off],
Clarence W. Dawson, Charles McLaughlin, Walter G. Smith, [cut
off] Swanlund, Kenmore Thorsen, [cut off] McPeak, John A. Bedner,
[cut off] McGurrl, Nichols McGaughre, Raymond Quinlan, Cook Chas.
[cut off]
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Nashua Reporter,
Nashua, Chickasaw co. Iowa
Thursday, March 21, 1918
The two Marshalltown boys who were on the ill-fated Tuscania,
Ralph A. Fletcher and John H. Evans, have both written their
relatives there, telling of their safe landing at Belfast, and of
their kind treatment there at the hands of citizens. Both boys
were of the Fifth Engineers.
United States Deputy Marshal M. L. Healy of Cedar Rapids has been
notified of the death of his nephew, Frank Sutley, at Camp Lewis,
near Tacoma, Wash. Sutley is the first of seventy-nine boys who
enlisted from the church of the Immaculate Conception to die in
the service. He has a brother at Camp Cody.
Glen H. Work, wounded in action somewhere in France, is the first
Sioux City soldier to be wounded in the great war. When the war
broke out he enlisted in Company G., Sixteenth infantry and was
sent to Camp Funston, Kansas, from which pplace he was sent to
France last year. His widowed mother lives at Obert, Neb.
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Nashua Reporter,
Nashua, Chickasaw co. Iowa
Thursday, March 28, 1918
The name of Good Park in Des Moines will be changed to Harry
McHenry Park in honor of the young Des Moines captain who was
killed in France recently.
Iowa's representative regiment on the firing line in France has
again been in action and at least four dead are added to the
casualty list of the One Hundred Sixty-eighth infantry. Most of
the dead are from Company M. originally recruited at Red Oak and
Atlantic. The dead are: Corporal Albert E. Behmer, Sutherland;
Private Cecil M. Conley, Atlantic; Private Fred H. Turner,
Atlantic, Private Fred C. Brummett, Clarinda.
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