MISSING IN ACTION--WOUNDED NOTICES 1918
Brooklyn Standard Union
October --December

Corporal Frank M. JACOBS, of 36 Keap Street, who has just returned from 
France, where he was put out of the fighting by the loss of a leg at 
Soissons, said today:
"We were advancing in short rushes under a heavy barrage of German shells 
when it happened. My company was advancing in the wheat fields when a high 
explosive shell broke right beside me. A pebble hit me in the head and 
I put my hand there. It was then I noticed that my leg was gone. 
I didn't lose consciousness then or afterward."
JACOBS was of the opinion that the average German is a coward. 
"They'll shoot at you fast enough," he said, "but I never yet saw 
one of them who would stand up to the bayonet."

The parents of Private Herbert A. STOWBRIDGE, reported severely wounded, 
live at 702 Forty-ninth Street. He was born in Brooklyn, twenty-two years ago. 
After seeing service on the Mexican border, he sailed for France in November. 
He was formerly a member of the Fourteenth Regiment.

Private Henry A. NYLIN, of 140 Buffalo Avenue, severely wounded on July 18,
was a member of Company K, Eighteenth Infantry. He was drafted last 
December and went across the following January. He has a brother, 
ugene G. NYLIN, a sergeant with the Headquarters Company of the 
Seventy-seventh Division, also in France. He was formerly employed as a
printer with the New York "Evening Post."

Private Joseph GERLAND, severely wounded, is 17 years old and the son 
of Mr. and Mrs. John GERLAND, of 5304 Fourth Avenue. He enlisted in the 
Fourteenth Regiment last March and was later transferred to Company G, 
106th Infantry. His parents have received word from the War Department 
that he was wounded on August 20. Eight days later he wrote a letter 
from a base hospital in England stating he had been shot twice in the left leg.

Corporal Ernest O. DICKHAUS, severely wounded on August 13, was born 
in Brooklyn, twenty-two years ago, a son of Mrs. Emma DICKHAUS, of 
277 Evergreen Avenue, and was educated in Public School 75. He joined 
the army on September 17, as a member of Company C, 305th Infantry, and 
left for France on April 16. His wounds were in the knees. Letters from 
him state he had been operated on three times. 

Private Andrew H. HAUPT, of 1872 Linden Street, wounded on August 11, 
has written two letters to his parents since that time simply stating 
he was hurt. He is 23 years old and before being drafted, was employed 
as a jewelry designer. He went to France last April.

A native of Germany, Private William COSSEN, of 329 Menahan Street, 
has been reported severely wounded for the second time in action. 
The latest wound was received on June 24. He has also been made deaf 
by shell concussion. COSSEN'S father and brother still live in Germany 
and two brothers and sisters, who live in Brooklyn, are unable to say 
whether the other members of the family are in the Germany army or not.
William is 26 years old. He joined the army in September a year ago and 
went to France in April as a member of Company C, 308th Infantry. He 
became a citizen of the United States before the war.

Beyond the few words in an official telegram from the War Department 
notifying her that her nephew, Private Thomas P. JONES, 21 years old, 
had been severely wounded in action on about August 16, Mrs. Mary JONES, 
of 6 Willow Place, knows nothing of his condition. Private JONES 
enlisted two and a half years ago and went from a training camp in 
Pennsylvania to Mexico with General Pershing. After returning to his 
home in Brooklyn, he was sent to Fort Hancock, GA, from which place he 
went overseas late in May or in early June, 1917.

Corporal William J. DUNLEA, seriously wounded, is a son of 
Mrs. Margaret DUNLEA, of 390 Fifteenth Street. According to a 
telegram received by her from the War Department he was severely 
wounded in action on August 2. He is 25 years old. He was drafted 
last December and was sent to Camp Upton, where he was later made 
corporal in Company H, 304th Infantry. He went to France last April.
He is a graduate of St. Stephen's Parochial School.

Private Thomas F. FLOOD, of 243 Pearl Street, seriously wounded, 
lost his right arm by an enemy incendiary bomb during an engagement on 
August 24. He lost a large quantity of blood, but was saved when a 
comrade volunteered to give two pints of his blood for transfusion.
Private FLOOD, when 18 years old, enlisted last year with the 
Twenty-third Regiment. He went to Camp Wadsworth for eight months and 
left with the 106th Infantry, which went into action in Flanders. 
He is now in a U.S. Hospital in England and may be sent home soon.
"Don't worry Mother, I gave my right arm in defense of Liberty",
he wrote home, after the news had been previously told to Mrs. Deila FLOOD, 
his mother, in a letter sent by Captain P. COSTELLO, chaplain of the 
Canadian forces, who attended him. As a boy, FLOOD was employed by the 
Standard Union. His brother, John C. FLOOD, 31, a graduate of
 St. James High School, is in training at Camp Hancock, Georgia. 
Their father is a letter carrier employed in the main Post Office 
for the past 25 years. There is one daughter.

Corporal Charles P. CORNELL, reported on the official list as 
seriously wounded in action, has no living relative at 104 Concord Street, 
his address mentioned in the dispatch. At that place, it was said his 
family recently moved. None of the tenants knew where they went.

Private William James CONNOLLY, severely wounded in action, made 
his home with his uncle, Daniel CONNOLLY, of 1714 Fulton Street. 
He was born in Brooklyn, twenty-two years ago and attended the 
Public Schools. He entered the Army last November, and was assigned to 
Company I, Eighteenth Infantry. In January he sailed for France. 
His mother is dead and his father also makes his home at 1714 Fulton Street. 
He has one brother, Patrick J. CONNOLLY, a member of Company A,
First Provisional Battalion at Syracuse, and one sister, 
Mrs. Katherine CRANE, on Herkimer Street. He was a member of 
Holy Rosary Church, Chauncery Street and Reid Avenue.

Private Harry ROBERG, of 18 Bay Seventeenth Street, was severely 
wounded in action on July 29, according to a telegram received by 
his father, Andre ROBERG. Harry was 18 years old when he enlisted 
in the Twenty-third Regiment in May, 1917. After enlistment, he was 
assigned to duty up-State and was then transferred to Company A, 
165th Regiment, which at that time was at Camp Mills. At the time 
of enlistment he was a clerk in the Marine Corporation. He is an 
only son, but has four sisters.

Before being wounded Private Henry L. BUSCHKAROFF, Jr., of 310 Grove 
Street, had been several times over the top into "No Man's Land." He 
was struck by a piece of shell in the neck, he told his parents in his last letter.
"Don't worry, mother," he wrote. "I will soon be able to be at the front again."
BUSCHKAROFF is 27 years old and he is a member of the 305th Infantry. 
The regiment trained at Camp Upton and left here last February for France.

Corporal Bernard C. SCHAUMBURG, severely wounded on August 24, made his 
home with his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Terence MCARDLE, at 
313 Troy Avenue. He was born in Brooklyn twenty-eight years ago and 
before his enlistment was employed in the Department of Highways. In 
May, 1917, he enlisted in the Twenty-third Regiment and was sent to 
Peekskill. He was later sent to Spartanburg, where he was made a corporal. 
He went overseas last February.
Besides his parents he has one brother, James. He is a member of 
St. Matthew's R.C. Church, the Holy Name Society and the Eighteenth 
Assembly District Democratic Club.

Corporal Charles A. VAN ETTEN, 23 years old, of 940 Spruce Street, 
Morris Park, was severely wounded in action on August 23, according 
to a telegram received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. VAN ETTEN. 
The family received a field postal card from him two days before the 
arrival of the telegram, in which he said he had been wounded and 
taken to a base hospital. He was a member of Company D, 105th Infantry.

Young VAN ETTEN enlisted on June 23, 1916, with the Seventy-first 
Regiment, N.G.N.Y. and saw service on the Mexican border and in 
guarding waters in Northern New York. He was born in Manhattan and the 
family have lived in Morris Park for the last nineteen years. He was 
employed by the Long Island Railroad Company. Two of his brothers are 
in service, Henry W. VAN ETTEN, at Camp Gordon, and Thomas P. VAN ETTEN, 
a member of the Naval Reserves, now at Pelham Bay.

Private Henry C. BALL, 21 years old, of 1676 Fifty-sixth Street, 
Borough Park, was seriously wounded on July 24, according to a War 
Department telegram received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Moses BALL. 
He was a member of the Fourth Infantry and was an enlisted man. In a 
letter dated July 14, he told his parents of being at the front and 
said at the time of writing his company was at a rest billet. He was 
born in Manhattan and educated in the Public Schools there.

At the home of Private David ROSE, 538 Thatford Avenue, reported 
seriously injured, the family refused to give any information, for the 
reason that the mother of the young soldier, Mrs. Anna ROSE, is seriously 
ill and those in attendance are anxious to keep the news from her. 
ROSE was drafted in September, 1917, and was sent to France early 
this year. The family received the telegram about a week ago stating 
that he was injured while in action on August 10. He was just past 
21 years of age when drafted. 

Private Frederick Max JOHN, of 155 Briston Street, seriously wounded 
on July 18, is 24 years old and lived with his parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. Richard JOHN. He was drafted in November last, and was sent to 
rance with Company K, Eighteenth Infantry, on January 17. He received 
his education at Public School 24 and the Brooklyn Evening High School. 
At the time of being drafted, he was employed as a book keeper by a 
Manhattan Drug firm. The family is in receipt of a letter from
Ella WHEELER WILCOX, who is doing Red Cross work in France, in which she says:
"During the great drive on July 18, your brave boy was one of those 
who helped in bringing the victory to the American force. You have a 
glorious young hero to welcome home soon."

Private Nathan J. RUBINSKY, 21 years old, seriously wounded, lived 
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph RUBINSKY, at 520 Williams Avenue. 
He was drafted in September of last year and went to France with the 
305th Infantry in April. He was educated at Public School 52, Manhattan, 
and DeWitt Clinton High School.

Private Abraham J. DUNN, 21 years old, seriously wounded, lived with 
his brother, Louis, at 515 Vermont Street. Previously to being drafted, 
he was a salesman for Levinson and Shapiro, a dry good firm on Grand Street, 
Manhattan. He came to this country from Russia five years ago. He went to 
Camp Upton in September of last year and was sent to France in March.

Private Salvatore LA ROCCO, severely wounded, August 28, is 19 years old, 
and a son of Mrs. Cecillia La ROCCO, of 78 Sanford Street. He enlisted on 
July 19 of last year with the Sixty-ninth Regiment and went overseas with 
Company E, 106th Infantry.

Corporal Harry CRUSE, severely wounded August 27, is 25 years old, and his 
mother, Mary CRUSE, lives at 144 North Tenth Street. CRUSE was drafted in 
September of last year, and in April last, went to France with Company D, 
305th Infantry. At the time he was drafted he was a bookkeeper.

Private John Joseph CULBERT, severely wounded, is the 22 -year-old son of 
Mrs. Ceceila CULBERT, of 39 Broome Street. He was drafted in September, 
1917, and in April last went overseas with Company D, 306th Infantry. 
He had been a bookkeeper for eight years with Greenwich Bank.

Private Thomas F. FLOOD, of 242 Pearl Street, severely wounded, lost his right arm, 
according to a letter received by Flood's family. He is convalescing in 
England. FLOOD is a member of Company M, 106th Infantry. He is 19 years old 
and a graduate of St. James High School. John C. FLOOD, a brother, is a 
member of the 165th Infantry. 

Private Joseph FONTANO, reported severely wounded, is a son of 
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony FONTANO, of 637 Union Street. According to the telegram 
received by his mother, he was wounded in action on August 18. He is 
26 years old and was drafted last November. He was sent to Camp Upton, 
where he was assigned to Company F, 306th Infantry. He left for France last March.

Private John CONWAY, of 105 Fourth Avenue, severely wounded, is 24 years old. 
He enlisted three years ago in the Second Engineers Corps and served with 
that organization on the Mexican border. He went to France in June, 1917. 
According to a telegram received by his cousin, Mrs. John HOPKINS, of 
105 Fourth Avenue, he was wounded in action on July 19. CONWAY was born 
and educated in Ireland and came to this country about five years ago. 
He was employed by the B.R.T. at the time he enlisted. In a recent 
letter he said he was in a base hospital, was only slightly wounded 
and expected to go back to the trenches again as soon as he could walk.

Corporal Albert FREESE, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert FREESE, of 
412 Second Street, severely wounded on August 18, is 21 years old and 
enlisted September 12, 1917, in Company E, 308th Infantry. He is graduate 
of Public School 40 and was employed by the United States Steel Company.
He left for France last April. His parents received a letter from him 
dated August 29, in which he stated that he had been gassed during a battle. 

Mechanic William DEVINE, severely wounded on July 15, is a son of 
Mr. and Mrs. William C. DEVINE, of 297 Sixth Street. He entered the 
service on July 15, 1917, and was sent to Fort Slocum, from where he 
was sent to France last April. He is 27 years old and a graduate of 
Public School 39. He was employed in the Charles William Stores.

Sergt. William A. FRIERER, severely wounded, is 24 years old, and a son of 
Mr. and Mrs. Albert FRIERER, of 283 East Fortieth Street, Flatbush. 
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Corporal Joseph MENDER, severely wounded in action on August 17, lived with his wife, 
Elizabeth, at 988 Greene Avenue. He was 30 years old when he was drafted in 
September a year ago and after training at Camp Upton went to France last 
April as a member of Company H, 308th Infantry. 
In a letter to his wife, written August 23, he said he was in a base hospital, 
his whole company having been gassed. Although blinded he was able to crawl 
through the bursting shells to the first aid hospital, he said. His brother, 
Herman, is a sergeant at Camp Upton.

In a letter to his wife, Julia, dated September 21, Private Edmond Gilbert RIVERS, 
28 years old, of Company K, Eighteenth Infantry, whose home is at 220 McDougal Street, 
and who was severely wounded during the battle extending from July 18 to 24, says 
he has lost a leg and may never see the front again. In fact, he expects to be on 
his way home within a month. He is a member of Our Lady of Lourdes R.C. Church 
and of Court Dahlgreen, Foresters of America. He was drafted last October and 
went into service last January.

PRIVATE MARTIN GREENWALD
Private martin Greenwald, who was reported missing August 29, and who is the 
23 year old son of Mrs. Henrietta Greenwald, of 702 Willoughby Avenue, is 
very much alive, according to letters received from him dated Sept. 9 and 14. 
In these letters, Greenwald told how he had been missing after a terrific 
battle, but that he managed to get back to the lines and is enjoying good 
health. Freenwald was drafted in Sept. 1917, and went to France with Company 
F, 307th Infantry. He was a salesman.

PRIVATE EDWARD EDWARDS
Although reported missing in action on July 30, Private Robert Edward 
Edwards, of 15 Halsey Street, wrote his mother on Aug. 15 that he had been in 
the trenches some time and is expected to soon have a furlough. He is 21 
years old, born in Brooklyn, and enlisted in the 23d Regiment in May, 1917. 
He was later transferred to the 69th and then to Company E, 165th Infantry.

LIEUT. ALFRED N. JOERG
Lieut. Alfred N. Joerg is reported missing since July 25, according to word 
received from the War Department by his mother, Mrs. Theda Joerg, of 376 
Lewis Avenue. Lieut. Joerg was a graduate of Fordham Law School, class of 
1913, and had a law office at 41 Wall Street, Manhattan. He enlisted in May 
1917 and attended the Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg where he received 
his commission. He left for France last February, a member of the 12th Aero 
Squadron.

CORPORAL FREDERICK NEUMEYER
Corp. Neumeyer reported missing was last seen by his comrades on Aug. 2. he 
is 22 years old and lived with his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Neumeyer at 89 
North Hicks Street, Richmond Hill. He was drafted in September 1917. He 
sailed for France as a member of Company G, 306th Infantry.

SEVERELY WOUNDED
SERGEANT LESTER J. COLLINS
Word has been received by Daniel J. Collins, of 127 Halleck Street, that his 
son, Sergeant Lester Collins, of Company L, 106th Infantry, has been wounded 
{unreadable} Young Collins enlisted in the 23d Regiment when was was 
declared in April 1917.

CORPORAL EDWARD D. LANE
Corporal Edward D. Lane reported severely wounded, formerly lived at 446 Park 
Place, but his family had moved.

PRIVATE JOSEPH COHEN
Private Joseph Cohen of 192 Bristol Street was wounded on Aug. 1. He was in 
Company M, 305th Infantry. A letter from him later said he was a victim of 
gas and would soon be back in the line.

PRIVATE NATHAN KATZ
Private Katz of 445 Williams Avenue, was wounded in July. He is 24 years old 
and enlisted in July last year. He is a Russian.

PRIVATE FRANK ORTOLANO
Private Frank Ortolano was wounded on Sept. 5. He lived at 2034 Gravesend 
Aven. He was drafted last December and was sent overseas with Company E, 
30th Infantry. He is 21 years old and before being drafted was a engineer on 
the Pennsylvania Railroad.

CORPORAL GUNNAR NELSON
Corp. Nelson received a severe wound on Sept. 8. He lived at 241 Columbia 
St. He was drafted in Sept. a year ago and sailed for France in April as a 
member of Company L, 307th Infantry. He is 28 years old.

PRIVATE MICHAEL BREEZANO
Private Breezano was severely wounded on Sept 12 and lived at 73 Skillman Ave 
with his mother, Theresa. He is 20 years old. He enlisted on Aug 17, 1917, 
and was assigned to Company I, 9th Infantry. He sailed for France in February.

PRIVATE JOSEPH BROWN
Private Brown was severely wounded on Sept. 15. He lived at 376 Throop Ave. 
He is 23 years old and is the son of Jacob Brown. he was drafted last May 
and was assigned to Company B, 301st Engineers. He sailed for France in July.

PRIVATE CHARLES PACZKOWSKI
Private Paczkowski reported severely wounded on Aug 17, is 29 years old and 
lived with his brother Joseph at 315 Bedford Avenue when he enlisted a year 
ago with the 47th Regiment. He later became a member of Company G, 106th 
Infantry. He is a shoemaker and was born in Russia and came to this country 
ten years ago.

PRIVATE LOUIS BASHNER
Private Bashner was severely wounded on August 25 and is 24 years old and is 
the son of Samuel Bashner of 366 South Second Street. He was a cloth cutter. 
He was drafted on Feb. 25 and joined Company C, 308th Infantry and went to 
France in June. In a letter to relatives dated Sept 12 he told of being 
confined in a hospital but hoped to be out again soon and get back into the 
"big fuss."

PRIVATE JOHN J. CONWAY
Private John Conway, 29, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, of 1767 Dean Street, 
is a member of Company E, 308th Infantry. A telegram from the War Dept 
states that he was injured Aug 17. In a letter to his mother dated Sept 16 
Conway says his injuries were slight and that he is recovering in Base 
Hospital 19 in France.

PRIVATE SYLVESTER CAVANAGH
Private Cavanagh, 21, reported as severely wounded, lived with his parents 
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Cavanagh at 2048 A Pacific Street. In a letter to his 
mother dated Sept 23 he states he is recovering from his injuries in Base 
Hospital 29, London, England. he was struck in the left arm by a piece of 
shrapnel. He has a brother Harry, 23 years old, in France with Company F, of 
the 305th Infantry. Sylvester is attached of Company D, 106th Infantry.

PRIVATE HARRY ROESSLER
Private Roessler, 26, according to official information received by his 
mother, Mrs. kEllzabeth kRoessler, at her home, 409 16th Street, was severely 
wounded in action on Sept. 10. He is a member of Company B, 307th Infantry.

PRIVATE ADAM A. ZANBUZYCKE
Private Zanbuzycke, Jr, 23, reported severely wounded on Sept 8, lived with 
his parents at 712 Sixth Ave. He was a member of Company I, 106th Infantry. 
At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the 14th Regiment. He was born and 
educated in Poland and had lived in Brooklyn about five years.

PRIVATE FELIX PIZZINGER
Private Pizzinger was severely wounded on Aug 17 and is the son of Mr. & Mrs. 
Joseph Pizzinger of Patchogue. His mother received a letter from his stating 
he had been gassed, was recovering and expected to leave the hospital soon. 
Pizzinger is a member of Company I, 305th Infantry.

SERGT. ALEXANDER MILLER, JR.
Sergt. Miller was severely wounded on Sept. 6 and lived with his parents at 
533 53rd Street. In a letter to them written from a base hospital in France 
he stated he was wounded in the left arm. He is 24 years old and was called 
to service Sept. 17, 1917. he became a member of Company B, 306th Infantry 
and left with that regiment in April for overseas.

PRIVATE HENRY TOUHEY
Private Touhey, 21, of 122 Lawrence Avenue, Parkville, was severely wounded 
on August 26 according to a telegram received by parents Mr & Mrs. Patrick 
Touhey. He was a member of Company D, 106th Infantry. A letter was received 
from him dated Sept. 24 in which he told his parents he was in a hospital at 
Dartford, Kent, England, recovering from wounds in his left shoulder. Touhey 
was born in Ireland and came to this country four years ago. He was employed 
by the Edison Company when he enlisted in June 1917, in the 14th Infantry.

PRIVATE PETER F. MCDONALD, JR.
Private mcDonald, 22, of 864 72nd Street was severely wounded on Aug. 17. 
Mrs. McDonald said she believed the Govt. erred in its official notification 
as she received a letter dated Aug. 22 from her son saying he was badly 
gassed on Aug. 10. He informed her that his sight was affected. In 
subhsequent letters, however, he stated he was still in a hospital "getting 
on fairly well." The soldier called to service Dec. 6, 1917, became a member 
of Company E, 306th Infantry. He is a graduate of PS 127 and Eramus Hall 
High School.

WOUNDED, UNDETERMINED

PRIVATE LOUIS C. BETZ
Private Betz was wounded in action, degree undetermined, lived with his 
mother at {unreadable}

PRIVATE GUSTAV ROESLER, JR.
Private Roesler of 404 4th Ave, Long Island, wounded in action, degree 
undetermined, is 21 years old. He enlisted in the 47th Infantry and 
transferred to Company H, 106th Infantry.

CORPORAL CARL E. BOHLIN
Corporal Bohlin, 21, lilved with his father John at 414 78th Street. He was 
wounded, degree undeetermined, on Sept. 1, and was a member of Company F, 
106th Infantry. In a recent letter he stated that he had been gassed but did 
not go into details. He was a graduate of PS 102 and prior to enlisting was 
employed as a clerk.

PRIVATE LEONARD WYSOVSKI
Private Wysovski reported wounded degree undetermined, does not live at 
16317th Street, the official address given. He is not known at that address.

MISSING IN ACTION
Private John SOBECKI, better known to his friends as "Happy" SOBECKI,
and reported missing in action by the War Department Oct 9, is alive,
according to his mother, Mrs. Lucy SOBECKI, of 178 Freeman street,
who as received letters from him dated Oct. 20 and 27, in which he state
he was in several engagements and had been severely wounded, was in 
a base hospital, was recovering and was going to the front again.  SOBECKI
added that he had been missing after a battle, but that he was found
attending to two wounded soldiers.

SOBECKI is 29 years old, and was born in Greenpoint, where he attended
the school of St. Stanislaus.  He is a mechanic and was drafted in 
September of last year, going overseas with the 328th Infantry Medical 
Detachment.  In letters he wrote to his parents he was hit five times with
shrapnel and was also gassed.  Two other brothers are in the service,
Lawrence, 23, wounded in the hip, with Company A, 305th Infantry, and
the other, Frank, 25, with the Twenty-fourth Engineers.

SEVERELY WOUNDED
Sergt. John H. ABERLE, of Company E, 106th Infantry, wounded in action
last August, lived at 878 Hancock street.  He enlisted in the Twenty-third
Regiment the day American declared war on Germany.  In a letter to his
wife, dated May 3, ABERLE said he had been "over the top" nine times
and was then acting lieutenant of his company.

Corporal William BEACH, 21 years of age, severely wounded in action
July 21, has written a letter to his mother at 31 Olive street that he had
entirely recovered from his injuries.  He is a member of Company A, 105th
Infantry.

WOUNDED, UNDETERMINED
Sergeant Thomas F. CALLAHAN
Mrs. Thomas CALLAHAN, of 215 Walworth street has received word from
Washington that her son, Sergeant Thomas F. CALLAHAN of Headquarters
Company, 106th Infantry, was wounded in action on Oct. 20. He enlisted
in the Fourteenth Regiment when war was declared.  He was born in
Brooklyn twenty-three years ago and graduated from St. Patrick's Academy.
Before he enlisted he was employed as a bookkeeper for the Irving Bush
Company, South Brooklyn.

Private Joseph BITZ, 23 years old, son of Mrs. Mary BITZ, of 213 Elton
street, reported in to-day's casualty list as having been wounded, degree
undetermined, wrote to his mother from France, Oct. 29, telling her he
had been injured in the fall of a building at St. Mihiel, and was recovering
in one of the base hospitals.  His partner, whose name he does not give,
was killed in the accident.  The two had taken refuge behind a shattered
building when the Germans sent over a bomb, blowing the building to
destruction.  BITZ is a graduate of Public School 17, and was a member of
Company M, 328th Infantry.

Private John J. HENRY
In a letter from a member of his company, Mrs. Jane HARDIMAN, of 180
Broadway, learned that her cousin, Private John HENRY, was wounded,
degree undetermined, Sept. 27, while pushing through the Argonne
Forest.  No word has been received from Henry since early in August, 
when he said he was prepared to go into a big battle and would try and
write about it later on if he was fortunate in coming out of it alive.  
Henry is 24 years old and came to this country ten years ago.

JONES, REPORTED DEAD, IS ALIVE
Christopher JONES, of 764 McDonough street, whose son, Private
John F. JONES of Company D, 307th Infantry, was recently reported
killed in action, received a cablegram Sunday from his boy saying he
was well and happy.  There is rejoicing in the home of the young private.

SEVERELY WOUNDED
Sergt. Joseph Edward MARSHALL, severely wounded in action Sept. 17,
is the only son of Mrs. Johanna MARSHALL of 1087 Hancock street.
Mrs. MARSHALL received a War Department message stating that her 
son had been gassed and also sustained a gunshot wound in the hand.
MARSHALL enlisted in June, 1917, and went to France with Company D,
307th Infantry.

Private Michael DOLLINGER, 23 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
DOLLINGER, of 1865 Eastern Parkway, reported severely wounded, is
suffering from a bullet wound in the left leg, according to a letter received
by his father.  He is in General Base Hospital No. 2, at Fort McHenry,
Maryland.  He was attached to Company E, of the Thirty-eighth Infantry.


Private Leo LEVY, 22 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis LEVY, of 610
Howard avenue, reported severely wounded, is a member of Company E,
302d Engineers.  When drafted he was employed as a timekeeper by
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.

WOUNDED, UNDETERMINED
Sergt. Arthur FURMAN was gassed July 18.  He lived with his father,
Chester, at 194 Conselyea street.  When the trouble with Mexico
started, he enlisted with the Sixty-ninth Infantry and went to the border.
He went to France with the Rainbow Division.  He is 29 years old.

On Sept. 6, Private Louis SCHWARZBERG was wounded, degree
undetermined.  He is the son of William SCHWARZBERG of 36 Meeker
avenue; graduated from Bushwick High School, is 27 years old and at 
the time he was drafted he owned an automobile supply business, in
Greenpoint.  He went to France with Company K, 111th Infantry.

SLIGHTLY WOUNDED
Private Isaac STERNBERG was slightly wounded Sept. 15.  He lived
with his cousin, Mrs. Rose SUGARMAN, at 81 Johnson avenue.  He
went to France with Company M, 308th Infantry.

WOUNDED, UNDETERMINED
Sergeant Charles William PERSON was wounded, degree undetermined,
in the fighting of Sept. 11, according to a letter received from him by his
mother, Mrs. Frank PERSON, of 958 Eastern Parkway.  Sergeant PERSON
was formerly a reported for the New York "Sun" and the Brooklyn "Eagle"
and when he was drafted last December was associate editor of "Popular
Science Monthly."  He sailed for France in April and was attached to the
Intelligence Bureau of the Seventy-seventh Division.  In a cable received by
his mother from Havre, France, dated Nov. 26, he stated he was in a 
hospital, but expected soon to be sent home.  He is 30 years old.

Sergeant James KAVANAGH, 251 Lincoln road, was wounded, degree
undetermined, Aug. 13.  Word to his effect has been received by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John KAVANAGH.  Sergeant KAVANAGH was 
attached to Company I, 305th Infantry.  He was drafted in September 1917.
He is married and is the father of a six months old son, which was born
after he left for France.

Corporal John L. TUPPER, of 304 Linden avenue, attached to Company F,
302nd Engineers, was wounded, degree undetermined, in action, and
gassed, Aug. 18, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lincoln TUPPER.  TUPPER was drafted in September 1917, and sailed
for....(remainder of item missing)

SEVERELY WOUNDED.
Sergeant Robert B. WATSON, Battery D, 59th Field Artillery, was severely
wounded in action Oct. 31, according to word received by his wife, who
lives at 137 Hopkinson avenue.  WATSON had served for fifteen years with
the 13th Coast Artillery, and when this country entered the war he was
mustered onto Federal service.  He is thirty-two years old.

6 December 1918

SEVERELY WOUNDED
Corporal Henry C. FISHER, of 199 St. Johns place, severely wounded in
action, suffered his injury during the attack of the 107th Infantry on Mount
Kemmel, according to a letter received from him.  He enlisted in the
Seventh Regiment when was declared.

Private Edward H. McCANN
Mrs. Sarah McCANN, of 201 Elton street, has received word from 
Washington that her son, Private Edward H. McCANN of Company J,
Eighteenth Infantry, was severely wounded in action on July 18.  He was
drafted from Local Board 79 in November 1917, and left for France early
in January.  He is now in a convalescent camp.

WOUNDED, UNDETERMINED
Corporal Herman W. MEYER, 18 years old, of 250 Martense street, reported
wounded, degree undetermined, is in the base hospital at Dartford, England.
He is a member of Company K, 106th Infantry, and is the son of Mrs. Dora
CLELAND

Corporal Irving RUBENSTEIN, 25 years old, son of Mrs. Anna RUBENSTEIN,
of 1741 Sterling place, reported wounded, degree undetermined, was a 
member of Company G., 307th Infantry.  He was drafted in September 1917,
and went to France last April.  He came to this country from Russia
seventeen years ago.  He is a graduate of Public School 67, Manhattan,
and Stuyvesant Heights High School.
Corporal Frank FRIEDSTEIN, 22 years old, of 150 Logan street, reported
wounded, degree undetermined on Sept. 9, lives at that address with his
sister, Mrs. Sarah MACHLER.  He is a graduate of Public School 108 and
Commercial High School.  He is a member of Company G, 107th Infantry.
He was drafted in September of last year.

Private Samuel ROTHWEIN, 32 years old, who lived with his aunt, Mrs.
Rebecca TOPLITSKY, at 601 Saratoga avenue, when drafted in September,
1917, is a member of Company B, 306th Infantry.  He is reported among
the wounded, degree undetermined.  Mrs. TOPLITSKY received a letter
from her nephew Monday, informing her that he was in a base hospital on
Staten Island.  Private ROTHWEIN was born in Russia and came to this
country twelve years ago.

Private Joseph DOUGHERTY, 33 years old, of 25 Louis place, reported
wounded, degree undetermined, is a member of Company M, 305th
Infantry.  Private DOUGHERTY is a graduate of the school attached to the
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes.

Police Sergeant Edward J. LAWLER of the special service division, living
at 6820 Seventeenth avenue, received a letter dated Oct. 29, from his son,
Private Edward J., Jr., of Company E, Sixty-first Infantry, saying he had
been in a hospital six days, being gassed and badly burned on the right
side and right arm.  No official notification has yet been received from
Washington.  Private LAWLER left for France early this year and has been
in many severe actions.  A brother, Hugh, formerly a fireman of Engine
Company 279, is also in the service.  Another brother, John J., is a
motorcycle patrolman in this borough.

SLIGHTLY WOUNDED
Sergt. Michael C. ROGERS of Company C, Eleventh Infantry, was slightly 
wounded in action Sept. 18.  A War Department message says he was in
a base hospital suffering from a gun shot wound and fracture of the left
leg.  ROGERS has been in the army for twelve years, and saw service 
in the Utah Indian reservation in 1906 and on the Mexican border.

Corporal Thomas OSTEREY, whose name in the official list is given as
OSPREY, of Company E, 102d Engineers, recovering in a bas hospital
from a fractured left arm received in action Sept. 26, lived at 467 Forty-
second street.  He served with his unit on the Mexican border and has 
been in France nearly a year.  The soldier's father, Patrick OSTEREY,
is a retired marine, having served in the Marine Corps for thirty years.

Private Louis KINSMKY, 28 years old, son of Mrs. Anna KINSMKY, of
214 Livonia avenue, reported slightly wounded, was a cloth operator when
drafted in September 1917.  He has been in this country nine years 
having come from Russia.

7 December 1918
MISSING IN ACTION
Lieut Jerome S. HANRATTY
Although reported on to-day's list as missing in action. Lieut Jerome Stephen
HANRATTY, (?) years old, of 458 Fifty-fifth street, is in a base hospital in
France with a bullet wound in the left leg, so his wife, Margaret, was 
informed by the nurses at the hospital.  HANRATTY, who before being inducted into
service, was a policeman attached to the Vanderveer Park Station, was
attached to Company R, Twenty-third Infantry.  He was drafted last September
and in July was commissioned a second lieutenant and transferred from the 
308th to the Twenty-third.  He has one child, Mary, three years old.

SEVERELY WOUNDED
Lieut. John J. MURTAUGH, Jr.
Unable to see any other officers of is company, after five hours of advancing,
Lieut John J. MURTAUGH, Jr. of Irving avenue, Floral Park, too command
and rallied the men for a final assault.  Just as they started forward, Lieut.
MURTAUGH was twice wounded, according to a letter received by his parents.
In this battle the Germans for the first time use their new armor piercing
bullets against tanks.  A number of the "land" battleships were put out of
commission.
Lieut MURTAUGH is a member of Company B, 126th Infantry.  He was
drafted in September 1917, and was commissioned in France.

Sergt. Otto HUFELD, Company C, 302d Engineers was severely wounded
in action on Sept. 29, one year to the day after he had been drafted into the
National Army.  He lived with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund HUFELD,
171 Russell, before being called into service.  Sergt HUFELD is 21 years old.

Corporal Sherman OLSEN
Mrs. M. OLSEN, of 627 Forty-seventh street, is positive that her brother,
Corporal Sherman OLSEN, reported severely wounded Sept. 28, has not
been injured.  A letter received, dated Nov. 2, states that he is well and happy.


Private John T. CASH, the twenty-three year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick CASH, of 533 Essex street, reported severely wounded, was 
drafted in April and left for France in July.  He is a member of Company
H, 26th Infantry, a graduate of P.S. 64 and when drafted was employed
as a conductor on the B.R.T.

WOUNDED, UNDETERMINED
Corporal James O. DONAHUE
Mrs. Alice H. DONAHUE, wife of Corporal James O. DONAHUE, has 
received a letter from her husband in which he told of having been gassed
for the second time while serving with Company M, 106th Infantry.
Corporal DONAHUE enlisted in the Twenty-third Regiment, and was
transferred to the 106th.  He was clerk of the City Court at Glen Cove.

SLIGHTLY WOUNDED
Corporal Francis P. McDERMOTT, 6th Engineers, was slightly wounded in
action July 16, according to word received from the War Department by his
mother, Mrs. Mary McDERMOTT, 518 Court street.  McDERMOTT is 25
years old, enlisted in May, 1917, and was sent to France last December.

9 December 1918
SEVERELY WOUNDED
Sergt. Francis J. WALL, Company E, 106th Infantry, of 141 Luquer street,
reported severely, joined the Fourteenth Regiment before it merged into the
105th. He was promoted to corporal before the regiment left for "Over There".
After his sergeant was killed, WALL was promoted to sergeant and also was
named as a tentative candidate for officers training school, when he was 
injured on Sept. 30 at the battle of Cambrai, receiving a fracture of the 
upper arm and shrapnel wounds in both thighs.  He was transferred to Base Hospital
Unit 33, at Portsmouth, England, where he is at present, and from a letter
received by his mother, Mrs. Josephine V. WALL, he states he is progressing
as well as might be expected under the circumstance.  Young WALL was only
nineteen when he enlisted.  He was a member of the Church of St. Mary,
Star of the Sea.

WOUNDED, UNDETERMINED
Lieut Harold F. COTTAR, signal officer attached to the staff of the Seventy-
seventh Division reported wounded, degree undetermined, is the son of Mrs.
Jessie COTTAR, of 309 Monroe street.  COTTAR was commissioned last
April and sailed at once for France.  He was reported as having been wounded
Sept. 15.  Lieut COTTAR is a graduate of Erasmus Hall High School and
Colgate University.  He was employed in an executive capacity at the New 
York Telephone Company.  He is 31 years old.

Sergt Lawrence J. FITZGERALD, Company H, 308th Infantry, lived with
his mother, Mrs. Maria FITZGERALD, at 646 Myrtle avenue.  He is reported
as having been wounded in action, degree undetermined, on Sept. 5.  He is
thirty-one years old and was drafted in September 1917.

Sergeant Charles D. ELDRIDGE, Company M, 106th Infantry, lived with an
aunt, Miss Emma WALDRON, at 621 East Third street.  He is reported
severely wounded in action and in a letter to his aunt he said he had seven
shrapnel wounds in his right leg and fourteen more in his body, besides 
having been badly injured when an exploding shell struck him in the chest.
He is still confined to a base hospital in France.  Sergeant ELDRIDGE
enlisted in the Twenty-third Regiment several years ago and served at the
Mexican border.  He was made a corporal there.  He went across with the
Quartermaster Corps and joined its company in France when he was promoted
to a sergeantcy.  He is a graduate of Commercial High School.

Corporal Joseph COHEN, of 474 New Jersey avenue, was wounded, degree
undetermined, Sept. 17, according to official reports.  His family has word
from him that he is recovering in a base hospital from burns by mustard gas.
He was formerly employed by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company, at
Bridgeport, and is serving in Company F, 307th Infantry.

SLIGHTLY WOUNDED
Private Charles H. MILLER, Jr., slightly wounded, Sept. 29, in the battle that
broke the Hindenburg line, was born in Brooklyn thirty-two years ago, and
had lived all his life at 172 Stockton street.  He was a pressman with the
Federal Printing House and for ten years with the Brooklyn Eagle.  He has a
brother, John, training at Camp Devens, who was about to sail in September
when the influenza tied up the camp.  Private MILLER enlisted in the Twenty-
third Regiment, July 17, 1917, was transferred to the 106th Infantry, Company
I.  He was over the top six times.  He is a member of the Sixth District 
Democratic Club at Tompkins and Myrtle avenues

10 December 1918
SEVERELY WOUNDED
Private Frederick J. WAGNER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles WAGNER, of
123 Vermont street, reported severely wounded in action Sept. 30, was
drafted in May of this year.  He went overseas with Company M, 316th
Infantry.  The telegram from the War Department informing his family and
friends of the injuries was received by his fiance, Miss Anna SACHSE, of
77 Vermont street.  Private WAGNER is 29 years of age and a graduate of P.S. 76.

Private Sante FERANTO, 23 years of age, reported severely wound while 
in action Nov. 3, lived with his brother-in-law, Tony LORE, at 52 Jamaica
avenue.  He came to this country from Italy eight years ago and was drafted
in January of this year.  He was a member of Company I, 350th Infantry.

WOUNDED, UNDETERMINED
Sergt. Thomas A. HEFFERNAN, of Company L, 365th Infantry, has been 
wounded, degree undetermined, according to a telegram from the War
Department to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick HEFFERNAN, of 512 Troy
street, Jamaica.  He went to the Mexican border with the old 69th, and has
three brothers in service, James, Patrick and William.

Corporal Alexander Gaston LACROIX, of Headquarters Company, 306th
Infantry, who lives at 47 Forty-first street, was wounded, degree 
undetermined,on Aug. 18.  He was a member of the Fourteenth Regiment before going
over, and enlisted in the Marine Corps at the outbreak of the war, but his
draft board obtained his release and he was inducted into the National Forces.

Corporal Eugene CASSIDY, aged 24, of 747 Myrtle avenue, wounded, degree
undetermined, Oct. 29, enlisted in the spring of 1917 in the Forty-seventh 
Regiment, and was transferred to the 106th Infantry with which he went to France.

Corporal Walter G. KUBLI, of Company H, Ninth Infantry, who was wounded 
in action, degree undetermined, Oct. 5, lived at 90 Schaeffer street.  He
was twenty-one years of age.  KUBLI enlisted in August 1917 and sailed
for France the following month.  In a letter to his parents, KUBLI says he
was shot through the right leg while taking part in the fighting about Rheims.
He said he was in the Evacuation Hospital and doing well.

Corporal Dennis F. HART
A War Department telegram informed Mrs. Catherine HART, of 1091 Atlantic
avenue, that her son, Corporal Dennis F. HART, aged 24, had been wounded in
action, degree undetermined.  The next day she was informed by the War
Department that another son, Private Thomas HART, was slightly wounded
July 30.
Dennis enlisted in the Twenty-third Regiment and served on the Mexican
border.  He went to France with the 165th Infantry.  Thomas enlisted in the
Twenty-third the day war was declared against Germany, and was transferred
to the 165th Infantry.

Private John SERGE was wounded, degree undetermined, Sept. 26.  He
lived with a cousin, Joseph PANCZYK, at 96 Boerum street.  At the time
he was drafted, SERGE was twenty-seven years old.  He was born in
Russia and came to this country in early childhood.  He graduated from P.S.
43.  In April he sailed for France with Company H, 306th Infantry.

SLIGHTLY WOUNDED
Sergeant Edward HOUGHLAND was slightly wounded Sept. 26.  In a letter
to his father he said his wounds were of a serious nature.  He lived with his
father, a printer, at 115 Noble street.  At the time he was drafted, he was 23
years old and was a graduate of Public School 126.  He took a course in
engineering in Stuyvesant Heights and Prat Institute.  He went to France
with Company E, 302d Engineers.

Sergeant Edwin HORSLEY was promoted from corporal for valor during the
fighting on Sept. 24, when he was slightly wounded, according to a letter he
has sent to his father, John HORSLEY, of 2 Seeley street.  Sergeant HORSLEY
is 27 years old.  He joined the Twenty-third Regiment in June 1917, and went
overseas with Company C, 106th Infantry.  He wrote that he was recovering
from shrapnel wounds in the head, and hoped to be home by Christmas.

Private Joseph Patrick MADDEN, of 36 Third street, was slightly wounded in
action Aug. 16, according to official word received last week by his parents.
MADDEN was born in Brooklyn twenty-five years ago.  He was drafted last
December into Headquarters Company, 306th Infantry.  A brother, Daniel,
is now in service at Camp Sevier, S.C.

MISSING IN ACTION
Private Isador STOLAR, 28 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry STOLAR, of
32 Glenmore avenue, reported missing in action, has been in this country
only eleven years.  He came from Russia.  He was drafted in May and went
to France three months later with Company H of the 316th Infantry.

12 December 1918
MISSING IN ACTION
Corporal John Joseph LEE, company C, 306th Infantry, reported as missing in
action, is in a base hospital in France, according to a letter received from 
him
by his wife, who lives at 442 Seventh street.  He was wounded Sept. 29 and 
did 
not reach the hospital for two days.  He is 32 years old and was drafted in
September 1917.

Corporal William MINTZ, of 296 Jefferson street, reported missing in action
Oct. 12, was doing special duty when he became lost in the Argonne
forest, according to a letter from him, written Nov. 9.  He is a member of
the Medical Detachment, 305th Infantry.

SEVERELY WOUNDED
Sergt. John J. SAVAGE, 23 years old, 521 Marlboro avenue, Flatbush, was
severely gassed and wounded severely on Sept. 6, according to a telegram
received by his brother, Charles J. SAVAGE.  He is now in a French
hospital according to a letter just received.  In the casualty list, his 
address
is given as 1020 Ditmas avenue.  He was a member of Company L, 305th
Infantry and was one of the first men drafted.  He was born in Manhattan
and graduated from Fordham.  He was in the shipping business.

Sergeant James J. MATEER, 26 years old, of 117 Bedford avenue, was
wounded severely Oct. 30, according to word received by his parents.  He
enlisted six years ago in the Sixth Field Artillery and served under Gen.
Pershing in Mexico.  When he returned from the border he was transferred
to Company B, Twenty-sixth (remainder of article cut off)

HART (beginning of article cut off)
...his parents , Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. HART.  In a letter dated Nov. 7,
he stated that he had been made a sergeant. His is listed in casualties of
to-day as a cook.  He was born in Brentwood, and graduated from Adelphi
College.  He was a member of the Church of the Evangel, Alpha Omega 
fraternity and the New England Society.  His a member of Company L,
107th Infantry, having enlisted in the Seventh Regiment in June 1917.

Sergt. Floyd A. NEILY, 20 years old, of 2114 Caton avenue, Flatbush, is now
at the Portsmouth Base Hospital, England.  He was wounded in the chest
degree undetermined, by a bursting shell, on Sept. 29, according to a cable
received from him by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd NEILY.  He was born in
La Grange and sang in the choir, and then attended Trinity school.  He was
a member of Phi Delta Sigma.  He enlisted in the Seventh Regiment and 
went to the Mexican border.  He became sergeant before arrival at Spartanburg.

Private Joseph E. McCUE of 227 North Seventh street, was wounded, degree
undetermined, Sept. 21.  He is the son of John McCUE and a graduate 
from P.S. 38.  At the time he was drafted, he was employed by the Standard
Oil Company as a shipping clerk.  He went to France with the 305 Machine
Gun Company.


Transcribed by Carol Granville
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