��THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION
��SECOND LIEUTENANT SAMUEL JACKSON SCRUGGS
Company C, 310th Infantry, Seventy-eighth Division. Killed in action during Argonne
offensive, October 21, 1918.
��2nd Lt. SAMUEL J. SCRUGGS
��Lieutenant Scruggs was born in Willis- burg, Ky., on October 9, 1877. After a public school education he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis, Mo., taking up the practice of med- icine in Nebraska upon graduating. He then became a traveling representative for a southern pharmaceutical house, later returning to his calling in St. Louis. At the outbreak of war he was admitted to the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, v/inning a commission in the in- fantry. In January, 1918, Lieutenant Scruggs sailed for France. After further training overseas, he w^as assigned to the 3 1 0th Infantry, with which regiment he met death while leading his platoon in the stubborn Argonne fighting. He was un- married. He is survived by two sisters and two brothers.
��SECOND LIEUTENANT RAYMOND R. SEBRING
Aero Squadron, Aviation Section, A. E. F. Killed in action on September 4, 19li
��Lieutenant Sebring was born in Hud- son, Mich., in 1893. He was educated in the public schools of Morenci and Adrian, Mich., after which he entered the employ of the Edison Company. He was ad- mitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan and assigned to the 1 0th Company. Before that course was finished he was transferred to the Air Service and, after a period of training, qualified as an observer and was commis- sioned. On February 27, 1918, he sailed for France. Upon arrival overseas. Lieu- tenant Sebring was ordered to the artil- lery school at Samur for further instruc- tion, and then assigned to an aero squad- ron. On September 4, 1918, while en- gaged in combat with a German plane, he was shot three times, dying instantly. He was unmarried. His only relative is Mrs. Eda Frantz,, a half sister, residing at Morenci, Mich.
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��RAYMOND R. SEBRING
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