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THE ROLL OF HONOR

��FIRST LIEUTENANT CARL C. CRAMER

Company L, 38th Infantry, Third Division. Killed in action near St. Giles, France,

on August 7, 1918.

��1st Lt. CARL C. CRAMER

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��Lieutenant Cramer was born in New York City on October 17, 1889. He was educated in the public schools of that city and entered business life with the Admiral Hay Press Company as secre- tary. He made application and was ad- mitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, where he was commissioned. He sailed for overseas with the 38th Infantry on March 28, 1918. Lieutenant Cramer was appointed intel- ligence officer, and it was while actively engaged in this work that he was killed by shrapnel. He had been cited for bravery and w^as acting captain at the time of his death. He was unmarried. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cramer, 305 East 162nd Street, New York City, he is survived by two sisters and one brother.

��SECOND LIEUTENANT VICTOR O. CRANE

Company I, 26th Infantry, First Division. Killed in action near Soissons, France,

on July 21, 1918.

��Lieutenant Crane was born in Fort "v Meade, North Dakota, on June 8, 1881. He was educated in the public schools of St. Louis. After little more than a gram- mar school education he entered the the- atrical producing business in the adver- tising end, finally becoming identified with the firm of Jones & Crane as a partner in the producing business. Lieutenant Cra- mer was admitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, being as- signed to the 22nd Company. Upon re- ceiving his commission he was ordered overseas, sailing on January 12, 1918. After undergoing further instruction in military matters he was assigned to the 26th Infantry, and with that regiment he met his death. He was unmarried. His mother, Mrs. J. M. McClean, resides in St. Louis, Mo.

��2nd Lt. VICTOR O. CRANE

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