��THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION
��SECOND LIEUTENANT GEORGE DE WITT HARRIS
Battery A, 120th Field Artillery, Thirty-second Division. Died on October 13, 1918, from wounds received in action near Epinonville.
��2nd Lt. GEORGE D. HARRIS
��Lientenant Harris was born in Franklin, Ky., on December 28, 1876. He gradu- ated from the Department of Law of the University of Michigan in I 899, and prac- ticed in St. Louis, Mo., until his admis- sion to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, where he was attached to the First Battery. Upon re- ceipt of his commission he w^as ordered overseas, sailing on December 24, 1917. Upon arrival in France he attended the A. E. F. Artillery School at Samur for three months, then to artillery headquar- ters at La Coutine. In June, 1918, he was assigned to the 120th Field Artillery, with which regiment he was mortally wounded while trying to carry his wound- ed commanding officer to a place of safety. Lieutenant Harris was cited for bravery in action. He was unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Harris, residing in Franklin, Ky., survive him.
��FIRST LIEUTENANT JAMES COLWELL HARRIS
Battery B, 1 0th Field Artillery, Third Division. Killed in action near Chateau Thierry on July 15, 1918.
��Lieutenant Harris was born in St. Louis, Mo., on September 5, 1891. He was edu- cated in the public schools of that city and graduated from the State Agriculture Col- lege in 1916. He then entered the em- ploy of the Aetna Insurance Company, with which firm he remained until his ad- mission to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan. Receiving his commission he was ordered to France, sailing on December 25, 1917. Arriving overseas. Lieutenant Harris received fur- ther instruction in an A. E. F. artillery school and w^as then assigned to the 1 0th Field Artillery. While near the town of St. Eugene, in the Chateau Thierry dis- trict. Lieutenant Harris was struck by shell fragments and instantly killed on July 15, 1918. He was unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Harris,
of 5933a Wells Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.,
survive.
��1st Lt. JAMES C. HARRIS
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