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Sergeant William E. Ensko. Mrs. Mary E. Ensko, of 1383 Dean street, has been notified by the War Department that her son, Sergeant William Edward Ensko of Company A, 318th Pioneer Engineers, was killed in an automobile accident at the front on July 28. He was born in New York City, 30 years ago, where he was educated. Sergeant Ensko resigned a responsible position to enlist at Fort Slocum last September. He lived at Freeport, L. I., where he was a member of the Freeport Lodge of Elks. A brother, Corporal La Mont N. Ensko, is in France with Company B, 304th Machine Gun Battalion.

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Sergeant William E. Ensko. Mrs. Mary E. Ensko, of 1383 Dean street, has been notified by the War Department that her son, Sergeant William Edward Ensko of Company A, 318th Pioneer Engineers, was killed in an automobile accident at the front on July 28, 1918. He was born in New York City, 30 years ago, where he was educated. Sergeant Ensko resigned a responsible position to enlist at Fort Slocum last September. He lived at Freeport, New York, where he was a member of the Freeport Lodge of Elks. A brother, Corporal LaMont N. Ensko, is in France with Company B, 304th Machine Gun Battalion.

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