��SECOND LIEUTENANT WILLIAM CHANDLER PETERSON
49th Company, 5th Marines, Second Division. Killed in action on June 6, 191' at Battle of Chateau Thierry.
2nd Lt. WILLIAM C. PETERSONAn image should appear at this position in the text.BORN DECEMBER 24, 1894
DIED JUNE 6, 1918.
Lieutenant Peterson was born in Crystal
Lake, 111., on December 24, 1894. After
a public school education he entered
the University of Illinois, graduating in
1916. He then entered the employ of the
Leonard Construction Company, Chicago,
as an architect, which position he relinquished to enter the Second Officers'
Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, where
he was assigned to the 20th Company.
Upon receiving his commission he was
ordered to France, sailing on January 19,
1918. Upon arrival overseas, Lieutenant
Peterson was given further military instruction in A. E. F. schools and then
assigned to the 18th Company of the
5th Marines. On May 26th he was assigned to the 49th Company and lost his
life on June 6th while leading his platoon
in a morning attack. He was instantly
killed by machine gun fire. Lieutenant
Peterson was awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross for valor, and also recommended for promotion. He was unmarried. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Peterson, he is survived by one
brother, F. Milton Peterson, who served with the I 49th Field Artillery overseas, and one
sister. Miss Ruth Peterson, all of whom reside at Crystal Lake, Mich.
CAPTAIN RALPH PERRY
Company B, 128th Infantry, Thirty-second Division. Died on November 22, 1918,
In Base Hospital, A. E. F., from wounds received in
Argonne offensive.
Capt. RALPH PERRYAn image should appear at this position in the text.BORN FEBRURARY,19, 1895
BORN NOVEMBER 22, 1918
Captain Perry was born in Algoma, Wis., on February 19, 1895. After a public school education he entered the Northwest Military Academy, finishing up at the University of Wisconsin, from which he graduated in 1916. At the outbreak of war he was admitted to the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, where he received a commission as first lieutenant and was ordered to the 128th Infantry, with which regiment he sailed for France in February, 1918. After a period of instruction overseas. Captain Perry rejoined his company and participated in its many engagements. He was later promoted to a captain. During the last week of the Argonne Battle, Captain Perry was mortally wounded by enemy machine gun fire, from which wounds he never recovered, dying two weeks later. He was unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin W. Perry, survive. His father is a manufacturer in Algoma, Wis.
