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THE ROLL OF HONOR

��SECOND LIEUTENANT MARCUS THOMAS CASEY

Company C, 339th Infantry. Died of pneumonia at Archangel, Russia, on September 16, 1918.

���Lieutenant Casey was born in Necedah, Wis., on May 17, 1896. He was edu- cated in the public schools of New Rich- mond, Wis., and w^as in his junior year at New Richmond University when w^ar broke out and he applied for admittance to the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, to w^hich he was admitted and received a commission. After several months at Camp Custer, Mich., and Fort Sill, Okla., Lieutenant Casey, in August,

1918, sailed for England and Russia with the 339th Infantry, and it was while en route to Russia that he contracted influ- enza, which later resulted in his death. He was unmarried. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Casey, Lieutenant Casey is survived by three sisters, Miss Bessie M., aged 25; Miss Mary E., aged years, all of whom reside at New Rich- mond, Wis.

��FIRST LIEUTENANT LAMBERTSON HAROLD CHAILLE

Company 1, 30th Infantry, Third Division. Killed in action in Argonne Forest on

October 9, 1918.

��Lieutenant Chaille was born in Indian- apolis, Ind., on September 1 5, 1 890. After receiving a public school education he entered Denison University, graduating in 1914. He then entered the employ of the Gas Oil Stove Co. of Detroit as pur- chasing manager, which position he re- linquished to enter the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, w^here he was assigned to the Ninth Company. Upon receiving his commission he was assigned to Company D, of the 1 6th Infantry, with which regiment he sailed for France on April 19, 1918. In August, 1918, he was transferred to the- 30th Infantry. Lieu- tenant Chaille met instant death while leading Company 1 in an attack against a German strongpoint. He was married in June, 1917, to Miss Mae Harris of De- troit, who, with one son, Lambertson Har- old Chaille, Jr., aged two years, survives. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. M. Chaille, of Royal Oak, Mich., are both living.

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