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��THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION

��SECOND LIEUTENANT PAUL N. GLEISSNER

Company A, 38th Infantry, Third Division. Died of pneumonia on October 27, 1918, at Base Hospital No. 28, Limoges, France.

��2nd Lt. PAUL N. GLEISSNER

��bravery parents.

��and recommended for promotion.

��Lieutenant Gleissner was born in Abi- line, Kans., on September 1 7, 1 886. After a public school education he entered Wentworth Military Academy, graduating in I 902, and then took a course in the University of Kansas. After leaving col- lege he -was employed by the Abiline Na- tional Bank, where he remained until his admission to the Second Officers' Train- ing Camp at Fort Sheridan, where he was assigned to the 5th Company. Upon re- ceiving his commission he w^as ordered overseas, sailing as a casual officer on January 8, 1918. Arriving in France, Lieutenant Gleissner was sent to Langres for further training and then to a British gun school, after w^hich he was assigned to Company I of the 38th Infantry. In October, due to a shortage of officers, he was transferred to Company A of the same regiment. While advancing near Montfaucon, he contracted a heavy cold and w^as gassed, but remained writh his company until ordered to the hospital, where he died on October 2 7, 1918, after a ten days' illness. He was cited for Lieutenant Gleissner v^^as unmarried. His

��Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gleissner, of Abilene, Kans., survive.

��SERGEANT ISRAEL F. GOLDBERG

Company I, 38th Infantry, Third Division. Killed in action at the Second Battle of the Marne on July 15, 1918.

��Sergeant Goldberg was born in Brook- lyn, N. Y., on March 10, 1888. He was educated in the public schools of Yonkers, N. Y., and attended the John Marshall Law College of Chicago, 111., graduating in 1917. He entered the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan and was held for the Second Camp. Failing to receive a commission at Fort Sheridan, Sergeant Goldberg enlisted in the 38th Infantry and was rapidly promoted to a sergeant. The regiment sailed for France in April, 1918. Upon arrival overseas he was attached to the Intelligence Depart- ment of the 38th Infantry and it was while pursuing his observation work that he was killed. He had been recommended for a commission by his commanding offi- cer just a few days before he met death. He v^as unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Goldberg of 156 Riverdale Avenue, Yonkers, N. Y., survive.

��Sgt. ISRAEL F. GOLDBERG

���BORN MARCH 10. I88(

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