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 THE ROLL OF HONOR

��FIRST LIEUTENANT DEAN N. JENKS

Company F, 7th Infantry, 1 hird Division. Killed in action near Fossoy, France,

on July 18, 1918.

��1st Lt. DEAN N. JENKS

��Lieutenant Jenks was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., on May 16, 1886. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Brooklyn, graduating from high school in I 900, and then enlisted with Troop B, I 1 th Cavalry, with which outfit he remained three years. He then entered the em- ploy of the Beatrice Creamery Company, Topeka, Kans., was transferred to the Denver, Colo., branch, and finally made manager of the Pueblo, Colo., branch, which position he gave up to enter the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan. Upon receipt of his commission Lieutenant Jenks was ordered to Camp Greene, N. C, where he was assigned to the 7th Infantry, and w^ith w^hich regi- ment he sailed for France on April 4, 1918. It was while Lieutenant Jenks w^as preparing to lead a counter attack against the enemy that he was struck by a piece of high explosive shell and instantly killed. He was married to Miss Eunice Allen of Denver, Colo., on December 3 1 , 1912. Besides his w^idow^. Lieutenant Jenks is survived by two children. Dean Argyle Place, Denver, Colo. Lieutenant Jenks' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Jenks, who also survive him, reside at 402 Napier Avenue, Richmond Hill, L. I.

��SECOND LIEUTENANT WILLIAM CAMPBELL JOHNSON

Company D, 23rd Infantry, Second Division. Killed in action near Chateau Thierry

on June 6, 1918.

��Lieutenant Johnson w^as born in Su- perior, Wis., on November 28, 1889. He was educated in the public schools of St. Paul, Minn., and the University of Minne- sota. After various endeavors, he entered the employ of the Northwest Motor Com- pany of Eau Claire, Wis., rising to the position of treasurer. At the outbreak of war he applied for and was admitted to the Second Officers* Training Camp at Fort Sheridan. Upon receipt of his com- mission he received orders to go overseas, sailing on January 15, 1918. Upon ar- rival in France he was sent to an A. E. F. school for further instruction and then assigned to the 96th Company of the 6th Marines, remaining three months, and then being transferred to the 23rd In- fantry, with which regiment he met death while leading an attack on a German ma- chine gun nest. Lieutenant Johnson was unmarried. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Matt J. Johnson, he is survived by one sister. Miss Dorothy F. Johnson, all of Vi^hom reside in Eau Claire, Wis.

��2nd Lt. WILLIAM C. JOHNSON

���BORN NOVEMBER 28, I

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