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 ��THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION

��1st Lt. C. A. KNUDTSON

��FIRST LIEUTENANT CLARENCE ANDREW KNUDTSON

Battery D, 16th Field Artillery, Fourth Division. Died on October 18, 1918, in Mobile

Hospital No. I, from wounds received in action, near Nantillois, France,

on October 17, 1918.

Lieutenant Knudtson v^^as born in Grand Rapids, Mich., on August 3, 1888. He ■was educated in the high school of Blair, Wis., graduating in 1905; University of Wisconsin, 1913, and George Washington University, 1914. After teaching school for several years in Wisconsin and Mon- tana and keeping books in the Navy De- partment for three years, he entered the employ of the U. S. Patent Office as as- sistant examiner, where he remained until his admission' to the Second Officers Training Camp at Fort Sheridan. Receiv- ing his commission he was ordered to Camp Greene, N. C, and, on March, 1918, he vs^as transferred to Fort Sill, Okla. In May, 1918, he sailed for France v^rith the 1 3th Field Artillery. Arriving overseas, he was transferred to the 1 6th F. A. On October 17, 1918, a shell fragment struck Lieutenant Knudtson, so severely w^ounding him that he died the next day in Mobile Hospital No. I. He w^as unmarried. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Lisa Knudtson, of Blair, Wis., and one brother, John Knudtson, of Washington, D. C.

��2nd Lt. ORRIS C. KOHLER

��SECOND LIEUTENANT ORRIS C. KOHLER

Company E, 33 7th Infantry, Eighty-fifth Division. Died of pneumonia at Camp

Mich., on January 13, 1918.

Lieutenant Kohler w^as born in Cardee- ville. Wis., on July 4, I 892. He v^ras edu- cated in the public schools of that city, be- ing a graduate of the 1911 class. He entered the employ of the Boat & Engine Co. of Portage, Wis., as a salesman. He enlisted in the Wisconsin National Guard in 1915, being a member of Company F of the 3rd Regiment. After two years' service, in which time he was promoted to a sergeant while on border duty, he was admitted to the First Officers Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, 1st Company. Upon receipt of his commission he wras ordered to Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich., where he was assigned to the 33 7th Infantry, with which regiment he re- mained until his death. On January 6, 1918, Lieutenant Kohler was taken ill and v^'as conveyed to the hospital. Pneu- monia set in and he died one week later. He was unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Kohler, of Portage, Wis., sur- vive.

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