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 ��THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION

��FIRST LIEUTENANT FRANK W. LONG

5 I st Regiment, Pioneer Engineers. Died on October 15, 1 9 1 8, in military hospital near Argonne Forest, from injuries received in a railroad accident.

��1st Lt. FRANK W. LONG

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��Lieutenant Long was born in St. Louis, Mo., on May 9, 1887. He was educated at Christian Brothers College, St. Louis, Mo. He was employed as branch office manager for the Title Guaranty Trust Company, Clayton, Mo. After ten years of faithful service he enlisted in the Sec- ond Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, 5th Company, and, after receiv- ing his commission, was ordered to Camp Lee, serving there tw^o months. Was then transferred to Camp Wadsworth, v^here he remained four months, sailing for France the latter part of July with the Pioneer Engineers. On his arrival in France, Lieutenant Long was put in com- mand of a fort, near a base hospital, which underwent steady bombardment; his com- pany later moving to Argonne Forest, where they were employed repairing and building roads for the drive in this sector. Lieutenant Long was unmarried. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Joseph J. Long, who resides at 5610 Bartner Av., St. Louis, Mo.

��SECOND LIEUTENANT JOHN A. LONG

Company, 58th Infantry, Fourth Division. Killed in action on October 5, 1918,

during Meuse-Argonne offensive.

��Lieutenant Long was born in St. Louis, Mo., on August 22, 1 882, and received his education in the public schools of that city. After leaving school he entered the employ of the St. Louis Union Bank, re- maining with that institution until his admission to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, where he was assigned to the 2nd Company. Receiving his commission. Lieutenant Long was ordered overseas, sailing on December 26, 1917, unassigned. Arriving in France, he received further instruction in the Infantry Specialists School at Langres, and was then assigned to the Thirty-fifth Division as an instructor, later going to the Twenty-seventh Division, where he commanded a platoon in Company C of the I 06th Infantry. On August II, 1918, he was transferred to the 58th Infantry, with which regiment he met death on October 5, 1918. Lieutenant Long had been recommended for promotion some time before his death. He was married on November 8, 1916, to Miss Julia P. Fink, of St. Louis, Mo., who at present resides at 3510 Juanita Street in that city. His parents are dead.

��2nd Lt. JOHN A. LONG

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