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 THE ROLL OF HONOR

��SECOND LIEUTENANT JOHN B. NELSON

Company A, 127th Infantry, Thirty-second Division. Killed in action near Romangne, France, on October 7, 1918.

��2nd Lt. JOHN B. NELSON

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��Lieutenant Nelson was born in Eau Claire, Wis., on November 15. 1883. He was educated in the schools of that city and was a graduate of Eau Claire Uni- versity, where he specialized in the study of literature and journalism. Leaving school he entered the newspaper field, becoming editor of the Appleton Crescent, .Appleton, Wis., which position he re- signed to enter the first Officers' Train- ing Camp at Fort Sheridan, where he was assigned to the 8th Company. Upon re- ceiving his commission he was ordered to Camp Custer, Mich., and assigned to the 338th Infantry, with which regiment he sailed for France in August, 1918. Arriving overseas. Lieutenant Nelson was transferred to the 12 7th Infantry. On October 7, 1918, while leading his pla- toon, he was instantly killed by machine gun fire near Romangne. Lieutenant Nel- son was married on August 21, 1917, to Miss Ella Tronsdal of his home city, who, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bastian Nelson of the same place, survive.

��SECOND LIEUTENANT RALPH MATHEWS NOBLE

Observer, Aviation Section. Died in German Red Cross Hospital, May I of wounds received in action on May I 0th.

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��Lieutenant Noble was born in Harlan, Iowa, on March 28, 1889. After receiv- ing a public school education he entered Stanford University, graduating in 1913. He then entered the employ of the San Diego, Cal., High School as physical di- rector, later joining his father in farming, v^rhich work he gave up to enter the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, wfhere he was commissioned and ordered to Camp Grant. After three months at Camp Grant he was transferred to the Air Service and sailed for France on De- cember 26, 1917. After a further period of instruction he was put on active duty as an observer with a French Esquadrille. On May 10, 1918, his French pilot was shot while engaged in aerial combat, and Lieutenant Noble was fatally wounded, the plane crashing to earth behind the Ger- man lines. He was unmarried. His par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Noble, of Galesburg, 111., survive.

��2nd Lt. RALPH M. NOBLE

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