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 THE ROLL OF HONOR

��SECOND LIEUTENANT HAROLD J. PAYETTE

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

on July 19, 1918.

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��2nd Lt. HAROLD J. PAYETTE

���BORN SEPTEMBER 12, I89f

��Lieutenant Payette was born in Bed- ford, Mich., on September 12, 1891. He was educated in the public schools of Bat- tle Creek, after which he entered Olivet College. He graduated from the Uni- versity of Michigan in 1917 and entered the insurance business with the New York Mutual Life. He was admitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp, being assigned to the 22nd Company. Upon receipt of his commission he w^as ordered overseas, sailing in December, 1917. After arrival in France, Lieutenant Pay- ette was stationed for some months at the Infantry Specialists' Schools, Langres, where he was assigned as an instructor in minor tactics. On July I, 1918, he was assigned to the 23rd Infantry, with 'A'hich regiment he met instant death from enemy fire during the Second Marne Bat- tle. He v.-as unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Payette of Bed- ford, Mich., survive.

��SECOND LIEUTENANT ANDREW PETER PETERSON

Company L, 26th Infantry, First Division. Died in Neuilly, France, on July 6, 1918, from wounds received in action, on May 24th, at Cantigny.

��Lieutenant Peterson was born in Silke- borg, Denmark, on April 16, 1887. He was educated in the public schools of Minnesota. After graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1911, he was employed as a chemist by the Western Electric Company, which position he re- linquished to enter the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, where he was assigned to the 3rd Company. Upon receiving his commission, he was ordered overseas, sailing on September 7, 1917. On arrival in France he was sent to a British training school for a three- months' course and was then assigned to Company L, 26th Infantry. On the 24th of May, while leading his platoon. Lieu- tenant Peterson v^ras so severely w^ounded, that death resulted six weeks later. Lieu- tenant Peterson w^as not married. He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Peterson, who reside in Lamberton, Minn., where his father is en- gaged in farming.

��2nd Lt. ANDREW P. PETERSON

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