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 ��THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION

��SECOND LIEUTENANT WILLIAM CHANDLER PETERSON

49th Company, 5th Marines, Second Division. Killed in action on June 6, 191'

at Battle of Chateau Thierrj'.

��2nd Lt. WILLIAM C. PETERSON

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��brother, F. sister. Miss

��Lieutenant Peterson was born in Crystal Lake, 111., on December 24, 1894. After a public school education he entered the University of Illinois, graduating in 1916. He then entered the employ of the Leonard Construction Company, Chicago, as an architect, w^hich position he relin- quished to enter the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, v/here he w^as assigned to the 20th Company. Upon receiving his commission he v/as ordered to France, sailing on January 1 9, 1918. Upon arrival overseas, Lieutenant Peterson was given further military in- struction in A. E. F. schools and then assigned to the I 8th Company of the 5th Marines. On May 26th he was as- signed to the 49th Company and lost his j^ life on June 6th w^hile leading his platoon

^^^^"^ «»dft- ♦ ' in a morning attack. He was instantly

"^^^H W^, ■'' killed by machine gun fire. Lieutenant

^^^ Peterson was awarded the Distinguished

Service Cross for valor, and also recom- mended for promotion. He was unmar- ried. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peterson, he is survived by one

Milton Peterson, who served with the I 49th Field Artillery overseas, and one

Ruth Peterson, all of whom reside at Crystal Lake, Mich.

��CAPTAIN RALPH PERRY

Company B, 128th Infantry, Thirty-second Division. Died on November 22, 1918,

In Base Hospital, A. E. F., from wounds received in

Argonne offensive.

��Captain Perry was born in Algoma, Wis., on February 19, 1895. After a public school education he entered the Northwest Military Academy, finishing up at the University of Wisconsin, from which he graduated in 1916. At the outbreak of war he was admitted to the First Officers* Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, where he received a commission as first lieutenant and was ordered to the 128th Infantry, with which regiment he sailed for France in February, 1918. Af- ter a period of instruction overseas. Cap- tain Perry rejoined his company and par- ticipated in its many engagements. He was later promoted to a captain. Dur- ing the last week of the Argonne Battle, Captain Perry was mortally wounded by enemy machine gun fire, from which wounds he never recovered, dying two weeks later. He was unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin W. Perry, survive. His father is a manufacturer in Algoma, Wis.

��Capt. RALPH PERRY

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