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 THE ROLL OF HONOR

��SECOND LIEUTENANT EDWIN L. SCHMITT

Company K, 125th Infantry, Thirty-second Division. Missing in action on October II, 1918, during Argonne fighting.

��2nd Lt. EDWIN L. SCHMITT

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��Lieutenant Schmitt was born in Milwau- kee, Wis., on December 29, 1890. After a public school education in the schools of that city he entered Marquette University, graduating in 1915, and then taking up employment with Ericson & Hogenah, of Chicago, 111., as a public accountant. He also took a course at the University of Chicago, graduating in 1917. He was ad- mitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, where he was commissioned and ordered overseas, sail- ing on January 6, I 9 1 8, as a casual. After further instruction in France, Lieutenant Schmitt v/as assigned to Company K of the 125th Infantry. He w^as wounded on July 29, 1918, and remained in the hos- pital for five weeks. After returning to his regiment he participated in numerous engagements. On the morning of October II, 1918, while leading his platoon in an attack on Hill 2 58, near Gesnes, Meuse- Argonne sector, he w^as reported missing in action. No trace of his remains or burial place has been recorded. Lieuten- ant Schmitt wras unmarried. He is survived

parents, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Schmitt, and three brothers and two sisters, all of

reside at 4 76 Fortieth street, Milwaukee, Wis.

��SECOND LIEUTENANT VERNON C. SWIHART

Intelligence Officer, 355th Infantry, Eighty-ninth Division. Killed in a railroad accident at Saarsburg, Germany, on April 18, 1919.

��Lieutenant Swihart was born in Sag- inaw, Mich. He was educated in the public schools of Clio, Mich., graduating in 1 91 2. He then entered the employ of the Flint Varnish Works as a printer. He served with the Michigan National Guard at the Mexican border, and v^'as promoted to sergeant. He was admitted to the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan and assigned to the 6th Company. Lieutenant Swihart, though failing to win a commission at the con- clusion of the training period, re-enlisted in the Michigan National Guard, going overseas with the Thirty-second Division. He was sent to the Army Candidates' School at Langres, France, and commis- sioned a second lieutenant on July 9, 1918, and was then assigned to the 355th Infantry, Company I, later being trans- ferred to regimental headquarters as in- telligence officer. On April 18, 1919, vvrhen about to start on leave from the Army of Occupation, he was instantly killed in a railroad accident. He was unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Swihart, of Clio, Mich., survive.

��2nd Lt. VERNON C. SWIHART

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