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Lieutenant Smith was born in Oshkosh, Wis., on June 11, 1891. He graduated from the high school of that city in 1910, and then studied for two years in Lawrence College. Taking up business life he became identified with the Oshkosh Savings & Trust Co., and, at the time of his admittance to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, was secretary and manager of that institution. Receiving his commission at the close of camp, Lieutenant Smith was ordered to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., where he was assigned to the Headquarters Company of the 3rd Ammunition Train, and with which outfit he sailed for France in March, 1918. Upon arrival overseas, he was appointed town major and later assigned to Company A of the 3rd Military Police. On June 4th, while stationed in Conde en Brie, south of Chateau Thierry, Lieutenant Smith was wounded by shell fragments. He was taken to an evacuation hospital where an operation was resorted to in an attempt to save his life. It was unsuccessful, and he died two days later. He was unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Smith, I 1 3 Otter Street, Oshkosh, Wis, survive.

Corporal Squibb was born in Chicago, Ill., on March 29, 1895. He was educated in the public schools of Chicago and was in his third year at the University of Illinois when war broke out and he applied for and was admitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan and assigned to the 22nd Company. Corporal Squibb was not commissioned at the close of the camp. Nothing daunted, he enlisted and was sent to Camp Grant, Ill., and assigned to the Eighty-sixth Division, where he was promoted to a corporalship. On September 8, 1918, he sailed for France with the Blackhawk Division. Upon arrival overseas, he was sent to the 354th Infantry with replacement troops and assigned to Company M of that regiment. On November 1, 1918, during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, while Corporal Squibb was leading his squad against German machine gun nests, he was instantly killed by enemy fire. He was unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic J. Squibb, of 4040 Broadway, Chicago, Ill., survive.