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 THE ROLL OF HONOR

��FIRST LIEUTENANT JAMES A. TURNER

Company I, 3 i 8th Infantry, Eightieth Division. Killed in action on November 4,

I "5 I 8, near Verdun.

��1st Lt. JAMES A. TURNER

��Lieutenant Turner was born in Ludlow, Ky., on January I 9, I 886. After re- ceiving a public school education in Chicago, he entered Northwestern Uni- versity, where he studied for two years and then w^ent to Dartmouth, graduating in I 908. He then went to w^ork for the Chandler Motor Car Co., as a salesman, which position he relinquished to enter the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, where he w^as assigned to the 22nd Company. Upon receiving his commission he w^as ordered to Camp Lee, Va., where he remained until May 15, 1918, when he sailed for France with the 3 I 8th Infantry. Arriving overseas. Lieutenant Turner took a tv^ro months' course in a French military school and then returned to his regiment. On No- vember 4, 1918, while leading his pla- toon, he was instantly killed by shell fire. Lieutenant Turner was married on May 5, 1908, to Miss Rose Vonder of Chi- cago, 111., who, with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. James R. Turner, of Wellston, O., survive.

��FIRST LIEUTENANT BERNARD VAN'T HOF

Company M, 168th Infantry, Forty-second Division. Died on August 4, 1918, at

Evacuation No. 7, from w^ounds received in action during

Second Battle of the Marne.

��Lieutenant Van't Hof was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., on May 2, 1893. He received his education in the public schools of that city and then entered busi- ness life as a salesman for Paul Stekett & Sons. He served two enlistments in the Michigan National Guards. He was admitted to the First Officers Training Camp at Fort Sheridan and assigned to the 4th Company. Upon receiving his commission he was ordered overseas, sail- ing on August 29, 1917, as a casual. Ar- riving in France, Lieutenant Van't Hof received further military instruction and was then assigned to the I 68th Infantry, v^ith which regiment he remained until his death. While his company Mras in the Toul sector, March 9, 1 9 1 8, he was wounded in the leg. After a month in the hospital he returned to his company. On July 29, 1918, while leading his pla- toon, he v^as so severely wounded that he died a few days later on August 4th. He -was awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross for ex- traordinary heroism, and w^as recom- mended for promotion. He was unmarried of 424 Sweet street, N. E., Grand Rapids, Mich., survive. Van't Hof, also died in service.

��1st Lt. BERNARD VAN'T HOF

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���BORN MAY 2. DIED AUGUST 4,

��His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kryn Van't Hof, A brother, Lieutenant Leon D.

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