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 ��THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION

��SECOND LIEUTENANT LEON D. VAN'T HOP

Military Attache, Twelfth Division. Died of pneumonia at Camp Devens, Mass., on September 26, 1918.

��2nd Lt. LEON D. VAN'T HOF

��Rapid Vant Van't

��Lieutenant Van't Hof was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., on September 4, 1895. He was educated in the public schools of that city and New York city, specializing in mechanical engineering. Upon his graduation he entered the em- ploy of the Moto Meter Co., w^ith which firm he was assistant sales manager at the time of his admission to the Second Offi- cers* Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, w^here he w^as a member of the Second Company. Receiving his commission, Lieutenant Van't Hof was ordered over- seas, sailing on January 15, 1918, as a casual. Arriving overseas, he w^as as- signed to Company M, I 68th Infantry, Forty-second Division. On June 8, 1918, he was returned to the States as an in- structor in sniping and intelligence work. On September 16, 1918, he was taken sick with influenza, which later developed into pneumonia and caused his death ten days later. He was the possessor of an expert rifleman's medal. Lieutenant

Van't Hof was married on November 30, 1917, to Miss Grace Marie Otte of Grand 3, Mich. Besides his widow he is also survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kryn

Hof, of 424 Sweet street, N. E., Grand Rapids. A brother. Lieutenant Bernard

Hof, was killed in action.

���BORN SEPTEMBER 4. DIED SEPTEMBER 26,

��CAPTAIN EVERETT LEVI VARNEY

Company E, 127th Infantry, Thirty-second Division. Died at Base Hospital No. Chaumont, France, on October 19, 1918, from wounds received in action on October 1 4th.

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��Capt. EVERETT L. VARNEY

��Captain Varney w^as born in Green- wood, Wis., on September 1 1, 1896. He was educated in the public schools of that city, graduating from high school in 1915. He v^as then employed by the Roddis Vaneer Lumber Company, but gave up the position to enlist in the Wisconsin National Guard, with which he served eight months on the Mexican border pre- vious to his admission to the First Offi- cers Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, wrhere he was a member of the Ninth Company. Receiving his commission, Lieu- tenant Varney was ordered to Camp Cus- ter, Mich., and later to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C, where he was promoted to a first lieutenancy. On December 1 4, 1917, he sailed for France with Com- pany 1 of the I 6 1 st Infantry. After further military training overseas, he w^as transferred to the 12 7th Infantry, with which regiment he remained until se- verely wounded on October 14, 1918, by machine gun fire during the Argonne drive, v^^hich caused his death five days later. He w^as promoted to a captaincy

before his death. Captain Varney was unmarried. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alba F. Varney, he is survived by four brothers and one sister, one brother, Dale, also being in service, all of whom reside in Marshfield, Wis.

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