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 THE ROLL OF HONOR

��FIRST LIEUTENANT SYDNEY L. CROWLEY

Company H, 28th Infantry, First Division. Died in Base Hospital at Angers, France, from wounds received in action in the Argonne Offensive on October 5, 1918.

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��1st Lt. SYDNEY L. CROWLEY

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��Lieutenant Crowley was born in Milwau- kee, Wis., on July I 0. I 895. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Milwaukee, graduating from high school in June, 1913. He then entered the employ of the West- ern Electric Company, being attached to the engineering department of that firm. At the outbreak of -war he made applica- tion and w^as accepted for the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan and, after completion of that course, was held over for the Second Camp, receiving a commission as second lieutenant at the close. Lieutenant Crowley sailed for France on January 5, I 9 1 8, as a casual. After a short instruction course overseas, he -was assigned to the 28th Infantry. He was wounded at the Battle of Cantigny. After about six wrecks in the hospital he returned to his company and fought through the Soissons engagement and the St. Mihiel Offensive. He was cited for bravery. Received a promotion to first lieutenancy, and was leading his platoon in an attack w^hen severely w^ounded. Lieu- tenant Crowley, as a member of Company the Second Illinois Regiment, also had Mexican border service to his credit. He was rried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Crowley, reside in Oak Park, 111.

��CAPTAIN OLIVER BATY CUNNINGHAM

Headquarters Company, 15th Field Artillery, Second Division. Killed in action near Jaulny, France, on September 17, 1918.

��Captain Cunningham was born in Chi- cago, 111., on September 17, 1894. After a public school education he entered Yale University, graduating in 1917 with high- est honors and winning the Francis Gor- don Brown Prize. He was a member of Yale Battery and later the Connecticut National Guard in 1916. He was ad- mitted to the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, 2nd Battery, where he received a commission as provisional sec- ond lieutenant in the Field Artillery. On December 12, I 9 1 7, he sailed for France with the I 5th Field .Artillery. After a period of training at Besancon, France, the I 5th moved up to the Woevre, and later took part in the actions at Chateau Thierry, Vaux and Belleau Woods, and the St. Mihiel drive, where Captain Cun- ningham met his death on his twenty- fourth birthday. Captain Cunningham was twice promoted. He w^as also awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. He v^^as unmarried and the only son of Mr. and Forest Avenue, Evanston. His father is president of Butler Brothers, Chicago.

��Capt. OLIVER B. CUNNINGHAM

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