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��THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION

��FIRST LIEUTENANT HOMER W. DAHRINGER

Observer, 1st Aero Squadron, Aviation Service. Missing in action on September 17, 1918; later reported as "Dead" by a message dropped from Boche Plane.

��1st Lt. HOMER W. DAHRINGER DIED SEPTEMBER 17, I9I£

��Lieutenant Dahringer v^as born in Lud- ington, Mich., on May 28, 1890. He was educated in the public schools and grad- uated from the University of Illinois in 1913, after wfhich he entered into the confectionery business for himself. He was admitted to the First Officers' Train- ing Camp, and received a commission as second lieutenant. After leaving Fort Sheridan he was ordered to Camp Grant, 111., and finally transferred to the Aviation School at Austin, Tex., from which place he was ordered to France as a casual of- ficer, sailing in March, 1918. After tak- ing further instruction in the artillery school at Samur, France, Lieutenant Dah- ringer studied in the aviation schools and was then attached to the First Aero Squadron as an observer. In June, 1918, he was promoted to a first lieutenancy. It was while on an observation mission that he met his death, along with Lieu- tenant William B. Cowart, the pilot. He was unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Dahringer, 723 North Genesee Street, Waukegan, 111., survive. His father is a merchant.

��SECOND LIEUTENANT ANDREW JOSEPH DALY

Company A, 322nd Infantry, Eighty-first Division. Died of influenza at Fort Sheridan, 111., Hospital, on January 28, 1920.

��Lieutenant Daly was born in Chicago, III., on December 18, 1887. He was ed- ucated in the Chicago public schools, after finishing which he entered the employ of the New York Life Insurance Com- pany as a salesman. At the outbreak of war he made application and was ad- mitted to the First Officers' Training Camp, where he was assigned to the Seventh Company. Upon receipt of his commission he w^as ordered to Camp Grant, 111., where he was attached to Company I of the 343rd Infantry. In August, 1918, Lieutenant Daly sailed for France w^ith the Eighty-sixth Division. Upon arrival overseas, he was assigned to the 322nd Infantry, with which reg- iment he remained until he was taken ill and sent back to the States in January, 1919. After one year's illness influenza, followed by meningitis, set in, and death occurred. Lieutenant Daly was unmar- ried. His parents are both deceased. He is survived by one brother, K. A. Daly, of 3722 North Clifton Avenue, Chicago, 111.

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��2nd Lt. ANDREW J. DALY

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