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��SECOND LIEUTENANT HARRY DILLON

Company C, 26th Infantry, First Division. Killed in action in the Argonne Offensive on October 4, 1918.

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��2nd Lt. HARRY DILLON

���Lieutenant Dillon w^as born in Mon- dovi, Wis., on March 15, 1890. After a public school education he entered the University of Wisconsin, graduating in 1913. Leaving college he engaged in farming with his father. Applied for and was admitted to the Second Officers Training Camp and, at the conclusion of the course, received his commission and orders for overseas, sailing on January 15, 1918, as a casual officer. Upon ar- rival in France he attended an infantry specialists' school and was then assigned to the 26th Infantry, Company D. He served with that regiment throughout the Picardy, Soissons and St. Mihiel battles. Upon the beginning of the Argonne drive he w^as in command of Company C, with v^fhich outfit he was instantly killed. Lieu- tenant Dillon was tw^ice decorated, once by the French and once by the American army. He received the Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross for valor and gallantry in action. He was unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Dillon, residing at Mondovi, Wis., survive him.

��FIRST LIEUTENANT ELMER TIFFANY DOOCY

Company M, 1 68th Infantry, Forty-second Division. Killed in action during St. Mihiel Offensive, September 7, 1918.

��Lieutenant Doocy was born in Pitts- field, 111., on November 19, 1894. He graduated from the Pittsfield high school in 1912 and then entered Wesleyan Uni- versity, Bloomington, studying for one year, and then took up the legal course of three years, graduating in June, 1916. He was admitted to the bar in 1916, en- tering into a partnership with his father in Pittsfield, v/here he remained until ad- mitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan. Receiving a commission as second lieutenant he was ordered overseas, sailing on December 26, 1917. Upon arrival in France he was assigned as an instructor in an A. E. F. school. In May, 1918, he was ordered to report to the 1 68th Infantry, and served with that regiment throughout its many campaigns. He -was promoted to a first lieutenancy on August 29, 1918. Lieu- teant Doocy was awarded the Distin- guished Service Cross for bravery. His death occurred at the beginning of the St. Mihiel drive. He was unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Doocy, reside in Pittsfield, 111., where his father is engaged in the practice of law.

��1st Lt. ELMER T. DOOCY

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