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��SECOND LIEUTENANT FRANCIS WALKER GARDNER

5th Marines, Second Division. Died on October 12, 1 9 1 8, at St. Etienne, France, from wounds received in action during the Argonne drive.

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��2nd Lt. FRANCIS W. GARDNER

��Lieutenant Gardner w^as born in Bel- den, Miss., on June 26, 1889. He re- ceived his education in the public schools and the A. & M. University, Starkville, Miss.; Tulane University, New Orleans, and attended a military school. He was a member of the Lee Guards of the A. & M. University. Upon completion of his studies he entered the automobile busi- ness, discontinuing this wrork to enter the Second Officers Training Camp at Fort Sheridan. Upon receipt of his commis- sion he was ordered overseas, sailing in January, 1918, as a casual. After a course of further military study in France Lieu- tenant Gardner was assigned to the 5th Marines and served with that regiment throughout all its campaigns until he •was mortally v^ounded. He w^as wounded dur- ing the Marne engagement and was taken to the hospital, but soon returned to duty. He had been cited many times and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and recommended for promotion. On De- cember 22, 1917, Lieutenant Gardner was united in marriage to Miss Blanche I. Mc- Clintock of Jackson, Mich., who, with his father, J. L. Gardner, survives him.

��2nd Lt. ANDREW J. GERDIN

��SECOND LIEUTENANT ANDREW J. GERDIN

Company K, I 1 st Infantry, Twenty-sixth Division. Killed in action at Wadonville, France, on September 28, 1918.

Lieutenant Gerdin w^as born in Chris-

tiania, Norway, on October 20, 1891. He

came to the United States in 1908. After a few years' time working at various oc- cupations, he entered Northwestern Uni- versity, graduating in 1917 with honors and a scholarship for Harvard University. Attended Chicago Art Institute on schol- arship v^on at Lane Tech High School. The war deprived him of the chance to go to Harvard as he made application to and was accepted for the course in the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, where he w^as attached to the 2nd Company. Upon receipt of his com- mission he was ordered to Camp Pike, Ark., remaining there until June, 1918, when he sailed for France. Upon arrival overseas Lieutenant Gerdin was assigned to the Twenty-sixth Division, remaining with the 101st Infantry until he was killed by a German bullet in the St. Mihiel drive. He was married to Miss Lillian H. Clifford of Chicago on May 29, 1918, by whom he is survived. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gerdin, reside in Seffle, Sweden.

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