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 THE ROLL OF HONOR

��CAPTAIN ROBERT McGHEE GRAHAM

Company A, 6th Infantry, Fifth Division. Killed in action near St. Die, France,

on July 27. 1918.

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��Capt. ROBERT M. GRAHAM

��Captain Graham was born near Mine- ola, Mo., on May 14. 1892. He was edu- cated in Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., and graduated from the University of Missouri in 1915, after which he entered the stock raising business with his father. At the outbreak of war he applied and was admitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, being assigned to the 8th Company. Upon com- pletion of the course he received orders j to go overseas, sailing as a casual officer 1 on December 24, 1917. Upon arrival in France he went through further periods of training and was then assigned to the 6th Infantry, with which regiment he re- mained until his death, which occurred while patrolling near St. Die, Captain Graham was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery. He was un- married and is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Graham, who reside near Mineola, Mo.

��SECOND LIEUTENANT LAURENCE H. GRAY

Railroad Claims Department, A. E. F. Died at Carthage, Mo., on January 26,

1 920, from stomach trouble.

��2nd Lt. LAURENCE H. GRAY

��Lieutenant Gray was born in Carthage, Mo., on June 20, I 89 1. He was educated in the public schools of that city and grad- uated from the University of Missouri in 1915. He then took up the practice of law, entering into partnership with his father. He w^as admitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan and assigned to the 3rd Company. Re- ceiving a commission he w^as ordered over- seas, sailing on January 20, 1918. After further instruction in A. E. F. schools Lieutenant Gray was assigned to the 23rd Infantry of the Second Division, and at- tached to the 6th Company of the Machine Gun Battalion. During the fighting at Belleau Wood, June 13, 1918, he was severely wounded by enemy shell fire and removed to the hospital at Royat. He was discharged on September 3rd, and as- signed to the Railroad and Claims Depart- ment, w^here he served until his return to the States. Receiving his discharge from the army he re-entered the law business with his father. He was taken ill in December, 1919, and died on January 26,

1920, his death being hastened by an impaired vitality sustained in service. He was married to Miss Helen Leggett on June 16, 1917, who, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gray, survive, and reside in Carthage, Mo.

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