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 ��THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION

��FIRST LIEUTENANT ROGER EDWARD GREENE

Regimental Gas Officer, 1 1 7th Infantry, Thirtieth Division. Died in Red Cross Hospital No. 3, Paris, France, of pneumonia, on February 16, 1919.

��1st Lt. RODGER E. GREENE

��fvp- Lieutenant Green was born in Prince-

ton, 111., on April 28, 1893. He received his education in the public schools, grad- uating from the Princeton High School in 1911. He then entered the employ of the Postoffice Department as clerk and letter carrier. With a desire for military service Lieutenant Greene made applica- tion for admission to West Point, but, see- ing the opportunity of getting into action offered by Fort Sheridan, he entered the Second Camp, receiving a commission as second lieutenant of infantry when the course was finished. He was ordered overseas and sailed in December, 1917. Upon arrival in France he was assigned to the Infantry Specialists' School at Langres, after which course of instruction he w^as one of several officers detailed to the A. E. F. Gas School and later was assigned to the 1 1 7th Infantry as regimental gas officer, with which regiment he remained throughout the w^ar. He was promoted to first lieutenant in November, 1918. After the armistice. Lieutenant Greene was as- signed to Paris as a transportation officer,

and it was while performing that duty that he fell ill with pneumonia. He was unmarried.

He is survived by his father, Albert W. Greene, and one sister, Eunice Greene, who reside

in Princeton, 111.

���FIRST LIEUTENANT JULIUS EMERY GREGORY

2 1 7th Aero Squadron, B. R. F. G. Killed in action near Ypres, on October 11, 1918.

��Lieutenant Gregory was born in Olney, 111., on August 19, 1896. After a public school education in that city he entered the University of Illinois, but gave up his studies to enlist in the First Officers* Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, where he remained for two months and v^ras then transferred to the Aerial Service and or- dered to Toronto, Can., for instruction in aviation. Upon completion of the course he wfas commissioned a second lieutenant and ordered to Fort Worth, Tex., where he remained as an instructor until Decem- ber, 1917, w^hen he sailed for France. Upon arrival overseas Lieutenant Gregory was assigned to the 22nd Aero Squad- ron, with which outfit he was promoted to a first lieutenancy. In July, 1918, he was transferred to the British Flying forces, becoming a member of the 2 1 7th Bombing Squadron. After several en- gagements, Lieutenant Gregory was at- tacked by several Boche combat planes and brought down in flames near Ypres. He was buried near Dadizeele, Belgium, He was unmarried. He is survived by his grandmother, Mrs. Christine Gregory, of 1120 East Chestnut Street, Olney, III., who reared him since boyhood.

��1st Lt. JULIUS E. GREGORY

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