Fay Lex Taylor

Biography:

Registered McHenry county. Born, Council Bluffs, Iowa, May 2, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - school teacher. Inducted at Towner on May 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 23rd Company, 6th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to July 11, 1918; Machine Gun Company, 159th Infantry, to Sept. 21, 1918; Company G, 307th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Sept. 1, 1918; Private, Sept. 20, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 8, 1918, to April 20, 1919. Wounded, gassed, Sept. 27, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Foret-d'Argonne (Lorraine).

Thore Thoreson

Biography:

Registered McHenry county. Born, Veggle, Norway, Feb. 2, 1892. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Towner on May 9, 1918. Served in Company G, 8th Ammunition Train, to death.

George Dewey Trudell

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Rodman, Iowa, May 4, 1899, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted at Minot on Nov. 6, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Troop F, 8th Cavalry, to death.

Joseph Ira Francis Weller

Biography:

Registered McHenry county. Born, New Maysville, Ind., Feb. 12, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Towner on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 18, 1918; Company E, 5th Depot Battalion, Signal Corps, to July 9, 1918; Company C, 1st Field Signal Battalion, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Aug. 23, 1918. Overseas from June 21, 1918, to death. Wounded, slightly, Oct. 2, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Marbache and Limey (Lorraine).

Harry Howard Watkins

Biography:

Registered McHenry county. Born, Plainfield, Iowa, Feb. 14, 1893, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Towner on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company R, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry, to May 15, 1918; Company B, 140th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 27, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).

Edward William Werle

Biography:

Registered McHenry county. Born, Loyal, Wis., June 20, 1887, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Towner on July 22, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 48th Company, 12th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Sept. 3, 1918; Company G, 14th Ammunition Train, to death.

John Wesley Williams

Biography:

Registered Custer County, Mont. Born, Thelma, Ind., Jan. 8, 1891, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Miles City, Mont., on June 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 23rd Company, 6th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to July 11, 1918; Supply Company, 159th Infantry, to Sept. 20, 1918; Company D, 307th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Aug. 8, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Foret-d'Argonne (Lorraine).

Gilbert Wold

Biography:

Registered McHenry county. Born, Towner, N. Dak., June 18, 1895, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Towner on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery B, 338th Field Artillery, to death.