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Marker reads, Erected, 1928, honoring the first American killed in action in World War I on Nov. 3, 1917, at Battle of Sommerville. Enlisted in 1914 in Indiana. With Pershing in Mexico, 1916. Sent overseas, June 14, 1917, with first American soldiers of AEF. Born McLean Co., Aug. 23, 1893. Buried in France; reinterred, Evansville, Ind., 1921.