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One of the first general engagements in which United States forces participated, cost the life of one of our boys. Private John Edwin Hall, son of J. E. Hall of Newton, gave his life at Chatteau-Thierry, that memorable battle which first turned the Hun hordes back from their headlong rush toward Paris. Private Hall died on July 25, 1918, as the result of wounds received in that action.

The Newton Kansan, August 22, 1922. Anniversary Edition Page 92.