Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1918 — First U. S. Soldiers Killed. [ARTICLE]

First U. S. Soldiers Killed.

The first three American soldiers killed'in action in France after the arrival of the United States expeditionary force were Corporal James B. Gresham of Evansville, Ind.; Private Thomas F. Enright of Pittsburgh, and Private Merle D. Utile .of Glidden, la. In the official report of .their funeral sen ices, sent by General Pershing, December 28, Corporal Gresham heads the list, therefore history will record that this Indiana corporal was the first soldier to lose his life in action In the war with Germany. The persons named were killed in a night raid on the trenches and the French paid military honors- at their funeral services.