Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1918 — SAD NEWS, INDEED. [ARTICLE]

SAD NEWS, INDEED.

Mr. V. D. McGlynn received the sad intelligence Saturday night that his eon, Clarence D. (better known as Dewey McGlynn) who a couple of weeks ago was reported missing in action, was killed in action. The sad message came from the Adjutant General and stated that the young man was reported missing in action on October 15, and was reported killed in action on October 15. This sad message just about broke the family up, coming as it did two weeks after the missing notice, and they had not nor could not cease to believe that Dewey was a prisoner in the German camps and would sooner or later return to them. Dewey was their eldest son, and bore the high respect of all his companions- and acquaintances, which were many. He was an upright and manly young man without bad habits and was beloved by all who knew him. He was one of the first of our local boys to enlist in the country’s service, not waiting for the draft to take him, and was a member of the 19th machine gun battery, but later transferred to the clerical department of the same brigade. He enlisted May 8, 1917, and went overseas in May, 1918. Several letters have been received from him since he landed, the latest one was received by his sister, Mildred, on Sept. 21, since which time nothing has been heard from 'him till the message came announcing his being among the missing two weeks ago. The sorrowing and stricken family have the sincerest sympathy of the whole community in their sad loss.— Remington Press.