Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1918 — WOLCOTT SOLDIER MISSING [ARTICLE]

WOLCOTT SOLDIER MISSING

Casualty List Carried Name of Alonzo W. Gross. * The name of Private Alonzo W. Gross of Wplcott appeared in last Thursday’s casualty list as missing in action. Private Gross is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Othias Gross of Wolcott, who have received no official word regarding their son. Mr. and Mrs. Gross have not heard from their son since last June, when they received a letter from him. He is twenty-four years of age and was born at Tefft, Jasper county, Indiana, May 22, 1894. He entered service on June 30, 1917, at Ft. Wayne and was sent to Ft. Thomas, Kentucky. He passed his final examination July 3, 1917, and was sent to Syracuse, New York. He sailed for France, July 20, 1917. At the time of his enlistment he was employed by the Wolcott Brick and Drain Tile company. He is unmarried. Monticello Herald.