This is how his obit reads in the Corydon Democrat dated 1-24-23 DIES OF PNEUMONIA - Andrew A. Askren World War Veteran Passes Away. - Andrew A. Askren died Tuesday evening, January 16, at seven o'clock, of pneumonia, after a week's illness. He died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Kintner where he was taken on the Sunday before in order that he could have better accommodations. The deceased would have been twenty-eight years old had he lived until Januray 19. He was married last October to Miss Victoria Conrad who survives him. Both were in an automobile accident on the wedding day and came near losing their lives. The young man's father, Charles Askren survives, also two sisters and three brothers. They are -- Mrs. Talmadge Schaffer, Mrs. Harry Greene, Dan and Smith Askren, of this place, and John, of Illinois. The mother died in September and a sister died in July of the past year. Funeral services were held Thursday morning at Heidelberg conducted by Rev. M. C. Patterson and burial was in the church cemetery. Young Askren was a World War veteran and active service in France having gone into the Argonne. Harrison Post American Legion conducted their funeral rites at the grave.

We were always told that he was "gassed" in the war and that is what caused his death.

An interesting family fact is that Arch Askren married the youngest sister of Harry Green (Victoria who had been adopted by the Conrad family). Harry Green had married the youngest living sister of Arch Askren (Gladys Elizabeth Askren) just a few days before Arch died. Gladys was only 14. Gladys had just lost her mother a few months before. Harry, who was 26 when they were married, had been only 8 when his own mother died.
In a tribute written by his widows 3 months after his death she states that he was a member of the "Fighting Fifty first" Each member of this infantry has papers signed by General Pershing praising its valor. Arch was one who knew the horrors of Verdan and the awful fires of the Argonne.