S="CLAY COUNTY SOLDIERS AND SAILORS", by G.A. Puckett, p. 78-79
Clyde GUSTINE was born in Excelsior Springs, (Missouri), May 15, 1887, and died somewhere in France, May 27, 1918. He grew to young manhood in the Excelsior Springs community. He attended the public schools of Excelsior Springs and was a member of the Baptist Sunday-school of that town.
He was one of the first Clay County boys to make the supreme sacrifice. He enlisted at Fort Madison, Iowa, in June, just before the first registration day of June 5, 1917. He was a member of Company K, 168th Infantry, 42d Division--The Rainbow Division.
Mrs. GUSTINE received a letter from Clyde after the first big battle in which the Americans turned back the German hordes, stating that he had come through without a scratch. In this letter, or in one closely following, while on picket duty, Clyde wrote that it would soon be time to go into the thick of another battle. He said he did not know what might happen to him this time. It was in this second battle that he was gassed and lost his life.
In a brief letter to Mrs. GUSTINE, Chaplain W.E. Robb stated that Clyde died as a result of gas wounds on May 27, 1918, and was buried at Pexonne, grave No. 26.
Clyde GUSTINE was born in Excelsior Springs, (Missouri), May 15, 1887, and died somewhere in France, May 27, 1918. He grew to young manhood in the Excelsior Springs community. He attended the public schools of Excelsior Springs and was a member of the Baptist Sunday-school of that town.
He was one of the first Clay County boys to make the supreme sacrifice. He enlisted at Fort Madison, Iowa, in June, just before the first registration day of June 5, 1917. He was a member of Company K, 168th Infantry, 42d Division--The Rainbow Division.
Mrs. GUSTINE received a letter from Clyde after the first big battle in which the Americans turned back the German hordes, stating that he had come through without a scratch. In this letter, or in one closely following, while on picket duty, Clyde wrote that it would soon be time to go into the thick of another battle. He said he did not know what might happen to him this time. It was in this second battle that he was gassed and lost his life.
In a brief letter to Mrs. GUSTINE, Chaplain W.E. Robb stated that Clyde died as a result of gas wounds on May 27, 1918, and was buried at Pexonne, grave No. 26.
S="CLAY COUNTY SOLDIERS AND SAILORS", by G.A. Puckett, p. 78-79
Clyde GUSTINE was born in Excelsior Springs, (Missouri), May 15, 1887, and died somewhere in France, May 27, 1918. He grew to young manhood in the Excelsior Springs community. He attended the public schools of Excelsior Springs and was a member of the Baptist Sunday-school of that town.
He was one of the first Clay County boys to make the supreme sacrifice. He enlisted at Fort Madison, Iowa, in June, just before the first registration day of June 5, 1917. He was a member of Company K, 168th Infantry, 42d Division--The Rainbow Division.
Mrs. GUSTINE received a letter from Clyde after the first big battle in which the Americans turned back the German hordes, stating that he had come through without a scratch. In this letter, or in one closely following, while on picket duty, Clyde wrote that it would soon be time to go into the thick of another battle. He said he did not know what might happen to him this time. It was in this second battle that he was gassed and lost his life.
In a brief letter to Mrs. GUSTINE, Chaplain W.E. Robb stated that Clyde died as a result of gas wounds on May 27, 1918, and was buried at Pexonne, grave No. 26.
Clyde GUSTINE was born in Excelsior Springs, (Missouri), May 15, 1887, and died somewhere in France, May 27, 1918. He grew to young manhood in the Excelsior Springs community. He attended the public schools of Excelsior Springs and was a member of the Baptist Sunday-school of that town.
He was one of the first Clay County boys to make the supreme sacrifice. He enlisted at Fort Madison, Iowa, in June, just before the first registration day of June 5, 1917. He was a member of Company K, 168th Infantry, 42d Division--The Rainbow Division.
Mrs. GUSTINE received a letter from Clyde after the first big battle in which the Americans turned back the German hordes, stating that he had come through without a scratch. In this letter, or in one closely following, while on picket duty, Clyde wrote that it would soon be time to go into the thick of another battle. He said he did not know what might happen to him this time. It was in this second battle that he was gassed and lost his life.
In a brief letter to Mrs. GUSTINE, Chaplain W.E. Robb stated that Clyde died as a result of gas wounds on May 27, 1918, and was buried at Pexonne, grave No. 26.
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