Grand Rapids Press: Monday, June 24, 1918
Portland, June 24 – Dale Hyland, Company F., Second regiment, United States engineers, a Portland boy is the first Ionia county soldier to be killed in France.
Dale was 22 years old and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hyland of this village.
He enlisted early in the war and had been in France about nine months. The photograph was received recently by the young man's mother and was taken in France.
Hyland was listed in Sunday's casualty report as having died of wounds.
Note: The photograph was not attached.
Portland Review, February 4, 1919
Dead Son's Effects Sent From France
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hyland have received a box from France, containing the personal effects which their son, Dale, had with him when he met his death.
He was the first Portland boy to lose his life in the fighting.
Grand Rapids Press: Monday, June 24, 1918
Portland, June 24 – Dale Hyland, Company F., Second regiment, United States engineers, a Portland boy is the first Ionia county soldier to be killed in France.
Dale was 22 years old and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hyland of this village.
He enlisted early in the war and had been in France about nine months. The photograph was received recently by the young man's mother and was taken in France.
Hyland was listed in Sunday's casualty report as having died of wounds.
Note: The photograph was not attached.
Portland Review, February 4, 1919
Dead Son's Effects Sent From France
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hyland have received a box from France, containing the personal effects which their son, Dale, had with him when he met his death.
He was the first Portland boy to lose his life in the fighting.