1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY 633
Alfred John Bradford was a married man, his widow, Mrs. M. C.
Bradford living at 1011 East Third Street, Duluth.
Carl Bowman, who was killed in aerial combat in France on
July 25, 1918, was a native of Seattle, Washington, although he was
in business in Duluth when war came. He enlisted at Duluth in
June, 1917, being accepted for assignment to the Aviation Corps, He
became an observer, and was early sent to France.
Solem Eric Broman, who was killed in action on the French front
on September 29, 1918, was one of those true defenders of liberty
who sought to enter the fight before the United States Government
was prepared to accept service. He was a resident of Duluth, but
early in March, 1917, went into Canada, and enlisted in the Canadian
Expeditionary Forces. On March 16, 1917, he was assigned to the
Two Hundred and Forty-ninth Overseas Battalion. He saw five
months of hard service in the front trenches in France before meeting
death in action in September, 1918. The military record of the
Broman family is a worthy one, two other brothers having given
military service, one in the Canadian forces. Henry Broman, the
father, lives at 232 Mesaba Avenue, Duluth.
Leo Arthur Brooks is listed as of Crookson residence prior to
entering the service, but he might have been included with the
honor men of Duluth, for he enlisted from Duluth, and had had residence
in Duluth, living with his sister, Mrs. Leslie Code, 5107 Colorado
Street, and working as a fireman in Duluth. He was born on
December 11, 1886, at Hungerford, Michigan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. Brooks. When he enlisted he was more than thirty years old,
and proved to be a most zealous and reliable soldier. After enlistment,
he was sent to Camp Wadsworth, S. C, and assigned to Company
K of the Fifty-third United States Infantry, He embarked
at New York in July and reached the front line trenches in the
Vosges Mountains, on September 6th. He was killed during a trench
raid night of September 15-16th, and his conduct during that raid
was such as to bring him commendation from his commanding officer,
Capt. R. A. Helmbold, who wrote that Brooks continued to fight after
being wounded, the captain stating that he had lost, in Brooks, "one
of his bravest and best soldiers." He testified that Brooks kept his
automatic rifle going until he was relieved, notwithstanding that he
was mortally wounded; and he was of the opinion that it was due
chiefly to the bravery and reliability of Brooks that the German raid
was repelled.
Wallace Orab Brown, who was gassed in the 1918 battle of the
Marne, and died in hospital in France on October 17, 1918, was
born on June 23, 1901, at Kennan, Price County, Wisconsin. His
father, John Brown, lives at Woodland and Wallace for a while was
a brickmaker at Princeton, Minnesota, at which place he enlisted
on August 27, 1917, electing to give service in a field artillery unit.
He was sent to Camp Cody, New Mexico, and assigned to Company
B, One Hundred and Second Field Artillery, eventually embarking
for France,
Peter Bruno, of West Duluth, was of Italian origin, his father
being Antonio Bruno, of Goddisca, Udine, Italy.
Charles C, Butler, of Virginia, gave his life voluntarily in a
brave, self-sacrificing service to his division. He enlisted November
23, 1917, in the Tank Corps, which eventually became part of the
American Expeditionary Forces; and his division came into action
at one of the most difficult parts of the Ilindcnburg line of trenches.