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

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Army Corps. He was killed in action in France on October 21, 1918.
Charles R. Gustafson, of Duluth, elected to give service in one
of the most dangerous branches of the army, the Air Service. He
was early in France, and as a lieutenant of the Twenty-Fifth Aero
Scjuad, Fourth Pursuit Corps, was on the French front during the
e!arly days of the German drive of 1918. He was killed in action on
April 9, 1918.
John Gustafson was a farmer at Angora prior to enlisting.
Robert H. Gustafson was of Duluth ; his step-mother, Mrs. Mary
Johnson, lives at 430 West Fifth Avenue.
William August Gustafson is on the Hibbing roll, his mother,
Ida Gustafson, still living there.
Edward Cornelius Hagar, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Hagar, of 814
Third Avenue, east, Duluth, was killed at sea on September 29, 1918.
He had enlisted in the United States Navy, and was one of the
ship's company of the U. S. transport "Ohioan." Death came from
fracturing of skull and other injuries sustained by mishap encountered
in launching a lifeboat.
Earl F. Haire is on the Honor Roll, but no biographical or service
records are available from wdiich his life and army service might be
reviewed.
Theodore George Hall, son of George Hall, of 3124 Chestnut
Street, Duluth, served in the army for twenty-two months and was
in action in most of the major offensives and defensives from Chateau
Thierry to the end. He was born on February 19, 1900, at Erie,
North Dakota, son of George and Ida Ayers Hall. He was at heart
a soldier and took keen interest in the functioning of the Minnesota
National Guard. He was a member of Company C, Minnesota National
Guard, and with that unit served on the Mexican border in
1916. Not many months after he had returned from the border, he
enlisted for World War service. On July 15, 1917, he was assigned
to Company C, Third Minnesota Infantry, which federalized became
part of the Thirty-Fourth Division. From August, 1917, to June,
1918, the regiment was at Camp Cody, New Mexico. In June, 1918,
young Hall was transferred, at Camp Cody, to the June Automatic
Replacement Draft, and later to the Third Trench Mortar Battery,
Third Artillery Brigade, Third Division, A. E. F. He sailed for
France in the "Justicia," in the latter part of June, 1918, and upon
arrival went almost immediately to the front. He saw fighting in
most of the major offensives from Chateau Thierry to the end, being
present at Chateau Thierry, Verdun, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne.
After the Armistice, his division became part of the Army of Occupation,
and marched to the Rhine. He was stationed at Mayen, Germany,
until he died. Death came, after only one day of illness, on
the last day of 1918, the sickness being diagnosed as lobar-pneumonia.
Eventually, the body was disinterred, and brought back to this country,
and to Duluth. Funeral services were held at Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church, Duluth, on October 19, 1920, on which day his
remains were laid finally in Oneota Cemetery with military honors,
the ceremony being conducted under the auspicco of the local post
of the American Legion.
Carl Hansen, who was killed in action at the Mouse River,
France, on October 31, 1918, was a well-known West Duluth musician.
He was born on February 8, 1889. in Skrup, Sweden, where
his mother still lives, although he had other relatives in Minnesota,
a sister, Mrs. O. O. Woods, living at Hopper, Minn. Carl was