Byrnes, Ben

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Press cutting of an Associated Press article, excised from an unidentified [Dallas] newspaper.

Scope and Contents Ermon Stewart died of influenza which he contracted on the ship while being transported to England. The collection includes Ermon's letters to his mother, a letter from Aunt Maggie to Kate Stewart (his mother), a letter from Kate Stewart to Ermon Stewart, and documentation (concerning his death, his persoanal effects, burial, war risk insurance, and re-burial) from the War Department, American Red Cross, American Legion, Treasury Department, and the American Expeditionary Forces Knights of...

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Press cutting of an Associated Press article, excised from an unidentified [Dallas] newspaper.

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"The body of Sergeant John Oscar Miller...Dallas soldier, who was killed near Romagne France...will be received in Dallas by Ed C. Smith and Bros Undertaking Company Thursday morning...."

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Press cutting of an Associated Press article, excised from an unidentified [Dallas] newspaper.

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Press cutting of an Associated Press article, excised from an unidentified [Dallas] newspaper.

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Photocopy of the original typed and signed blank. Grave Location Blank lists Miller's cause of death, date of burial, place of burial, and that this data was reported by Walter O. Lewis, Chaplain, 360th Inf.

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Image of the grave and white cross marker of John Oscar Miller. Grave #207 located at Andevanne, France.

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Photocopy of the signed authorization, by Ed C. Smith and Brothers, Dallas, Texas, for receipt of the remains of John Oscar Miller.

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"Under the provisions of paragraph 87, Army regulations, Corporal John Fitzgerald, 2nd Provisional Co., 22nd Inf. as Escort, will proceed from Hoboken, NJ, to San Antonio, Texas, accompanying the remains of the following deceased soldiers enroute to destinations set opposite their respective names." This text is followed by a listing of 50 names, 43 of whom are from Texas.