Son of Henry A Dunn and Matilda Bollinger.∼8/24/1918 Poteau Soldier Killed in Paris (Saturday)
Poteau, Okla., Aug. 23 – James W. Dunn, of this city, is the first LeFlore county boy to give his life in France. He was killed in a railway accident in Paris. Dunn was on a detail to bring horses from Paris to the front and slipped while boarding a train and was killed.
[THE OKLAHOMAN]
Do not know where this man is really buried.
IS DEAD IN FRANCE
James W. Dunn, of Poteau, Oklahoma, Victim of Accident
Poteau, Aug. 5.---James W. Dunn, aged 28, of this city, son of Henry A. Dunn, of Charleston, Ark., has died in France, his relatives were advised by the War Department last night.
Dunn died June 28, from the effects of an accident. Dunn was inducted into military service last September from this county, and he is the first LeFlore county registrant to be killed in France.
Besides his father, Dunn is survived by four brothers, John, Oscar and Thomas who live at Charleston, Ark., and Earl E. Dunn, stationed at Fort Totten, New York; two sisters, Mrs. Paul Davis of Charleston and Mrs. Jim Hunter, of near here.
McCurtain Gazette
Wednesday, August 7, 1918
Contributor: Brandon O'Rear (48115948)
Poteau, Okla., Aug. 23 – James W. Dunn, of this city, is the first LeFlore county boy to give his life in France. He was killed in a railway accident in Paris. Dunn was on a detail to bring horses from Paris to the front and slipped while boarding a train and was killed.
[THE OKLAHOMAN]
Do not know where this man is really buried.
IS DEAD IN FRANCE
James W. Dunn, of Poteau, Oklahoma, Victim of Accident
Poteau, Aug. 5.---James W. Dunn, aged 28, of this city, son of Henry A. Dunn, of Charleston, Ark., has died in France, his relatives were advised by the War Department last night.
Dunn died June 28, from the effects of an accident. Dunn was inducted into military service last September from this county, and he is the first LeFlore county registrant to be killed in France.
Besides his father, Dunn is survived by four brothers, John, Oscar and Thomas who live at Charleston, Ark., and Earl E. Dunn, stationed at Fort Totten, New York; two sisters, Mrs. Paul Davis of Charleston and Mrs. Jim Hunter, of near here.
McCurtain Gazette
Wednesday, August 7, 1918
Contributor: Brandon O'Rear (48115948)
Son of Henry A Dunn and Matilda Bollinger.∼8/24/1918 Poteau Soldier Killed in Paris (Saturday)
Poteau, Okla., Aug. 23 – James W. Dunn, of this city, is the first LeFlore county boy to give his life in France. He was killed in a railway accident in Paris. Dunn was on a detail to bring horses from Paris to the front and slipped while boarding a train and was killed.
[THE OKLAHOMAN]
Do not know where this man is really buried.
IS DEAD IN FRANCE
James W. Dunn, of Poteau, Oklahoma, Victim of Accident
Poteau, Aug. 5.---James W. Dunn, aged 28, of this city, son of Henry A. Dunn, of Charleston, Ark., has died in France, his relatives were advised by the War Department last night.
Dunn died June 28, from the effects of an accident. Dunn was inducted into military service last September from this county, and he is the first LeFlore county registrant to be killed in France.
Besides his father, Dunn is survived by four brothers, John, Oscar and Thomas who live at Charleston, Ark., and Earl E. Dunn, stationed at Fort Totten, New York; two sisters, Mrs. Paul Davis of Charleston and Mrs. Jim Hunter, of near here.
McCurtain Gazette
Wednesday, August 7, 1918
Contributor: Brandon O'Rear (48115948)
Poteau, Okla., Aug. 23 – James W. Dunn, of this city, is the first LeFlore county boy to give his life in France. He was killed in a railway accident in Paris. Dunn was on a detail to bring horses from Paris to the front and slipped while boarding a train and was killed.
[THE OKLAHOMAN]
Do not know where this man is really buried.
IS DEAD IN FRANCE
James W. Dunn, of Poteau, Oklahoma, Victim of Accident
Poteau, Aug. 5.---James W. Dunn, aged 28, of this city, son of Henry A. Dunn, of Charleston, Ark., has died in France, his relatives were advised by the War Department last night.
Dunn died June 28, from the effects of an accident. Dunn was inducted into military service last September from this county, and he is the first LeFlore county registrant to be killed in France.
Besides his father, Dunn is survived by four brothers, John, Oscar and Thomas who live at Charleston, Ark., and Earl E. Dunn, stationed at Fort Totten, New York; two sisters, Mrs. Paul Davis of Charleston and Mrs. Jim Hunter, of near here.
McCurtain Gazette
Wednesday, August 7, 1918
Contributor: Brandon O'Rear (48115948)
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