"'Killed in Action" Is the Sad Message Mr. & Mrs. Maynard Rec'd of Their Son, Merton," The Lodi (Wisconsin) Enterprise, 30 August 1918, page 1.
Again does Lodi mourn the loss of one of her soldier boys--sharing the grief of bereaved parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Maynard, who were stunned by the message reaching them Saturday afternoon from the department of the adjutant general in Washington.
"Deeply regret to inform you that Private Merton Maynard, Infantry is officially reported killed in action August 1st," read the message.
Another home has been bereft of an only son. Merton was only 20 years old, but he had accomplished as much in those 20 years as many boys do with more years to their credit. He was born here Nov. 7, 1897, attended district and the village schools, and graduated from the high school in 1914 when he was only 16 years old. He then became his father's right hand man on the farm until the family moved to town a year or two ago.
A year ago last spring he enlisted with the first Lodi boys in Co. A of Reedsburg, National Guard, and went with them first to Camp Douglas, then to Camp MacArthur, Texas; on to the East last January, and to France in February. He met a hero's fate in action on August 1st--the same day as did Ernest Schulgen whose death from wounds received in action the Enterprise chronicled last week.
While the cruel hand of war is sure to leave its unhealing wounds in the hearts of many homes, there is always the consoling fact that no man can meet a more honorable death than that received in the effort to perpetuate the freedom of his country.
Merton leaves three sisters to mourn, with the parents, his tragic taking. They are: Jessie (Mrs. Chas. Radl Jr.), Hazel and Lucretia.
Memorial services for Merton Clarence Maynard will be held at the Methodist church next Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, conducted by the Rev. G. R. Carver.
Again does Lodi mourn the loss of one of her soldier boys--sharing the grief of bereaved parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Maynard, who were stunned by the message reaching them Saturday afternoon from the department of the adjutant general in Washington.
"Deeply regret to inform you that Private Merton Maynard, Infantry is officially reported killed in action August 1st," read the message.
Another home has been bereft of an only son. Merton was only 20 years old, but he had accomplished as much in those 20 years as many boys do with more years to their credit. He was born here Nov. 7, 1897, attended district and the village schools, and graduated from the high school in 1914 when he was only 16 years old. He then became his father's right hand man on the farm until the family moved to town a year or two ago.
A year ago last spring he enlisted with the first Lodi boys in Co. A of Reedsburg, National Guard, and went with them first to Camp Douglas, then to Camp MacArthur, Texas; on to the East last January, and to France in February. He met a hero's fate in action on August 1st--the same day as did Ernest Schulgen whose death from wounds received in action the Enterprise chronicled last week.
While the cruel hand of war is sure to leave its unhealing wounds in the hearts of many homes, there is always the consoling fact that no man can meet a more honorable death than that received in the effort to perpetuate the freedom of his country.
Merton leaves three sisters to mourn, with the parents, his tragic taking. They are: Jessie (Mrs. Chas. Radl Jr.), Hazel and Lucretia.
Memorial services for Merton Clarence Maynard will be held at the Methodist church next Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, conducted by the Rev. G. R. Carver.
"'Killed in Action" Is the Sad Message Mr. & Mrs. Maynard Rec'd of Their Son, Merton," The Lodi (Wisconsin) Enterprise, 30 August 1918, page 1.
Again does Lodi mourn the loss of one of her soldier boys--sharing the grief of bereaved parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Maynard, who were stunned by the message reaching them Saturday afternoon from the department of the adjutant general in Washington.
"Deeply regret to inform you that Private Merton Maynard, Infantry is officially reported killed in action August 1st," read the message.
Another home has been bereft of an only son. Merton was only 20 years old, but he had accomplished as much in those 20 years as many boys do with more years to their credit. He was born here Nov. 7, 1897, attended district and the village schools, and graduated from the high school in 1914 when he was only 16 years old. He then became his father's right hand man on the farm until the family moved to town a year or two ago.
A year ago last spring he enlisted with the first Lodi boys in Co. A of Reedsburg, National Guard, and went with them first to Camp Douglas, then to Camp MacArthur, Texas; on to the East last January, and to France in February. He met a hero's fate in action on August 1st--the same day as did Ernest Schulgen whose death from wounds received in action the Enterprise chronicled last week.
While the cruel hand of war is sure to leave its unhealing wounds in the hearts of many homes, there is always the consoling fact that no man can meet a more honorable death than that received in the effort to perpetuate the freedom of his country.
Merton leaves three sisters to mourn, with the parents, his tragic taking. They are: Jessie (Mrs. Chas. Radl Jr.), Hazel and Lucretia.
Memorial services for Merton Clarence Maynard will be held at the Methodist church next Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, conducted by the Rev. G. R. Carver.
Again does Lodi mourn the loss of one of her soldier boys--sharing the grief of bereaved parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Maynard, who were stunned by the message reaching them Saturday afternoon from the department of the adjutant general in Washington.
"Deeply regret to inform you that Private Merton Maynard, Infantry is officially reported killed in action August 1st," read the message.
Another home has been bereft of an only son. Merton was only 20 years old, but he had accomplished as much in those 20 years as many boys do with more years to their credit. He was born here Nov. 7, 1897, attended district and the village schools, and graduated from the high school in 1914 when he was only 16 years old. He then became his father's right hand man on the farm until the family moved to town a year or two ago.
A year ago last spring he enlisted with the first Lodi boys in Co. A of Reedsburg, National Guard, and went with them first to Camp Douglas, then to Camp MacArthur, Texas; on to the East last January, and to France in February. He met a hero's fate in action on August 1st--the same day as did Ernest Schulgen whose death from wounds received in action the Enterprise chronicled last week.
While the cruel hand of war is sure to leave its unhealing wounds in the hearts of many homes, there is always the consoling fact that no man can meet a more honorable death than that received in the effort to perpetuate the freedom of his country.
Merton leaves three sisters to mourn, with the parents, his tragic taking. They are: Jessie (Mrs. Chas. Radl Jr.), Hazel and Lucretia.
Memorial services for Merton Clarence Maynard will be held at the Methodist church next Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, conducted by the Rev. G. R. Carver.
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Merton C./Maynard/Co A 128th Inf 32 Div/Nov. 7, 1897/Aug. 1, 1918/Killed in Action at Aisne-Marne
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