World War 1, PVT Company C, 29th Machine Gun BA at Camp Funston and Fort Riley, KS
Greater love hath no man than those who will lay down his life for a friend who stood bravely at his post, Protecting the lives of those who were endangered even at the risk of his own
Ivan was employed by the Southwest Missouri Railway Company for 3 years and was working on the street car line from Carthage,MO to Miami,OK at around 6:30PM on March 31 he was knocked from the street car bridge east of Baxter Springs,KS by a street car going west knocking him off into several feet of water, Ivan had been keeping the driftwood back from the bridge to avoid accidents as the water was a flood stage from recent rain, 4 days later, after the water had gone down, Ivan's body was recovered
World War 1, PVT Company C, 29th Machine Gun BA at Camp Funston and Fort Riley, KS
Greater love hath no man than those who will lay down his life for a friend who stood bravely at his post, Protecting the lives of those who were endangered even at the risk of his own
Ivan was employed by the Southwest Missouri Railway Company for 3 years and was working on the street car line from Carthage,MO to Miami,OK at around 6:30PM on March 31 he was knocked from the street car bridge east of Baxter Springs,KS by a street car going west knocking him off into several feet of water, Ivan had been keeping the driftwood back from the bridge to avoid accidents as the water was a flood stage from recent rain, 4 days later, after the water had gone down, Ivan's body was recovered
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