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William Vernon Keepers

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William Vernon Keepers

Birth
Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA
Death
14 Jun 1918 (aged 19)
Colorado, USA
Burial
Hugo, Lincoln County, Colorado, USA Add to Map
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Vernon was 19 years old and had received a farm deferment from the WWI draft. His family was so relieved that he wouldn't go to war. It was a bright Colorado day, blue sky, one little scud of a cloud overhead. Vernon was plowing a field, riding a tractor, when one single lightning bolt from that little cloud struck Vernon dead. Rest in Peace, Dear Son.

(Thank you to FAG volunteer C McKean)
Vernon was 19 years old and had received a farm deferment from the WWI draft. His family was so relieved that he wouldn't go to war. It was a bright Colorado day, blue sky, one little scud of a cloud overhead. Vernon was plowing a field, riding a tractor, when one single lightning bolt from that little cloud struck Vernon dead. Rest in Peace, Dear Son.

(Thank you to FAG volunteer C McKean)


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