MARTIN J. MONK
SERG. MONK'S BODY FIRST TO BE SENT HOME
Relatives Advised that Body of Soldier Killed Overseas Is On Way Here for Burial
First body of a Manitowoc soldier boy who made the supreme sacrifice
in the world war, giving up his life overseas, has been shipped from
France to his home in this city and is expected to reach here within
a few days, according to advices from the War Department received here.
Sergt. Martin Monk was killed in action on Oct. 23, less than a month
before the signing of the armistice and when the news was received by
relatives in the official report from the War Department, request was
at once made that the body be sent back home for burial. It is in
compliance with this request that the body has been shipped from France.
Shortly before the official report of the death of Sergt. Monk reached
here, the War Department issued a notice saying that efforts would be
made to return the bodies of dead American soldiers where relatives made
request and Louis Monk, father of the dead boy, immediately forwarded a
request that his son's body be sent home. Messages received this week
said that the body of Sergt. Monk had been forwarded from France and
reached the United States it would be sent to Manitowoc. Today Mrs.
Louise Creviere of Kaukauna, a sister of Sergt. Monk, arrived in the
city to complete arrangements for the receiving of the body and for
burial. Mrs. Creviere and her husband who accompanied her, had no
definite information as to the time the body would reach here but from
the message of the War Department expects that it will not be long
delayed. It is probable that arrangements will be made to give Sergt.
Monk a military burial, with Company F. Home Guard, as an escort. Many
of the boys who served overseas and have returned will also attend the
funeral. Sergt. Monk served with the Eighty-third division and the last
heard from him was a letter written a few days before his death from the
front lines. In the letter to his father, who resides on Route 3 out of
this city, he spoke of having escaped in the many engagements he had
participated in and told of the work of his division at the front.
Manitowoc Herald News, Saturday, April 19, 1919 Page 1
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[bur. 08-20-1921/cause: KIA]
SERG. MONK'S BODY FIRST TO BE SENT HOME
Relatives Advised that Body of Soldier Killed Overseas Is On Way Here for Burial
First body of a Manitowoc soldier boy who made the supreme sacrifice
in the world war, giving up his life overseas, has been shipped from
France to his home in this city and is expected to reach here within
a few days, according to advices from the War Department received here.
Sergt. Martin Monk was killed in action on Oct. 23, less than a month
before the signing of the armistice and when the news was received by
relatives in the official report from the War Department, request was
at once made that the body be sent back home for burial. It is in
compliance with this request that the body has been shipped from France.
Shortly before the official report of the death of Sergt. Monk reached
here, the War Department issued a notice saying that efforts would be
made to return the bodies of dead American soldiers where relatives made
request and Louis Monk, father of the dead boy, immediately forwarded a
request that his son's body be sent home. Messages received this week
said that the body of Sergt. Monk had been forwarded from France and
reached the United States it would be sent to Manitowoc. Today Mrs.
Louise Creviere of Kaukauna, a sister of Sergt. Monk, arrived in the
city to complete arrangements for the receiving of the body and for
burial. Mrs. Creviere and her husband who accompanied her, had no
definite information as to the time the body would reach here but from
the message of the War Department expects that it will not be long
delayed. It is probable that arrangements will be made to give Sergt.
Monk a military burial, with Company F. Home Guard, as an escort. Many
of the boys who served overseas and have returned will also attend the
funeral. Sergt. Monk served with the Eighty-third division and the last
heard from him was a letter written a few days before his death from the
front lines. In the letter to his father, who resides on Route 3 out of
this city, he spoke of having escaped in the many engagements he had
participated in and told of the work of his division at the front.
Manitowoc Herald News, Saturday, April 19, 1919 Page 1
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[bur. 08-20-1921/cause: KIA]
MARTIN J. MONK
SERG. MONK'S BODY FIRST TO BE SENT HOME
Relatives Advised that Body of Soldier Killed Overseas Is On Way Here for Burial
First body of a Manitowoc soldier boy who made the supreme sacrifice
in the world war, giving up his life overseas, has been shipped from
France to his home in this city and is expected to reach here within
a few days, according to advices from the War Department received here.
Sergt. Martin Monk was killed in action on Oct. 23, less than a month
before the signing of the armistice and when the news was received by
relatives in the official report from the War Department, request was
at once made that the body be sent back home for burial. It is in
compliance with this request that the body has been shipped from France.
Shortly before the official report of the death of Sergt. Monk reached
here, the War Department issued a notice saying that efforts would be
made to return the bodies of dead American soldiers where relatives made
request and Louis Monk, father of the dead boy, immediately forwarded a
request that his son's body be sent home. Messages received this week
said that the body of Sergt. Monk had been forwarded from France and
reached the United States it would be sent to Manitowoc. Today Mrs.
Louise Creviere of Kaukauna, a sister of Sergt. Monk, arrived in the
city to complete arrangements for the receiving of the body and for
burial. Mrs. Creviere and her husband who accompanied her, had no
definite information as to the time the body would reach here but from
the message of the War Department expects that it will not be long
delayed. It is probable that arrangements will be made to give Sergt.
Monk a military burial, with Company F. Home Guard, as an escort. Many
of the boys who served overseas and have returned will also attend the
funeral. Sergt. Monk served with the Eighty-third division and the last
heard from him was a letter written a few days before his death from the
front lines. In the letter to his father, who resides on Route 3 out of
this city, he spoke of having escaped in the many engagements he had
participated in and told of the work of his division at the front.
Manitowoc Herald News, Saturday, April 19, 1919 Page 1
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[bur. 08-20-1921/cause: KIA]
SERG. MONK'S BODY FIRST TO BE SENT HOME
Relatives Advised that Body of Soldier Killed Overseas Is On Way Here for Burial
First body of a Manitowoc soldier boy who made the supreme sacrifice
in the world war, giving up his life overseas, has been shipped from
France to his home in this city and is expected to reach here within
a few days, according to advices from the War Department received here.
Sergt. Martin Monk was killed in action on Oct. 23, less than a month
before the signing of the armistice and when the news was received by
relatives in the official report from the War Department, request was
at once made that the body be sent back home for burial. It is in
compliance with this request that the body has been shipped from France.
Shortly before the official report of the death of Sergt. Monk reached
here, the War Department issued a notice saying that efforts would be
made to return the bodies of dead American soldiers where relatives made
request and Louis Monk, father of the dead boy, immediately forwarded a
request that his son's body be sent home. Messages received this week
said that the body of Sergt. Monk had been forwarded from France and
reached the United States it would be sent to Manitowoc. Today Mrs.
Louise Creviere of Kaukauna, a sister of Sergt. Monk, arrived in the
city to complete arrangements for the receiving of the body and for
burial. Mrs. Creviere and her husband who accompanied her, had no
definite information as to the time the body would reach here but from
the message of the War Department expects that it will not be long
delayed. It is probable that arrangements will be made to give Sergt.
Monk a military burial, with Company F. Home Guard, as an escort. Many
of the boys who served overseas and have returned will also attend the
funeral. Sergt. Monk served with the Eighty-third division and the last
heard from him was a letter written a few days before his death from the
front lines. In the letter to his father, who resides on Route 3 out of
this city, he spoke of having escaped in the many engagements he had
participated in and told of the work of his division at the front.
Manitowoc Herald News, Saturday, April 19, 1919 Page 1
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[bur. 08-20-1921/cause: KIA]
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