John Robert Aills, son of Erastus and Iona Aills was born March6, 1897 in Delhi Township, Osborne County, Kansas and died October 15, 1918 in a hospital in France. A large portion of his life was spent in the neighborhood of his birth.
When the United States entered the World War and the call was made for men and the need of men became so urgent John Robert Aills enlisted in Company M of the National Guard at Salina. He was transferred with the company to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and there was transferred to Company A, 137th Infantry. He served with Company A on the fields of France. In the Argonne drive Private Aills was wounded and taken to a hospital where he died less than a month before the Armistice.
At the request of the parents the body of Mr. Aills was returned to the home cemetery for final burial, which took place at Delhi Cemetery August 1st, 1921. Funeral services conducted by Rev. W. Carl Green from the Delhi Church. Pallbearers and the Firing Squad from the Lucas Post of the American Legion took part in the services and burial rites.
The father, mother, two brothers and one sister all of Salina with other relatives and friends remain to bear the grief of a departed loved one and fried, and to carry his and their country in the hour of national conflict, waged for humanity.
Lucas Independent, Lucas, Kansas, August 3, 1921
When the United States entered the World War and the call was made for men and the need of men became so urgent John Robert Aills enlisted in Company M of the National Guard at Salina. He was transferred with the company to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and there was transferred to Company A, 137th Infantry. He served with Company A on the fields of France. In the Argonne drive Private Aills was wounded and taken to a hospital where he died less than a month before the Armistice.
At the request of the parents the body of Mr. Aills was returned to the home cemetery for final burial, which took place at Delhi Cemetery August 1st, 1921. Funeral services conducted by Rev. W. Carl Green from the Delhi Church. Pallbearers and the Firing Squad from the Lucas Post of the American Legion took part in the services and burial rites.
The father, mother, two brothers and one sister all of Salina with other relatives and friends remain to bear the grief of a departed loved one and fried, and to carry his and their country in the hour of national conflict, waged for humanity.
Lucas Independent, Lucas, Kansas, August 3, 1921
John Robert Aills, son of Erastus and Iona Aills was born March6, 1897 in Delhi Township, Osborne County, Kansas and died October 15, 1918 in a hospital in France. A large portion of his life was spent in the neighborhood of his birth.
When the United States entered the World War and the call was made for men and the need of men became so urgent John Robert Aills enlisted in Company M of the National Guard at Salina. He was transferred with the company to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and there was transferred to Company A, 137th Infantry. He served with Company A on the fields of France. In the Argonne drive Private Aills was wounded and taken to a hospital where he died less than a month before the Armistice.
At the request of the parents the body of Mr. Aills was returned to the home cemetery for final burial, which took place at Delhi Cemetery August 1st, 1921. Funeral services conducted by Rev. W. Carl Green from the Delhi Church. Pallbearers and the Firing Squad from the Lucas Post of the American Legion took part in the services and burial rites.
The father, mother, two brothers and one sister all of Salina with other relatives and friends remain to bear the grief of a departed loved one and fried, and to carry his and their country in the hour of national conflict, waged for humanity.
Lucas Independent, Lucas, Kansas, August 3, 1921
When the United States entered the World War and the call was made for men and the need of men became so urgent John Robert Aills enlisted in Company M of the National Guard at Salina. He was transferred with the company to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and there was transferred to Company A, 137th Infantry. He served with Company A on the fields of France. In the Argonne drive Private Aills was wounded and taken to a hospital where he died less than a month before the Armistice.
At the request of the parents the body of Mr. Aills was returned to the home cemetery for final burial, which took place at Delhi Cemetery August 1st, 1921. Funeral services conducted by Rev. W. Carl Green from the Delhi Church. Pallbearers and the Firing Squad from the Lucas Post of the American Legion took part in the services and burial rites.
The father, mother, two brothers and one sister all of Salina with other relatives and friends remain to bear the grief of a departed loved one and fried, and to carry his and their country in the hour of national conflict, waged for humanity.
Lucas Independent, Lucas, Kansas, August 3, 1921
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