San Francisco Call, Volume 84, Number 6, June 6, 1898: "At Camp Merritt … Private Willis Jackson, Company L, Eighteenth Infantry, died at 9 o'clock yesterday morning of appendicitis. He was given a military funeral at 4 o'clock, the body being buried in the National Cemetery at the Presidio. The two battalions of the Eighteenth, with the band playing a dirge, escorted the body through camp. The usual ceremonies were observed at the grave. The firing squad paid homage to the dead soldier and the bugler sounded taps. Jackson had been in the service for two years."
San Francisco Call, Volume 84, Number 6, June 6, 1898: "At Camp Merritt … Private Willis Jackson, Company L, Eighteenth Infantry, died at 9 o'clock yesterday morning of appendicitis. He was given a military funeral at 4 o'clock, the body being buried in the National Cemetery at the Presidio. The two battalions of the Eighteenth, with the band playing a dirge, escorted the body through camp. The usual ceremonies were observed at the grave. The firing squad paid homage to the dead soldier and the bugler sounded taps. Jackson had been in the service for two years."
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