Benjamin T. Gage served as a Private in the Casual Company, Tank Corps, United States Army during World War I.
He served at Camp Colt in Gettysburg.
He died of influenza during the great influenza outbreak of 1918.
THREE CAMP DEATHS
INFLUENZA PROVED FATAL TO SOLDIERS OVER SUNDAY.
Three more deaths from influenza have occurred at Camp Colt since the report in Saturday's Times.
Chester V. Smith, of Red Bluff, California, aged 23 years, died on Saturday. The body was started on Sunday on its journey home.
Benjamin F. Gage, aged 40 years, died on Sunday at the hospital. His home is in Berkeley, California.
Private Hoffman, of Pittsburgh, died this morning.
All three soldiers were members of the Casual Company. The bodies of Privates Gage and Hoffman have not yet been sent out.
(From THE GETTYSBURG TIMES, Monday, November 11, 1918)
Benjamin T. Gage served as a Private in the Casual Company, Tank Corps, United States Army during World War I.
He served at Camp Colt in Gettysburg.
He died of influenza during the great influenza outbreak of 1918.
THREE CAMP DEATHS
INFLUENZA PROVED FATAL TO SOLDIERS OVER SUNDAY.
Three more deaths from influenza have occurred at Camp Colt since the report in Saturday's Times.
Chester V. Smith, of Red Bluff, California, aged 23 years, died on Saturday. The body was started on Sunday on its journey home.
Benjamin F. Gage, aged 40 years, died on Sunday at the hospital. His home is in Berkeley, California.
Private Hoffman, of Pittsburgh, died this morning.
All three soldiers were members of the Casual Company. The bodies of Privates Gage and Hoffman have not yet been sent out.
(From THE GETTYSBURG TIMES, Monday, November 11, 1918)
Bio by: Karl Stelly
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BENJ. T. GAGE
U.S.A.
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