TRANSCRIBED FROM THE MELBOURNE TIMES DECEMBER 13, 1918 P. 2
Headquarters Machine Gun Co.,
116th Inf., 29th Division,
A.P.O. 763, A.E.F.
8th November, 1918
Mrs. Lydia Hodges,
Guion, Ark.
Dear Madam:
It is with the deepest regret and heart felt sympathy for you and the rest of your family, expressed in this small way, that I inform you of the death of your son Pv’t. Herman G. Hodges, who died Oct. 15th, 1918; a member of this organization.
Pv’t. Hodges has been a member of this organization for about six months, and as his commanding officer, he was held by me in the highest esteem as a soldier and a man. Always willing and cheerful in the performance of his duty and served his country honest and faithful.
Pv’t. Hodges was killed instantly by a machine bullet while serving with his company in the front line on a certain front in France.
May it be the will of God that we receive a great benefit for the sacrifices made for this great cause.
Signed,
Joseph T. Ast.
Cap’t. 116th. Inf.
NOTES: Herman G. Hodges departed from Hoboken, NJ on December 12, 1918 onboard the Finland. He was serving as a Pvt. in a Machine Gun Company in the 116th Infantry, 29th Division. He was born in Guion, Arkansas on April 15, 1896 and was killed in action on October 15, 1918. He is buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial at Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD
Headquarters Machine Gun Co.,
116th Inf., 29th Division,
A.P.O. 763, A.E.F.
8th November, 1918
Mrs. Lydia Hodges,
Guion, Ark.
Dear Madam:
It is with the deepest regret and heart felt sympathy for you and the rest of your family, expressed in this small way, that I inform you of the death of your son Pv’t. Herman G. Hodges, who died Oct. 15th, 1918; a member of this organization.
Pv’t. Hodges has been a member of this organization for about six months, and as his commanding officer, he was held by me in the highest esteem as a soldier and a man. Always willing and cheerful in the performance of his duty and served his country honest and faithful.
Pv’t. Hodges was killed instantly by a machine bullet while serving with his company in the front line on a certain front in France.
May it be the will of God that we receive a great benefit for the sacrifices made for this great cause.
Signed,
Joseph T. Ast.
Cap’t. 116th. Inf.
NOTES: Herman G. Hodges departed from Hoboken, NJ on December 12, 1918 onboard the Finland. He was serving as a Pvt. in a Machine Gun Company in the 116th Infantry, 29th Division. He was born in Guion, Arkansas on April 15, 1896 and was killed in action on October 15, 1918. He is buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial at Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD