Samuell
Charles A. Samuell
The body of C. A. Samuell, 22 years old, who died on Dec. 22, 1918, of typhoid fever while serving as a member of the Rainbow 42nd Division in France, reached McKinney at 11:50 a.m. today from New York. He died in a base hospital in Gloneaux Meuse, where he was removed after becoming ill at Saeul, Luxembourg.
Young Samuell was a resident of Houston when he joined the colors in July 1917 in Co. F 117th Supply Train, 42nd Division. He formerly resided at Hempstead.
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Military Funeral
Funeral services will be held from the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Samuell, 909 South Tennessee street with interment in Pecan Grove cemetery. Dr. G. L. Yates, pastor of the First Baptist church will conduct the funeral service, after which the body will be turned over to McKinney Post of the American Legion, H. H. Neilson, post commander. A full military burial will be accorded the body, according to plans made today. Ex-service men will act as pallbearers....
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Captain Pays Tribute.
The young man was a corporal under Captain Sam. W. Becker of Houston, who, in a letter to his parents, paid a fine tribute to his service and valor in the performance of his duties which were extremely dangerous, but he never faltered, and was always one of the first to volunteer for any hazardous undertaking. He held an aide-de-campship and saw long and strenuous service in the Champagne, Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel and Verdun fronts.
The body was received here by J. P. Crouch & Co., local undertakers, and conveyed to the home of his parents where it s being held.
Sergeant N. E. Wade, Co. I, 7th Infty., of Little Rock, Ark., accompanied the body to McKinney.
The body of C. A. Samuell, 22 years old, who died on Dec. 22, 1918, of typhoid fever while serving as a member of the Rainbow 42nd Division in France, reached McKinney at 11:50 a.m. today from New York. He died in a base hospital in Gloneaux Meuse, where he was removed after becoming ill at Saeul, Luxembourg.
Young Samuell was a resident of Houston when he joined the colors in July 1917 in Co. F 117th Supply Train, 42nd Division. He formerly resided at Hempstead.
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Military Funeral
Funeral services will be held from the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Samuell, 909 South Tennessee street with interment in Pecan Grove cemetery. Dr. G. L. Yates, pastor of the First Baptist church will conduct the funeral service, after which the body will be turned over to McKinney Post of the American Legion, H. H. Neilson, post commander. A full military burial will be accorded the body, according to plans made today. Ex-service men will act as pallbearers....
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Captain Pays Tribute.
The young man was a corporal under Captain Sam. W. Becker of Houston, who, in a letter to his parents, paid a fine tribute to his service and valor in the performance of his duties which were extremely dangerous, but he never faltered, and was always one of the first to volunteer for any hazardous undertaking. He held an aide-de-campship and saw long and strenuous service in the Champagne, Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel and Verdun fronts.
The body was received here by J. P. Crouch & Co., local undertakers, and conveyed to the home of his parents where it s being held.
Sergeant N. E. Wade, Co. I, 7th Infty., of Little Rock, Ark., accompanied the body to McKinney.
